News & Innovations

Pickens named chair of VUMC Thoracic Surgery _{Feb 2023}
Sister surgeons share a winding road that led to VUMC _{Jun 2022}
Lung Surgeon Reimagines ECMO for Chronic Lung Disease Patients _{May 2022}
VICC Scientific Retreat focuses on lung cancer _{May 2022}
Nesbitt cheers former patient following MS, lung cancer, and multi-marathon milestones _{Apr 2022}
COVID recovery included long stay on ECMO, double-lung transplant _{Apr 2021}
Lung cancer survivors advocates for early-screening _{Tenn 2021}
Lung Transplant patient celebrates milestone 30th anniversary_{Feb 2021}
Collaborative Vanderbilt Lung Institute launches_{Nov 2020}
Deppen, Grogan, Shipe: Surgery risk model proves invaluable during pandemic _{Oct 2020}
Medical, biological engineering institute honors Bacchetta _{Apr 2020}
Human lungs rejected for transplant recovered using novel technique _{Jul 2020}
VU engineers and VUMC doctors team up for open-source ventilator design _{Mar 2020}
ECMO team to help other providers create their own programs _{Mar 2020}
Action plan addresses rempant lung cancer mortality _{Jan 2020}
ECMO program expanding to more intensive care units _{Sep 2019}
Regeneration of severely damaged lungs using an interventional cross-circulation platform _{May 2019}
Erin Gillaspie, M.D., leads Vanderbilt residents in training on the da Vinci surgical system _Jun 2019
Rehab technique may boost supply of donor lungs _{May 2019}
Vanderbilt Transplant Center debuts new mobile app _{Jan 2019}
Transplant Center reaches lung transplant milestone 500th lung _Jan 2019
Vanderbilt set new heart, overall transplant record in 2018 _{Jan 2019}
New monthly record achieved for transplants performed at VUMC _{Dec 2018}
New histoplasmosis risk map - Deppen _{Sep 2018}
Bacchetta to help expand pulmonary surgery program _{Oct 2018}
New robot expands options for thoracic surgery patients _{Apr 2018}
Genetics of lung cancer survival _{Jul 2017}
New study says e-cigarettes may increase your risk of cancer _{May 2017}