Daily Archives: April 30, 2019

Carmen Solorzano named chair of Surgery

Carmen Solorzano, MD, professor of Surgery and chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, has been named chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Surgery. Continue reading

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Saved as children from fatal heart disease, these adults now face new cardiac challenges

Patients with a form of congenital heart disease — having only one ventricle (pumping chamber) — are now living longer lives due to the successful surgical and medical treatments they receive as children. However, as these patients survive to adultho… Continue reading

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During NFL Draft weekend, a mass shooting occurred in Nashville. It received almost no news coverage. VUMC responded beautifully

At 2 a.m. Sunday, six gunshot patients poured into the Vanderbilt Emergency Department. It was the fourth mass shooting seen there in the past 15 months. Continue reading

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