VUMC in the news

An NPR story about the new shingles shot, and why relatively few people are getting it, quotes William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine. Schaffner is also quoted in a Yahoo! Finance story about mumps outbreaks and whether a third MMR shot might be effective at stopping some cases.

WZTV Fox 17 broadcast a report on the VUMC Trauma team, including an interview with Oscar Guillamondegui, MD, medical director of the Trauma Unit.

WPLN reporter Blake Farmer came to the Medical Arts Building on Thursday to interview Alacia Stainbrook, PhD, early intervention program coordinator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, and watched a telemedicine therapy session with a Knoxville mother and her two-year-old son, River, who has autism. The story will be released when the CDC announces its new prevalence of autism numbers next month.

Today.com reporter Eun Kim interviewed Sean Donahue, MD, professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, for a story about celebrity Busy Philipps, who said she had "sunburned" her eyes from a long photo shoot and was later diagnosed with photokeratitis.