Premier Radiology Opens 23rd Location in Middle Tennessee, First in Lebanon

Jun 11, 2023 at 11:06 pm by Staff

    In partnership with Ascension Saint Thomas, Premier Radiology has opened a new outpatient imaging location in Lebanon, Tennessee. This new freestanding outpati.... Read More

Deep brain sweet spot might be key to halt Parkinson’s

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:41 pm by Staff

  by Paul Govern A sweet spot in the deep brain with direct lines of communication to motor regions far out on the cerebral cortex might hold a key to halting the progr.... Read More

Slayton receives award for uniting research, clinical operations

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:38 pm by Staff

  by Paul Govern   Jenny Slayton, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President for Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, received the Out.... Read More

Novel technology helps identify parathyroids during pediatric endocrine surgery

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:35 pm by Staff

  by Christina Echegaray Damage or removal of calcium-regulating parathyroid glands during endocrine surgery can put children at risk for poor growth and slow mental de.... Read More

Dread credits Anticoagulation Clinic for continued health after his stroke

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:20 pm by Staff

  by Matt Batcheldor   Twenty years ago, then-Nashville Metro Councilman Adam Dread was behind the wheel of his Jeep Cherokee when he lost control, drove across a.... Read More

Churchwell among 2023 inductees to Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:11 pm by Staff

  by Holly Fletcher   Nationally renowned cardiologist and champion of diversity in academic medicine André Churchwell, MD, Levi Watkins Jr. MD Professor o.... Read More

Byndloss selected for Burroughs Wellcome Fund infectious disease award

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:06 pm by Staff

  by Leigh MacMillan   Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is one of eight Burroughs Wellcome Fun.... Read More

Study discovers that tumor mutation burden predicts survival outcome

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:04 pm by Staff

By Tom Wilemon The expected course of a patient’s cancer prognosis has traditionally been judged by its type, stage and microscopic aggressiveness, but patients with th.... Read More

Dwyer departing from VUH leadership role

Jun 11, 2023 at 07:15 pm by Staff

  by John Howser Shon Dwyer, MBA, RN, President of Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH), is leaving her role as the facility’s leader at the end of the fiscal yea.... Read More

How the Mixed Messaging of Vaccine Skeptics Sows Seeds of Doubt

Jun 11, 2023 at 06:50 pm by Staff

  By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News It was a late-spring House of Representatives hearing, where members of Congress and attendees hoped to learn lessons from the p.... Read More