With Tennessee’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute to treat people of all ages, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) offers families a seamless care experience. The wealth of expertise at VUMC provides access to medical specialties besides hematology/ oncology and a one-stop option when families are confronted with hereditary cancer syndromes. […]
The Nashville Predators hockey team’s longtime support of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was on full display in November 2021. Amid Hockey Fights Cancer month, the Nashville Predators presented Children’s Hospital with the proceeds raised throughout the year from the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund presented by Twice Daily. In a masked presentation […]
With Tennessee’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute to treat people of all ages, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) offers families a seamless care experience. The wealth of expertise at VUMC provides access to medical specialties besides hematology/ oncology and a one-stop option when families are confronted with hereditary cancer syndromes. […]
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 […]
Pietenpol named chief scientific and strategy officer Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), Benjamin F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology and Executive Vice President for Research for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is stepping down on June 30 from her long-held role as the Cancer Center’s director to focus on a combined leadership […]
