James O'Neill honored with American Pediatric Surgical Association Humanitarian Award

The American Pediatric Surgical Association has recognized James O'Neill, MD, professor of Surgery, emeritus, and former chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences at VUMC, with the 2021 Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes O'Neill's many contributions during a career dedicated to the provision of surgical care to underserved children. View...

Occupational Health offering walk-in COVID vaccinations beginning July 7

The Occupational Health Clinic (OHC) will begin offering COVID vaccines to employees on a walk-in basis on Wednesday, July 7. View...

Patching computers and applications protects data entrusted to VUMC

When you leave your house to take a trip to the store, do you lock your front door? Or if the roof on your house had a hole in it, would you want to fix it? Making sure your house is secure or preventing further damage is the reason why you take action. The same logic applies to updating and protecting your computers and devices, and the applications you use on them. View...

New Clinician Spotlight: Katie McPherson

Katie McPherson, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center after completing a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Colorado in Aurora. View...

"In My Life": Dustin and Dana Hipp, VUSM class of 2013

From "Vanderbilt Medicine" magazine: Dustin is an assistant professor of Pediatrics, critical care medicine, and Dana completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. They recently moved back to Nashville where they are raising their three daughters. Photographs by Donn Jones. View...

VUMC sources quoted by Washington Post, NBC News, CNN, more

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