Pediatrics Archive — Page 22 of 29

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 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
Automated external defibrillator training provided by Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt was crucial to caring for high school student Linton Beck after he suffered a cardiac event while in class.
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 13, 2022

New milk bank to help feed babies in the NICU

The opening of Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee in Murfreesboro in 2021 will make providing the much needed resource easier.

By Jessica Pasley
Javion Johnson, a patient at Children’s Hospital’s Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, holds a plaque designating the clinic as a Certified Care Center. Others on hand include from left, his father Ronnie Johnson, mother, Xavier Verge, brother, J’zarion Williams, Andrew Sokolow, MD, Bryan Burnette, MD, Jonathan Soslow, MD, Kali Barbalena and Haleigh Southern, RN.
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