http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporterVanderbilt Medical Center's Weekly Newspaper - Current Issue - Nov. 20, 2009http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/sites/reporter/images/reporterlogo-medium.gifhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter14422http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7853http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7853<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7853"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/CCT+move006.jpg&width=100&height=69&hash=ce85e9527176638138af789135c83252" align="left" height="69" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7853"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/CCT+move006.jpg&width=100&height=69&hash=ce85e9527176638138af789135c83252" align="left" height="69" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7852http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7852<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7852"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Thomson+Top+Hosp.jpg&width=100&height=44&hash=4c3243816594580e457db166cdfe31ab" align="left" height="44" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>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. </p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7852"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Thomson+Top+Hosp.jpg&width=100&height=44&hash=4c3243816594580e457db166cdfe31ab" align="left" height="44" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7849http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7849A 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.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7850http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7850Wendell (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. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7851http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7851Vanderbilt University Medical Center is testing a clinical IT solution to ease communication of patient information from Vanderbilt to community referring clinicians. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7856http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7856The Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI) is participating in a trial to determine which treatment for atrial fibrillation - drugs or ablation - is superior in reducing mortality. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7848http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7848We welcome suggestions for research to highlight in Aliquots. The items should be primary research articles (no reviews, editorials or commentaries) published within the last two months in a peer-reviewed journal. Please send the article citation (PDF if available) and any other feedback about the column to: aliquots@vanderbilt.edu. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7857http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7857<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7857"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Polk18.jpg&width=100&height=72&hash=fdc92f9051aec3bf6cd29d13649f5836" align="left" height="72" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>D. Brent Polk, M.D., will leave Vanderbilt next spring to join the executive leadership at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7857"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Polk18.jpg&width=100&height=72&hash=fdc92f9051aec3bf6cd29d13649f5836" align="left" height="72" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7858http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7858<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7858"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Diab+scholars002.jpg&width=100&height=66&hash=bdc9df0132cb9bed7469c816975421c3" align="left" height="66" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>The Vanderbilt Scholars in Diabetes awards, which recognize trainees' potential as future leaders in diabetes research, were presented at last week's "Diabetes Day" research symposium. </p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7858"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Diab+scholars002.jpg&width=100&height=66&hash=bdc9df0132cb9bed7469c816975421c3" align="left" height="66" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7854http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7854<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7854"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Discovery+Steitz002.jpg&width=66&height=100&hash=af35ddaf2fcbf24703e206853b22f14f" align="left" height="100" width="66" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>Following her Vanderbilt Discovery Lecture last week, Joan Steitz, Ph.D., who has discovered fundamental mechanisms of gene expression, made a confession.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7854"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Discovery+Steitz002.jpg&width=66&height=100&hash=af35ddaf2fcbf24703e206853b22f14f" align="left" height="100" width="66" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7855http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7855Richard Lerner, M.D., president and chief executive officer of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., will deliver the next Discovery Lecture on Dec. 3.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7863http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7863Daniel Liebler, Ph.D., director of the Jim Ayers Institute for Precancer Detection and Diagnosis, is the recipient of the 2009 Scientific Achievement Award in Honor of Ronald Estabrook, awarded by the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7862http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7862<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7862"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Women+media019.jpg&width=100&height=76&hash=35db534766de21b9dc64e65182dd20c8" align="left" height="76" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>Mixed, inaccurate and incomplete messages from the media make it increasingly difficult for women to make informed decisions about their health care, said Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, who spoke last week at an event hosted by the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing's Midwifery Program.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7862"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/Women+media019.jpg&width=100&height=76&hash=35db534766de21b9dc64e65182dd20c8" align="left" height="76" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7860http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7860<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7860"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/MNPS+job+fairUSE.jpg&width=100&height=66&hash=c3a0959c4fb1352760c880df029f302c" align="left" height="66" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a>Vanderbilt was well represented at a recent career fair designed to get Nashville ninth graders excited about potential careers, and to encourage them to stay in school and do well.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7860"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/MNPS+job+fairUSE.jpg&width=100&height=66&hash=c3a0959c4fb1352760c880df029f302c" align="left" height="66" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7859http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7859<p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7859"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/SA-Conte+symp001.jpg&width=100&height=66&hash=c40ff66165da1183070a975b68dd2f2e" align="left" height="66" width="100" alt="Reporter Photo" border="0" /></a></p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7859"><img src="http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/common/imageresizer/image.php?image=/documents/reporter/newimages/11_20_09/SA-Conte+symp001.jpg&width=100&height=66&hash=c40ff66165da1183070a975b68dd2f2e" align="left" height="66" width="100" alt="photo" title="" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600