VUMC People

November 6, 2023

Powers receives prestigious Veterans Affairs Middleton Award

Alvin C. Powers, MD, Joe C. Davis Professor of Biologic Science and professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has received the 2023 William S. Middleton Award, the highest honor awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service.

By Jill Clendening
October 31, 2023

VUMC’s Kimryn Rathmell wins Doris Duke Foundation Paragon Award

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, chair of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received the Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation.

By Bill Snyder
October 30, 2023

Crowe, Osheroff honored by AAMC

Vanderbilt’s James E. Crowe, Jr, MD, and Neil Osheroff, PhD, are among 12 individuals honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges during its 2023 Awards Recognition Event.

By Bill Snyder
October 26, 2023

Karen Bloch honored for clinical excellence by Infectious Diseases Society of America

Vanderbilt’s Karen Bloch, MD, MPH, is one of two winners of the 2023 Watanakunakorn Clinician Award from the Infectious Disease Society of America.

By Paul Govern
October 26, 2023

Debra Friedman named deputy director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Internationally recognized cancer survivorship expert Debra Friedman, MD, MS, has been named deputy director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

By Tom Wilemon
VUMC’s first Pursuit of Excellence Award winners include, from left, Johnny Woodard, MSN, RN-BC, Tiffany Lewis, MSN, RN, Kevin Harvey, BSN, RN VA-BC, Jarylin Bishop, BSN, RN, Randy Cox, MPH, CPPS, Phil Cook, MHA, Bill Wester, MD, MPH, Cristin Fritz, MD, MPH.
October 25, 2023

New award program celebrates improvement work across the VUMC enterprise

Winner’s of this year’s Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention Pursuit of Excellence Awards were recognized during a poster session and ceremony held recently in Langford Auditorium.

By Kathy Whitney
October 20, 2023

“I truly feel she helped save my husband’s life,” and other DAISY Award-winning examples of extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Here are VUMC's latest winners.
By Matt Batcheldor
October 19, 2023

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

By Jill Clendening
October 18, 2023

VUMC’s Wei Kelly Wu, Siru Liu named 2023 Stat Wunderkinds

Vanderbilt's Wei Kelly Wu, MD, and Siru Liu, PhD, have been named 2023 Stat Wunderkinds.
By Paul Govern
October 17, 2023

Powers announces plan to step down from key diabetes leadership roles

Alvin C. Powers, MD, has announced plans to step down effective July 1, 2024, as director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center, and chief of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.
By Jill Clendening
October 17, 2023

Vanderbilt’s Ellen Clayton and Allison McCoy elected fellows of ACMI

Vanderbilt’s Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, and Allison McCoy, PhD, have been elected to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) class of 2023.
By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
October 5, 2023

Jane Case named associate vice chair for Advanced Practice for the Department of Medicine

Jane Case, DNP, APRN-BC, has been named associate vice chair for Advanced Practice for the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Matt Batcheldor
October 3, 2023

Directorships honor leaders, philanthropic partners

Nineteen leaders have been named as holders of directorships at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Doug Campbell
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