Monthly Archives: August 2019

Employees enjoyed visits from Vanderbilt University Medical Center leadership and mascots including Champ, Gnash and Booster. The Nashville Predators Energy Team also made an appearance. Continue reading →

For the past 35 years, Vanderbilt LifeFlight has offered critical care air transport via one of its aircraft and has now expanded that ability to include ground transports via one of its two new, large specialized ground ambulances. Continue reading →

Competition for SPORE funding is highly competitive. Including Vanderbilt, there are currently just four medical research centers in the nation with NCI-funded SPOREs in gastrointestinal cancer. Continue reading →

“His selfless service to the community knows no bounds, and his ability to make projects come to fruition is unmatched.” Continue reading →

On June 2, 2019, the field of cancer genetics lost one of its most remarkable visionaries, who virtually created the field in the 1960s before any cancer-related problem could be solved on a genetic basis. He died of congestive heart failure in a hospi… Continue reading →

After serving more than 27 years as Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Corey Slovis, MD, has decided to step down. To ensure a smooth transition, he will continue to serve as chair until completion of … Continue reading →

Quantitative fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin are commonly used for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We aimed to quantify the change in CRC and advanced adenoma detection and number of positive test results at different positivity thr… Continue reading →