"Defining Personalized Care: Communicate Effectively" available for completion today
Defining Personalized Care -- Elevating Our Culture of Service is a two-year initiative designed to provide service education to help all Medical Center employees improve their ability to deliver personalized care through exceptional service. The second segment of this initiative, Defining Personalized Care: Communicate Effectively, is now available. View...
State of the Medical Center address video now available
The State of the Medical Center address by Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, is now available for viewing at the Elevate website. View...
As the Medical Center's homeless housing navigator, Michelle Southard spends her days finding homes for patients
"I began to realize that people aren't homeless just because they lack housing." View...
Germ cell biology expert Lehmann set for March 21 Discovery Lecture
Ruth Lehmann, PhD, a world-renowned expert on the biology of germ cells, which generate eggs and sperm, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 21. View...
Center for Professional Health celebrates decades of hope, healing
Vanderbilt's Center for Professional Health is one of the institution's greatest "hidden gems" -- but it's a resource Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, hopes colleagues within the Medical Center will never need. View...
LifeFlight enhances in-flight patient care with Haiku app
Vanderbilt LifeFlight is known for transporting critically injured patients to Vanderbilt University Medical Center while providing emergency care with little to no medical information about its patients. View...
Study aims to predict treatment response in epilepsy patients
With the aid of $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Vanderbilt researchers are on a quest to develop early biomarkers of treatment outcomes for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy based on their individual brain networks. View...
"Momentum": Pay it Forward: Bladder cancer research fund honors mentor
Terry Burke was going out on a limb. He planned to hire 30-year-old Curt Thorne for a senior-level position at Cigna. View...
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...