Christina Echegaray

Marissa Kirkendall, Certified Child Life Specialist, presents patient Raelynn Settles, 2, with a Joy in Childhood Foundation custom Starlight Gown featuring fun and colorful artwork.
March 21, 2019

Children’s Hospital surgery waiting area receives redesign

Children and families anticipating surgery or other procedures at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt now have a newly renovated area designed with therapeutic and diversionary activities to engage them as they wait.

By Christina Echegaray
The grand staircase in the lobby of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital was closed for 14 months while construction crews installed two additional elevators. The staircase, which connects the main lobby to the second floor of the hospital, reopened Feb. 25.
March 7, 2019

Children’s Hospital staircase and full lobby reopen

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt reopened its hallmark grand staircase and full lobby Feb. 25, marking a significant milestone in the hospital expansion which is entering the final stages before the first two new floors open later this year.

By Christina Echegaray
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently celebrated the newly dedicated Carell Family Balcony. Pictured from left: William Johnson, Nicholas Brown, David H. Brown, Kathryn Carell Brown, Julie Carell Stadler, Edie Carell Johnson, David B. Johnson and Monroe Stadler.
March 7, 2019

Children’s Hospital honors Carells with balcony dedication

In the building and creation of Nashville’s first and only freestanding children’s hospital, Monroe Carell Jr. and his wife, Ann Scott Carell, were involved every step of the way.

By Christina Echegaray
February 14, 2019

Patrick’s work lauded by Society for Pediatric Research

Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, has been named to receive the Society for Pediatric Research 2019 Young Investigator Award, an honor bestowed upon a young physician who has embarked on a career in investigative pediatrics.

By Christina Echegaray
The launch of ‘A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer’ will help Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt make strides for more patients like Jurnee Scantling, here embracing her mother, Erika Scivally.
February 7, 2019

‘A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer’ launched

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt publicly launched a $15 million childhood cancer campaign this week.

By Christina Echegaray
January 31, 2019

VUMC lands BEST for Babies award

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) BEST for Babies award, which celebrates hospital efforts to reduce infant death and to give babies and their families the best possible start.

By Christina Echegaray
January 30, 2019

“You don’t need to be afraid.” A 10-year-old’s words of comfort to an adult facing surgery.

Leslie McDaniel had never had surgery in her life and was apprehensive. Bethany Lafata, 10, is already an expert at preparing for surgery, so she shared encouragement and advice.
By Christina Echegaray
January 17, 2019

Golinko to direct Children’s Hospital cleft, craniofacial care

Michael Golinko, MD, has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as assistant professor of Plastic Surgery, medical director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Center and chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery.
By Christina Echegaray
November 20, 2018

Is there a labyrinth at VUMC – I mean besides Medical Center North?

A place to walk, think, meditate, pray and let go
By Christina Echegaray
October 30, 2018

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt breaks ground on new pediatric facility in Rutherford County

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt broke ground Oct. 29 on a new 37,500-square-foot facility that will significantly expand pediatric specialty care, outpatient surgery and imaging services to children in Rutherford and surrounding counties.
By Christina Echegaray
October 25, 2018

Barkin named TNAAP Pediatrician of the Year

Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS, chief of the Division of Academic General Pediatrics at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been named Pediatrician of the Year by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (TNAAP).
By Christina Echegaray
October 25, 2018

Annual Pumpkin Patch helps cancer research funds grow

Each October, as Missy Cook helps unload trailers full of bright, plump pumpkins with hundreds of volunteers, she’s reminded why the Cooper Trooper Foundation Pumpkin Patch exists — because her son, Cooper, 10, is alive after surviving a rare cancer that was found when he was just 8 weeks old.
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