MLK Lecture highlights academic medicine's role in racial justice

The event's keynote speaker was David Acosta, MD, chief diversity and inclusion officer for the AAMC. He spoke on "Making Good Trouble in 2021 -- Time for Academic Medicine to Boldly Call for Racial Justice." View...

Certified neonatal therapists address babies' special needs

Certified neonatal therapists are not common, as there are only approximately 500 of these specialized professionals in the world. Fortunately, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has two on staff. View...

Paid Admin Sick (PAS) and Exempt Admin Sick (EAS) ending Feb. 28

PAS and EAS were offered to support members of the VUMC community because there was not an effective treatment or preventative vaccine available to prevent COVID in the same manner as employees can be protected from common infectious diseases like measles, mumps or influenza. Because there is now an effective vaccine to prevent COVID-19, VUMC will end its use of PAS and EAS on Feb. 28. View...