Daily Archives: March 8, 2018

VUMC sleep expert says preparation this week makes the beginning of Daylight Saving Time easier next week. Continue reading →

Physicians who are board certified in one of the 16 adult or 10 pediatric specialties included in the reputation survey have until March 22 to vote. Continue reading →

VUMC IT is managing several changes in the coming months to enable the Medical Center to move to its new email environment. These changes include moving all Medical Center employees to the @vumc.org email address, deploying the latest version of Micro… Continue reading →

In its recommendations, Epic listed four major areas on which it suggested VUMC needed to focus over the next several weeks. These suggested areas aligned with the current efforts underway by many of the 11 stabilization workgroups, as well as other ef… Continue reading →

Pets with fur, with fins, with feathers, even with scales — all pets of VUMC employees are eligible. The deadline to send in photos is March 31. Continue reading →

March is Women’s History Month, which gives us an opportunity to recognize the extraordinary contributions of women to the success of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading →

We thank Dr Ber and Dr Ilan for their comments regarding our recently published commentary regarding recommendations for baseline parameters in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) clinical trials.1 We agree with the general concept that liver function … Continue reading →

In a retrospective study, Voorneveld et al1 recently reported a decreased risk of death from any cause and from cancer in statin users belonging to a cohort of colon cancer patients. The beneficial effect correlated with intact bone morphogenetic prot… Continue reading →