Today's first Flexner Discovery Lecture of new academic year to feature Churchwell, Sealy

The importance of diversity and inclusion to medical and graduate education and research will be discussed on Sept. 8 during the first Flexner Discovery Lecture of the 2016-2017 academic year. The speakers will be Andre Churchwell, M.D., Chief Diversity Officer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and Linda Sealy, Ph.D., Director of the Vanderbilt Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity. View...

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion welcome reception is today

The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion will host a welcome reception to celebrate the new academic year on Thursday, Sept. 8. The event is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Student Life Center Board of Trust Room. View...

Proposed changes could impact liver transplant efforts

A new proposal under consideration by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) that would change the way donated livers are distributed would negatively impact patients listed for liver transplantation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and across the Southeast, according to Seth Karp, M.D., H. William Scott Jr. Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery. View...

Improved blood management system reduces waste, costs

Thirty percent less blood was transfused and more than $2 million was saved over a three-year period through changes in how blood is ordered, transported and stored at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). View...

Diagnostic Laboratories to switch to Remote Hosting Saturday, Sept. 24

On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Diagnostic Laboratories will implement Remote Hosting for the Cerner Millennium and CoPath laboratory information systems. Remote Hosting means that all servers used by the laboratory information system (LIS) will move from VUMC and will now reside on hardware located in Kansas City at Cerner's secure facilities. View...