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Portrait of a smiling Black woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a bright pink sleeveless top against a brown studio background.
April 24, 2014

Addition bolsters pediatric sleep medicine efforts

Atia Jordan, M.D., a Vanderbilt School of Medicine alumna, has been hired as a pediatrician whose primary focus is on sleep medicine in children.

By Christina Echegaray
Steeplechase racehorses and jockeys gallop across a grassy course, with spectators lining the fence and gathered on a raised viewing platform.
April 10, 2014

New events on tap for this year’s Iroquois Steeplechase

The 2014 Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville’s annual spring horse racing tradition, has selected one of Vanderbilt’s own as an honorary co-chair and also announced a new pre-race event — a golf tournament.

By Christina Echegaray
Shari Barkin, M.D., MSHS, smiling in a brick-walled hallway while wearing a dark blazer over a red top.
April 10, 2014

Barkin elected VP of Society for Pediatric Research

Shari Barkin, M.D., MSHS, director of the Division of General Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected to serve as vice president of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), with succession to the presidency in 2016.

By Christina Echegaray
A couple sits together on a sofa, holding their baby, who is wrapped in a white blanket.
April 3, 2014

Children’s Hospital gets to heart of boy’s rare disorder

Twenty-month old Luke Reaves pushed a pig-shaped wooden toy off his hospital bed, then waited to hear the “smack” as it hit the hard floor below.

By Christina Echegaray
Three musicians perform acoustically on a small stage before an audience, with a sign reading “Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt” behind them.
March 27, 2014

Photo: Cassadee Pope

Cassadee Pope, who won season 3 of “The Voice,” recently performed for patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Three musicians pose with a child wearing a red baseball cap and medical wristbands, the child’s mother, and another adult in a hospital room. Medical equipment and a “MUSICIANS ON CALL” sign are visible in the background.
March 20, 2014

Photo: Imagine Dragons

The rock band Imagine Dragons recently visited patients and families at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News