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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
March 4, 2024

Stroke symposium set for April

Vanderbilt Neurology Stroke and Neuroscience Symposium will be held April 4 as a hybrid event, in person at the Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt Hotel and online.
By Paul Govern
March 1, 2024

Study seeks to determine if fallopian tube sonograms can help detect ovarian cancer at early stage

Vanderbilt researchers are investigating whether sonograms of fallopian tubes can be effective for the early detection of ovarian cancer, and their ongoing study shows promise.
By Tom Wilemon
March 1, 2024

Conjoined twins who share the same heart; long COVID and cognitive decline; and other news stories with VUMC sources

March 1, 2024

Four-tunate few: Leap Day Babies Arrive at Vanderbilt Hospitals

Indy Rose Manning didn’t just arrive on her due date — she arrived on a day that comes around once every four years. Indy was born on Leap Day, making her a Leapling.
By VUMC News and Communications