VUMC People

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 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
Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
February 29, 2024

Michael DeBaun receives Paragon Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Vanderbilt’s Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has received the Paragon Award for “Innovative Improvements to Clinical Care or Healthcare Delivery” from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDF).

By Nancy Humphrey
February 29, 2024

Jed Kuhn and MOON Shoulder Group receive high honor in orthopaedic research

The Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Shoulder Group received the 2024 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award for advancing treatment methods for patients with atraumatic, symptomatic rotator cuff tears.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 27, 2024

Brad Malin elected a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Vanderbilt’s Brad Malin, PhD, was recently elected a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to data engineering, privacy and security in biomedicine.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 20, 2024

Liver disease specialist Ashley Spann receives two career development awards

Vanderbilt's Ashley Spann, MD, MSACI, is the inaugural recipient of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Hepatology Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 20, 2024

Vanessa Marlowe strives to create “caring connections” with patients and her colleagues

Marlowe recognized with VUMC Five Pillar Leader Award for her work
By Bill Snyder
February 16, 2024

Inspired by a childhood friend’s care journey, Jennifer Wright always knew she would work for Vanderbilt one day

"I love what I do; I have a passion for people, and I know getting my job done is helping someone. When I say I’m going to do something, I want to succeed.”
By Nancy Humphrey
February 16, 2024

Waddell Walker Hancock Cancer Discovery Fund names first scholars

A research endeavor that seeks to develop a new cancer immunotherapy utilizing nanobody delivery and targeted heating of tumors has received funding from the Waddell Walker Hancock Cancer Discovery Fund.
By Tom Wilemon
February 15, 2024

Timothy Blackwell to chair the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan

Timothy Blackwell, MD, director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, is leaving Vanderbilt University Medical Center to chair the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.
By Nancy Humphrey
February 15, 2024

Katherine Hartmann, Sunil Kripalani honored at Translational Research Forum

Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD, and Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, were honored for their service to translational scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum.
By Bill Snyder
February 15, 2024

Michael Regier to retire; Douglas Mefford named general counsel and secretary

Michael Regier, JD, general counsel and secretary at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has announced that he will retire at the end of the academic year. Douglas Mefford, JD, managing counsel in the Office of Legal Affairs, has been appointed to succeed him effective July 1.
By John Howser