Carr’s Imaging Expertise Adds to Heart Disease Fight
Jeffrey Carr, M.D., M.Sc., recently joined Vanderbilt as the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences and professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Cardiovascular Medicine. Carr, a member of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine class of 1989, returns to his alma mater from Wake Forest School of Medicine, where he had been on faculty since 1990, most recently with professorship appointments in Radiology, Internal Medicine, Translational Science and Public Health Sciences.
John Jeffrey Carr honored with endowed chair
Jeffrey Carr, M.D., M.Sc., Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Radiology and Radiological Sciences and professor of clinical biomedical informatics, who was recruited from Wake Forest University this summer.
Professor John Gore honored by Zhejiang University
John Gore, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt University Institute for Imaging Science (VUIIS), was named an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, China, during his recent visit to Zhejiang University School of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science.
VICC Debuts Lung Cancer Screening Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has launched a new lung cancer screening program to provide low-dose CT scans for patients at high risk for the deadly disease. Current or former smokers ages 55 to 74 who have a history of 30 or more pack years of smoking are eligible for the scans.
Burgeoning Field of Interventional Oncology Is Poised for Takeoff
Prior to joining Vanderbilt, Dan Brown, MD, was chief of Interventional Radiology and professor of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Brown is a graduate of Hahnemann Medical College, now Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed a residency program in radiology at Bryn Mawr Hospital and completed a fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Pennsylvania State University. He practiced at Washington University in St.
