Co-Chiefs of Staff announced for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital
Shubhada Jagasia, MD, MMHC, professor of Medicine and vice chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Medicine, will step down from her current role as department vice chair and assume the role of chief of staff for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics. Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, will continue to serve as department chair and will assume the newly created role of chief of staff (VUAH) for Perioperative and Critical Care Service. View...
Gerald Hickson: Culture Survey helps strengthen VUMC culture of safety
A critical underpinning in pursuit of a culture of safety is an environment which allows for staff to speak up and, when needed, deliver respectful non-judgmental feedback to their colleagues, regardless of position. View...
Newborn Nursery home to Preds' youngest fans
The babies, along with their parents, worked with local photographer Stephanie Zachariason (using gear supplied by the Predators) to show that, when it comes to cheering for the Stanley Cup to come to Nashville, age is no barrier. View...
"Property Brothers" help VUMC employee create her dream house
Spending lots of money, feeling lots of stress: typical house renovation. Being on national television at the same time: not typical. Carson Padgett, manager of Pharmacy Inpatient Clinical Operations, gives an inside view of what it's like to have your house renovated by the HGTV sibling show hosts. View...
From music to medicine, Eye Institute's Sobel follows her heart
The intricacies of preparing a reed for an oboe resembles the skill set necessary for oculoplastic surgery. As a once aspiring oboist, Rachel Sobel, MD, relates to the comparison. View...
Remote microphone system helps increase vocabulary of children with hearing loss
Children with hearing loss who use remote microphone systems (RMS) at home have access to about 42 percent more words each day, providing a critical boost to vocabulary and language learning, a Vanderbilt study has found. View...
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...