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School of Medicine Vanderbilt University 2012/2013 Archived 2012/2013 Medical School Catalog Containing general information and courses of study for the 2012/2013 session corrected to August 2012 Nashville The university reserves the right, through its established procedures, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation and to change other rules, regulations, and provisions, including those stated in this bulletin and other publications, and to refuse admission to any student, or to require the with- drawal of a student if it is determined to be in the interest of the student or the university. All students, full- or part-time, who are enrolled in Vanderbilt courses are subject to the same policies. 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Copyright © 2012 Vanderbilt University Printed in the United States of America Contents Calendar 4 Administration 5 Medical Center Overview 12 Life at Vanderbilt 17 Medical Education at Vanderbilt 24 Admission 32 Academic Program and Policies 39 Honors and Awards 47 Financial Information 49 Courses of Study 56 Faculty 86 Index 169 Archived 2012/2013 Medical School Catalog School of Medicine Calendar 2012/2013 FALL SEMESTER 2012 Registration and classes begin for 3rd and 4th year MD students / Monday 9 July Registration for 1st year MD students / Wednesday 18 July to Friday 20 July Classes begin for 1st year MD students / Monday 23 July Registration for 2nd year MD students / Thursday 2 August to Friday 3 August Classes begin for 2nd year MD students / Monday 6 August Fall semester begins for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Wednesday 22 August Labor Day—No MD class or clinical activities / Monday 3 September Fall break for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Thursday 4 October to Sunday 7 October Fall break for 1st and 2nd year medical students / Thursday 11 October to Sunday 14 October Thanksgiving holiday for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Saturday 17 November to Sunday 25 November Thanksgiving holiday for all MD students / Thursday 22 November to Sunday 25 November Fall semester ends for all MD students / Friday 21 December Fall semester ends for all medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Saturday 15 December Holiday break for all Medical School classes / Saturday 22 December to Sunday 6 January SPRING SEMESTER 2013 Spring semester begins for all Medical School classes / Monday 7 January Martin Luther King Jr. Day—No class or clinical activities / Monday 21 January Spring holidays for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Saturday 2 March to Sunday 10 March Spring holidays for 1st and 2nd year MD students / Saturday 9 March to Sunday 17 March Spring holidays for 3rd year MD students / Saturday 30 March to Sunday 7 April Spring holidays for 4th year MD students / Friday 15 March to Sunday 17 March Instruction ends for 4th year MD students / Sunday 28 April Spring semester ends for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Thursday 2 May Instruction ends for 2nd year MD students / Friday 10 May Commencement / Friday 10 May Instruction ends for 1st year MD students / Friday 24 May Memorial Day—No class or clinical activities / Monday 27 May Summer break for 1st year MD students / Saturday 25 May to Sunday 23 June Instruction ends for 3rd year MD students / Sunday 23 June Classes resume for 1st year MD students / Monday 24 June SUMMER SESSION 2013 Maymester begins for Master of Education of the Deaf program / Monday 6 May Summer session begins for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Tuesday 4 June Summer session ends for medical master’s and other doctoral programs / Friday 9 August Archived 2012/2013 Medical School Catalog Vanderbilt University Board of Trust MARK F. DALTON, Chairman of the Board, Scarsdale, NY JACKSON W. MOORE, Vice Chairman, Memphis, TN NANCY PEROT, Vice Chairman, Dallas, TX JOANNE F. HAYES, Secretary, Nashville, TN NICHOLAS S. ZEPPOS, Chancellor of the University, Nashville, TN MARY BETH ADDERLEY E L. HALL HARDAWAY, JR. E WYATT H. SMITH La Jolla, CA Nashville, TN