Ethics Grand Rounds, ‘Ethically Complex Discharges for Behaviorally Complex Patients,’ to be May 14

April 17, 2014 Team coordinates care for patients with many needs

When Eddie Dotson arrived at Vanderbilt University Medical Center last September, he weighed 627 pounds and truly embodied the label “morbidly obese.” He had so much fluid in his chest it was hard to breathe and his heart, liver and kidneys were failing.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 5, 2013 Program helps children with complex care needs

David Hall, M.D., has joined the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the director of the new Program for Children with Medically Complex Needs within the Division of Hospital Medicine.

By Kathy Whitney

May 14, 2025 New clinic focuses on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues

Feeding and swallowing problems, known as dysphagia, occur in an estimated 25% to 45% of normally developing children.

By Jessica Pasley