Peter Embi named new chair of Biomedical Informatics at VUMC

Peter Embi, MD, MS, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., and Leonard Betley Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics & Health Data Science at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been named as the new chair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Biomedical Informatics. View...

VUMC sees critical blood shortages

Vanderbilt University Hospital and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt are currently experiencing a significant shortage of O positive and O negative red blood cells. To help, VUMC employees and the surrounding community can donate blood at one of the twice-weekly American Red Cross blood drives across several different VUMC locations. View...

Important reminders and updates for COVID vaccination requirement

On Aug. 11 VUMC announced that as a condition of employment all remaining employees not in the leader cohort are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have an approved exemption from this requirement by no later than Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. View...

VUSM mourns death of medical student Zachary Scott Jones

A graduate student and trainee in the Medical Scientist Training Program, he is described by his colleagues as kind, always willing to lend a hand, quick to smile, and passionate about his research career. He cared deeply for his patients, classmates, lab mates, and all around him. View...

Children's Hospital debuts new Reed Family Maternal Fetal Clinic

Expectant parents never imagine they'll face tough decisions about treatments or surgeries for their unborn babies following a potentially devastating fetal diagnosis. But for thousands of families each year, this is a harsh reality. View...

eStar update coming Sept. 26

eStar will be updated on Sept. 26, 2021, and will require a downtime to ensure the changes are applied. View...

VUMC Employee Wellness Check-In Survey opens Sept. 28

In a few weeks, you will be asked to participate in the VUMC Employee Wellness Check-In Survey. This quick 5-minute survey is VUMC's chance to hear from you on what resources are working in your area to help you cope during this recent COVID-19 surge and what additional support is needed to help you continue to make a difference for all our patients across the region. View...

Think before you post: a reminder on VUMC Social Media Policy

VUMC's social media policy generally requires that anyone identifying as a VUMC employee online follow the same VUMC Credo behavior, HIPAA, Conflict of Interest policy, privacy and general civil behavior guidelines, and not reveal proprietary financial, intellectual property, patient care or similar sensitive or private content. View...