Christina Echegaray

October 2, 2020

The doctor’s closet was a mess. Her friends conspired to have a Netflix show organize it for her.

Whitney Browning, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital, is featured on the Netflix show “Getting Organized with the Home Edit” thanks to her sneaky friends

By Christina Echegaray
September 30, 2020

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt opens new clinic in Jackson, Tennessee

On Sept. 28, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt opened the Vanderbilt Children’s Specialty Clinics in a new location in Jackson, Tennessee.

By Christina Echegaray
September 24, 2020

State of Pediatrics address reviews challenges, resiliency

Steven Webber, MBChP, MRCP, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, recently delivered his annual state of the department address to an ever-growing number of faculty, staff and trainees.

By Christina Echegaray
September 10, 2020

Some children with COVID-19 may experience rare inflammatory syndrome

With cases of COVID-19 increasing among young children and adolescents in Tennessee, pediatric infectious disease experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have started to see cases of a mysterious illness believed to be connected to COVID-19, known as multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

By Christina Echegaray
August 13, 2020

Children’s Hospital ECMO program lands excellence award

For the fifth straight time, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s heart-lung support program has received the ELSO Award — Gold Level for Excellence in Life Support by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).

By Christina Echegaray
August 6, 2020

Patrick receives award for children’s health research

Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy, has been awarded the fifth annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research.

By Christina Echegaray
July 16, 2020

Button Project lets children see the faces behind the masks

Children and their families who come to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for their care are used to seeing the friendly faces and smiles of staff, nurses and doctors.
By Christina Echegaray
July 9, 2020

Reed family’s gift helps support new fetal clinic space

Brenda and Colin Reed, chair and CEO of Ryman Hospitality Properties, are thankful they get to watch their two curious, blue-eyed, 3-year-old twin granddaughters, Olivia and Alice Reed, grow up.
By Christina Echegaray
June 16, 2020

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earns top honors from U.S. News & World Report

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has once again earned the distinction of being named a top pediatric facility in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. This marks the 14th year that Children’s Hospital has made the list.
By Christina Echegaray
May 20, 2020

Children’s Hospital lands grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been awarded a grant from longtime philanthropic partner Hyundai Hope On Wheels to support a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans.
By Christina Echegaray
April 29, 2020

Clarksville boy bounces back after COVID-19 infection

After a month of cough, off-and-on fever, not feeling well and isolation, Joseph “Jo Jo” Bostain is back to bouncing on his trampoline, reading Harry Potter books and planting flowers outside his Clarksville home.
By Christina Echegaray
April 13, 2020

Nashville Predators donate 600 meals to employees at Children’s Hospital

The Nashville Predators hockey team, longtime supporters of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, donated 600 Chick-fil-A meals to feed hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Christina Echegaray
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