Psychiatric Hospital debuts new inpatient unit for psychotic disorders

Vanderbilt University Medical Center celebrated the opening of the Charlotte and Donald Test Jr. Center at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, a new inpatient unit that has expanded the hospital's inpatient capacity from 92 to 106 with the addition of 14 new adult beds. The unit marks the hospital's first constructed inpatient expansion since its doors opened in December 1985. View...

Callie Thompson is new director of Vanderbilt Burn Center

Callie Thompson, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Burn Center, one of the largest burn centers in the United States. Thompson joined the surgical faculty in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care in 2016, and she's been an integral member of the Burn Center team, including serving as the interim director since early 2018. View...

Innovative nerve-releasing surgery brings migraine relief for some patients

Clarksville resident Hope Dyer remembers the day she looked out a window, saw it was raining and immediately began crying. She realized it was the first time in more than two decades that a drop in barometric pressure before a storm hadn't triggered a debilitating migraine. View...

Colorectal cancer patients warn against dismissing early symptoms

"When I was diagnosed at 32 with rectal cancer, I felt so alone and so scared," Jessica Cash said. "I had never heard of it. Everybody assumed I had breast cancer being a female. Now, I'm like, 'Do your duty, check your booty!' I am all about promoting awareness. It can happen to anybody at any age." View...

Five Pillar Leader Award winner Lana Howard knocks down barriers to research at Clinical Research Center

When Lana Howard, BSN, RN, CCRP, learned Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Clinical Research Center (CRC) would be moving from the third floor of Medical Center North to a more accessible location on the second floor, she saw an opportunity. View...

Major road closures to affect I-65, I-440, Franklin Road in September

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has announced plans for bridge work at the interchange of Interstate 65 and Interstate 440 which will require the complete closure of the interchange from Friday, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. through Monday, Sept. 23 at 5 a.m. View...