VUMC in the news

The Tennessean was among the news outlets reporting on the upcoming opening of a new inpatient unit on the eighth floor of Medical Center East-North Tower. Bobby Otten, senior director of Space and Facilities Planning, was quoted.

Jared McKinney, MD, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed numerous times by news outlets including WZTV Fox 17, WTVF News Channel 5 and WSMV News 4 about heat precautions in relation to the CMA Fest.

Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy, is quoted in a Washington Post piece headlined “Two weeks after Trump unveiled plan to lower drug prices, two cancer drugs got a $1,000-per-month price hike.”

Associated Press national reporter Mike Stobbe interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about his MMWR article on MRSA and people who inject drugs.