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This year’s Project SEARCH graduates include, from left, Marley Washington, Alexis Alintah, Christel Womack, Kabrien Watts, Tristan Rose, Shane Smith, Charlize Houston, Sayer Freedman and Loretha Brown.
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 VUMC News and Communications
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
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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
April 28, 2022

VUMC named BEST for Babies hospital by TDH

Vanderbilt University Medical Center once again was named as a BEST for Babies hospital by the Tennessee Department of Health.
By Jessica Pasley
April 26, 2022

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt/CDC investigate mysterious liver disease in children

Physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are collaborating with the CDC and other hepatologists around the country to help figure out the origins of a mysterious liver disease affecting children ages 1 month to 16 years old.
By Jessica Pasley
April 7, 2022

Study explores parents’ reluctance to flu, COVID vaccines for children

Vanderbilt research found parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children against the flu are more than five times as likely to decline the COVID-19 vaccine for their children.
By Jessica Pasley
April 7, 2022

Friends & Fashion event returns to the runway

After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Friends & Fashion returned in style to raise funds for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2022

Clip In 4 the Cure

More than 300 riders participated in the inaugural Clip In 4 the Cure, a relay-style, team cycling event that supported cancer initiatives at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 31, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Duchenne Clinic first in Tennessee to be certified

The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been recognized as a Certified Duchenne Care Center Program by the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, and is the only center in Tennessee to receive the distinction.
By Jessica Pasley
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