The announcement of the naming of VUMC’s new tower for Jim Ayers was covered by regional news media, including The Tennessean, WKRN News 2, WZTV Fox 17 News, WSMV Channel 4 News, WTVF News Channel 5, WCYB News 5,in Chattanooga and Channel 9 News Chattanooga, In additions, Becker’s Healthcare reporter Madeline Ashley, alsocovered the naming of the new Jim Ayers Tower.
The New York Times interviewed Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology, for a story about patients who died from taking an experimental Alzheimer’s drug. Schrag participated in the autopsy of the one of the patients.
William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted by reporters at, among other national and local outlets, The New York Times (expansion of COVID vaccine recommendations); NBC News (pneumonia vaccine recommended for adults 50 and older); Self (respiratory syncytial virus); and WSMV Channel 4 News (listeria outbreaks).
Eiman Jahangir, MD, associate professor of Medicine and Radiology and director of Cardio-Oncology, continues to speak to about his recent trip to space aboard a Blue Origin rocket. He recently spoke to students at has alma mater, Nashville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School and his speech was covered by The Tennessean.
The National Desk reporter Geoff Harris interviewed Jill Berkman, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Neurology’s Stroke Division, for a story about new stroke guidelines from the American Stroke Association. The National Desk video interviews are shared with local television affiliates across the U.S.
CBS News reporter Kerry Breen interviewed Kelly Birdwell, MD, medical director of Kidney Transplantation, for a story about two sisters, Dominique and Amaris Elston. Amaris donated a kidney to Dominique in 2018 after she went into kidney failure and the procedure was done at Vanderbilt.
CNN reporter Brenda Goodman interviewed Buddy Creech, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, for a story about mycoplasma pneumonia in young children.
The post New stroke guidelines; deaths from an experimental Alzheimer’s drug; expansion of vaccine recommendations; plus other news stories with VUMC sources appeared first on VUMC News.
