Study Shows Genotype Leads to Discontinued, Decreased Medication

Jun 21, 2022 at 09:53 am by Staff

  Patients whose race is recorded as Black in their electronic health record (EHR) are more likely to have azathioprine, an immunosuppressant medication, discontinued or.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Named as Top Spine Hospital

Jun 21, 2022 at 09:48 am by Staff

Nashville - Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery, an affiliate of United Surgical Partners International, announced it has received the 2022 America's 100 Bes.... Read More

Horst, Patterson receive Physician Builder Awards

Jun 20, 2022 at 11:03 am by Staff

by Paul Govern In recognition of significant hands-on contributions to health information technology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Sara Horst, MD, MPH, associ.... Read More

100 Million People in America Are Saddled with Health Care Debt

Jun 20, 2022 at 10:17 am by Staff

  By Noam N. Levey, Kaiser Health News Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearl.... Read More

Two Tennessee Abortion Clinics, Awaiting High-Court Ruling, Grapple with Uncertainty

Jun 18, 2022 at 10:14 pm by Staff

  By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Corinne Rovetti is worried about what will happen to the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health.... Read More

States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion

Jun 18, 2022 at 10:07 pm by Staff

By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News Until last year, Georgia’s Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days. That meant the Medicaid benefits o.... Read More

New Clinician Spotlight: Elizabeth Perkins

Jun 18, 2022 at 09:50 pm by Staff

Elizabeth Perkins, MD, assistant professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, joined the surgical faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology in August 2021, and she is.... Read More

Three Vanderbilt biomedical researchers named 2022 Pew Scholars

Jun 18, 2022 at 09:46 pm by Staff

by Marissa Shapiro Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and William Wan, PhD,.... Read More

Dolly Parton donates $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Jun 18, 2022 at 09:41 pm by Staff

by Craig Boerner Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, another transformative gift aimed to he.... Read More

VUMC to pilot CDC Joint Training Program

Jun 18, 2022 at 09:38 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern Vanderbilt University Medical Center is among 11 centers that will pilot a new federally sponsored training program, the Joint Infectious Diseases/Epidemic Int.... Read More