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Karp to succeed Beauchamp as Surgical Section leader
After successfully leading Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Section of Surgical Sciences and serving as the Medical Center’s Surgeon-in-Chief since 2001, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, the John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, is stepping down. Beauchamp will be succeeded in this role by Seth Karp, MD, H. William Scott Jr. Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Change positions Department of Urologic Surgery for sustained growth
Beginning July 1, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Urologic Surgery, which is currently housed within the Medical Center’s Section of Surgical Sciences, will become an independent department. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Nashville Biosciences created to leverage wealth of data
Officials with Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Nashville Biosciences, to harness the power of its extensive genomic and bioinformatics resources to advance drug and diagnostics discovery and development. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Study reveals frogs bouncing back in Panama
A new study reports that some Central American frog species are recovering from a deadly fungal epidemic, perhaps because they have better defenses against the pathogen. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Family’s transplant journey a study in overcoming barriers
There are no words for liver transplantation in Somalian refugee Aniso Haji’s native language. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Becker driven to help improve quality of patients’ lives
Jonathan Becker, DO, the medical director overseeing Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital’s electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) program, spends a fair amount of time explaining to patients what electroconvulsive therapy is not. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Design competition aims to assist laryngectomy patients
The first annual LaryHacks, a competition to design innovative devices, apps or methods to assist laryngectomy patients who have had their voice boxes removed, has been set for Thursday, April 12, 5 to 8 p.m., in the Wond’ry, 2414 Highland Ave. in the Vanderbilt University Engineering and Science building. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Otten named senior director of Space and Facilities Planning
Bobby Otten has been named senior director of Space and Facilities Planning. In this new role, Otten will oversee ongoing construction projects at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, planning of new construction and renovation of existing Medical Center space. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Dierks Bentley receives first star on Children’s Hospital’s “Walk of Champions”
Multi-platinum entertainer and longtime supporter of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Dierks Bentley recently received the first star on the hospital’s newly created “Walk of Champions,” presented by Live Nation. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Novel research explores way to restore silenced voices
A 2011 cicada swarm is leading to transinstitutional research at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to develop a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Match Day reveals residency locations for VUSM students
Fourth-year medical students Katie DesPrez and Joe Wick met at orientation during their first year at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Study tracks protein’s role in stem cell function
MCL-1 is a member of the BCL-2 family of proteins important for blocking apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Many types of cancer cells escape the body’s effort to kill them by overexpressing MCL-1. Read MoreMar 22, 2018
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Study spots undiagnosed genetic diseases in EHR
Patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases. Read MoreMar 15, 2018
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Shade Tree Clinic adapts to changing healthcare landscape
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student-run Shade Tree Clinic was founded in 2004 as a means to provide primary care to Nashville’s uninsured population and to allow medical and nursing students to receive valuable hands-on training while providing healthcare to those in need. Read MoreMar 15, 2018
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Boys, girls reach activity levels in different ways
Most preschool-age children manage to get enough recommended daily physical activity, but how they move varies with noticeable differences between boys and girls, a new Vanderbilt study found. Read MoreMar 15, 2018
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Vanderbilt study affirms effectiveness, promise of telemedicine for autism evaluations
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have found that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be accurately diagnosed in young children via remote, telemedicine assessments, a method that could significantly increase access and reduce wait times for autism services. In a first-of-its-kind study, the researchers compared the accuracy of rapid… Read MoreMar 12, 2018
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Stallworth’s Johns draws on broad background
As a freshman at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Jeff Johns, MD, spotted someone practicing for cheerleader tryouts. Although he had never once tumbled in gymnastics or participated in cheerleading before, Johns asked her to teach him some basics. Read MoreMar 8, 2018
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Children’s Hospital, Hunter’s Hope team to fight Krabbe disease
Dylan May’s 6-month-old baby photo shows a smiling face and bright blue eyes — the appearance of a seemingly happy, healthy baby. Read MoreMar 8, 2018
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Awareness, education goal of new HPV initiative
Vanderbilt is at the epicenter of a human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancer epidemic, according to Ronald Alvarez, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMar 8, 2018
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Initiative gives rural residents access to stroke care advances
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center telemedicine initiative seeks to broaden access to advancements in stroke care for residents of rural counties in Tennessee. Read MoreMar 1, 2018