Jessica Pasley

From left are LifeFlight’s Lyle Holmes, Chad Hollingsworth, RN, and Mark Dittrich.
May 29, 2024

LifeFlight, Project ADAM lauded by Children’s Emergency Alliance

LifeFlight 8, based in Humboldt, Tennessee, was recognized with the Region 7 Award for its work in responding to a mass casualty in Carroll County in 2023. It is the second time this specific unit has been recognized for its work.

By Jessica Pasley
May 7, 2024

I wasn’t sure my hands were worthy of a blessing. Then I heard: “Bless these hands and the work they perform,” and I got misty-eyed.

I don’t perform direct patient care; I’m a writer. But I learned that the annual Blessing of Hands is for all of us.

By Jessica Pasley
May 6, 2024

VandySafe app provides mobile personal security option

There are several options VUMC employees can use to ensure not only their own safety, but that of their colleagues.

By Jessica Pasley
(image by Diana Duren)
May 2, 2024

Take the challenge to experience what it’s like to live with food allergies

The ‘Top 9 Food Challenge’ spotlights the challenge that 33 million Americans with food allergies have when choosing what to eat.

By Jessica Pasley
Held the second Saturday of each May at Percy Warner Park, the annual race attracts more than 25,000 spectators. (photo by Joe Howell)
May 1, 2024

Iroquois Steeplechase set for Saturday, May 11

The Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville’s iconic sporting event benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has named its honorary co-chairs and child ambassador for the 2024 race, set for Saturday, May 11.

By Jessica Pasley
April 16, 2024

Smart Heart Act aims to save lives

New legislation requiring that automated external defibrillators (AED) be located within 1,000 feet of any high school athletic activity in Tennessee is a win-win for a team of physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
April 15, 2024

Looking for the coolest place at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt? The new ICEE machine is a welcome oasis.

Patient Emily Rodgers is partial to cherry flavor. “Overall, I just really love it. Oh, and it’s free, which is really nice!”
By Jessica Pasley
March 22, 2024

PACU team celebrates team member Jessica Crowell on World Down Syndrome Day with special T-shirt

“She is such a wonderful human being, and everyone can see that."
By Jessica Pasley
March 14, 2024

Pain medication. Cosmetics. Cleaning supplies. Tennessee Poison Center’s message: lock them away.

TPC’s help hotline —1-800-222-1222 — is staffed by nurses, pharmacists, physicians and board-certified medical toxicologists who are specially trained to assist callers.
By Jessica Pasley
February 23, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt begins treating patients with novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt's Jonathan Soslow, MD, and Bryan Burnette, MD, recently began treating patients with a novel gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
By Jessica Pasley
February 14, 2024

Riding in style

The Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently received a special delivery from the Tennessee Honda Dealers.
By Jessica Pasley
February 5, 2024

Vanderbilt performs its first pediatric living donor liver transplant

Young Cameron Campbell recently became the first pediatric patient to receive a living donor liver transplant at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Jessica Pasley
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