Deitte named vice chair of Education in Radiology
Radiology education expert Lori Deitte, M.D., has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center as vice chair of Education and associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
Deitte comes to Vanderbilt from the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, where she served as professor of Radiology, Graduate Medical Education Clinical Milestone Liaison, fourth-year medical student Radiology Clerkship director and fourth-year medical student Radiology advisor. Previously, she served as the Radiology Residency Program director.
Radiology Welcomes the Return of Dr. C.E. Smith
C.E. Smith, M.D., has recently joined the Department of Radiology as Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences in our outpatient section. C.E. will be rotating through Vanderbilt Images Services at our locations in Belle Meade, Cool Springs, One Hundred Oaks and Hillsboro Imaging locations. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, C.E. received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stanford. He came to Vanderbilt for medical school and stayed on to complete his residency in radiology and a fellowship in neuroradiology.
Undergrad recipient of Medical Student Award at Annual AUR Conference
Nikita Lakomkin, an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt, has won the 2015 Henry Goldberg Medical Student Award from the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) for his work on CT biomarkers of cancer treatment response. The award will be presented during the AUR 63rd Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 14-17, 2015.
Medical Student recipient of Research Award at Annual SIR Conference
The founder of our Interventional Radiology Interest group, PhD to MD student Mary Ellen Koran, was awarded the Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting Research Award at the annual SIR Conference on March 3 in Atlanta for her research entitled "Impact of a dedicated Interventional Oncology service line in an NCI comprehensive cancer center."
Grant to boost head and neck lymphedema research
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to establish a valid, clinically useful measurement battery for head and neck lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF).
