Kevin Johnson to step down as chair of Biomedical Informatics

Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), professor of Pediatrics, and Informatician-in-Chief at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will depart the organization on Nov. 1, to join the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine. He will continue to serve as chair of DBMI as a national search is conducted to identify his successor. View...

Clinic helps prepare young HIV patients for adult care

Adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Middle Tennessee are being ushered into adult care through a special transition clinic that focuses on adult skill-building and individualized therapy and discussions. View...

Stimulation device helps patients with bladder disorders reprogram

A neurostimulator surgically implanted above the buttocks to reprogram how the bladder senses the filling of urine is helping patients with debilitating bladder and bowel disorders that are often life-limiting. View...

Children's Hospital's Tiny Baby Team gives premature babies a fighting chance

From "Hope" magazine: Mary Nicks remembers frantically typing in a Google search from her home in Linden, Tennessee, desperate to find the nearest hospital equipped to care for her twins who were about to arrive far too soon. View...

VUMC sources quoted by New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, more

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