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December 10, 2025

Sit, stay, heal: Meet the facility dogs of Vanderbilt Health 

More than a pet project, facility dogs can lower patient blood pressure, reduce pain perception, ease loneliness and fear and offer an important form of medicine — connection.

By Danny Bonvissuto
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.

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
Sheridan Clawson and her son, Casey, in the NICU at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Susan Urmy)
November 25, 2025

New NICU program cares for infants with complex lung and airway diseases

Over the past two decades, there has been a steady increase in the number of patients born preterm with severe lung disease requiring highly specialized care.

By Jessica Pasley
November 21, 2025

Project SEARCH job skills program expands into off-site pharmacy services

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt hosted the first Project SEARCH site in Tennessee, offering interns free job training, educational development and employment opportunities since 2005.
By Jessica Pasley
November 20, 2025

New pediatric acute care ‘atlas’ can supercharge research, policy, strategy

The study draws on more than 28 million acute care encounters to map out pediatric hospital service areas across the U.S.
By Jake Lowary
November 17, 2025

Award program celebrates improvement work across VUMC

The 2025 QSRP Pursuit of Excellence Awards ceremony was combined with celebration of this year's honorees of Vanderbilt's Safety Superhero and Good Catch programs.
By Paul Govern
November 17, 2025

New device collects data to measure gait, informing physical therapy programs, custom orthotic design

The mat, a portable, single-layer, pressure-sensitive walkway, takes precise measurements and collects data to measure multiple parameters of gait.
By Matt Batcheldor
November 13, 2025

Study finds that guidelines helped reduce food allergy rates in children

Food allergies have significantly dropped since the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases adopted new guidelines in 2017, two years after the groundbreaking Learning Early About Peanut Allergy trial.
By Jessica Pasley
November 12, 2025

‘My Health Passport’ gives pediatric patients a voice in behavioral health care

Study finds that individual planning tool helps children feel supported when in the hospital during a behavioral health crisis.
By Christina Echegaray
November 11, 2025

Drug resistant infections are on the rise: Experts emphasize education, awareness

Teams at VUMC and Monroe Carell are focused on reaching more clinicians, patients and families through the Vanderbilt Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
By Jessica Pasley