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Birmingham native, Belmont alumna, former Vanderbilt University Medical Center Public Relations Specialist, current Strategy & Communications Associate at Southern Orthodontic Partners.
On a beautiful Sunday in May 2020, Cassie Rooke and William Nolan decided to go on a hike at their usual spot in Percy Warner Park. On the way, Rooke's father texted her to warn of an impending storm. However, the weather app on Rooke's phone showed the storm would not approach for several more hours.
If Landon Ryan had been diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma 10, 20 or 30 years ago, she might not be here today with nearly perfect vision. Thanks to recent improvements in the treatment for this rare form of cancer that almost exclusively affects children under the age of 5, the diagnosis had the power to change ...
Sousan, Sohayla and Setareh Yazdani are 22-year-old triplets who all work as nurses at VUMC. They agree that they always wanted to pursue their careers at Vanderbilt. Emily Stembridge Sousan, Sohayla and Setareh Yazdani People say good things come in pairs. In this case, however, good things come in trios.
Victoria Morgan, PhD, and Allen Timothy Newton, PhD, both biomedical engineers and faculty of the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, have teamed up with Stephen Wilson, PhD, associate professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, to offer brain function mapping services to Vanderbilt brain surgeons and their patients.
Smell and taste loss (hyposmia) was one of the first recognized symptoms that indicated a person may have COVID-19. Eighteen months later, hyposmia is still a prominent symptom of the disease, with many patients not regaining full use of their senses for weeks or even months after recovering from infection.
Stephen Engstrom, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is an expert at replacing and repairing hips and other major joints. Last year his expertise allowed for a unique patient, 83-year-old John Livingston, to return to his passion - drag car racing.
For people with co-occurring mental health disorders and substance use disorders, finding integrated care that treats both conditions can be a difficult task. Vanderbilt Behavioral Health is seeking to simplify care for these patients through the co-occurring disorders intensive outpatient program (IOP).
Jeff Vanderford always dreamed of walking his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day. But in 2007, while Jeff was serving in the military as an airborne paratrooper, a routine jump out of a plane led to his breaking several vertebrae, shifting them toward his spine and cutting into his spinal cord.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network, report an increase in the number of children in Tennessee with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The researchers published their findings in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report series on Dec.
Physicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have recently noticed an increase in pregnant patients ill with COVID-19. These cases are especially concerning due an increased risk of hospitalization, ICU admission, need for mechanical ventilation and ventilatory support, and increased risk of death in pregnant patients with COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant patients.