Monthly Archives: September 2018

When Lily Hensiek was diagnosed with pre B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 10 years ago at age 7, her doctor likened the cancer to weeds that had taken over her garden of cells. Chemotherapy would remove the weeds, the bad cancer cells, to allow her … Continue reading →

Virginia George, professor of Nursing, emerita, and an early champion of nurse practitioners, died of natural causes on July 26 in Nashville, Tennessee at age 94. She was founding director of Vanderbilt’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program, one of the f… Continue reading →

VUMC was one of only six Tennessee employers to make the 250-member list, which was released earlier this month and is the first time the magazine has produced such a ranking. Continue reading →

We previously developed a tool that identified individuals who later developed esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC; based on age, sex, body mass index, smoking status, and prior esophageal conditions) with an area under the curve of 0.80. In this study, we … Continue reading →

Many cell culture and animal models have been used to study hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and its effects in the liver; these have facilitated development of strategies to control and clear chronic HBV infection. We discuss the advantages and lim… Continue reading →

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects about 300 million people worldwide. Although antiviral therapies have improved the long-term outcomes, patients often require life-long treatment and there is no cure for HBV infection. New technologies can hel… Continue reading →

We have few population-level data on the performance of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the United States. We investigated the numbers of unplanned hospital encounters (UHEs), patient and facility factors associated with UHEs, … Continue reading →

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s adult and pediatric clinical services have undergone significant growth over the past five years and plans are in place that will sustain rapid expansion throughout the next decade. Continue reading →