COVID-19 lessons: VUMC, other hospital leaders pinpoint opportunities in National Academy Review

The versatility of health systems in the national COVID-19 response underscore the challenges and opportunities for leaders to strengthen and design systems to better care for communities and respond to ever-changing needs, top health care delivery system leaders outline in a discussion paper for the National Academy of Medicine. View...

Study revises understanding of cancer metabolism

Tumors consume glucose at high rates, but a team of Vanderbilt researchers has discovered that cancer cells themselves are not the culprit, upending models of cancer metabolism that have been developed and refined over the last 100 years. View...

Reminder: VUMC ID badges required for on-campus access and beneficial to safety

An important way to help ensure the safety of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's workforce and patients is for all employees to clearly wear their Identification badge. VUMC ID badges are required on each of the health system's campuses. View...

Expanded footprint: Leaders named to guide growth of Vanderbilt-Ingram clinical services

From "Momentum" magazine: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has established new leadership positions as the network expands the reach of its clinical services. The new positions are executive medical director, senior medical director for VICC Cancer Care Network and Strategy and chief surgical officer. View...

NYU's Richard Tsien to discuss brain plasticity at today's Discovery Lecture

Richard Tsien, PhD, director of the Neuroscience Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center, will deliver the next web-based Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 8, at 4 p.m. View...

New Clinician Spotlight: Robert Ramirez, DO, Division of Hematology and Oncology

Robert Ramirez, DO, a thoracic and neuroendocrine oncologist, has joined Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center after practicing at Ochsner Medical Center and Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Science Center in New Orleans. He began seeing patients in April. View...

Survey Sparks: Timeliness of History and Physical Documentation

Part of a series of Joint Commission readiness tips. For more information, go to: https://www.vumc.org/mysite/ View...