VUMC mourns the passing of Howard W. Jones III, MD

Howard W. Jones III, MD, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, former chair of the department and a world-renowned researcher into the causes and treatment of gynecologic cancer, died unexpectedly in his sleep on Saturday, March 9. He was 76. View...

Telemedicine holds promise for quick diagnosis of autism

Although increasing evidence shows that children with autism spectrum disorder can be accurately identified during their second year of life, the average age of diagnosis in both Tennessee and across the country remains well above 4 years of age. View...

Nurse anesthetists raise more than $10,000 for Employee Hardship Fund

If you asked Donna Keeney, a nurse anesthetist in Vanderbilt's Department of Anesthesiology, to describe her colleagues with two words, she would use "generous" and "competitive." And, when those two qualities are combined, incredible things can happen. View...

"Vanderbilt Medicine": Outgrowing childhood diseases

Marissa Benchea is one of hundreds of thousands of adults not only surviving but thriving with a chronic childhood disease -- thanks to improved medications, treatments, interventions and medical surveillance. View...

VUMC in the news

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...