Education & Training

May 11, 2022

New Clinician Spotlight: Shailee Shah

Shailee Shah, MD, MS, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an assistant professor in the Division of Neuroimmunology within the Department of Neurology.

By VUMC News and Communications
VUMC faculty members attending the meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation included, from left, Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Patrick Hu, MD, PhD, Lorraine Ware, MD, Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Christopher Williams, MD, PhD, Lori Jordan, MD, PhD, Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, ASCI Council Member Julie Bastarache, MD, Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD, and James Crowe Jr., MD.
April 21, 2022

VUMC a national leader in physician-scientist training

Physician-scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center were well represented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Physician-Scientist Association.

By Bill Snyder
April 13, 2022

40th annual Research Forum hosted by GME office

Matthew Clark, MD, clinical fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, won the Elliott V. Newman Prize for best abstract during the 40th annual Research Forum hosted April 5 by the VUMC Office of Graduate Medical Education and House Staff Advisory Council. VUMC House Staff presented Dario Englot, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery and Surgical Director of Epilepsy, with the Grant W. Liddle Award for his “commitment and leadership in promoting an interest in research among young physicians.”

By Bill Snyder
March 30, 2022

Office of Graduate Medical Education Annual Research Forum set for April 5

By VUMC News and Communications
Crystal Wix, RN, foreground, and care partner Carolyn Forgac work with a patient in the COVID intensive care unit in September 2021.
March 3, 2022

COVID-19: two years of challenges, lessons, victories

Two years ago this week, the cataclysmic coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Middle Tennessee.

By Bill Snyder
From left are Bonnie Miller, MD, VUMC; Odell Kumeh, MD, MPH, ULCHS; Marie Martin, PhD, MEd, VUMC; Bernice Dahn, MD, MPH, ULCHS; Kristina Talbert-Slagle, PhD, Yale; and Comfort Enders, MEd, ULCHS.
February 24, 2022

Capacity building activities and new curriculum strengthen medical education in Liberia

Liberia’s fragile health system is being strengthened through U.S.-Liberia partnerships focused on medical education and capacity building at the country’s only medical school, A.M. Dogliotti (AMD) School of Medicine in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Liberia.

By Kristin Centers
February 23, 2022

Day celebrates many contributions of residents, fellows

Friday, Feb. 25, is Thank a Resident Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate Vanderbilt's physicians in training.
By Kathy Whitney
February 17, 2022

Virtual tours boost Otolaryngology resident recruiting

When the pandemic began, Vanderbilt's Amy Whigham, MD, MS-HPEd, developed a plan to turn the Department of Otolaryngology's medical student education and residency recruitment efforts into a virtual experience.
By Emily Stembridge
February 2, 2022

Hu named to direct Office for Medical Student Research

Patrick Hu, MD PhD, associate professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research.
By Kathy Whitney
January 27, 2022

Internal medicine residency handbook keeps growing

The Vanderbilt internal medicine residency handbook has long been a resource that is easy, enjoyable and helpful for residents to use in clinical practice.
By Emily Stembridge
January 6, 2022

New faculty awards honor clinical, research, teaching missions

The Office of Research, the Office of Faculty Affairs, and the Basic Sciences have created four new faculty awards named to honor and recognize past and current leadership in the clinical, educational, and research missions of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 9, 2021

Valentine named Vice President for Allied Health Education

Peggy Valentine, EdD, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as Vice President for Allied Health Education.
By Kathy Whitney
September 9, 2021

Law receives award for ophthalmology education excellence

Vanderbilt’s Janice Law, MD, has been named to receive the Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO)/American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
By Nancy Humphrey
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