Department of Pediatrics

Cancer patient Jayden Bailey, left, designed the shoes worn by Vanderbilt men’s basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse during the recent Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” basketball game.
February 9, 2023

Patient designs shoes for Coaches vs. Cancer game

Vanderbilt patient Jayden Bailey designed a special pair of Nike Air Max shoes for Jerry Stackhouse, coach of the Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team, to wear during the Jan. 24 Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” basketball game.

By Christina Echegaray
February 8, 2023

Vanderbilt poll finds Tennessee parents trust their children’s health care providers the most for information about vaccines

A recent Vanderbilt poll found parents across the state reporting their children’s health care providers as the most trusted source for information about vaccines.

By Jake Lowary
From left, Shade Tree Clinic volunteers and medical students Jessica Hanks and Alex Landry; medical director Maya Neeley, MD; co-director of the pediatric clinic, Simone Herzberg; medical student Nada Elyssad; co-director of the pediatric clinic, Shauna McLaughlin; and medical director Cooper Lloyd, MD, at the opening of the Shade Tree pediatric clinic.
February 2, 2023

Shade Tree Clinic adds monthly pediatric clinic

Vanderbilt’s Shade Tree Clinic, which since 2005 has provided primary care to underserved and uninsured adults in Nashville, recently opened a pediatric clinic.

By Kathy Whitney
Liz and John Potocsnak, second and third from left, with Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, left, Rizwan Hamid, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD.
February 2, 2023

Potocsnak family’s transformative gift creates Center for Undiagnosed and Rare Disorders

A transformative gift from the Potocsnak family has established the Potocsnak Center for Undiagnosed and Rare Disorders at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Nancy Humphrey
January 19, 2023

Pediatric surgeon’s medical career began with a lucky catch

While he was in medical school, pediatric surgeon Joseph Fusco, MD, learned in an unusual way that he had thyroid cancer.

By Jessica Pasley
January 19, 2023

McCullough named chief nursing officer of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Gretchen K.D. McCullough, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, has been named chief nursing officer of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
January 19, 2023

Rush elected to Children’s Hospital Association board

Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected to the Children’s Hospital Association Board of Trustees.
By Christina Echegaray
January 12, 2023

Expandable prosthesis gives young patient more mobility

To treat the osteosarcoma in his left leg, Dominic Gamez, 7, and his family chose to have a magnetic expandable prosthesis implanted that can be manipulated to grow incrementally as the child grows.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 12, 2023

Antibody “fingerprinting” method potential advance to slow spread of dengue

Vanderbilt researchers have reported a major advance in understanding and potentially preventing dengue, a devastating, mosquito-borne tropical viral infection that is spreading across the globe.
By Bill Snyder
January 10, 2023

Anti-nausea drug response in children

Genetic variation in a metabolic enzyme was not associated with response to the anti-nausea drug odansetron in children, Vanderbilt researchers report.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 5, 2023

Infectious disease expert Edwards ends storied career

Vanderbilt's Kathryn Edwards, MD, internationally recognized for her countless contributions to vaccine evaluation and implementation, public health advocacy, and the mentorship and training of new generations of experts in infectious disease over the past four decades, retired on Dec. 31, 2022.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 5, 2023

Three elected to the American Pediatric Society

Three physicians in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics have been elected to the American Pediatric Society.
By Christina Echegaray
December 27, 2022

Search committee for Department of Health Policy chair appointed

A 14-member committee has been formed to conduct a national search for the new chair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Health Policy.
By Kathy Whitney
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