Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 9 of 35

This rendering shows the layout of one of the 10 operating rooms at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt that will be renovated.
February 9, 2023

Operating rooms at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt set for major renovation

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is set to begin the first major renovation of its operating rooms since the hospital opened 19 years ago.

By Christina Echegaray
Cancer patient Jayden Bailey, left, designed the shoes worn by Vanderbilt men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse during the recent Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” basketball game.
February 9, 2023

Patient designs shoes for Coaches vs. Cancer game

Vanderbilt patient Jayden Bailey designed a special pair of Nike Air Max shoes for Jerry Stackhouse, coach of the Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team, to wear during the Jan. 24 Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” basketball game.

By Christina Echegaray
January 19, 2023

McCullough named chief nursing officer of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Gretchen K.D. McCullough, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, has been named chief nursing officer of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, who began her career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center more than three decades ago, has been named interim president of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
January 19, 2023

Rush elected to Children’s Hospital Association board

Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected to the Children’s Hospital Association Board of Trustees.

By Christina Echegaray
January 5, 2023

Three elected to the American Pediatric Society

Three physicians in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics have been elected to the American Pediatric Society.

By Christina Echegaray
December 15, 2022

Van Driest to lead All of Us pediatric research

Vanderbilt’s Sara Van Driest, MD, PhD, has assumed a new post as the first-ever director of pediatrics for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, which aims to accelerate the prevention and treatment of illness through precision medicine.

By Christina Echegaray