Pediatrics

May 1, 2014

Vanderbilt pediatricians call for a tracking system for babies not getting vitamin K shot

By Christina Echegaray

January 2, 2014

Vanderbilt announces expansion plans for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital

By John Howser

July 25, 2013

Event to highlight breast-feeding’s benefits

Adjoa Taylor is no stranger to breast-feeding. The mother of five is well versed in the advantages of nursing for her children. But what she discovered were the benefits for herself.

By Jessica Pasley

April 11, 2013

New clinic links pediatric sarcoma treatment services

J. Carlton Smith noticed severe pain in his knee five years ago during a lacrosse tournament. Smith, then 13 years old, never imagined hearing the diagnosis doctors would give him: osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone.

By Christina Echegaray

April 7, 2011

Beam Signing celebrates expansion at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

By VUMC News and Communications

May 28, 2010

Expansion planned for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University is announcing plans to build an expansion to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. This first-phase expansion will add additional acute, neonatal intensive care and medical-surgical beds, and also allow for increased space to house a growing number of physician scientists who care for Middle Tennessee’s youngest patients.

By VUMC News and Communications