Monthly Archives: September 2019

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

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, one of the largest academic medical centers in the Southeast, managing nearly 2.5 million patient visits each year, is meeting the growth head-on, working to treat an influx of more patients where they live and work. Continue reading →

Heat therapy has been shown to lower high blood pressure in patients with a rare condition called supine hypertension, or elevated blood pressure when lying down, according to preliminary results of a Vanderbilt study. Continue reading →

Debra Friedman, MD, E. Bronson Ingram Chair of Pediatric Oncology and co-leader of the Cancer Health Outcomes and Control Research Program, and Tuya Pal, MD, Ingram Professor of Medicine and associate director for Cancer Health Disparities, are leading… Continue reading →

In late August a number of faculty members and other employees received a notice regarding a class action settlement from the Settlement Administrator that has been appointed in the matter. We have recently learned that the Settlement Administrator ina… Continue reading →

Credo Award winner Drea Gaffney keeps one thing in mind as she goes about her job with Patient Financial Services at Vanderbilt University Medical Center: nobody chooses to be sick or injured, and patients and their families deal with a lot of stress s… Continue reading →

On Oct. 1 at 7 p.m., the city will come together for Night Lights at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The community has been invited to gather outside of the hospital to have a special flashlight good night for patients. Continue reading →

Alex Jahangir, MD, MMHC, medical director of the Vanderbilt Center for Trauma, Burn and Emergency Surgery, has been elected chair of the Metropolitan Board of Health of Nashville and Davidson County. Continue reading →