Recent News

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  • Gerson Interviewed by Press-Republican about New CAR T-Cell Therapy to Treat Blood Cancers
    February 28, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 28, 2023) James Gerson, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the CAR T-Cell Program, spoke to the Press-Republican about the promising cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy that is now available at the UVM Cancer Center.
    Read full story at Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, N.Y.)
  • Shook Speaks to News Finale about Forgiveness When Dying
    February 25, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 25, 2023) Angela Shook, an end-of-life doula who graduated from and now teaches in UVM’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program, was interviewed by News Finale for an article on forgiveness at the end of life.
    Read full story at News Finale
  • Leffler, Eappen Comment to The Other Paper on New Surgery Facility
    February 23, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 23, 2023) Stephen Leffler, M.D., M.H.C.D.S., professor of emergency medicine and president and CEO of the UVM Medical Center, and Sunil Eappen, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the UVM Health Network, spoke to The Other Paper about UVMMC’s request for state approval to build a new surgery facility at its current Tilley Drive complex in South Burlington.
    Read full story at The Other Paper
  • “Clinician Office Hours” Gives Rural Providers Access to Substance Use Disorder Experts
    February 22, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont’s Center on Rural Addiction has launched a new free program called Clinician Office Hours to help providers access specialists in prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorders. The program is available virtually to any health care provider in the U.S. located in an area designated as rural by the Health Resources & Services Administration.
  • Looking at the Future of Cardiovascular Health through the Lens of Early-Career Investigators
    February 22, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine features some of the world’s foremost cardiovascular researchers, experts in cardiovascular disease risk factors, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, stroke, and heart failure. the science shared by early-career investigators at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont’s fourth annual Viridis Montis Challenge, it was apparent that the institution’s reputation and legacy in the field of cardiovascular research will continue to have a global impact.

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