Department of Pediatric Surgery Archive — Page 2 of 4

August 9, 2024

Jeffrey Upperman selected to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

The aim of the academy is to advance the science and practice of avant-garde surgical education and training.

Aimal Khan, MD, works with residents on improving their robotic skills during an annual Resident Robotics Teaching Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

July 9, 2024

Grant supports development of skill assessment tool for robot-assisted surgery

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Irving Zamora, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Pediatric Surgery, and Aimal Khan, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, have received a grant to support the development and validation of an objective robotic skills assessment tool for surgical trainees.

By Jill Clendening

June 21, 2024

Eunice Huang named to the Board of Governors for the American Pediatric Surgical Association

As a governor, Huang will work to support the professional life cycle of its members and be a voice for children with surgical problems, with an intentional focus on areas in which the voice of a pediatric surgeon is especially effective.

By Christina Echegaray

Registered respiratory therapist Natasha Vanderbilt, RRT, encourages 10-year-old Kate to exhale a complete breath during a lung function test in the Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine clinic. (photo by Susan Urmy)

June 14, 2024

Removing race improves accuracy of lung function testing in children

The study suggests the adjustment for race in spirometry resulted in an underreporting — and thus possibly undertreatment — of chronic lung diseases, including asthma and cystic fibrosis, in Black children.

By Bill Snyder

February 27, 2024

Multi-institutional study of Wilms tumor facilitates enrollment, optimizes treatment

Multi-institutional study finds that enrollment and outcomes were similar across various groups of children participating in therapeutic trials for Wilms tumor — the most common pediatric kidney cancer worldwide.

By Leigh MacMillan

January 31, 2024

Jaser, Patrick, Upperman elected to the American Pediatric Society

Vanderbilt’s Sarah Jaser, PhD, and Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, and Jeffrey Upperman, MD, have been elected to the American Pediatric Society.

By Christina Echegaray

August 15, 2023
Pediatric ECMO program receives top recognition from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s receives top designation by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
By Jessica Pasley
June 1, 2023
“Parker, stay with me!” Local family learns firsthand the dangers of multi-passenger UTVs and golf carts.

Pediatric trauma experts add multipassenger UTVs, golf carts to list of dangerous vehicles that includes ATVs
By Jessica Pasley
June 1, 2023
Novel surgery helps infant’s esophageal condition

Surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently performed an innovative surgery to repair a rare esophageal condition in a 9-month-old patient.
By Jessica Pasley
January 19, 2023
Pediatric surgeon’s medical career began with a lucky catch

While he was in medical school, pediatric surgeon Joseph Fusco, MD, learned in an unusual way that he had thyroid cancer.
By Jessica Pasley
November 15, 2022
As a medical student, Joseph Fusco was diagnosed with cancer. That experience influences the way he treats his young patients every day.

He gave up baseball to become a surgeon. That decision may have saved his life.
By Jessica Pasley
November 11, 2022
National Injury Prevention Day set for Nov. 18

National Injury Prevention Day, Nov. 18, highlights need for awareness
By Jessica Pasley
June 16, 2022
Delta Dental gift to support pediatric craniofacial program
By Christina Echegaray

Department of Pediatric Surgery Archive — Page 2 of 4

Jeffrey Upperman selected to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Grant supports development of skill assessment tool for robot-assisted surgery

Eunice Huang named to the Board of Governors for the American Pediatric Surgical Association

Removing race improves accuracy of lung function testing in children

Multi-institutional study of Wilms tumor facilitates enrollment, optimizes treatment

Jaser, Patrick, Upperman elected to the American Pediatric Society

Pediatric ECMO program receives top recognition from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

“Parker, stay with me!” Local family learns firsthand the dangers of multi-passenger UTVs and golf carts.

Novel surgery helps infant’s esophageal condition

Pediatric surgeon’s medical career began with a lucky catch

As a medical student, Joseph Fusco was diagnosed with cancer. That experience influences the way he treats his young patients every day.

National Injury Prevention Day set for Nov. 18

Delta Dental gift to support pediatric craniofacial program