Daily Archives: April 29, 2019

Blessing of Hands events continue

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Reminder: VandyPoint SharePoint service no longer available beginning June 28

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March VUMC-wide Policy and SOP Bulletin is now published

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VUMC in the news

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

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“Vanderbilt Medicine”: Handle with care: socioeconomic factors and drug withdrawal in babies

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Neonatologist Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, cares for one of the unintended consequences of the rampant opioid crisis — babies born with drug withdrawal — and he’s on a quest to reduce that part of his practice.
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Yoga for Stress Management class begins May 6

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Tomorrow’s food trucks are Grilled Cheeserie and Cousins Maine Lobster

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Each Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Health Plus sponsors food trucks behind Light Hall. Here’s a look at the vendors for May. Continue reading →

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Campus walking tour set for noon tomorrow

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New technology helps pediatric patients who require frequent X-rays

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Chloie Jacobs, 9, prepares for a follow-up scan of her congenital scoliosis — a sideways curvature of the spine present at birth — and climbs into a new X-ray imaging device at the pediatric orthopaedic clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital… Continue reading →

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Kristie Kuzy decided to donate a kidney to a stranger. Three people got new kidneys as a result.

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Kuzy’s generosity initiated the first three-recipient kidney transplant chain in the history of VUMC. The amazing and improbable true story of how it all fell into place.
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