Vanderbilt LifeFlight expands ground ambulance service to Tullahoma

Some 10 new full-time personnel will be hired as part of the expansion, including advanced emergency medical technicians, paramedics and a local base manager. The ambulances will focus on interfacility transfers from Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital. View...

Pediatric liver transplant program named among nation's best

The program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt was one of five programs with a superior rating for patient survival during a two-and-a-half-year period. The recognition from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients also highlighted the program's 100% patient and graft survival rate. View...

School of Medicine Faculty Advisory Council re-established

The re-established Council will advise the Dean of the School of Medicine, providing an additional avenue for communication between the School's 3,000-plus faculty and the Office of the Dean. View...

Sean Collins takes on new VCC, IMPH leadership roles

Sean Collins, MD, MSci, professor of Emergency Medicine, will become co-director of the Vanderbilt Coordinating Center and associate director for clinical trials research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Medicine and Public Health. View...

A year later: Healing from the tornado

The one-year anniversary of the deadly March 3, 2020 tornado brings back memories of loss, grief and fear. It is a good time to pause and reflect. View...

Driven by passion and persistence, Kim Arnold goes above and beyond to help patients

Kim Arnold, a senior patient service specialist at the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute clinic in Shelbyville, Tennessee, was honored with a Credo Award at the February 2021 Virtual Leadership Assembly. View...

Pawtner in Care: Facility dog engages patients to meet treatment goals

From "Hope" magazine: Squid, an inky-black Labrador retriever mix, walks slowly through the halls of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, surrounded by a chorus of "awww." View...

VUMC sources quoted by Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC News, more

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

Survey Sparks: Hand hygiene

Part of a series of Joint Commission readiness tips. For more information, go to: https://www.vumc.org/mysite/ View...