Pediatrics Archive — Page 3 of 32

Rear doors of a pediatric transport ambulance labeled “Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt,” “Angel 7,” and “NEONATAL PEDIATRIC TRANSPORT,” with emergency medical symbols and red-and-white striping.
July 22, 2026

ECMO program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt among best in the world

Vanderbilt Health was the first to use this technology in Tennessee in 1989, with the first patient placed on ECMO in the neonatal intensive care unit. The pediatric program is one of the largest and most successful programs in the world.

By Jessica Pasley
Patient Porter Pickett with facility dog Squid.
July 21, 2026

Celebrating the canine connection: Calamari honors Squid

Squid, a facility dog at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, helped relieve Porter Pickett’s anxiety throughout cancer treatment.

By Jessica Pasley
Kris Rehm poses smiling in a light pink blazer beside a pedestal topped with a green sphere, with colorful artwork and a blue star-patterned barrier in the background.
July 21, 2026

Kris Rehm elected Master in Hospital Medicine

The designation by the Society of Hospital Medicine recognizes physicians whose careers have been marked by outstanding leadership, service, innovation and lasting contributions to hospital medicine and health care.

By Christina Echegaray
Family of six posing during a mountain hike, with forested ridges and blue mountains in the background. A man and woman sit in front with two young children, while two older children stand behind and to the right.
July 8, 2026

A routine daycare call leads to lifesaving pediatric heart care for two brothers

After a toddler’s alarming symptoms uncover hidden heart defects in four siblings, coordinated care at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt sets two brothers on a path to lifelong health.

By Christina Echegaray
A child in glasses and a red shirt pitches a cricket ball across a grassy field toward a blurred batter in the foreground; cricket stumps stand between them, with a brick building and trees in the background.
July 7, 2026

Kris Rehm on caring for children beyond the clinic and in the community

Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and we know their health is shaped by much more than clinical care.

June 29, 2026

Unlocking diabetes’ secrets: Pediatric organ donors help map a path to a cure and prevention

Multi-institutional study reveals unprecedented insights into early pancreatic islet formation and function during first decade of life.

By Jill Clendening