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Piedmont Natural Gas and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt create partnership for utility’s 63rd Annual Nashville Christmas Parade presented by Tootsie’s
Grammy Award winning artist Kelly Clarkson announced as Grand Marshal for Dec. 3 parade Officials from Piedmont Natural Gas, joined by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, announced today that Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will benefit from some of the proceeds from this year’s 63rd annual Piedmont… Read MoreAug 26, 2016
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New fund honors spirit of Cohen’s innovative research
When Tom Daniel, M.D., joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in December 1986, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Read MoreAug 25, 2016
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VUMC lands NIH training grant in emergency care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has received a five-year, $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Vanderbilt Emergency Care Research Training Program. Read MoreAug 25, 2016
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Device helps curb atrial fibrillation patients’ stroke risk
Peggy Tubb doesn’t recall her exact reaction when she was told she could stop taking blood thinners to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), but the news changed her life. Read MoreAug 25, 2016
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VUMC team helps launch fetal surgery program in Australia
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) made history in 1997 when two surgeons pioneered fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system. Read MoreAug 25, 2016
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Age no barrier for patient’s transplant surgery success
The old adage that age is just a number actually became a lifesaver for 71-year-old Rex Parton. Read MoreAug 18, 2016
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Major grant enhances pulmonary fibrosis research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has received an $11 million program project renewal grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study the genetics and underlying biological mechanisms that lead to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Read MoreAug 18, 2016
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Meeting jump-starts VUMC Strategy Framework process
A broad and diverse group of 150 Medical Center and University leaders, students, and community stakeholders met Monday afternoon at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center to advance Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Strategy Framework process. Read MoreAug 18, 2016
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New center will examine addiction at molecular level, develop treatments
Vanderbilt University researchers from diverse scientific disciplines are joining forces to help crack the stubborn mysteries of addiction through the new Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research. Read MoreAug 17, 2016
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Assembly highlights value of VUMC’s people, culture
With the theme of “It’s About People,” Jeff Balser M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, began the Summer Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly by urging nearly 1,000 Medical Center leaders in attendance in Langford Auditorium to consider the emotional needs of members of their teams. In particular, he asked leaders to recognize the psychological impact of recent tragic events happening across the U.S. and in other nations. Read MoreAug 11, 2016
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Timing, teamwork key for young liver transplant patient
Antwane Cole Jr., known as “AJ” to friends and family, began his summer playing football and enjoying his favorite superhero, Spiderman. Read MoreAug 11, 2016
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt opens after-hours clinic in Murfreesboro today
Illnesses and injuries don’t keep regular business hours, but now convenient after-hours care from board-certified pediatricians is available in Rutherford County. Located at 1155 Kennedy Drive, 2nd floor, the clinic is Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s fifth after-hours location in Middle Tennessee. Opening today, Aug. 8, the… Read MoreAug 8, 2016
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Heart transplant program among busiest in U.S.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s heart transplant program is ranked No. 2 nationwide in volume for its combined adult and pediatric procedures, according to the most recent data released by Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) in July. Read MoreAug 4, 2016
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White Coat Ceremony marks start of medical school journey
Family members, friends and faculty gathered in Light Hall on July 29 to support the new Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) class during the school’s annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony. Read MoreAug 4, 2016
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Kleberg Foundation grant bolsters cancer drug discovery efforts
The Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators in support of VICC’s drug discovery program. The gift awarded over the next three years from the private, San Antonio, Texas-based foundation will enable VICC researchers to pursue the development of new compounds to block the activity of cancer-causing genes and proteins that had previously been considered “undruggable.” Read MoreAug 3, 2016
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VUMC once again named among nation’s finest by U.S. News and World Report
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has once again been named among the nation’s finest providers of specialty care by U.S. News and World Report, and has also been named the No. 1 hospital in Tennessee and the Metro Nashville area. Read MoreAug 2, 2016
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Marrow cells’ role in pulmonary hypertension explored
Cells from the bone marrow participate in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and they can also protect against it, according to new findings from a team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators. Read MoreJul 28, 2016
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VUMC online provider rating system now live
Patient ratings of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) health care providers are now live and viewable by the public on the Medical Center website. Read MoreJul 28, 2016
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Doug the Pug
Viral internet sensation “Doug the Pug” visited patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt last week. Read MoreJul 28, 2016
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Tarpley may be retiring, but he isn’t slowing down
On June 30, John Tarpley, M.D., retired after 23 years of service at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the Nashville VA Medical Center. The next day, he packed a suitcase, and on July 2 he boarded a Kenya-bound plane, a move that was absolutely no surprise to all who know him. Read MoreJul 26, 2016