To evaluate the care of a trauma patient from a clinical and systems perspective and to perform interdisciplinary implementation of improvement strategies. It is responsible for establishing objective criteria for identifying issues for review and determining compliance with standard of care. Recommendations and/or action plans with associated re-evaluation (if applicable) will be made when areas needing improvement are determined. Provide the structure and organization to promote performance im...

Monthly MMI meeting that goes over recent pediatric transplant cases, with lessons learned, practice changes, and corrective action planning.

Vascular Anomalies Case Conference is offered twice monthly. Participants will engage in education on management of patients with vascular anomalies and improving patient outcomes. A variety of topics from researchers in several disciplines from across the VU and VUMC institutions will be covered.

Case presentations and discussion of patients with surgical indications seen in clinic. Goal is to determine best surgical plans, review exceptional surgical results as well as complications. Complex patients, diagnostic dilemmas, and interesting or unusual diagnosis will also be presented with follow up. Presentations and discussions will be between Attending Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. There are plans for occasional lectures and invited...

A multidisciplinary conference that includes Pediatric Hematology-Oncology physicians and case managers, Radiation Oncology physicians, Pediatric Radiology physicians, Pediatric surgery physicians, and Pathology physicians. The conference is designed to establish the evidence based coordinated multi specialty approach to the pediatric patient with hematologic-oncologic disease. This is accomplished through a cased based presentation of the issues and discussion among the participants.

Multidisciplinary tumor board for lung cancer. Optimal therapy is individualized to a specific patient through discussion and coordination with multiple disciplines including medical oncology, thoracic surgery, pulmonary, pathology, radiation oncology, and radiology.

A multidisciplinary team including pediatric endocrinology, pediatric ENT, pediatric surgery, pathology, cytology, radiology, and nuclear medicine meet regularly to discuss patient cases of thyroid nodules and cancer in addition to reviewing relevant medical literature and discussing research opportunitites.

This series is a case-based presentation including pathophysiology review, pharmacology review, presentation of evidence-based guidelines and review of diagnostic testing.

Anesthesia Critical Care Fellows Conference is offered daily. 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.

The Colon and Rectal Case Conference is a forum in which colorectal cases are presented for in depth discussion with participation of multiple specialties including colorectal surgery, gastroenterology, pathology and radiology. This is an education forum for the residents and students as they are exposed to various colorectal disease processes, review of the anatomy and physiology, review of pathology and radiologic imaging as well as discussion.