Vanderbilt Radiologists Named Among Best in U.S.
Best Doctors in America, an annual listing of the nation’s physicians who are peer selected for inclusion, is again acknowledging the expertise of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) faculty.
This year’s list of Tennessee hospitals, provided to VUMC by Best Doctors in America, includes eight of our radiologists:
Radiology’s Block relishes clinical, operational roles
Jake Block, M.D., associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, is one of those people who likes to stay busy.
That trait, along with seemingly boundless energy and enthusiasm, serves him well in his various clinical and administrative leadership roles helping to further Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s diagnostic imaging mission.
New Medical Innovators Development Program
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accepting applicants into a novel program aimed at students seeking to transform health and health care through medical innovation.
Tailored to engineers and applied scientists with Ph.D. degrees, the Medical Innovators Development Program (MIDP) at Vanderbilt will be the first of its kind in the country.
NY Times: Nashville’s Skyline Being Reshaped by Building Boom
NASHVILLE — A powerful surge in construction is reshaping the physical character and economy of this 236-year-old river city, and fueling a deepening public conversation about essential civic values that many residents worry could be lost.
Advocacy Fuels Breast Cancer Advances
When Dr. John Huff was in medical school in the 1970s there were two wards he liked the least: the burn ward and the breast cancer ward. It’s not hard to imagine why the patients suffering from extreme burns were so upsetting, but thanks to today’s current awareness, Huff’s experience with breast cancer patients back then is truly a thing of the past.