VUMC People

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
Chief Patient Experience Officer David Haynes, MD, center, presented Excellence in Patient Experience awards to Cassandra Bruns, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, left, and Inder Raj Grewal, MBBS, who had perfect top box scores of 100%. Not pictured is Bethany Sanders, MSN, CNM, who also received a perfect score. (Photo by Susan Urmy)
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
September 22, 2023

The MyHealth Bundles Team transforms and innovates health care to create a better patient experience.

“Now I can do everything. I can truly enjoy my grandchildren and go to all their sports activities without fearing walking up and down bleachers...I feel like my life is back.”
By VUMC News and Communications
September 21, 2023

VUMC postdoctoral researcher selected as HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

Vanderbilt postdoctoral researcher Martin Douglass, PhD, has been named a 2023 Hanna Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
By Anthony Czelusniak
September 19, 2023

Flavia Atkins brings caring and leadership to the patients she guides as a health care navigator

She takes pride not only in guiding patients on their health care journeys but also in serving as a resource who is always available to her fellow navigators
By Leigh MacMillan
September 19, 2023

Edwards, Gastineau, Brady honored by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

The Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has awarded top honors to three physicians in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics.
By Christina Echegaray