Department of Pediatrics

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
Steven Webber, MBChB, MRCP, delivered last week’s State of the Department of Pediatrics address at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
September 23, 2021

People key to Pediatrics’ many successes: Webber

Vanderbilt’s State of the Department of Pediatrics address highlighted the successes of the past year, recapped the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and described the road ahead.

By Rachel Vitolo
September 22, 2021

Kannankeril named inaugural holder of the Richard B. Johnston Jr., MD, Chair in Pediatric Research

Prince Kannankeril, MD, MSCI, has been appointed inaugural holder of the Richard B. Johnston Jr. MD, Chair in Pediatric Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By John Howser
September 17, 2021

Grant creates center for maternal, pediatric precision therapeutics

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a five-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to serve as a center of excellence for Maternal and Pediatric Precision in Therapeutics.

By Christina Echegaray
September 16, 2021

‘Pre-conditioning’ restores immune tolerance

A treatment targeting T-cell metabolism could reinvigorate immune tolerance mechanisms to combat autoimmune disease and transplant rejection, Vanderbilt researchers discovered.

By Bill Snyder
September 15, 2021

Older age, chronic co-morbidities associated with more severe COVID disease in children

Vanderbilt research found that multiple factors are associated with the severity of COVID-19 disease in children, including older age and chronic co-morbidities such as obesity, diabetes and neurologic conditions.

By Jessica Pasley
September 1, 2021

Initiative helps physicians interpret genetic test results

A new institutional initiative will offer a secure and easy way for physicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to ask for help interpreting genetic test results for their patients.
By Nancy Humphrey
August 27, 2021

Study proves standardized protocol can support reliable MRI use for multisite pancreatic research

Researchers with the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center led a multisite study which has demonstrated that, when controlled and standardized, quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pancreas is highly reproducible when using different MRI hardware and software at different geographic locations.
By Jill Clendening
August 19, 2021

Children, firearms mixing more during pandemic

Researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt discovered an alarming finding during the height of the pandemic — a marked increase in firearm encounters among children.
By Jessica Pasley
August 18, 2021

Churchwell, Creech, Wilkins among NBJ award winners

Three leaders of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center community are among the winners of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2021 Health Care Innovation awards.
By Holly Fletcher
August 12, 2021

VUMC expands programming in effort to help pregnant and postpartum women, infants in opioid crisis

A newly created program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is aiming to address the increasing toll the opioid crisis is having on pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.
By Jessica Pasley
August 11, 2021

VUMC Neurology pioneer Anthony Kilroy mourned

Anthony W. Kilroy, MD, adjunct associate professor of Pediatrics, died July 25. He was 86.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 4, 2021

Browning to succeed Swan as director of the Pediatric Residency program

After almost two decades as the director of the Pediatric Residency program, Rebecca Swan, MD, professor of Pediatrics, is stepping down to focus on her role as vice chair for Education for the Department of Pediatrics and as assistant dean for Graduate Medical Education.
By Rachel Vitolo
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