Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Archive — Page 48 of 55

September 18, 2017

New cutting-edge treatment for type of pediatric leukemia offered at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt 

A child in a baseball cap poses beside a doctor in a white coat decorated with colorful handprints, in front of a white SUV covered with handprints and drawings.
August 24, 2017

Hyundai Hope on Wheels award boosts pediatric cancer research

Adam Esbenshade, M.D., MSCI, assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been awarded a $50,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels Impact Award. Esbenshade plans to use data to create a risk prediction model to predict blood stream infections in pediatric cancer patients.

Person wearing a red-and-white striped shirt, jeans, and a wide-brimmed hat swings a golf club on a grassy course while other golfers stand in the background.
August 15, 2017

Superstar vocal group Rascal Flatts to host Celebrity Golf Classic benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

A nurse examines a young child seated on an adult’s lap in a hospital exam room, while another adult sits nearby.
July 13, 2017

Children’s Hospital ED adds new rooms to speed treatment

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has added seven new rooms to its Emergency Department (ED) to help increase the speed with which the team assesses and treats pediatric patients for minor emergencies.

U.S. News & World Report badge reading “Best Children’s Hospitals,” “Ranked in 10 Specialties,” and “2017–18.”
June 27, 2017

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earns top honors from U.S. News & World Report

For the tenth consecutive year, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been named among the nation’s leaders in pediatric health care by U.S. News & World Report in their annual Best Children’s Hospital rankings released today.

June 8, 2017

New screening model quickly spots acute kidney injury

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have developed a screening tool intended to more quickly identify patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).