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March 7, 2024

Trent Rosenbloom to chair scientific review committee at National Library of Medicine

Vanderbilt’s Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, on July 1 will begin a one-year term as chair of the Biomedical Informatics, Library and Data Sciences Review Committee of the National Library of Medicine.

By Paul Govern
March 6, 2024

Credo Award winner Jay Morrison sees himself as VUMC’s utility baseball player, giving structure, process and support so the whole team wins

“I love a challenge and working on something I know is going to be hard because the value is that much better on the back end.”

By Danny Bonvissuto
March 6, 2024

New center focused on advancing health AI to launch at VUMC

The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched its groundbreaking center for health Artificial Intelligence (AI) – ADVANCE (AI Discovery and Vigilance to Accelerate Innovation and Clinical Excellence).

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
March 6, 2024

Jay Wellons elected president of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons

Vanderbilt’s John “Jay” Wellons III, MD, MSPH, has been elected as the 2024-2025 president of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons.

By Christina Echegaray
March 6, 2024

New toolkit helps non-obstetricians better identify and treat pregnant and postpartum patients with cardiovascular emergencies

Vanderbilt’s Kathryn Lindley, MD, has worked with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a national toolkit for non-obstetricians to better identify and treat pregnant and postpartum patients with cardiovascular emergencies.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 5, 2024

New Vanderbilt Medical Laboratories facility, renovations will benefit patients

A new Vanderbilt University Medical Center clinical laboratory facility is open for business following a relocation to a 110,000 square-foot facility in MetroCenter. The new lab is located approximately five miles from VUMC’s main Nashville campus.

By Jill Clendening
March 5, 2024

William Obremskey named executive medical director of Vanderbilt Supply Chain Services

William Obremskey, MD, MPH, MMHC, has been named executive medical director of Vanderbilt Supply Chain Services for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Kathy Whitney
March 5, 2024

Sarah Allen named Senior Vice President for Radiology Services

Sarah Allen, MBA, CNMT, RT(CT), has been named Senior Vice President for Radiology Services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
By John Howser
March 5, 2024

CDC encourages additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for patients 65 and older

March 5, 2024

CDC changes community COVID-19 isolation guidance; does not change guidance for Vanderbilt Health employees, patients or facilities

March 5, 2024

GE HealthCare & Vanderbilt publish data on AI models predicting patient response to immunotherapy

The results from a research partnership between GE HealthCare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing artificial intelligence to enable safer and more precise cancer immunotherapies show that the models they developed predict patient responses with 70% to 80% accuracy.
By Tom Wilemon
March 4, 2024

Vanderbilt’s Yash Choksi and Fabian Bock honored by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation

Vanderbilt's Yash Choksi, MD, recently received the 2024 Research Investigator Early Career Faculty Award from the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation and Fabian Bock, MD, PhD, won the society's Research Scholar Award.
By Bill Snyder
March 4, 2024

Biomedical Informatics to launch new “AI Discovery & Vigilance to Accelerate Innovation & Clinical Excellence” (ADVANCE) Center, March 8

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli