Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 20 of 36

Portrait of a smiling man with a beard wearing a dark blue suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a mottled brown background.
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
Three people walk a large circular labyrinth laid out on the floor of a hospital chapel, with stained-glass windows, chairs, and a piano in the background.
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
A group of adults and children, some wearing hard hats, pose with ceremonial shovels beside a freshly turned groundbreaking site and construction equipment.
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
An adult woman and three boys pose among hay bales and pumpkins at a fall pumpkin patch, framed by dried corn stalks.
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.

By Christina Echegaray
Six adults, including a hockey player in a yellow jersey and another person in a yellow Predators jacket, pose in front of a banner reading “Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.”
October 18, 2018

Predators’ gift bolsters fight against pediatric cancer

Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne, Predators executives and executives from Tri Star Energy (Twice Daily) made their annual presentation recently of proceeds from the team’s 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
Teenage girl in a yellow dress holds a large white balloon reading “Lily’s Garden Fellowship” in front of a Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt backdrop.
September 20, 2018

Patient’s indomitable spirit makes Lily’s Garden grow

Lily Hensiek, diagnosed with pre B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 10 years ago at age 7, has helped raise $1 million, through community fundraisers and individual donors, to create two funds to support pediatric cancer research and training at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The funds are the Lily’s Garden Endowed Lecture in Childhood Cancer and the Lily’s Garden Research Fund.

By Christina Echegaray