Noel Tulipan Archive — Page 1 of 1

Portrait of an older man wearing round glasses, a white medical coat, and a blue striped shirt against a brown background.
November 5, 2015

VUMC mourns loss of Pediatric Neurosurgery pioneer Tulipan

Noel Tulipan, M.D., renowned neurosurgeon and trailblazer in fetal surgery repair for spina bifida, died Monday after a long illness. He was 64.

By Christina Echegaray
Retirement reception group portrait with Noel Tulipan seated in front and operating-room colleagues gathered around him, several wearing surgical scrubs.
June 11, 2015

Tulipan’s career as ‘humble’ giant of Neurosurgery honored

Noel Tulipan, M.D., has left an indelible mark on many facets of life during his pioneering career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt — from his impact on the field of neurosurgery and fetal surgery repair; to the children and families he cared for; to the residents he trained; to the operating room team he scrubbed in alongside; to his many friends and colleagues.

By Christina Echegaray
Pregnant patient lies in a hospital bed while a clinician operates an ultrasound machine; the monitor displays an ultrasound scan.
July 18, 2013

Baby’s life-changing surgery, before birth

By Vanderbilt Health News
Surgeons in protective gowns and gloves perform fetal surgery through an abdominal incision under bright operating-room lights.
July 18, 2013

Teamwork drives Maternal Fetal Medicine program

When Steffanie and Jon Sawyer were told their unborn son had a spinal birth defect called spina bifida, they decided to travel from their home in the Chicago area to Vanderbilt for fetal surgery.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Smiling baby in a blue shirt crawling beneath a dining chair on a wooden floor.
July 19, 2012

Walk to benefit hydrocephalus set for July 28

Nashville will have a first-ever walk for hydrocephalus Saturday, July 28, raising awareness and support for research.

By Christina Echegaray
Close-up of a newborn baby's hand resting on an adult's forearm, both illuminated by warm red-orange light.
February 9, 2011

Vanderbilt-pioneered fetal surgery procedure yields positive results

Results of a landmark, seven-year National Institutes of Health-funded trial, Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS), demonstrate clear benefit for babies who undergo fetal surgery to treat spina bifida, the most common birth defect in the central nervous system.

By Vanderbilt Health News