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Automated external defibrillator training provided by Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt was crucial to caring for high school student Linton Beck after he suffered a cardiac event while in class.
May 3, 2022

Teen’s life saved thanks to Children’s Hospital AED training program

When high school student Linton Beck suffered a cardiac event in class, his teachers knew just want to do thanks to automated external defibrillator training provided by Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley
April 28, 2022

VUMC named BEST for Babies hospital by TDH

Vanderbilt University Medical Center once again was named as a BEST for Babies hospital by the Tennessee Department of Health.

By Jessica Pasley
April 26, 2022

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt/CDC investigate mysterious liver disease in children

Physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are collaborating with the CDC and other hepatologists around the country to help figure out the origins of a mysterious liver disease affecting children ages 1 month to 16 years old.

By Jessica Pasley
April 7, 2022

Study explores parents’ reluctance to flu, COVID vaccines for children

Vanderbilt research found parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children against the flu are more than five times as likely to decline the COVID-19 vaccine for their children.

By Jessica Pasley
Models take their final runway walk at Friends & Fashion Monday at the Music City Center.
April 7, 2022

Friends & Fashion event returns to the runway

After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Friends & Fashion returned in style to raise funds for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2022

Clip In 4 the Cure

More than 300 riders participated in the inaugural Clip In 4 the Cure, a relay-style, team cycling event that supported cancer initiatives at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Duchenne Clinic first in Tennessee to be certified

The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been recognized as a Certified Duchenne Care Center Program by the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, and is the only center in Tennessee to receive the distinction.
By Jessica Pasley
March 31, 2022

Barkin departing to become chair of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University

Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS, the chief of the Division of General Pediatrics, is departing Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University
By Christina Echegaray
March 24, 2022

VUMC’s DeBaun elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society

Vanderbilt's Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has been elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society.
By Nancy Humphrey
March 24, 2022

Mohammad to direct Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center

Saeed Mohammad, MD, MS, has been named director of the Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Matt Batcheldor
March 24, 2022

Celebrating six years of Seacrest Studios

Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently celebrated six years of providing programming for pediatric patients.
By Jessica Pasley
March 17, 2022

Austin elected to council of Society for Pediatric Research

Eric Austin, MD, MSCI, director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected to the council of the Society for Pediatric Research.
By Christina Echegaray
March 7, 2022

Teen shares his battle with MIS-C following COVID-19 infection

Reeyan Ahmed is among the patients treated at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt who developed MIS-C following COVID-19 infection.
By Christina Echegaray
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