Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Four Vanderbilt faculty members – Daniel Liebler, Charles Sanders, Gary Sulikowski and Michael Waterman – have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon them by their peers. They are among 486 scientists from around the country who have been elevated to this rank because of [...]

S. Duke Herrell, M.D., associate professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has performed the first robotic laparoscopic kidney cancer surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Bannar Rawlings, 30, was one of the first VUMC patients to undergo the new minimally invasive procedure. Her kidney cancer was detected by Vanderbilt radiologists during an MRI [...]

by Dagny Stuart The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a $7.5 million grant to the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to establish a new imaging program. The five-year grant will support the Vanderbilt In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center (ICMIC), which will provide enhanced scientific and technical [...]

The Vanderbilt Breast Center has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The three-year term of accreditation is for mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. The prestigious award is the result of a recent survey by ACR.

Vanderbilt Medical Center has been accredited with the CEO Gold Standard™ certification, recognizing VUMC’s commitment to the health of employees and family members by certifying its efforts to meet an exceptionally high standard of cancer prevention, screening and care guidelines. The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center took the lead in seeking accreditation as an indication of its [...]