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February 6, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt 20th birthday celebration kicks off with performance from employee musician Darnell Clay

Clay is a familiar face around Monroe Carell. As a Nutrition Services team member, he delivers food trays to patients. Few were aware of his love of music.

By Jessica Pasley
February 6, 2024

Peggy Valentine named among 2024 Women of Influence

Valentine is recognized as a 2024 Trailblazer among 40 community and business leaders. Winners are nominated by the public and selected by a panel of Nashville Business Journal judges.

By Holly Fletcher
February 5, 2024

Reception for Seth Karp recognizes leadership and commitment to Transplant Center

February 5, 2024

Vanderbilt performs its first pediatric living donor liver transplant

Young Cameron Campbell recently became the first pediatric patient to receive a living donor liver transplant at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
February 5, 2024

VUMC recognized for atypical Parkinsonism care and research

Vanderbilt’s Department of Neurology has been named a CurePSP Center of Care

By Paul Govern
February 2, 2024

Novel device helps extend window of time to preserve hearts donated after cardiac death

In the first such procedure, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has transplanted a DCD (donation after cardiac death) heart using XVIVO Heart Assist Transport (XHAT), a novel cold organ perfusion device.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 2, 2024

VUMC nurses form Middle Tennessee Chapter of the American Association for Men in Nursing

Vanderbilt University Medical Center male nurses have formed the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN), which has just been recognized as an official chapter by the AAMN.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 2, 2024

Study links small pancreas size to faster progression to stage 3 Type 1 diabetes

The study findings, published in the journal Diabetes Care, suggest that pancreas imaging can have a benefit in tracking disease development and recruitment for preventive and therapeutic trials.
By Jill Clendening
February 2, 2024

Ambulatory Barcode Medication Administration Implementation team effort improves safety for all

“This effort is the result of enormous teamwork and results in added safety for medication administration for all patients from newborn to geriatric. It’s a real win for all the patients we serve.”
By Jill Clendening
February 1, 2024

Fleet of Miracles highlights Music Therapy Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt will be featured on two of Knight-Swift Transportation company's fleet of trucks for the next three years.
By Jessica Pasley
February 1, 2024

A biomarker for early Type 2 diabetes

Genetic analyses suggest that branched chain amino acids may be a sensitive biomarker of early or subclinical Type 2 diabetes and could be used to identify risk and implement preventive measures.
By Bill Snyder
February 1, 2024

Romney Humphries receives John V. Bergen Excellence Award

Vanderbilt's Romney Humphries, PhD, has received the 2024 John V. Bergen Excellence Award from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 31, 2024

Record year for the Vanderbilt Transplant Center saves 739 lives

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center established a new record in calendar year 2023 for total solid organ transplants, performing 739 lifesaving procedures among its adult and pediatric organ transplant programs.
By Matt Batcheldor
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