The paper dolls are removed for rehabilitation Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (all photos by Erin O. Smith)

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Pediatrics

The Case of the Missing Statue: Red Paper Dolls vanish for a secret makeover!

The nearly 9-foot-tall, 1,500-pound, aluminum sculpture has served as the logo for the hospital since 1971, and now those iconic paper dolls are getting a dose of rehab therapy. Watch a timelapse video of the removal!

 By Jessica Pasley
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders

Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital’s first Primary Care-Internal Medicine Residency Program addresses the needs of a rapidly growing community

 By Danny Bonvissuto
David Curfman, MD, poses for a photo with his artwork in his office at The Vanderbilt Neurology Clinic. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
Mission of Caring

What do you find at the intersection of art and medicine?

 By Evan Dorian
Emergency & Trauma

Investing in patient care: The first phase of a major investment in equipment upgrades is underway at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital

News Releases

Recent and archived press releases with clinical and research news

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Firefly expands to Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital and other regional clinics

Vanderbilt Health’s clinical care and support program for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder has served 27 pregnant patients at VWCH, with the goal of serving 50-100 patients annually.

By Danny Bonvissuto
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients are focus of GLP-1 therapy for obesity study

The study will begin enrolling eligible patients in September. Thirty participants, ages 12 and older, will be randomized to receive either a placebo or the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide.

By Jessica Pasley
Jordyn Bugarin, 22, was the only patient in the United States enrolled in the OPTIMA clinical trial for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a rare genetic condition that causes muscle and connective tissue to turn into bone. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Her muscles are slowly turning to bone. She was the only American in a trial that might stop it.

As part of the clinical trial, Jordyn Bugarin regularly traveled to Vanderbilt Health, navigating a complex study while living with a disease that can flare unpredictably and permanently limit movement. The experimental drug received federal approval on Aug. 19.

By Craig Boerner

As schedules change, health care advocates encourage back seat second looks to prevent hot car deaths

It only takes 10 minutes for the temperature inside a vehicle to rise 19 degrees and continue to rise. Even on cooler days closer to 70 degrees, children can experience vehicular heatstroke.

By Jessica Pasley

Firefly expands to Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital and other regional clinics

Vanderbilt Health’s clinical care and support program for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder has served 27 pregnant patients at VWCH, with the goal of serving 50-100 patients annually.

By Danny Bonvissuto
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients are focus of GLP-1 therapy for obesity study

The study will begin enrolling eligible patients in September. Thirty participants, ages 12 and older, will be randomized to receive either a placebo or the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide.

By Jessica Pasley
Jordyn Bugarin, 22, was the only patient in the United States enrolled in the OPTIMA clinical trial for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a rare genetic condition that causes muscle and connective tissue to turn into bone. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Her muscles are slowly turning to bone. She was the only American in a trial that might stop it.

As part of the clinical trial, Jordyn Bugarin regularly traveled to Vanderbilt Health, navigating a complex study while living with a disease that can flare unpredictably and permanently limit movement. The experimental drug received federal approval on Aug. 19.

By Craig Boerner

As schedules change, health care advocates encourage back seat second looks to prevent hot car deaths

It only takes 10 minutes for the temperature inside a vehicle to rise 19 degrees and continue to rise. Even on cooler days closer to 70 degrees, children can experience vehicular heatstroke.

By Jessica Pasley
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Karen Keady, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Karen Keady to leave Vanderbilt Health for new leadership role at Mass General Brigham

Keady has been appointed inaugural Chief Nurse Executive at Mass General Brigham and will depart Vanderbilt Health in October. Pat Givens, DHA, RN, NEA-BC, will provide interim executive nursing leadership across the Vanderbilt Health system.

By Rebecca Warren

Yale’s Jasmiry Bennett named Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer for Vanderbilt Health

As Vanderbilt Health’s first Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer, Bennett will provide strategic leadership for the APP community across the enterprise and help shape the future of advanced practice.

By Craig Boerner

Vanderbilt Staffing Collaborative expands workforce flexibility across Vanderbilt Health

By providing greater staffing stability, the VSC equips nursing leaders with scheduling alternatives that reduce mandatory overtime and on-call shifts for their teams.

By Kylie Avery
Ervin Nepomuceno, RN, and patient Lea Braun.

