Jessica Pasley

The cycling event Clip In 4 the Cure is a way to help raise funds for research initiatives at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

The Jr. Broadcaster for Kicks N’ Convos, a patient-engagement experience that introduces one patient from Monroe Carell to the NSC for behind-the-scenes involvement, interviews with players and opportunities to attend matches.

While the surgery was a milestone for the hospital, for the pediatric patient and her family, it represented an answer to many prayers. 

Because baby Jocelyn, the youngest of five, was a patient, the whole Scalzo family now sells their farm goods at the weekly market.

Recognized as a major regional referral center for heart, kidney and liver transplantation, incorporating pancreas and lung transplant services for pediatric patients bolsters the well-established expertise currently offered by the Vanderbilt Transplant Center.

The therapy, haploidentical bone marrow transplant with thiotepa and posttransplant cyclophosphamide, is as safe and more affordable than the recently FDA-approved myeloablative gene therapy and gene editing treatments.