Pietenpol named a Chief Scientific Advisor for Susan G. Komen

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named a Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) for the nonprofit breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen. View...

Heart transplant program reaches major milestone

Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) performed five heart transplants in four days to place the institution among an elite group of transplant centers in the country: reaching 1,000 heart transplantations. View...

"100 Great Hospitals in America" list includes VUMC

Once again, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named by Becker's Hospital Review as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America." View...

Human Rights Campaign names VUMC a leader in equality

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has again been named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2017. View...

VUMC mourns loss of Transplant Center's Payne

Jerita Payne, MSN, ACNP, MMHC, director of Clinical Transplant Services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), died March 22 after a brief illness. She was 54. View...

Former chair of Radiology A. Everette James dies

A. Everette James Jr., M.D., J.D., a renowned imaging expert, art collector and former chair of Vanderbilt's Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has died. He was 78. View...

Molecular motors expert Spudich to deliver Discovery Lecture this afternoon

James Spudich, Ph.D., renowned for his studies of proteins that function as molecular motors, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 6. View...

Free head and neck cancer screening is tomorrow

A hoarse voice or persistent sore throat that lasts for weeks may seem like a mild nuisance, but those same symptoms could be early signs of head and neck cancer. View...