VUMC People

June 21, 2022

Kristen Kerkhove aims to ease the transition home for palliative care patients

“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.”

By Nancy Humphrey
June 21, 2022

Aliyu named director of Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

Renowned physician-epidemiologist Muktar Aliyu, MBBS, MPH, DrPH, who is the associate director for Research with the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), has been named the new director of the institute, beginning July 1.

By Holly Fletcher
June 13, 2022

Buckley named director of Medical Innovators Development Program

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP), which trains candidates through a four-year, innovation-centered MD curriculum, has been revised to grow the program in both enrollment and scope.

The program also has a new director in Ryan Buckley, MD. Buckley, assistant professor of Clinical Medicine in the Section of Hospital Medicine, will take the helm from founding director Reed Omary, MD, MS, on July 1.

By Kathy Whitney
June 8, 2022

Dooley to lead Division of Infectious Diseases

Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, has been appointed professor and Addison B. Scoville Jr. Chair in Medicine and director of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective Sept. 12.

By Paul Govern
May 25, 2022

Jenny Leigh sets out each day to make a difference for her fellow nurses

Leigh, a nursing education specialist, provides educational support for more than 400 staff members in the NICU

By Matt Batcheldor
May 18, 2022

Jahangir named to new role in Business Development

Alex Jahangir, MD, MMHC, has been named a Vice President for Business Development for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jill Clendening
May 16, 2022

Lou Kaelin never asks her team to do a job she has not done herself.

“Her dedication and service to VUMC, her staff and her patients cannot be measured. I feel honored to have worked with her.”
By Emily Stembridge
May 10, 2022

Davis named section chief of Breast Imaging

Katie Davis, DO, assistant professor of Radiology, has been named section chief of Breast Imaging, a position she has held in an interim capacity since 2021.
By Krystyna Barnard
May 10, 2022

Upperman elected president-elect of the Surgical Infection Society

Vanderbilt's Jeffrey Upperman, MD, surgeon-in-chief of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected president-elect of the Surgical Infection Society.
By Christina Echegaray
May 5, 2022

Faculty awards honor teaching, clinical, research excellence

The 2022 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Academic Enterprise Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service, and Outstanding Contributions to Research were presented April 29 during the annual spring faculty meeting.
By Bill Snyder
April 28, 2022

Nyman named Center for Bone Biology director

Jeffry Nyman, PhD, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and research associate professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology.
By Emily Stembridge
April 28, 2022

Rajaraman named TRIAD director of behavioral analysis

Adithyan Rajaraman, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment & Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders.
By Courtney Taylor
April 22, 2022

“Our family is forever grateful”: Latest DAISY Awards honor seven extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries
By Matt Batcheldor
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