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Stephan Heckers sits in a leather chair in an office, wearing a white shirt and patterned tie, with bookshelves behind him.
December 9, 2025

Stephan Heckers to step down after two decades as Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences chair

Heckers is currently VUMC’s longest serving clinical department chair. He credits his longevity to the department’s culture and tradition of steady leadership, with each of the three previous chairs serving for periods of similar length.

By John Howser
Sebastian Brook is what his parents call ‘the exception.’
December 8, 2025

Minutes to hours, to weeks, months and years … How a patient defied the odds

Born at 34 weeks gestation June 8, 2023, Sebastian Brook was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with severe hydrocephalus and tetralogy of Fallot.

By Jessica Pasley
Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, at the reception welcoming his as the new chair of the Department of Pediatrics. (photo by Donn Jones)
December 5, 2025

Welcoming Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH

Salazar shared his vision for the department and expressed gratitude to the Advisory Board members and supporters in the community.

From left are, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, Kathryn Carell Brown, Cal Turner; Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, and Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, pose for a photo together during the Cal Turner Naming Unveiling Event held on the 12th floor of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
December 5, 2025

Celebrating the Turner family legacy

The floor is named in recognition of Cal Turner Jr.’s support through the Cal Turner Family Foundation to bring pediatric inpatient rehabilitation closer to home.

Transparent glass sphere over concentric circular patterns, creating a blue-toned optical illusion with the rings magnified and distorted through the sphere.
December 2, 2025

Study seeks to determine best way to treat myopia in children

Researchers hope to slow the progression of this chronic eye disease that affects approximately 40% of the U.S. population.

By Jessica Pasley
Jeb MacLennan, RN, wearing navy scrubs and a patterned surgical cap, stands in front of a wall labeled “Vanderbilt Surgical Intensive Care.”
November 26, 2025

DAISY Award spotlight: ‘Being in the hospital can be a scary place and he helped to make it not feel like that.’

Jeb MacLennan, BSN, RN, works in the Surgical Intensive Care unit at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is one of the latest Vanderbilt Health DAISY Award winners.

By Kylie Avery