Consuelo Wilkins lands major national award for women physicians

Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, a leader in health equity, diversity and inclusion at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), is the 2021 recipient of the Marion Spencer Fay Award from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. View...

Mary Pawlikowski named president of Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

Mary Pawlikowski, MA, MEd, interim vice president and chief operating officer for Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH), has been named as the hospital's new president after having held the position of president on an interim basis since November 2020. View...

Second quarter 2021 DAISY Awards honor extraordinary nurses

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Here are VUMC's latest honorees. View...

Arterial stiffening linked to Alzheimer's disease

A research team from VUMC reports in Neurology that greater stiffening of the aorta, the main artery in the human body, is associated in older adults with increased Alzheimer's disease pathology as reflected in a range of neurochemical indicators measured in cerebrospinal fluid. View...

Children's Hospital adds online scheduling option

Self-checkout and online ordering have become ways for consumers to gain both control and convenience in today's marketplace. And health care is no exception. At Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, providing patients and families access to its many physicians and services prompted the roll out of a self-scheduling module. View...

VUMC sources quoted by NBC News, New York Times, Time magazine, more

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