Monthly Archives: February 2020
Vanderbilt Health scores with Nashville Soccer Club; complimentary tickets all claimed but discount still available
Nashville Soccer Club and Vanderbilt Health have announced a strategic, multi-year relationship that includes Vanderbilt Health becoming an official sponsor of Nashville SC and the team’s exclusive health care provider. Continue reading
VUMC Infection Prevention continues to monitor coronavirus situation
As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19) continues to spread, with new cases reported in, among other places, Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea, VUMC continues to monitor the outbreak closely. Continue reading
United Way and IRS offer tax preparation services to VUMC employees
Enhance the VUMC experience: Complete all four Defining Personalized Care segments
Defining Personalized Care — Elevating Our Culture of Service is a multiyear initiative designed to help us improve the service we provide our each other, our patients, and their family members. Each segment was designed to build on each other and sho… Continue reading
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading
“Momentum”: Cancer survivor Adam Kindness counts his blessings
Blessings come in all shapes and sizes. Lately, I have been seeing them all around me. Continue reading
Post-transplant diabetes may be reversible: study
Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus, a common complication of immunosuppressive drugs that are given to prevent transplant rejection, may be reversible and at least partially preventable, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report. Continue reading
Today’s Discovery Lecture to feature head and neck cancer expert Jennifer Grandis
Her lecture, “Head and Neck Cancer Precision Medicine,” will begin at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall. It is sponsored by the Department of Otolaryngology.
Grandis is the Robert K. Werbe Distinguished Professor in Head and Neck Cancer at the University of Cal… Continue reading
“Discover”: The massive costs of gun violence
A friend said, “Want to climb Kilimanjaro?” Soha Patel said, “Sure!”
Months of hard training. Seven days of climbing. Severe oxygen deprivation. But the view was worth it. Continue reading