Monthly Archives: September 2019

Joe Bolander is participating in a clinical trial of a potential new treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome, a drug called livoletide. Continue reading →

Christina Bailey, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of Surgery, has been named the new program director of the general surgery residency training program in the Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, one of the largest residency programs on t… Continue reading →

This is the second consecutive year a Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt physician has garnered the award from the Tennessee Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics (TNAAP). Shari Barkin, MD, was last year’s honoree. Continue reading →

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

One hundred thousand. That’s the number of spots in a cell’s DNA that might be damaged every single day. Our DNA is under constant attack by the chemical products of normal cellular metabolism, ultraviolet radiation from the sun, chemicals in the envir… Continue reading →

Most women who undergo a cesarean section are sent home with more opioids than they need, but a significant proportion of women use all opioids and report unmet pain needs, according to Sarah Osmundson, MD, assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecol… Continue reading →