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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a major academic medical facility in the Southeast, handling over 2 million patient visits annually. It serves as the main provider of specialty and primary care for numerous adult and pediatric specialties for residents of Tennessee and the surrounding Mid-South region. The biomedical research program at the School of Medicine ranks among the top 10 in the nation for National Institutes of Health funding, having secured more than $500 million in grants from public and private sources in 2016. VUMC is also a key center for postgraduate medical education, with more than 1,000 residents and fellows training across over 100 specialties. Both Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt consistently receive accolades from U.S. News & World Report, ranking in 19 adult and pediatric specialties on a national level. Additionally, through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, VUMC collaborates with over 60 hospitals and 5,000 healthcare professionals in Tennessee and five nearby states to enhance healthcare quality and efficiency in the Mid-South.

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Vanderbilt Liver Transplant Service renamed in honor of C. Wright Pinson

1 week ago | news.vumc.org | Matt Batcheldor

The Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Service at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is being renamed the Pinson Service in honor of C. Wright Pinson, MBA, MD, upon his retirement as Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer on June 30.
Transplant patient’s long journey brings her from the Aloha State to the Volunteer State

1 week ago | news.vumc.org | Matt Batcheldor

Michelle Ankele-Yamashita said she rarely got sick, much less caught the flu. But it was a simple case of influenza, then pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that took her from health to end-stage lung failure in October 2024, resulting in a 4,000-mile transport from Hawaii to the Vanderbilt Transplant Center for a lifesaving lung transplant in February.
VUMC-led research a step closer to understanding, preventing asthma

1 week ago | news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder

Infants who develop a “wheezing illness” or have been infected by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) before their 1st birthday are at increased risk for subsequent and severe viral infections and childhood asthma, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Northwestern University.
Rapid follow-up limits emergency department crowding, ‘boarding’

1 week ago | news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder

An aging population, lack of access to primary care, staff shortages and not enough hospital beds — all are driving the chronic, critical overcrowding of U.S. emergency departments. Many arrivals at hospital emergency departments end up “boarding” in beds squeezed into waiting rooms or lined up along noisy hallways. Nationwide in 2022, 2.5 million ED visits stretched into a second day, or longer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Joseph Magliocca elected to transplantation network board

1 week ago | news.vumc.org | Matt Batcheldor

Joseph Magliocca, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, has been elected to the 2025 board of directors for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Magliocca, professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, and surgical director of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Program, is among a new, 34-member board that will officially begin their terms on July 1.
Youth Sports Health & Safety Conference focuses on physical and mental health of pediatric athletes

2 weeks ago | news.vumc.org | Danny Bonvissuto

There are approximately 60 million registered youth sports participants in the United States, according to the National Council of Youth Sports. That’s a lot of brains and bodies to protect.
The real MVP: Fitness challenge raises funds in honor of 4-year-old cancer patient

2 weeks ago | news.vumc.org | Doug Campbell

When 4-year-old Monroe Peterson was diagnosed with cancer, her family was determined to not only rally around her in support but also wanted to make a difference for other patients and families going through a similar experience.
Tiny zebrafish aid discovery of rare, fatal genetic disease

2 weeks ago | news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder

As the COVID-19 pandemic wound down, an international partnership that included researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center set out to solve a medical mystery — the deaths of four children from a never-before-seen “error” of development. The children were born in Turkey with a smaller-than-normal head size, cataracts, severe developmental delay, intellectual disability and epilepsy. Three children in one of two related families died in infancy.
Sara Horst named Department of Medicine interim vice chair for Clinical Affairs

2 weeks ago | news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder

Sara Horst, MD, MPH, has been named interim vice chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective July 1. Horst, professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, succeeds Bryan Harris, MD, MPH, MMHC, current Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, who has been named interim chair of Medicine.
VUMC’s Department of Medicine will continue to thrive: Freedman

3 weeks ago | news.vumc.org | Bill Snyder

In her final State of the Department of Medicine address at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on June 5, Jane Freedman, MD, chair of the department, physician-in-chief of Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Gladys Parkinson Stahlman Professor of Cardiovascular Research celebrated the department’s 100th anniversary, praised the faculty members for their achievements and assured them “the department will continue to thrive.” “I want to commend everyone for staying steady during some...