News Announcements

The Department of Radiology is proud to announce its second annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week will take place September 12-16, 2022.

The Department of Radiology Command Center Team, led by Laveil Allen, MD, was honored with the Elevate Team Award at Vanderbilt Health's August 2022 Leadership Assembly. In the presentation, C. Wright Pinson, MD, MBA, VUMC's Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer, introduces the group with great pride, explaining how they came together quickly to solve a complex and critical issue surrounding the recent contrast media shortage.

Nicole Daley Mullen, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, will be taking on a new role as Advanced Practice Providers Team Leader, effective September 1. A graduate of Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Mullen started her nursing career at VUMC's Nurse Residency Program as an ICU nurse. She then worked as a sedation nurse in Interventional Radiology while earning her Doctorate Degree in nursing at Belmont University. She joined the Department of Radiology as a Nurse Practitioner for CT/Ultrasound procedures in 2020.

Jennifer Baker, MSN, APRN-BC, will be taking on a new role as Director of APP Education and Research, effective September 1. A graduate from St. Paul College, Philippines, Baker was an RN for 11 years before earning her Master's Degree in Nursing at UCLA in 2000. She joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University in 2006 serving as a Nurse Practitioner in Internal Medicine Senior Care Services. She joined the Department of Radiology as Nurse Practitioner for Interventional Oncology in 2013 and was appointed Advanced Practice Nurse Team Leader in 2017.