Monthly Archives: June 2018

Kimberly Lomis, MD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, will leave Vanderbilt at the end of July 2018, to take the position of Vice President of Undergraduate Medical Education Innovations at the American Medical Association. Continue reading →

“VUMC Voice”: Joshua Surovey lost more than 100 lbs. to make himself medically eligible for the transplant, and then tirelessly advertised for a donor around his home town of Clarksville before Renee Bruens saw and responded to one of his appeals. Continue reading →

As part of VUMC’s commitment to the health of the communities we serve, the Medical Center fully supports this legislation. In the coming weeks, we will provide educational materials and systems support to facilitate adherence to these new guidelines. Continue reading →

Beginning June 25, VUMC employees will no longer be able to add funds to a Commodore Cash account for use at campus and Medical Center dining and retail locations. Instead, VUMC employees can add funds to a VUMC Badge Bucks account. Continue reading →

Pancreatitis following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (PEP) is thought to be provoked by pancreatic ductal hypertension, via unknown mechanisms. We investigated the effects of hydrostatic pressures on the development of pancreatitis in … Continue reading →

The benefit of colonoscopy for colorectal cancer prevention depends on the adenoma detection rate (ADR). The ADR should reflect adenoma prevalence rate, estimated to be greater than 50% among the screening-age population. Yet the rate of adenoma detect… Continue reading →

Bile acid (BA) synthesis is regulated through suppression of hepatic cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase via FXR activation in hepatocytes and/or enterocytes; in enterocytes, this process requires FGF19 signaling. To study these pathways, we quantified markers… Continue reading →