Year: 2023

Child ambassador Brody Reiner drops the puck at the Hockey Fights Cancer game March 25. Brody, a patient of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is joined on the ice by retired goalie Pekka Rinne, Predators player Colton Sissons, left, and Seattle Kraken player Yanni Gourde.
April 13, 2023

Predators’ support in battling childhood cancer stays strong

The Nashville Predators, including retired goalie Pekka Rinne, recently visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to present hospital leaders with the proceeds raised throughout the year from the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund presented by Twice Daily.

By Christina Echegaray
April 13, 2023

Process rehabilitates donor livers for transplantation

Vanderbilt research demonstrated that injured human donor livers declined for transplant can be recovered by cross-circulation between the human liver and a xenogeneic host, or animal platform.

By Matt Batcheldor
The show featured fashions by Dillard’s at the Mall at Green Hills, Sam Edelman and the hospital’s own store, The Friends Shop.
April 13, 2023

Friends & Fashion raises funds for young patients

Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held its annual fundraising event, Friends & Fashion, on Monday, April 3, at Music City Center.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 13, 2023

Oxford House to close

By John Howser
Wendy Paszek, RN, CNOR, a preceptor for the SMART program, meeting Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, the U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command, during his visit to observe the program in 2022. (Photo by Donn Jones)
April 13, 2023

New SMART rotation of military personnel in VUH clinical areas

The next Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training (SMART) rotation, which includes 15 members the United States military, is at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to work in clinical areas of the adult hospital April 11-25.

By Jill Clendening
April 12, 2023

Poll finds most most Tennessee parents agree on evidence-based safe firearm storage

A new Vanderbilt poll finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children.

By Jake Lowary
April 12, 2023

Delpire recognized for advancing cell and molecular physiology

Vanderbilt's Eric Delpire, PhD, has been awarded the 2023 Davson Distinguished Lectureship, the highest award bestowed by the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society.
By Paul Govern
April 12, 2023

Research identifies new target that may prevent blood cancer

An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Vanderbilt's Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients’ risk of blood cancer.
By Bill Snyder
April 12, 2023

Shade Tree Trot 2023

Last Saturday’s dreary weather didn’t keep runners and walkers away from the annual Shade Tree Trot, held this year at Percy Warner Park.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 12, 2023

“A Conversation with Jon Stewart on Advocacy” to be April 21

By VUMC News and Communications
April 11, 2023

Doggone it — be safe

Any dog may bite if surprised or provoked; how to safely interact with Canine World
By Jessica Pasley
April 11, 2023

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named among the 2023 “Best Hospitals for Pediatrics” by Money and The Leapfrog Group

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is one of only 25 children’s hospitals to make Money/The Leapgfrog Group’s first-ever “Best Hospitals for Pediatrics” list and is the only pediatric hospital in Tennessee to earn the distinction.
By Christina Echegaray
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