Patient Spotlight

December 12, 2017

Nurse saves baby born in back seat of car in Medical Center East parking lot

Elijah Youssef will have quite a story to tell about the day he came into the world.

By Kathy Whitney

November 30, 2017

Bear the therapy dog’s legacy lives on at Children’s Hospital

Bear was calm and gentle with children and loved to visit them in the hospital. He leaves behind a legacy at Children’s Hospital, especially in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

By Jennifer Wetzel

September 4, 2017

Lauren Fields is legally blind. This fall she starts college on a basketball scholarship.

In the fourth grade Lauren Fields was introduced to basketball. She did not like it one bit, she admits. But all of that changed over time.

By Jessica Pasley

August 3, 2017

Children’s Hospital patient, doctor bond through music

When 17-year-old Ray Cruz was invited to perform at the Ryman Auditorium, he agreed to do it under one condition — that his doctor perform alongside him.

By VUMC News and Communications

December 20, 2012

Son’s kidney donation to his mother the ultimate gift

By Jessica Pasley