Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

October 26, 2023

Debra Friedman named deputy director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Internationally recognized cancer survivorship expert Debra Friedman, MD, MS, has been named deputy director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

By Tom Wilemon
Debra Friedman, MD, MS, center, with representatives from Hyundai Motor America and local dealerships. (photo by Donn Jones)
September 22, 2023

Debra Friedman receives Hyundai Hope On Wheels Impact Award

Debra Friedman, MD, MS, has been awarded a $100,000 Hyundai Hope On Wheels Impact Award to examine outcomes in pediatric, adolescent and young adult sarcoma patients and survivors.

By Christina Echegaray
On hand for a recent celebration of the new research fund were Debra Friedman, MD, MS, left, and Brianna Smith, MD, MS, (holding the plaque) and, from right, Larisa and Phillip Featherstone with their daughters Lily, Sophie and Sophia, and Carol and Ron Johnston.
March 30, 2023

Family’s gift will support pediatric cancer research

Lily Hensiek’s family has made a new $1 million commitment to endow the Lily’s Garden Discovery Researcher Fund in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Nancy Humphrey
Dominic Gamez is resuming more activities since he received an expandable prosthesis to treat osteosarcoma in his left leg.
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
March 24, 2022

Stress in young adult cancer patients and caregivers

Adolescent and young adult oncology patients and caregivers experience psychosocial impairment and financial toxicity at the time of cancer diagnosis, findings that will inform interventions to support patient and caregiver well-being.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 8, 2021

Treating children with cancer requires a strong blood supply; donations critically needed

By Kathy Whitney
July 28, 2020

Post-transplant complication

Vanderbilt researchers conducted the largest analysis to date of a heart complication in children following stem cell transplant. The findings may help guide screening practices to improve outcomes.
By Leigh MacMillan
May 9, 2019

Strobel Awards honor vital role played by volunteers at VUMC

Volunteers from across Vanderbilt University Medical Center were recognized at the Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards on April 30. The awards, held each year by Hands on Nashville, recognize the volunteers making a difference throughout the community.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 15, 2018

My Special Aflac Duck engages and comforts children

Patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt were surprised with their very own My Special Aflac Duck, a high-tech robot that uses medical play, lifelike movement and emotions to engage and help comfort children during their cancer care.
By Jessica Pasley
September 20, 2018

Patient’s indomitable spirit makes Lily’s Garden grow

Lily Hensiek, diagnosed with pre B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 10 years ago at age 7, has helped raise $1 million, through community fundraisers and individual donors, to create two funds to support pediatric cancer research and training at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The funds are the Lily’s Garden Endowed Lecture in Childhood Cancer and the Lily’s Garden Research Fund.
By Christina Echegaray
August 24, 2017

Hyundai Hope on Wheels award boosts pediatric cancer research

Adam Esbenshade, M.D., MSCI, assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been awarded a $50,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels Impact Award. Esbenshade plans to use data to create a risk prediction model to predict blood stream infections in pediatric cancer patients.
By Christina Echegaray
February 5, 2014

Childhood cancer researcher awarded $250,000 ‘Lemonade Stand’ grant

By VUMC News and Communications
January 10, 2014

Kudos: Read about faculty and staff awards and achievements

Read about faculty and staff awards and achievements in the latest edition of "Kudos."
By VUMC News and Communications
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