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Study tallies reports of unprofessional behavior among physicians

Reports from 193 hospitals were analyzed. It turns out that surgeons draw the most complaints.

Registered respiratory therapist Natasha Vanderbilt, RRT, encourages 10-year-old Kate to exhale a complete breath during a lung function test in the Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine clinic. (photo by Susan Urmy)

Removing race improves accuracy of lung function testing in children

The study suggests the adjustment for race in spirometry resulted in an underreporting — and thus possibly undertreatment — of chronic lung diseases, including asthma and cystic fibrosis, in Black children.

From left are: Kaitlyn Tracy, MD, General Surgery resident; Mark Naguib, MD, Pediatrics resident; Brittany Murphy, MD, Internal Medicine resident; Moriah Forster, MD, Hematology and Oncology fellow; Derek Riffert, VUSM MD candidate; Jin Han, MD, MSc, Emergency Medicine faculty physician.

Graduate Medical Education research work highlighted

This year’s winner of the Elliot V. Newman Prize was Kaitlyn Tracy, MD, a surgical resident at VUMC, who shared her work on the potential clinical impact of storing livers for transplant at 10 degrees Celsius.

Vanderbilt postdoctoral fellows recognized at 2024 Spring Postdoc Awards Ceremony

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs in partnership with the Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association announced the 2024 award winners at the Spring Postdoc Awards Ceremony on May 23.

Study shows transplant volumes decreased, costs rose following federal policy change

The new policy changed liver allocations from a regional service area to an “acuity circles” system that assigns donor livers as far as 500 nautical miles away based on the acuity of recipients.

Multicenter study identifies method of preoxygenation that prevents hypoxemia and cardiac arrest during emergency tracheal intubation

Preoxygenation is the administration of supplemental oxygen prior to the start of a procedure to increase the content of oxygen in the lung and decrease the risk of hypoxemia

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