CURRENT ISSUE  •  NOV. 20, 2009

The big move

Last Saturday, the Critical Care Tower accepted its first patients as 62 people from the medical, surgical and neurological intensive care units moved into the addition. MORE >>

Cardiovascular care ranked among best in nation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized for the second year among the top 100 U.S. hospitals that are setting the nation's benchmarks for cardiovascular care in a study by Thomson Healthcare. MORE >>

New effort draws bench, bedside closer together

A new educational effort at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in conjunction with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will bolster efforts to bring basic scientists together with medical clinicians, bridging gaps in culture and training, to address some of medicine's biggest challenges. MORE >>

Grants boost head, neck cancer research

Wendell (Dell) Yarbrough, M.D., associate professor of Otolaryngology and Cancer Biology, has been awarded two federal Challenge Grants for the study of head and neck cancer. MORE >>

Communication wizard keeps referring physicians updated

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is testing a clinical IT solution to ease communication of patient information from Vanderbilt to community referring clinicians. MORE >>

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