Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

🎆 2024: a year of stories that made us smile, think and grow

Take a heartwarming walk down the 2024 memory lane. Relive highlights from breakthrough discoveries to patient journeys — and one long flight path.

Scott Baldwin, MD

Pediatric Cardiology chief Scott Baldwin to step down

He will step down in late spring/early summer 2025 and then plans to retire from the faculty in June 2026.

Dean Driver at his home in Gallatin, Tennessee. (photo by Susan Urmy)

The man who gave Angel 1 its wings

“How much closer to an angel can you get than a little bitty baby struggling for life?” said Dean Driver, 91, who converted a panel truck into VUMC’s first neonatal transport in his driveway.

Study shows drop in use of antiviral medications in young children with influenza

Flu illness accounts for up to 10% of all pediatric hospitalizations during the winter season in the United States.

(photo by Erin O. Smith)

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt again named a Leapfrog Top Hospital

Monroe Carell is one of only eight children’s hospitals in the U.S. and the only one in Tennessee to receive a spot on the Top Hospitals list this year.

Kinsley Estes, 5, with Santa and Mrs. Claus during the visit. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

A day with Santa and Mrs. Claus

Santa came to town a bit early this year to make a special stop at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

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