Christina Echegaray

March 28, 2013

Children’s after-hours clinic debuts in Mt. Juliet

Bumps, bruises and sore throats don’t keep regular business hours, and that’s why the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has opened an after-hours clinic in Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

By Christina Echegaray
March 28, 2013

Steeplechase strengthens bond with Children’s Hospital

As the Iroquois Steeplechase gears up for its annual spring event, the race this year will honor one of the leaders at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and also support a newly established fund for hospital research efforts.

By Christina Echegaray
March 21, 2013

Aetna Institutes of Excellence honors VUMC quality of care

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized by Aetna Institutes of Excellence for its expertise in consistently delivering evidence-based, quality care for Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Services.

By Christina Echegaray
February 21, 2013

Child-designed art sought for next Holiday Project

The Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Holiday Project saw another banner year, raising $75,000 in 2012 for the hospital.

By Christina Echegaray
February 21, 2013

Classes help hone parents’ resuscitation skills, confidence

It’s a skill few parents ever think they’ll have to use, but it can be an invaluable, life-saving tool — cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mostly commonly known as CPR.

By Christina Echegaray
February 14, 2013

Photo: Dance Marathon

After students, families and the community danced the night away for 13.1 hours, the Vanderbilt University Dance Marathon student executive committee unveiled how much money had been raised for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
February 14, 2013

Device helps ease child’s overactive bladder burden

Until a year ago, Kate Lamons would slip into her mother’s classroom during school to change clothes, hopefully fast enough that she could return to her own class before anyone noticed that her clothes were wet from an overactive bladder.
By Christina Echegaray
February 12, 2013

Children’s Hospital nationally ranked by ‘Parents’ magazine

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has earned two top spots among "Parents" magazine’s best of children’s hospital lists released last week.
By Christina Echegaray
February 7, 2013

Children’s Hospital hosting pediatric nursing job fair

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will host a pediatric nursing job fair from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the second floor performance stage of the hospital.
By Christina Echegaray
January 17, 2013

Children’s Hospital teacher lands educator award

Tina Woods, in-house school teacher at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was recently named American Paper & Twine Co./Georgia Pacific Teacher of the Year for 2012.
By Christina Echegaray
January 17, 2013

Basketball player’s project scores big for young patients

For Gabby Smith, a senior on the Vanderbilt University Women’s basketball team, a box of crayons is more than a carton of colored wax sticks used to scribble on paper.
By Christina Echegaray
December 20, 2012

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