pediatrics

June 29, 2022

Magnet public notice: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

June 29, 2022

Magnet staff notice: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Fireworks (iStockphoto)
June 28, 2022

Family’s experience provides an example of the harm fireworks can cause

Vanderbilt doctors say fireworks injuries can require prolonged hospital stays and multiple surgeries and can result in amputation, stiffness and long-term impairment.

By Jessica Pasley
Representatives from Delta Dental and Children’s Hospital gathered June 12 at First Horizon Park in advance of the “Smile Power Sunday” Nashville Sounds game.
June 16, 2022

Delta Dental gift to support pediatric craniofacial program

By Christina Echegaray
Dolly Parton and longtime friend, Naji Abumrad, MD. (photo Courtesy of Dolly Parton)
June 15, 2022

Dolly Parton donates $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to help in the fight against serious infectious diseases such as coronavirus that have worldwide ramifications.

By Craig Boerner
June 14, 2022

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt earns top honors from U.S. News & World Report

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has once again been named the No. 1 children’s hospital in Tennessee and continues to be recognized among the top pediatric hospitals in the nation, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital rankings.

By Christina Echegaray
June 2, 2022

Project Search graduation

Nine participants of the Project SEARCH program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center celebrated the completion of their nine-month internship training on Friday, May 20, in the theater of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Jessica Pasley
May 19, 2022

ATV crashes are fourth leading cause of trauma admission at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

By Jessica Pasley
May 16, 2022

Steeplechase 2022

The 2022 Iroquois Steeplechase took place on Saturday, May 14 to raise funds for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 10, 2022

Upperman elected president-elect of the Surgical Infection Society

Vanderbilt's Jeffrey Upperman, MD, surgeon-in-chief of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected president-elect of the Surgical Infection Society.
By Christina Echegaray
May 9, 2022

Experts seek uniform patient confidentiality policies for adolescents

New Vanderbilt research outlines how laws concerning adolescent patient confidentiality and independent adolescent consent for health care services vary substantially from state to state, are often unclear, and often run counter to patient confidentiality standards advocated by medical societies.
By Paul Govern
May 5, 2022

Williams honored by Society for Hospital Medicine

Vanderbilt's Derek Williams, MD, has received the 2022 Excellence in Research award from the Society for Hospital Medicine.
By Christina Echegaray
May 3, 2022

Teen’s life saved thanks to Children’s Hospital AED training program

When high school student Linton Beck suffered a cardiac event in class, his teachers knew just want to do thanks to automated external defibrillator training provided by Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Jessica Pasley