Department of Pediatrics

June 8, 2017

Friends of Children’s Hospital gift to enhance two programs

The Friends of Children’s Hospital, an organization of volunteers who support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has made its largest single gift — $1 million over three years — to be split between two Children’s Hospital programs: the Program for Children with Medically Complex Needs and Pediatric Cancer.

By Nancy Humphrey
May 11, 2017

Hepatitis C infections among pregnant women increasing

Hepatitis C infections among pregnant women nearly doubled from 2009-2014, likely a consequence of the country’s increasing opioid epidemic that is disproportionately affecting rural areas of states including Tennessee and West Virginia.

By Craig Boerner
May 11, 2017

Rush honored by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

The Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) recently named Meg Rush, M.D., as the 2017 JDRF Living & Giving Honoree.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 4, 2017

Study finds male infants at increased risk for NAS

Male infants are more likely at birth than their female counterparts to be diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms, also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), and to require treatment, according to a new Vanderbilt study published in Hospital Pediatrics.

By Christina Echegaray
May 1, 2017

Clue to recurrent C. diff infection

Children who experience recurrent C. diff infections may have fecal inflammatory markers that could predict risk and improve management of these infections.

By Sanjay Mishra
April 27, 2017

Faculty members join March for Science

Among the thousands of scientists and their supporters who participated in Saturday’s March for Science in Nashville and in Washington, D.C., were several faculty members from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University.

By Bill Snyder
April 13, 2017

Advocating for patients drives Children’s Hospital’s Lowry

Small and seemingly inconsequential interactions with patients can sometimes stick in a caregiver’s memory.
By Paul Govern
April 6, 2017

Initiative seeks to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in children

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently launched a chapter of Project ADAM (Automated Defibrillators in Adam’s Memory), a national organization committed to preventing sudden cardiac arrest in children and teens through education and life-saving programs.
By Jessica Pasley
March 7, 2017

Neul named new director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D., division head of Child Neurology and vice chair for Developmental Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, has been named the new director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. He will join Vanderbilt on Aug. 1.
By John Howser
March 3, 2017

Mutation raises heart block risk

A newly identified genetic risk factor for heart block after surgery may help guide the course of postoperative care.
By Laura Daniel
March 2, 2017

Celebration honors new holders of endowed chairs at Vanderbilt

Ten Vanderbilt University faculty members named to endowed chairs were honored Tuesday during a celebration at the Student Life Center. Their academic achievements range from imaginative scholarship on economics and development to groundbreaking discoveries about the role of DNA in memory formation.
By Bill Snyder
March 2, 2017

Callahan to lead Adolescent and Young Adult Health

S. Todd Callahan, M.D., MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics, has been named director of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Health.
By Christina Echegaray
March 2, 2017

UDN program dedicated to solving medical mysteries

It’s human nature to need answers. Patients with debilitating symptoms need a diagnosis — somewhere to place the blame, a starting point to search for answers.
By Nancy Humphrey
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