VUMC in the news

The Wall Street Journal published a story on a federal inquiry into Google’s health care information-gathering Project Nightingale that quotes Ellen Wright-Clayton, MD, JD, Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics and professor of Health Policy.

When former President Jimmy Carter underwent surgery last week to relieve pressure on his brain, Lola Chambless, MD, associate professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, explained the surgery to reporters from the Associated Press and Fox News.

Reuters Health reporter Marilynn Larkin interviewed Sara Van Driest, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, for a story about her Pediatrics study on the CYP2C19 phenotype and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) that highlights side effects from PPI medications when they are used in infants and young children.

In the wake of last week’s school shooting in Santa Clarita, California, television station KGTV in San Diego interviewed Jeffrey Upperman, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatric Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, as part of the station’s coverage of the medical care of shooting victims.

Everyday Health posted a story about the first new strain of HIV discovered in the past 20 years that quotes William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine. Schaffner was also interviewed by NPR reporter Tara Haelle and CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen for stories about the flu and the flu vaccine. Also, Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Phil Galewitz interviewed Schaffner, for a story about the impact the Affordable Care Act’s zero-cost immunizations have had on increasing acceptance of flu shots.

A Huffington Post story about how health information is more available than ever, but the usefulness of that information is not always apparent. The piece quotes Gordon Bernard, MD, senior associate dean for Clinical Research.