Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 24 of 35
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August 25, 2016
VUMC team helps launch fetal surgery program in Australia
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) made history in 1997 when two surgeons pioneered fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, or myelomeningocele, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system. -
August 11, 2016
Timing, teamwork key for young liver transplant patient
Antwane Cole Jr., known as “AJ” to friends and family, began his summer playing football and enjoying his favorite superhero, Spiderman. -
July 21, 2016
Young bone patient’s progress serves as inspiration to others
Janelly Martinez-Amador grabbed headlines and hearts around the world three years ago when news spread of her remarkable fight for survival against a rare metabolic disease at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
July 21, 2016
Reimschisel selected as a Macy Faculty Scholar
Tyler Reimschisel, M.D., director of the Division of Developmental Medicine and the Center for Child Development, has been selected for the 2016 Class of Macy Faculty Scholars. -
July 12, 2016
VUMC mourns loss of Pediatric Orthopaedics pioneer Neil Green
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June 23, 2016
Drug monitoring programs reduce opioid deaths: study
The implementation of state prescription drug monitoring programs was associated with the prevention of approximately one opioid-related overdose death every two hours on average nationwide, according to a new Vanderbilt-led study released this week in the journal "Health Affairs."