Christina Echegaray

May 22, 2014

Robotic system to enhance Children’s Hospital pharmacy

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will begin using a new state-of-the-art automated robotic system in June to prepare intravenous and single-use syringe medications for inpatients, making it the first children’s hospital in Tennessee to implement the technology.

By Christina Echegaray
May 22, 2014

Volunteer’s hats warming heads, hearts in NICU

Thorun Olsen watched as two tiny, soft knitted hats — one pink and one blue — were placed on Nolan and Nora Mong’s petite heads to keep them warm in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
May 15, 2014

Lehmann to advise on health informatics

Chris Lehmann, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt, has been appointed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office as the first pediatrician to serve on the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee.

By Christina Echegaray
May 1, 2014

Vanderbilt pediatricians call for a tracking system for babies not getting vitamin K shot

By Christina Echegaray
May 1, 2014

Photo: Volunteer spirit

By Christina Echegaray
April 24, 2014

Addition bolsters pediatric sleep medicine efforts

Atia Jordan, M.D., a Vanderbilt School of Medicine alumna, has been hired as a pediatrician whose primary focus is on sleep medicine in children.

By Christina Echegaray
April 17, 2014

Adolescent health society honors Pediatrics resident

Maria Rahmandar, M.D., a third-year resident in the Department of Pediatrics, recently received the 2014 Career Development Award in Adolescent Health from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
By Christina Echegaray
April 10, 2014

New events on tap for this year’s Iroquois Steeplechase

The 2014 Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville’s annual spring horse racing tradition, has selected one of Vanderbilt’s own as an honorary co-chair and also announced a new pre-race event — a golf tournament.
By Christina Echegaray
April 10, 2014

Barkin elected VP of Society for Pediatric Research

Shari Barkin, M.D., MSHS, director of the Division of General Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected to serve as vice president of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), with succession to the presidency in 2016.
By Christina Echegaray
April 3, 2014

Children’s Hospital gets to heart of boy’s rare disorder

Twenty-month old Luke Reaves pushed a pig-shaped wooden toy off his hospital bed, then waited to hear the “smack” as it hit the hard floor below.
By Christina Echegaray
February 27, 2014

U.S. Senate hearing explores ADHD treatment concerns

William Cooper, M.D., MPH, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, testified Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee regarding psychotropic medications and treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
By Christina Echegaray
September 19, 2013

Hyundai award helps drive hope for cancer research

Emmanuel Volanakis, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology, was awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope On Wheels grant last week for his ongoing research into T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an aggressive blood cancer.
By Christina Echegaray