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Emergency department personnel in protective gowns, masks, and hair covers demonstrate care for a simulated accident patient on a hospital stretcher while high school students observe.
September 27, 2012

Initiatives aim to enhance teen driver safety

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is garnering attention for its efforts to reduce motor vehicle-related deaths among young adults.

By Christina Echegaray
Child blowing on white dandelion seed heads beside a teal sign reading “Wishing Well,” framed within an oval on a textured turquoise background.
September 27, 2012

New VU blog a place for parents, caregivers to connect

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is inviting people to participate in Wishing Well, a new blog designed to connect and engage the community, patient families, doctors, nurses and others who raise and care for babies and children.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Teenage basketball player in a white maroon-trimmed jersey and black shoes sits on a gym floor beside a basketball, smiling at the camera. The jersey reads “HORNETTES” and shows number 10.
September 27, 2012

Young athlete’s case illustrates concussion’s lingering effects

Cannon County High School basketball player Rebekah Faulkner doesn’t remember much about colliding with a rival player during a training camp game early this summer.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a smiling man wearing glasses, a light blue shirt, and a red striped tie.
September 20, 2012

Wellons named chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery

The Department of Neurological Surgery has recruited John “Jay” Wellons III, M.D., MSPH, to serve as chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Group of adults and children gathered around a television on a stand in a theater, with a hospital-style interior in the background.
September 13, 2012

Photo: Chad’s wish

By Vanderbilt Health News
A man helps a young girl press her painted hand onto the side of a white Hyundai vehicle, which already bears red handprints and the visible text “Hyundai Hope on Wheels.”
September 13, 2012

Carmaker’s gift boosts childhood cancer research

Patrick Grohar, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded a $250,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant last week for his research into potential drug therapies for Ewing sarcoma, a cancer of the bone.

By Christina Echegaray