News Announcements

VUMC Earns ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center Designation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been designated a Lung Cancer Screening Center by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center designation is a voluntary program that recognizes facilities that have committed to practice safe, effective diagnostic care for individuals at the highest risk for lung cancer.

2016 NRMP Match Results for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Residencies

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Program Director of Diagnostic Radiology, Edwin Donnelly, M.D., Ph.D., and Program Director of Interventional Radiology, Peter Bream, M.D., are pleased to announce the results of the 2016 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match for their respective residency programs. 

Spottswood Earns 2016 Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Mentoring Award

This week, Stephanie Spottswood, M.D., Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics and Associate Vice Chair for Diversity for Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Radiology, earned the 2016 Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center (MCWC) Mentoring Award, which honors members of the Vanderbilt community who foster the professional and intellectual develop

Radiology's Chekmenev elected to Russian Academy of Sciences

Vanderbilt researcher Eduard Chekmenev, Ph.D., has been elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for his efforts to develop imaging markers for cancer and lung disease using hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Chekmenev, who holds dual citizenship in Russia and the United States, said that, to his knowledge, he is the first American scientist to receive the honorary title of Professor of the RAS. The official award ceremony will be held in Moscow on March 21.