Marie Griffin and John Sergent honored for their contributions to diversity and inclusion

Marie Griffin, MD, MPH, and John Sergent, MD, were recognized for their contributions to diversity and inclusion during a portrait unveiling ceremony in Langford Auditorium on Aug. 16, sponsored by the Office of Diversity Affairs. View...

Ronald Alvarez named Executive Medical Director for Performance Excellence

Ronald Alvarez, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named executive medical director for Performance Excellence for Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention, serving as a physician leader for quality and safety measures. View...

Partnership seeks to bolster health, education in Liberia

The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) is joining Yale University and the University of Liberia College of Health Sciences (ULCHS) to establish a public-private-academic hub for research utilization in the Liberian health sector and an academic network to strengthen Liberia's education and health sectors as part of a five-year, $15 million federal project. View...

"DNA" podcast, season 2, episode 2, "I See You: Humanizing Critical Care," now available:

The pandemic introduced critical care, or the ICU, to millions of people who worried about ventilators and hospital beds. Find out why an ICU stay is unlike other inpatient admissions and why the specialty exists. Critical care doctors talk about their COVID-19 experience and explain why it's vital to make sure patients keep their dignity. View...

This week's VUMC COVID hospitalization statistics

A weekly update on how many COVID-19 patients are in VUMC's hospitals, how many are in intensive care, and how many are unvaccinated. View...

When VUMC's COVID-19 unit opened, Leslie Thompson eagerly stepped up to work there. She'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Says the Credo Award winner: "Someone had to go clean those rooms up, and I'm happy to do whatever I'm asked to do. It comes with the job. I just wanted to help out and be a team player." View...

New Clinician Spotlight: Neil Price

Neil Price, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Medicine, joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently and specializes in gastroenterology. View...

VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, National Geographic, Forbes, more

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