Department of Pediatrics

April 28, 2022

VUMC named BEST for Babies hospital by TDH

Vanderbilt University Medical Center once again was named as a BEST for Babies hospital by the Tennessee Department of Health.

By Jessica Pasley
VUMC faculty members attending the meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation included, from left, Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Patrick Hu, MD, PhD, Lorraine Ware, MD, Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Consuelo Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Christopher Williams, MD, PhD, Lori Jordan, MD, PhD, Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, ASCI Council Member Julie Bastarache, MD, Eric Tkaczyk, MD, PhD, and James Crowe Jr., MD.
April 21, 2022

VUMC a national leader in physician-scientist training

Physician-scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center were well represented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Physician-Scientist Association.

By Bill Snyder
Javion Johnson, a patient at Children’s Hospital’s Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, holds a plaque designating the clinic as a Certified Care Center. Others on hand include from left, his father Ronnie Johnson, mother, Xavier Verge, brother, J’zarion Williams, Andrew Sokolow, MD, Bryan Burnette, MD, Jonathan Soslow, MD, Kali Barbalena and Haleigh Southern, RN.
March 31, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Duchenne Clinic first in Tennessee to be certified

The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has been recognized as a Certified Duchenne Care Center Program by the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, and is the only center in Tennessee to receive the distinction.

By Jessica Pasley
March 30, 2022

Uncharted days of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthen the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program team.

“There’s something about having a band of brothers, where you’re all focused on the same thing, and your noses are all pointed in the same direction.”

By Jill Clendening
March 24, 2022

Stress in young adult cancer patients and caregivers

Adolescent and young adult oncology patients and caregivers experience psychosocial impairment and financial toxicity at the time of cancer diagnosis, findings that will inform interventions to support patient and caregiver well-being.

By Leigh MacMillan
Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH
March 24, 2022

VUMC’s DeBaun elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society

Vanderbilt’s Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH, has been elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society.

By Nancy Humphrey
March 24, 2022

Mohammad to direct Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center

Saeed Mohammad, MD, MS, has been named director of the Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Matt Batcheldor
March 24, 2022

High blood pressure genes improve heart surgery survival in children

Vanderbilt researchers have found that children with a genetic makeup that predicts high blood pressure as adults are more likely to survive congenital heart defect repair surgery.
By Leigh MacMillan
March 7, 2022

Teen shares his battle with MIS-C following COVID-19 infection

Reeyan Ahmed is among the patients treated at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt who developed MIS-C following COVID-19 infection.
By Christina Echegaray
March 3, 2022

Multidisciplinary team helps treat airway, upper GI issues in children

Vanderbilt's Complex Aerodigestive Evaluation Team focuses on complicated airway and upper digestive issues for chronically ill children.
By Jessica Pasley
February 28, 2022

Study finds azithromycin use during RSV not useful in preventing recurrent wheezing, may cause harm

Vanderbilt research on the impact of the antibiotic azithromycin during severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis overwhelmingly support current national bronchiolitis guidelines, which recommend against antibiotics during acute bronchiolitis due to lack of effect on the acute illness.
By Jessica Pasley
February 24, 2022

MIS-C diagnosis rare in vaccinated children with no previous COVID-19 diagnosis

A Vanderbilt study found that children who received the COVID-19 vaccine who had not previously been diagnosed with COVID infection are unlikely to be diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
By Kylie Avery
February 24, 2022

Study to explore neurologic impact of flu treatment

A Vanderbilt study will explore the neurologic and psychiatric complications of flu and evaluate adverse effects of the antiviral treatment oseltamivir, also known by the brand name Tamiflu.
By Jessica Pasley