John Oates, iconic leader, physician and scientist, dies at 87

John Oates, MD, an internationally known physician at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a founding father of the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, died Tuesday (July 30) in Nashville after a short illness. He was 87. Dr. Oates, the Thomas F. Frist Sr. Professor of Medicine, founded the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at Vanderbilt in 1963 as a joint division of the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology. He chaired the Department of Medicine from 1983 to 1997. View...

Eye Institute receives $10 million gift for vision research efforts

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute has received a $10 million gift -- the Institute's largest to date -- that will fund regenerative visual neuroscience research to develop transformative therapies for eye diseases. View...

VUMC employees share memories with "99 Words of Summer"

In memories that range from rural Georgia to New England to Alaska and beyond, Medical Center employees recall summer days and summer nights. View...

Couple's transplant journey continues by helping others

A dramatic improvement in health following Richard Barbour's double lung transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2011 was remarkable to witness, recalls his wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Barbour. View...

"My Southern Health": Going back to school can literally be a headache

School can be a cause of headaches in children. Learn why and find out what you can do about it. View...

VUMC in the news

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