Open Enrollment for 2020 benefits begins tomorrow

Open Enrollment begins at 8 a.m. tomorrow and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2019. The benefits you elect will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, and last until Dec. 31, 2020. View...

Enter FY2020 goals in Performance Central this week

Leaders and frontline managers are encouraged to develop goals with employees and enter them in Performance Central by no later than Nov. 8. View...

Study examines pain processing in co-occurring cancer, Alzheimer's disease

A new multisite study will examine whether co-occurring Alzheimer's disease and stage 4 breast or prostate cancer alters pain perception, potentially leading to undertreated cancer pain. View...

New Physician Spotlight: Colin Barker

Colin Barker, MD, a national leader in percutaneous heart valve therapies, has joined VUMC as the new director of Interventional Cardiology. He began seeing patients July 2. View...

Project seeks to enhance opioid care for infants

The number of opioid-exposed infants who were connected, along with their families, to outside resources upon discharge from the hospital surged in a recent six-month pilot. View...

VIGH study seeks to expand epilepsy care efforts in Africa

The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH), with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, will conduct a randomized clinical trial in three cities in northern Nigeria to determine the efficacy of shifting childhood epilepsy care to epilepsy-trained community health extension workers. View...

VUMC has 2,500 pieces of art. Jenny Lewis knows them all.

Portraits, landscapes, sculptures -- health care art is an art in itself. View...

"My Southern Health": Keep your ghouls and goblins safe: Halloween safety tips

The risk of children being hit by a car is higher on Halloween than on any other day of the year. Along with having fun, don't forget these safety tips for the big night. View...

"Vanderbilt Medicine": Minds on Trial

When criminal, civil or juvenile court cases involve consideration of the defendant's mental state, the expert opinion of a forensic psychiatrist or psychologist can make a difference. View...

VUMC in the news

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...