Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 18 of 36

Flyer for DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Vanderbilt’s Team Hope event on October 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Center for Student Wellbeing lawn, 1211 Stevenson Center Lane. It invites people to bring expired or unused over-the-counter or prescription medications for safe, free disposal with no questions asked; a raffle offers two tickets to a Commodore Quake event.
September 30, 2019

Drug Take Back Day scheduled for Oct. 11

Vanderbilt’s Team Hope will host a Drug Take Back Day, Oct. 11.

By Christina Echegaray
Steven Webber stands at a lectern and addresses an audience in a dimly lit auditorium, with a presentation screen behind him.
September 19, 2019

Address outlines Pediatrics’ achievements, goals

In his annual State of the Department of Pediatrics address, Steven Webber, MRCP, the department’s chair, detailed the significant growth the department has enjoyed in the past year.

By Christina Echegaray
Exterior of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, showing the glass-fronted entrance and colorful “Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt” sign.
September 17, 2019

Upperman to succeed Brock as Surgeon-in-Chief of Children’s Hospital

After successfully serving as Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s first Surgeon-in-Chief for 17 years, John W. Brock III, MD, will transition to focus on his role as Senior Vice President of Pediatric Surgical Services and will become Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus. Brock will be succeeded as Surgeon-in-Chief by Jeffrey Upperman, MD.

By Christina Echegaray
An adult woman and three boys pose among hay bales and pumpkins at a fall pumpkin patch, framed by dried corn stalks.
September 11, 2019

Annual Pumpkin Patch for cancer research funds to run Oct. 5-31

By Christina Echegaray
CT technologist Aussie Jookar, RT, left, and Marta Schulman, MD, introduce patient Gracen Langley, 3, to the new state-of-the-art CT machine at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
August 22, 2019

New CT scanner eases need for young children to stay still

New CT technology at Children’s Hospital is changing the medical imaging landscape for young children and adolescents.

By Christina Echegaray
Michael R. DeBaun, wearing glasses, a suit, and patterned tie, stands in a hospital hallway.
July 29, 2019

DeBaun’s mentoring honored by American Society of Hematology

Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH, has been awarded the American Society of Hematology’s 2019 ASH Mentor Award for his sustained and outstanding commitment to the training and career development of early career hematologists.

By Christina Echegaray