School Of Medicine

Last Saturday’s Shade Tree Trot drew more than 700 runners and walkers to the Vanderbilt campus. Read More

During last week’s Second Visit Weekend, prospective School of Medicine student Isabella Bellon works with Dennis McWeeney, D.O., to ‘deliver a baby’ at the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment. Read More

Sixteen new members have been inducted into Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Academy for Excellence in Teaching, a group of “best-of-the-best” educators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Read More

Sekar Kathiresan, M.D., director of Preventive Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, will deliver the ninth annual Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lecture in Clinical Pharmacology on Thursday, April 11. Read More

Restructuring work hours for first-year medical residents to accommodate a 2011 duty hour limit of no more than 16 shift hours substantially increases patient handovers, but doesn’t significantly affect efficiency and quality of care among medical inpatients, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study has found. Read More

Students, faculty and administrators of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine took the Opryland Hotel by storm for the annual Cadaver Ball last Saturday. Read More

This week on Vanderbilt's online newscast: Learn how Opportunity Vanderbilt is helping many students afford college; tour campus from your computer; and Expecto Patronum! - Vandy goes Potter. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is once again named among the nation’s elite Research Schools of Medicine in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s 2014 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, released this week. Read More

The overuse of many medical tests and interventions wastes money and can actually harm patients, say more than two dozen medical societies. Daniel Barocas, assistant professor of urology, is quoted. Read More

The vital partnership between NIH and Vanderbilt – reproduced at universities all around the country – supports thousands of brilliant minds from all around the world. Sequestration will discourage a generation of young people from even considering a career in research. Read More

Longtime cochlear implant users are reporting such dramatic improvements in their hearing, thanks to new image-guided programming methods developed by Vanderbilt University researchers. Read More

In this day of physician shortages and broad-based economic hardship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) alumni have come together to support the training of the next generation of physicians. Read More

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, said the appearance of more diversity in medical schools is evidence of progress, but he cautions that the issue is more complicated than ever. Read More

School of Medicine student Ravi Patel, seated, is being honored for his work creating the Nashville Mobile Market. With him at the healthy food project’s debut three years ago are, from left, Vanderbilt students Nicole Gunasekera, Alex Arnold, Emily Zern and Kate Foster. (Photo by John Russell)… Read More

Sarah H. Sell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, one of the key players in the development of the childhood vaccine to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5, died Saturday, Oct. 6. She was 99. Read More

Alvin Poussaint, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and faculty associate dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, will deliver Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s 11th annual Levi Watkins Jr. Lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in 208 Light Hall. Read More

(photo by John Russell) Paul Teschan, M.D., professor of Medicine emeritus, meets with first-year School of Medicine student Mary Masterman to talk about their common history as top winners of the Intel Science Talent Search, which recognizes the best and brightest young scientists at the high school… Read More

Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students have been selected to receive the American Heart Association’s Student Scholarship in Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke. Read More

The Peace Corps has selected Milton and Fred Ochieng’ as this year’s recipients of their annual Director’s Award. Read More

(photo by Anne Rayner) Each year, students at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine join one of four Advisory Colleges for general support throughout medical school. Here, members of Chapman College cheer after winning first place in relay races during the annual annual College Cup, which also includes… Read More