Thankful patient’s gift to honor nurses, veterans finds a home at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital

Patient Lea Braun donated one of the favorite photographs she’s taken: It’s of a bald eagle, taken in her home state of Iowa.

By Sandra Wooten
Karen Keady, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Karen Keady to leave Vanderbilt Health for new leadership role at Mass General Brigham

Keady has been appointed inaugural Chief Nurse Executive at Mass General Brigham and will depart Vanderbilt Health in October. Pat Givens, DHA, RN, NEA-BC, will provide interim executive nursing leadership across the Vanderbilt Health system.

By Rebecca Warren

Yale’s Jasmiry Bennett named Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer for Vanderbilt Health

As Vanderbilt Health’s first Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer, Bennett will provide strategic leadership for the APP community across the enterprise and help shape the future of advanced practice.

By Craig Boerner

Vanderbilt Staffing Collaborative expands workforce flexibility across Vanderbilt Health

By providing greater staffing stability, the VSC equips nursing leaders with scheduling alternatives that reduce mandatory overtime and on-call shifts for their teams.

By Kylie Avery
Ervin Nepomuceno, RN, and patient Lea Braun.

Thankful patient’s gift to honor nurses, veterans finds a home at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital

Patient Lea Braun donated one of the favorite photographs she’s taken: It’s of a bald eagle, taken in her home state of Iowa.

By Sandra Wooten
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

In 2004, three floors moved out of Vanderbilt University Hospital and into a different building. Demand soared. Now, that building is a 12-floor, 325-bed state-of-the-art hospital, with more beds coming later this year. Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital is commemorating its mission of caring for children and their families.

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A village of care: How pediatric teams helped Madi find her way home

By Christina Echegaray
Patient Isaiah Stricklin had fun striking a pose with Tennessee Titans rookies (from left) Jackie Marshall, Bishop Fitzgerald, Sean Brown, Jalen McMurray and Tyren Montgomery during a visit to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Jessie Rogers/Tennessee Titans)

Tennessee Titans rookies bring smiles to pediatric patients in hospital visit

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt joins transportation partners to promote e-bike safety

By Jessica Pasley

Iroquois Steeplechase saddles up to support pediatric health care

By Sarah Thornton
Photo of the exterior of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt shows the four new floors added atop the pediatric facility. (photo by Anne Rayner)

Study challenges long-held practice of imaging for foreign body aspirations

By Jessica Pasley

Local students circle the wagons in relaunch of donation initiative

By Jessica Pasley

Leading with heart: Juan Salazar’s mission to advance pediatric health care for all children

By Christina Echegaray

Friends & Fashion event celebrates healing, style and community support for pediatric patients

By Sarah Thornton

Champ’s Cupboard expands reach, services after strong first year at Monroe Carell. Read the Impact Report.

By Christina Echegaray

Cheers to 10 years: Seacrest Studios celebrates a decade of connection, joy and impact

By Jessica Pasley

Pom-poms for a new era: Briceton Latta’s next cystic fibrosis chapter

By Christina Echegaray
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Cancer

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Vanderbilt Health receives $3.4 million grant to advance breast cancer imaging

MR cytometry is a magnetic resonance imaging technology pioneered by Vanderbilt Health investigators that provides information about tumor microstructure which cannot be obtained from conventional MRI.

By Madison Yarbrough

Discover what’s next in cancer at Aug. 22 symposium

The symposium is free and open to people affected by neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis, as well as their families, loved ones and caregivers.

By Yolanda James
Jason Colee is all smiles after finishing the Great Smoky Mountains 16.2-mile challenge, one of several races he completed following surgery to remove a rare tumor from his spinal cord.

Born to run and be there for his family, Jason Colee underwent a high-stakes spinal surgery so he could do both

The procedure was necessary to remove a rare tumorous mass that was nestled inside his spinal cord.

By Evan Dorian

Featherstone and Johnston families make $5 million gift to establish Lily’s Garden Pediatric Leukemia Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Family’s newest commitment will advance research, precision medicine and support services for children with leukemia.

By Christina Echegaray
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Vanderbilt Health receives $3.4 million grant to advance breast cancer imaging

MR cytometry is a magnetic resonance imaging technology pioneered by Vanderbilt Health investigators that provides information about tumor microstructure which cannot be obtained from conventional MRI.

