Non-invasive radiosurgery alleviates patient's 50-year experience with depression

Mohamed Khattab, MD, and Anthony Cmelak, MD, both faculty of Radiation Oncology, have performed a first-ever non-invasive procedure which has greatly improved a patient's symptoms of long-term, treatment-resistant depression. View...

Noah Smith's dual kidney-liver transplant marks milestone for pediatric program

Noah's case marks a milestone for the pediatric transplant program and further highlights the culture of collaboration and innovation at Children's Hospital. View...

VUMC's "DNA: Discoveries in Action" named Healthcare Podcast of the Year

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's original podcast series, "Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action," was named Healthcare Podcast of the Year at the 2021 Healthcare and IT Marketing Community Awards. View...

Chris Terry gets satisfaction from solving patients' barriers to care long before they become real problems

Population Health Clinical Pharmacist Chris Terry remembers being surprised when a woman with a troubling history of repeat hospitalizations brought her medications in for his review. "She was in a wheelchair pushed by her husband. She had two huge tackle boxes, and her husband was dragging a couple of coolers behind him, all full of medications." View...

Pharmacy services: there is an app for that

Managing your medicine through a Vanderbilt pharmacy just got easier. Now Vanderbilt pharmacies offer convenience with a new app, called VanderbiltRx. View...

VUMC sources quoted by The New York Times, ABC News, Nature, more

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

Survey Sparks: Medication preparation and labeling

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