Monthly Archives: March 2020

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center offers free webinars and resources for autism assessment and care amid COVID-19

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Artist hopes mural brightens days at Children’s Hospital

“Space Bunnies” is a 22-foot by 30-inch canvas mural that adorns a wall on the new 11th floor of Children’s Hospital, which opened to patients on March 3. Continue reading

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School of Medicine students take part in virtual Match Day

Match Day – and Vanderbilt’s longstanding tradition of gathering fourth-year medical students, their families, friends and faculty together to celebrate – was revamped to accommodate social distancing measures. Continue reading

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Thurman Stevens takes extra steps to ease patients’ anxiety

Stevens – a Credo Award recipient – said he stays on the lookout for patients who may need some extra help. Continue reading

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New unit provides care for trauma stepdown patients

The 10 South floor of Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital has reopened as the Trauma Stepdown Unit, allowing both acute trauma patients and stepdown trauma patients to be on the same floor. Continue reading

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“Discover”: Home exercise shows promise for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion rehabilitation

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Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology programs lauded

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology graduate programs are the best in the country for those specialties, according to rankings published by U.S. News & World Report. Continue reading

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Hype or reality? Will Artificial Intelligence actually make us better at performing optical biopsy of colon polyps?

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National Trends for Medicare Prescriptions of Anti-Reflux Medications

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NEW: Another option for back-up child care through Wyndy

If you are in need of one-day backup child care, Wyndy can help. Wyndy is a babysitting app that serves more than 18,000 families in 22 cities. Please note: Wyndy is not subsidized by VUMC. Continue reading

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