Ravi Shah named to co-direct Vanderbilt Diabetes Center
Ravi Shah, MD, the Gottlieb C. Friesinger II Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and professor of Medicine, has been named co-director of the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center (VDC).
Bequest from Wolfe family establishes endowed endocrinology fellowship
A lifelong passion for training and mentoring generations of endocrinologists has culminated in an endowment to support a new endocrinology fellowship in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. This is the result of an estate gift from the late Lawrence (Larry) Wolfe, MD, a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member, and his wife, Sarah (Sally) Wolfe.
Congrats to faculty and fellow teaching award winners
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Sally Friedman and Dr. Angel Morvant on their well-deserved recognition. Dr. Friedman has been awarded the William D. Salmon Jr. Faculty Teaching Award and Dr. Morvant has received the William J. Kovacs Endocrine Fellow Award. Both are outstanding and compassionate physicians, and we are grateful for their dedication and excellence.
2025 Spring faculty awards
Congratulations to Dr. Carranza Leon for recognition during the 2025 Spring faculty awards ceremony. She was awarded the John S. Sergent Award For Teaching Medical or Graduate Students in the Small Group Setting.
Academy for Excellence in Education announces 2025 award winners and new members
Three Department of Medicine faculty are among the 13 new members inducted into the AEE. They are: Lindsay Bischoff, MD (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), Barbara Gisella Carranza Leon, MD (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism), Megan Dupuis, MD, PhD (Hematology and Oncology).
Top scientist shares long view on diabetes research and treatment
The number of adults living with diabetes has surpassed 800 million, and the World Health Organization has called the escalating prevalence of Type 2 diabetes an epidemic.
Leadership announced for Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
An interim plan has been announced to fill the roles held by Alvin C. Powers, MD, in Vanderbilt’s Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Dean receives award for excellence in the field of islet research
Danielle Dean, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, has received the Robert L. Sorenson Young Investigator Award from the Midwest Islet Club (MIC) in recognition of her research excellence and innovation in the field of islet research.