Department of Pediatric Surgery

January 6, 2022

Study compares surgeries for low birthweight babies

By Jessica Pasley
December 13, 2021

VUMC treats influx of trauma victims from Kentucky and Tennessee tornadoes

By Kylie Avery
October 25, 2021

Jackson, Winkfield selected among ‘Women to Watch’ in health care

Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, PhD, and Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, are honored among top health care leaders in the 2021 “Women to Watch” by Nashville Medical News.

By Holly Fletcher
Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, testifying before Congress on Sept. 22.
September 27, 2021

Rush testifies before Congress on pandemic’s impact on children

Vanderbilt’s Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, spoke to several members of Congress recently and painted a vivid picture of the toll the virus has taken on children in Tennessee and at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
September 9, 2021

Study urges new pediatric thyroid surgery protocols

A Vanderbilt study is reinforcing the need to develop specific protocols for children, particularly concerning thyroid disease.

By Jessica Pasley
June 28, 2021

O’Neill honored with American Pediatric Surgical Association Humanitarian Award

The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) has recognized James O’Neill, MD, professor of Surgery, emeritus, and former chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, with the 2021 Humanitarian Award.

By Jill Clendening
June 7, 2021

Safety experts liken helmet use to seat belt-wearing practice

Wearing a helmet while riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), a bike or a skateboard should be a no-brainer.
By Jessica Pasley
April 29, 2021

Innovative techniques help treat boy’s rare condition

Carter Ray has never been inside his family home. As a matter of fact, since he was born on Nov. 3, 2019, he has only lived in a hospital.
By Jessica Pasley
April 6, 2021

Genetic differences in Wilms tumor

Unique somatic gene mutations may contribute to racial disparities in the incidence of Wilms tumor — the most common childhood kidney cancer.
By Leigh MacMillan
December 10, 2020

Huang named to Children’s Hospital leadership roles

Eunice Huang, MD, MS, has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as associate surgeon-in-chief and chief surgical quality and innovations officer. She is also professor and vice chair of Clinical Services in the Department of Pediatric Surgery.
By Christina Echegaray
August 27, 2020

Study to track if COVID can spread during minimally invasive surgery

Physician-scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are investigating whether SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be spread through aerosolized emissions (microscopic droplets and particles) during minimally invasive surgery in children.
By Bill Snyder
May 25, 2020

Pediatric traumas rose as children stayed home more

During the first few weeks of the statewide stay-at-home order issued by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, physicians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital saw a higher volume of pediatric traumas, including ATV accidents, dirt bike accidents and pellet gunshot wounds.
By Jessica Pasley
January 20, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. Day begins with spirituals, calls for unity, Churchwell solo on “Abraham, Martin and John”

Featured speaker Jeffrey Upperman, MD, recalls lessons of his parents and urges "pick big problems to attack."
By Wayne Wood
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