VUMC in the news

CNN’s coverage of Mick Jagger’s upcoming heart valve replacement quotes Ashish Shah, MD, chair of Cardiac Surgery. 

This New York Times column about honor walks to honor organ donors links to video taken during an honor walk at Vanderbilt a few weeks ago to honor paramedic Kyle Fisher.

Politico reported that the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee met to discuss insulin-pricing. Alvin Powers, MD, director of the Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology and Joe C. Davis Professor of Biomedical Science, testified at the hearing, which was also covered by Congressional Quarterly, MedPage Today, Clinical Endocrinology News, Endocrine Today, and MD Edge.

 Healthline reporter Brian Mastroianni interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about diseases that are returning to the U.S. due to unvaccinated communities. NPR reporter Mara Gordon also interviewed Schaffner for a story about vaccine hesitancy.

Scientific American reporter Lydia Denworth mentioned the artificial intelligence (AI) suicide prediction work of Colin Walsh, MD, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics, in a story about new ways to stop people from taking their own lives.