VUMC in the news

Fierce Healthcare posted an executive spotlight interview with Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of VUMC and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Wall Street Journal reporter Melanie Evans interviewed Ellen Wright Clayton, MD, JD, professor of Pediatrics and professor of Law and Health Policy, for a story about how drugmakers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars for access to patient information because of the potential to learn about diseases and discover new drugs.

“CBS This Morning” interviewed William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, for a story about the Legionnaires outbreak in Atlanta. CNN International interviewed Schaffner live for a story about the new cure for the deadliest strain of tuberculosis and also the news of promising new Ebola drugs. In addition, Lancet.com reporter Bryant Furlow interviewed Schaffner for a story about the ongoing multi-state hepatitis A outbreaks.

Reuters Health reporter Marilynn Larkin interviewed Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy, for a story about a study that found Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries spend an extra $16.6 billion dollars on prescriptions for which nearly identical and cheaper substitutes exist.