VA Thoracic Tumor Board is a multidisciplinary tumor board intended for patient management discussion regarding the optimal care of selected complex patients with confirmed or suspected thoracic malignancy or metastatic disease. Discussions focus on optimal management and work up of patients including quality care, NCCN standards, and standard of care therapy as well as personalized cancer therapy as indicated. Offered Mondays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

The GI Clinical Management Conference is offered every Thursday from 5:00 to 6:00 pm in the Brittingham Conference Room in Vanderbilt University Hospital. Conference participants will examine and discuss recent cases with the goal of improving evaluation, diagnosis, and management as well as discussing the incorporation of recent advances into practice. .

Amyloidosis Meeting and Tumor Board is offered bi-weekly. Participants will engage in education on current issues about molecular biology and emerging therapies in managing patients diagnosed with amyloidosis and discuss implications for clinical practice and the impact on patient outcome. A variety of topics from researchers in several disciplines from across the VU and VUMC institutions will be covered.

Twice monthly meetings (once at VUH and once at VCH), during which physician advisors and coding specialists from across VUMC meet to discuss the latest internal audit of VUMC coding/billing data, discuss how documentation and coding impact the effectiveness of DRG assignment, review resources pertaining to ICD-10 billing codes, and provide education on the changing environment as well as mandates at the state and national levels. The CDACE group is committed to delivering the highest-quality e...

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Ethics Case Conference is offered monthly. Participants will engage in education on approaches for assessing the ethical dimensions inherent in a patient clinical encounter and improving patient outcomes. A variety of topics from researchers in several disciplines from across the VU and VUMC institutions will be covered.

Selection for Advance Heart Failure Therapy Conference is offered weekly. Participants will engage in education on indications for advanced heart failure therapies (mechanical assist devices and transplant) and improving patient outcomes. A variety of topics from researchers in several disciplines from across the VU and VUMC institutions will be covered.

A monthly Geriatric interprofessional interdisciplinary one hour conference focused on a case based discussion with strong reference to a relevant medical journal article.

Informal surveying of tumor board participants at Vanderbilt and elsewhere indicate that errors occur too frequently in interpretation of genetic testing results and in the subsequent treatment decisions in the absence of discussion in a tumor board forum such as this one. Clinical practice guidelines such as those published by the NCCN and others change rapidly. Research published in peer-reviewed journals is also difficult to keep up with. Many physicians are not aware of the frequency and imp...

Allergic Disease Conference is offered weekly. Participants will engage in education on current issues on evaluation and management of allergic and immunologic diseases and discuss implications for clinical practice and the impact on patient outcome. A variety of topics from researchers in several disciplines from across the VU and VUMC institutions will be covered.