Monthly Archives: October 2019
Rheumatology’s Fuchs dies at 64; remembered for dedication to medicine, family
He attended the Colorado School of Mines where he completed a chemical engineering degree as a student athlete swimmer. He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1981. After meeting his wife, Cathy, they made Nashvil… Continue reading
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Rheumatology’s Fuchs dies at 64; remembered for dedication to medicine, family
He attended the Colorado School of Mines where he completed a chemical engineering degree as a student athlete swimmer. He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1981. After meeting his wife, Cathy, they made Nashvil… Continue reading
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VUMC reaches milestone 6,000th kidney transplant
Vanderbilt performed its first kidney transplant on Oct. 3, 1962, when a kidney from a deceased child was transplanted into an adult with renal failure. The occasion was the first organ transplant in Nashville and one of the first in the South. Continue reading
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VUMC reaches milestone 6,000th kidney transplant
Vanderbilt performed its first kidney transplant on Oct. 3, 1962, when a kidney from a deceased child was transplanted into an adult with renal failure. The occasion was the first organ transplant in Nashville and one of the first in the South. Continue reading
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Committee appointed for Department of Emergency Medicine chair search
Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has appointed a 15-member committee to conduct a national search for a new chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Continue reading
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Operation Stand Down Tennessee collections taken throughout November
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Reginald Cannady lecture on reducing heavy drinking is set for Nov. 12
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“Discover”: A pathway to better heart failure treatment
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VUMC veterans to participate in panel discussion, Nov. 7
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VUMC’s Veterans’ Resource Group supporting November “Wall of Honor”
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