Pediatric Orthopaedics

November 15, 2022

As a medical student, Joseph Fusco was diagnosed with cancer. That experience influences the way he treats his young patients every day.

He gave up baseball to become a surgeon. That decision may have saved his life.

By Jessica Pasley
February 28, 2022

Mencio named President of ABOS

Vanderbilt’s Gregory Mencio, MD, has been named president of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) following a year as president-elect.

By Emily Stembridge
August 19, 2021

Backpack safety crucial as children return to school

With area schools in full swing and homework assignments piling up, doctors at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt urge parents to check their children’s backpacks.

By Jessica Pasley
August 11, 2021

Children and backpacks: lighten up their heavy load

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offers backpack safety tips

By Jessica Pasley
April 9, 2020

My daughter had surgery at Children’s Hospital during the COVID-19 changes. Here’s what was different — and what was, thankfully, the same.

Temperature checks and social distancing were very different. The care and concern had not changed at all.

By Jessica Pasley
November 20, 2019

Nicholas Blackmon creates casts to help children heal. He just received a Credo Award for his dedication, positivity and work ethic.

“Nick always says, ‘it will be OK,’ and ‘we got this.’”

By Nancy Humphrey
April 25, 2019

New technology helps pediatric patients who require frequent X-rays

Chloie Jacobs, 9, prepares for a follow-up scan of her congenital scoliosis — a sideways curvature of the spine present at birth — and climbs into a new X-ray imaging device at the pediatric orthopaedic clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Christina Echegaray
October 25, 2018

Riding for a cause

Earlier this year, Bruce Green rode his bike on a 3,400-mile trip from Los Angeles to Boston, raising more than $50,000 in honor of his late father, Neil E. Green, MD, former director and chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 20, 2018

CDC releases new mild traumatic brain injury guideline

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new clinical recommendations for health care providers treating children with mild traumatic brain injury, often referred to as concussion.
By Tom Wilemon
August 3, 2016

My Southern Health: How to lighten the load with children’s backpacks

As children head back to school in Middle Tennessee, Gregory Mencio, the Neil E. Green, M.D. Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics, provides some important tips parents should know about backpack safety and injury prevention.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 12, 2016

VUMC mourns loss of Pediatric Orthopaedics pioneer Neil Green

By Christina Echegaray
April 17, 2015

Stuffed animals bring bacteria to OR

Stuffed animals that pediatric patients bring to the operating room are a reservoir of bacteria that can be effectively sterilized in a household washer/dryer the day before surgery.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 19, 2015

Mencio honored for service, dedication to military families

Gregory Mencio, M.D., director of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, was recently honored for his long-term dedication to military families at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
By Christina Echegaray
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