Reform, AL MICHAEL L. AINSLIE H. RODES HART E CAL TURNER E Palm Beach, FL Brentwood, TN Franklin, TN M. CHANDLER ANTHONY JOHN J. HINDLE EUGENE H. VAUGHAN E Ridgeland, MS London, England Houston, TX JOHN D. ARNOLD JOHN R. INGRAM THOMAS B. WALKER, JR. E Houston, TX Nashville, TN Dallas, TX WILLIAM W. BAIN, JR. MARTHA R. INGRAM E LEVI WATKINS, JR., M.D. Boston, MA Nashville, TN Baltimore, MD LEE M. BASS EDITH CARELL JOHNSON DUDLEY BROWN WHITE E Fort Worth, TX Nashville, TN Nashville, TN DARRYL D. BERGER LESLIE C. LABRUTO W. RIDLEY WILLS II E New Orleans, LA Spring Lake, NJ Nashville, TN CAMILLA DIETZ BERGERON J. HICKS LANIER E J. LAWRENCE WILSON E New York, NY Atlanta, GA Bonita Springs, FL DENNIS C. BOTTORFF EDWARD A. MALLOY, C.S.C. E REBECCA WEBB WILSON Nashville, TN Notre Dame, IN Memphis, TN LEWIS M. BRANSCOMB E ALYNE QUEENER MASSEY E WILLIAM M. WILSON La Jolla, CA Nashville, TN Nashville, TN BILLY RAY CALDWELL EDWARD G. NELSON E JON WINKELRIED Nashville, TN Nashville, TN Aledo, TX THOMAS F. CONE E AYOTUNDE OSITELU Nashville, TN Westfield, IN E Emerita/Emeritus Trustee CECIL D. CONLEE E COURTNEY C. PASTRICK MARIBETH GERACIOTI, Assistant Secretary Atlanta, GA ArchivedBethesda, MD 2012/2013 of the University BROWNLEE O. CURREY, JR. E H. ROSS PEROT, JR. Nashville, TN Plano, TX CLAIBORNE P. DEMING MedicalJUDSON G. RANDOLPH, School M.D. E Catalog El Dorado, AR Nashville, TN CHARLES H. ESSERMAN JOHN W. RICH E Orinda, CA Nashville, TN BRUCE R. EVANS KENNETH L. ROBERTS E Boston, MA Nashville, TN WILLIAM W. FEATHERINGILL JOE L. ROBY Birmingham, AL New York, NY FRANK A. GODCHAUX III E EUGENE B. SHANKS, JR. Houston, TX Greenwich, CT JOHN R. HALL E RICHARD H. SINKFIELD Lexington, KY Atlanta, GA Vanderbilt University Administration NICHOLAS S. ZEPPOS, J.D., Chancellor RICHARD C. MCCARTY, Ph.D., Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs JEFFREY R. BALSER, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine JERRY G. FIFE, B.S., Vice Chancellor for Administration BETH A. FORTUNE, M.A., Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs SUSIE S. STALCUP, B.B.A., C.F.P., Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations BRETT SWEET, M.B.A., Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer DAVID WILLIAMS II, J.D., LL.M., M.B.A., Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletics Director MATTHEW WRIGHT, M.B.A., Vice Chancellor for Investments Academic Deans JEFFREY R. BALSER, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine MARK D. BANDAS, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Dean of Students CAMILLA PERSSON BENBOW, Ed.D., Dean of Peabody College JAMES W. BRADFORD, JR., J.D., Dean of Owen Graduate School of Management DOUGLAS L. CHRISTIANSEN, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admissions COLLEEN CONWAY-WELCH, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Nursing CAROLYN DEVER, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Arts and Science CONNIE VINITA DOWELL, M.L.S., Dean of Libraries PHILIPPE M. FAUCHET, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Engineering CHRIS GUTHRIE, J.D., Dean of the Law School DENNIS G. HALL, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School JAMES HUDNUT-BEUMLER, Ph.D., Dean of the Divinity School MARK WAIT, D.M.A., Dean of Blair School of Music FRANCIS W. WCISLO, Ph.D., Dean of The Ingram Commons Archived 2012/2013 Medical School Catalog Vanderbilt University Board of Trust Medical Center Affairs Committee EDITH CARELL JOHNSON, Chair WILLIAM M. WILSON Nashville, TN Nashville, TN LEVI WATKINS, JR., M.D., Vice Chair JON WINKELRIED Baltimore, MD Aledo, TX DENNIS C. BOTTORFF NICHOLAS S. ZEPPOS Nashville, TN Nashville, TN MARK F. DALTON Scarsdale, NY Community Members JOHN R. INGRAM MICHAEL J. BURRY, M.D. Nashville, TN Cupertino, CA JACKSON W. MOORE RICHARD B. JOHNSTON, JR., M.D. Memphis, TN Aurora, CO AYOTUNDE OSITELU DAVID W. PATTERSON, M.D. Westfield, IN Washington, DC JOE L. ROBY New York, NY EUGENE B. SHANKS, JR. Greenwich, CT REBECCA WEBB WILSON Memphis, TN Archived 2012/2013 Medical School Catalog 8 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Medical Center Administration JEFFREY R.