Pediatric Otolaryngology Archives

Portrait of Ryan Belcher, MD, MPH, smiling and wearing a dark suit, checkered shirt, and striped tie against a brown background.

February 11, 2021

Belcher named to newspaper’s list of 40 under 40

Ryan Belcher, MD, assistant professor Pediatric Otolaryngology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been named by Nashville Business Journal to the 2021 class of 40 under 40.

By Christina Echegaray

Portrait of Sarah Sexton, a smiling woman with long dark hair wearing a blue top.

October 10, 2019

Walters joins board of global health student association

Sarah Sexton Walters, NP, has been appointed to the board of directors for HOSA, an international student organization dedicated to empowering future health professionals to become leaders in the global health community.

By Kelsey Herbers

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man in a dark suit, patterned shirt, and striped tie against a brown background. The attachment caption identifies him as Ryan Belcher, MD.

August 12, 2019

New Physician Spotlight

Ryan Belcher, MD, has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Pediatric Department of Otolaryngology after completing a yearlong fellowship with the program.

By Vanderbilt Health News

Mid adult African American female pediatrician uses a tongue depressor to look at her young Filipino patient's throat.

January 26, 2017

Studies find tonsillectomies offer only modest benefits

Removing tonsils modestly reduced throat infections in the short term in children with moderate obstructive sleep-disordered breathing or recurrent throat infections, according to a systematic review conducted by the Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

By Matt Batcheldor

Head-and-shoulders professional portrait of a smiling man wearing a white medical coat over a collared shirt and tie against a brown studio background.

October 9, 2014

Wootten named to lead Pediatric Otolaryngology

Christopher Wootten, M.D., has been named director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Service, supervising the treatment of ear, nose and throat-related disorders in children at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.