Debra Friedman Archive — Page 3 of 4

A young child reaches for a white plush duck among rows of similar ducks arranged in decorated bowls, while people gather in the background.
November 15, 2018

My Special Aflac Duck engages and comforts children

Patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt were surprised with their very own My Special Aflac Duck, a high-tech robot that uses medical play, lifelike movement and emotions to engage and help comfort children during their cancer care.

By Jessica Pasley
June 14, 2018

Hyundai Hope on Wheels keeps cancer research support rolling

Debra Friedman, MD, director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been awarded a $100,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels Impact Award. The grant was celebrated in a “handprint ceremony” with Hyundai representatives on June 12.

By Christina Echegaray
Portrait of an older bald man with a white mustache and goatee wearing a dark sweater, facing the camera outdoors in bright light.
May 22, 2018

Unwelcome Encore

By diana
May 22, 2018

News Around the Cancer Center

By diana
May 22, 2018

A place for survivors

By diana
November 9, 2017

Vanderbilt joins national neurofibromatosis network

The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Neurofibromatosis (NF) Clinic has joined the Children’s Tumor Foundation NF Clinic Network.

By Tom Wilemon