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Vanderbilt Home Care President Laura Beth Brown has been named vice president for Vanderbilt Health Services, the division within Vanderbilt University Medical Center that manages a number of wholly owned and joint-venture ventures.

Brown, a past president of the Tennessee Nurses Association, will take her new job Jan. 15 and will continue to Home Care. She will report directly to C. Wright Pinson, deputy vice chancellor for health affairs and CEO of the Vanderbilt Health System, and oversee for Vanderbilt Health Services and its subsidiaries. She also will be responsible for the management and guidance for specific initiatives and strategies.