By Madison Yarbrough

Discover what’s next in cancer at Aug. 22 symposium

The symposium is free and open to people affected by neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis, as well as their families, loved ones and caregivers.

By Yolanda James
Jason Colee is all smiles after finishing the Great Smoky Mountains 16.2-mile challenge, one of several races he completed following surgery to remove a rare tumor from his spinal cord.

Born to run and be there for his family, Jason Colee underwent a high-stakes spinal surgery so he could do both

The procedure was necessary to remove a rare tumorous mass that was nestled inside his spinal cord.

By Evan Dorian

Featherstone and Johnston families make $5 million gift to establish Lily’s Garden Pediatric Leukemia Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Family’s newest commitment will advance research, precision medicine and support services for children with leukemia.

By Christina Echegaray
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Aliquots – Research Briefs

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EHR-embedded tool extracts liver stiffness values to prevent gaps in care

Vanderbilt Health researchers developed a natural language processing tool that can efficiently identify patients with liver disease and streamline assessment for treatments.

By Leigh MacMillan
kidney stones

Study points to new therapeutic target for chronic kidney disease

Researchers showed that blocking the protein cadherin-11 improved survival and kidney function in three kidney injury models.

By Leigh MacMillan

Study explores diagnostic utility of ocular ultrasound in the emergency department

The study found that point-of-care ultrasound had a high sensitivity for detecting vitreoretinal pathology, but had only moderate accuracy and a low sensitivity for detecting other ocular pathologies that may require prompt intervention.

By Doug Campbell

Team’s prediction task compares GPT-4o with classic machine learning

Large language models have been functionally opaque. Seeking some transparency, a team undertook a comparison with traditional machine learning for predicting which patients would discontinue their home cancer medications.

By Paul Govern

EHR-embedded tool extracts liver stiffness values to prevent gaps in care

Vanderbilt Health researchers developed a natural language processing tool that can efficiently identify patients with liver disease and streamline assessment for treatments.

By Leigh MacMillan
kidney stones

Study points to new therapeutic target for chronic kidney disease

Researchers showed that blocking the protein cadherin-11 improved survival and kidney function in three kidney injury models.

By Leigh MacMillan

Study explores diagnostic utility of ocular ultrasound in the emergency department

The study found that point-of-care ultrasound had a high sensitivity for detecting vitreoretinal pathology, but had only moderate accuracy and a low sensitivity for detecting other ocular pathologies that may require prompt intervention.

By Doug Campbell

Team’s prediction task compares GPT-4o with classic machine learning

Large language models have been functionally opaque. Seeking some transparency, a team undertook a comparison with traditional machine learning for predicting which patients would discontinue their home cancer medications.

By Paul Govern
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Explore VUSM’s pioneering history

Warm Fleece Meets Cool Science

Alpacas unlock potential of tiny but powerful nanobodies. Today, alpacas are fueling nanobody research across the Vanderbilt campus and around the world.

Five Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital interns graduate from Project SEARCH Transition-to-Work Program

Tennessee has more than 18 Project SEARCH sites, including Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital. The state ranks among the top three for employing people with disabilities through the model.

Mothers helping mothers: Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital’s milk depot surpasses expectations in first year, fueling hope for fragile infants

As the depot enters its second year, VCH remains committed to expanding access to donor breast milk for the region’s most vulnerable newborns.

Welcoming Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital into the Vanderbilt Health family: Photo gallery

Vanderbilt Health staff traveled from around the region for an Employee Welcome Event on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to greet new colleagues at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital, which officially joined the enterprise Feb. 2.

Randy Davis named President of Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital

The 270-bed Clarksville facility is the newest member of Vanderbilt Health’s network of Regional Hospitals in Tennessee.

Greg and Monica Barton at home with their sons, Carter, left, and triplets Matthew, John and Weston.

Turn left for the plan, turn right for the miracle: When triplets couldn’t wait for Nashville

Triplets decided to enter the world at 26 weeks. The plan was Nashville, but it was a left turn and an hour away. Would choosing the local hospital be right?

Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital receives Primary Stroke Center certification

Certification recognizes one of Vanderbilt Health’s regional hospitals for exceptional efforts in providing safe, high quality stroke care.