Jessica Pasley

Does my child have a food allergy?
June 10, 2020

Children’s Hospital expert offers COVID-19 “safe play” tips for parents

Are playdates OK? What are the risks to consider?

May 27, 2020

Fleming, Law receive education awards from Academy for Excellence in Education

The Academy for Excellence in Education, established in 2007 to reinvigorate the education enterprise within Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, recently honored Geoffrey Fleming, MD, professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine and Janice Law, MD, assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

May 27, 2020

Experts offer tips for managing and monitoring adolescent mental health

As families are managing the restrictions that the COVID-19 pandemic presents, doctors at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are urging parents to pay close attention to the behaviors of their children.

May 25, 2020

Pediatric traumas rose as children stayed home more

During the first few weeks of the statewide stay-at-home order issued by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital saw a higher volume of pediatric traumas, including ATV accidents, dirt bike accidents and pellet gunshot wounds.

May 11, 2020

Grateful kidney transplant patient donates masks to VUMC

“I was really excited to have the opportunity to do something for those who had done so much for me.”

May 6, 2020

Unplanned extubations in preterm infants studied

Unplanned extubations (UEs) in adult and pediatric populations have long been associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased costs to health care systems.