December 11, 2018

Country music star Tim McGraw has teamed up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to promote the hospital's Give to the Next Breath initiative, a philanthropic marketing effort to support the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). View...

Discovery could lead to neutralizing West Nile virus


Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that can "neutralize" the West Nile virus and potentially prevent a leading cause of viral encephalitis (brain inflammation) in the United States. View...

"Defining Personalized Care -- Elevating Our Culture of Service" continues


Increasing choices for health care consumers means that offering the best service is more important than ever. While Vanderbilt University Medical Center's hospitals and clinics are recognized as among the nation's best for superior care, feedback from patients through post-visit survey responses indicate that opportunities exist for improvement in areas related to their overall experience. View...

Taylor Swift wax figure from Madame Tussauds brings smiles to Children's Hospital


Taylor Swift was on hand to help open Seacrest Studios, the multimedia broadcast studio within Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in 2016, and on that day she was one of the first to broadcast to the hospital using Seacrest Studios. A few days ago, "Taylor Swift" returned to Children's Hospital in a wax image from Madame Tussauds Nashville, and spent some time posing and bringing smiles to patients. View...

VUMC in the news


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