Autonomic Disorders

  • Digital illustration of heart in an x-ray of a human chest

    Heat for hypertension in autonomic failure

    Heat therapy could offer a novel nonpharmacologic approach for treating the overnight hypertension that affects patients with autonomic failure. Read More

    May 25, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Honoring Robertson

    David Robertson, MD, second from left, poses with three longtime colleagues who spoke during last week’s symposium honoring his scientific legacy. Read More

    May 10, 2018

  • Vanderbilt University

    Symposium to honor Robertson’s research contributions

    David Robertson, MD, internationally known for his groundbreaking work in defining and treating often-debilitating neurological disorders of blood pressure regulation, will be honored with a two-day symposium May 3-4 at Langford Auditorium. Read More

    Apr 19, 2018

  • Vanderbilt University

    Robertson leaves lasting legacy in clinical research

    When David Robertson, MD, sorted through 39 years’ worth of textbooks, journals and framed photographs in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Clinical Research Center (CRC) recently as he prepared for retirement, the memory that brought him to tears was a 30-year-old embroidery piece by his daughter, Rose Robertson Pink. Read More

    Nov 30, 2017