Martin Luther King Jr. Day begins with spirituals, calls for unity, Churchwell solo on "Abraham, Martin and John"
The United Voices of Vanderbilt choir lifted their voices in song and speakers recalled the message of Martin Luther King Jr. during the third annual Morning Tribute on Monday, Jan. 20. View...
Global effort tracks causes, treatment of acute heart failure
Patients in North America wait a median of three hours to receive intravenous therapy for acute heart failure, while no other region in the world waited for more than 1.2 hours, according to a global study whose lead author and co-primary investigator is Sean Collins, MD, MSc, professor of Emergency Medicine. View...
Chris Turner wants to help patients smile, even if that means talking about the time he dressed up as The Incredible Hulk
"I love putting smiles on people's faces when they don't have a lot to smile about," the Credo Award winner says. View...
Pediatric heart, liver transplant programs reach new milestones
Two transplant programs at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt reached milestones in 2019 for performing record numbers of heart and liver transplantations in a calendar year. View...
Children's Hospital targets teen driver safety
The Allstate Foundation along with the Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt are working to increase awareness among young drivers about the dangers of distracted driving through the "Be in the Zone -- Turn Off Your Phone" campaign. View...
Parking expense to become pretax payroll deduction
The end of 2019 ushered in changes to existing federal tax law. As a result, the Medical Center can now treat employee parking expenses as a pretax deduction. View...
Office of Legal Affairs offering new legal service request system
The Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) has implemented a new legal service request system to perform intake. View...
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...