Daily Archives: October 11, 2018

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading →

At a 20-week ultrasound Lindsey and Jeremy Walley were excited to learn the gender of their first-born child. Their elation that it was a girl was met by a sudden quiet and serious look from the ultrasound technician, who then whisked them to another r… Continue reading →

Jenna Watson, a development officer with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Office of Development, has been named to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy’s (AHP) 2018 class of the organization’s “40 Under 40.” Continue reading →

Open Enrollment for 2019 benefits begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. Open Enrollment is a good time to review your benefit plans to make sure they meet the needs of you and your family. Continue reading →

Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., C.N.M., F.A.A.N., F.A.C.N.M., who during her 29 years as dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing transformed nursing education at Vanderbilt and nationally, died Oct. 12. Continue reading →

Robert Sanders, MD, and his wife Patricia were tireless advocates for a law to require the use of safety seats for children. Tennessee passed the law in 1977, child deaths dropped by half, and within a few years every state had a similar law. Continue reading →

Eleven years after two Vanderbilt University medical students established a health care organization in an impoverished area of Kenya, the death rate for children under 5 years old has been cut in half, according to researchers from Kenya and the Vande… Continue reading →