David "D.J." Kennedy named chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
David J. "D.J." Kennedy, MD, clinical associate professor and residency program director in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with Stanford University's Department of Orthopaedics, has been named chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...
MLK morning tribute set for Jan. 15
Save the date for VUMC's MLK Morning Tribute, Jan. 15, in Light Hall, to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The morning's festivities will begin in the North Lobby at 7 a.m. with a performance by the United Voices of Vanderbilt. View...
MLK Lecture set for Jan. 15
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and School of Nursing, in conjunction with the 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series, will present Debra J. Barksdale, professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Nursing, Jan. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. in Light Hall. View...
Wells retires as director of Medical Center Nursing Research
When Nancy Wells started her nursing career she didn't stay in one place for long, going from Canada to the West and East coasts of the United States. She didn't, that is, until she came to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) 25 years ago to take a position as director of Nursing Research. View...
VUMC joins national effort to block global pandemics of potentially lethal viruses
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has signed a five-year cooperative agreement worth up to $28 million with Vanderbilt University Medical Center to develop methods for preventing the global spread of viruses like chikungunya and Zika. View...
Heart failure risk predicted by communities, not wealth
According to new research in the American Heart Association journal, "Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes," almost 5 percent of heart failure risk was connected to neighborhood factors. View...
Great Saves event reunites thankful patients, caregivers
"Many care providers never get to see the critically ill patients they care for after they're better. We originally created the Great Saves display some time ago for the staff, but patients' families really benefit from it as well. It's helpful for them to see that their critically ill loved ones really can get better." View...
Internal Medicine resident Arissa Young's father won a Nobel Prize. A proud daughter's story of a royal weekend in Stockholm
Mom and Dad are at the center table, dining with members of the Swedish royal family and the other Nobel laureates and their spouses. As I watch my Dad in this really formal setting, feelings rush back. I start thinking about the times when my sister Natalie and I were little girls and Dad would bring some of his fruit flies home from his lab in glass test-tubes. View...
eStar special update scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 14
The eStar team will be implementing a series of approved changes to the new system between 1 and 4 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 14. This update will require approximately three hours of system downtime, during which teams should use standard downtime procedures. View...