Profiles

Global health efforts in urology still a major focus for Joseph Smith Jr., MD

Jan 29, 2024 at 10:45 pm by Staff

  By Craig Boerner   World-renowned urologic surgeon Joseph Smith Jr., MD, remembers doing global humanitarian work in the eastern Congo many years ago with world.... Read More

D.J. Kennedy elected president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Jan 28, 2024 at 04:44 pm by Staff

  Matt Batcheldor   D.J. Kennedy, MD, professor and chair of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R.... Read More

Stokes Peebles appointed to the National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council

Jan 28, 2024 at 04:36 pm by Staff

Stokes Peebles, MD, the Elizabeth and John Murray Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt, has been appointed to t.... Read More

Malow receives grant to mount sleep program for children with autism

Jan 28, 2024 at 04:25 pm by Staff

  Vanderbilt neurologist Beth Malow, MD, has received a three-year, $249,660 grant from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to mount a community-based educationa.... Read More

Retirement won’t slow down pioneering neonatal nurse Odessa Settles

Jan 21, 2024 at 04:52 pm by Staff

Odessa Settles may have retired after spending more than 50 years as a neonatal nurse, but her career is far from over. She is glad she took her own advice to develope an int.... Read More

Marlee Crankshaw retires after 40 years of service to Vanderbilt

Jan 21, 2024 at 04:48 pm by Staff

  It’s been 40 years since Marlee Crankshaw first entered the doors of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Initially interested in pediatrics, she took the firs.... Read More

Health equity champion Arie Nettles retires

Jan 21, 2024 at 04:46 pm by Staff

  Arie Nettles, PhD, professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Retired, at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has never been the silent type. Even in re.... Read More

Beloved VUMC colleague and acclaimed scientist David Robertson mourned

Jan 21, 2024 at 04:41 pm by Staff

  Bill Snyder and Nancy Humphrey   David Robertson, MD, a beloved leader and mentor, and a pioneer in the clinical research of blood pressure disorders at Vanderb.... Read More

Hartmann named director of UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Jan 21, 2024 at 04:38 pm by Staff

  Leigh MacMillan Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD, Vice President for Research Integration for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named director of the Universi.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Board of Directors Welcomes Respected Chancellor to Board’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee

Jan 21, 2024 at 02:24 pm by Staff

  The Quality and Patient Safety Committee of Ascension Saint Thomas Board of Directors is pleased to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Peter Buckley. His academic exp.... Read More