Reporter Feb 21 2014
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Rounds: A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
A message from the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Parmley named VUH chief of staff
C. Lee Parmley, M.D., J.D., professor of Anesthesiology and chief of the Critical Care Division of the Department of Anesthesiology, has been named chief of staff of Vanderbilt University Hospital. He assumed the position Feb. 17. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Photo: Celebrating 10 years
The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt commemorated its 10th anniversary with an employee celebration Wednesday. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Medical Center’s active shooter policy updated
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has revised the existing Code Silver/Active Shooter policy and will require faculty, staff and house staff to complete an Active Shooter Training Module on VandySafe as part of the annual performance evaluation. Vanderbilt’s School of Nursing and School of Medicine students are also required to complete the Medical Center training module. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Musee named to ACGME review committee
Joel Musee, M.D., Ph.D., a second-year resident in Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology, has been selected from a national pool of applicants to serve on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Review Committee for Anesthesiology. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Event set to reveal wonders, mysteries of the brain
“Brain Blast,” a half day of free, hands-on activities for children and adults, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 1, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, 719 Thompson Lane. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Noted clinical pharmacologist Kim to speak
Richard Kim, M.D., former professor of Medicine and clinical pharmacologist at Vanderbilt, will deliver this year’s Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lecture in Clinical Pharmacology at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in 208 Light Hall. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Aliyu to receive preventive medicine ‘Rising Star’ award
Muktar Aliyu, M.D., associate professor of Health Policy and Medicine, is receiving the William Kane Rising Star Award from the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) at its annual banquet on Saturday in New Orleans. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Thoracic society honors Newman
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) is presenting John Newman, M.D., professor of Medicine, with its Outstanding Educator Award during the ATS 2014 International Conference in San Diego, May 16-21. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Studies shed new light on breast cancer development
Rebecca Cook, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cancer Biology, has spent her life trying to understand what makes things grow, from seedlings in soil to tumor cells in the body. Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Meeting explores CERC’s Give-Get Grid
At a recent Community Research Partners meeting hosted by the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CERC), Bruce Behringer MPH, deputy commissioner for Continuous Improvement and Training for the Tennessee Department of Health, spoke on the value of the ‘Give-Get Grid.’ Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Red meat allergies likely result of lone star tick
Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia Seeing Numerous Cases The lone star tick is widespread in the United States and is most common in wooded areas. (CDC Public Image Library) Lone star tick bites are likely the cause of thousands of cases of severe red… Read MoreFeb 20, 2014
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Vanderbilt study shows mother’s voice improves hospitalization and feeding in preemies
Premature babies who receive an interventional therapy combining their mother’s voice and a pacifier-activated music player learn to eat more efficiently and have their feeding tubes removed sooner than other preemies, according to a Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt study published today in… Read MoreFeb 17, 2014
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Faculty town hall meetings will gather feedback for strategic planning process
The first of three faculty town hall meetings to update and engage Vanderbilt’s faculty on the four foundational areas driving the strategic planning process is scheduled for Feb. 27. Read MoreFeb 17, 2014