VUMC People

December 17, 2020

Year in Review 2020: Medical Center shines in multiple national rankings

During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed highly in several national rankings and was honored with numerous awards.

By Doug Campbell
December 17, 2020

Year in Review 2020: Leadership appointments bolster VUMC’s missions

New leadership appointments during the past year helped strengthen Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s core missions.

By Doug Campbell
The “orange team,” led by Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, assembles in the old Clinical Research Center space in Medical Center North on the first day of the phase 3 Moderna vaccine study this summer.
December 16, 2020

Coronavirus ‘crusaders’ spur VUMC research achievements

The development of the vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and antiviral drugs that ultimately will defeat COVID-19 wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for the unflagging and selfless efforts of a global army of research nurses, laboratory personnel, recruiters and other staff.

By Bill Snyder
December 10, 2020

Calkins named Assistant VP for Research at VUMC

David Calkins, PhD, director of the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center and vice chair and director for Research of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been appointed Assistant Vice President for Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Bill Snyder
December 10, 2020

Huang named to Children’s Hospital leadership roles

Eunice Huang, MD, MS, has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as associate surgeon-in-chief and chief surgical quality and innovations officer. She is also professor and vice chair of Clinical Services in the Department of Pediatric Surgery.

By Christina Echegaray
December 3, 2020

Six Vanderbilt faculty elected as 2020 fellows of the AAAS

Six Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected 2020 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

By Marissa Shapiro
December 1, 2020

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Crowe receives 2020 “Golden Goose” Award for COVID-19 research

James Crowe Jr., MD, a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who has pioneered development of human monoclonal antibodies as potential treatments for viral diseases, has won a 2020 “Golden Goose” Award.
By Bill Snyder
November 18, 2020

Mencio named president-elect of orthopaedic surgery board

By Jill Clendening
November 17, 2020

Sharlinda Robertson has a way with toddlers having tantrums. And everybody else, too.

Her small acts of kindness earned her a Credo Award
By Matt Batcheldor
November 12, 2020

Pawlikowski named interim president of Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

Mary Pawlikowski, MA, MEd, Chief Operating Officer of Vanderbilt Behavioral Health, has been named interim president of the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH), succeeding Jameson Norton, MBA, in the role he has held since 2016.
By John Howser
November 12, 2020

Spalluto graduates from Radiology leadership program

Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH, associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and director of Women in Radiology (WIR), recently graduated from the Leading, Empowering and Disrupting (LEAD) Program, a joint initiative of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments’ (SCARD) and GE Healthcare.
By Krystyna Barnard
November 6, 2020

Johnny Wedderburn’s positivity, kindness and innovation help patients become independent again

"He cares for the entire person and doesn’t just perform a job."
By Nancy Humphrey
November 6, 2020

Elevate Team Award celebrates COVIDRX team’s coordinated, statewide distribution of COVID-19 therapeutic

"The team focused on the patients. We took a Vanderbilt Credo and extended it and portrayed it for the entire state of Tennessee.”
By Bill Snyder
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