Meg Rush

October 7, 2025

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt named No. 1 children’s hospital in Tennessee and Southeast by U.S. News & World Report

Monroe Carell has been featured on the Best Children’s Hospitals list for 19 consecutive years, dating back to the rankings’ launch in 2007.

By Christina Echegaray
Jamie Phillips, MHA
September 9, 2025

Jamie Phillips named President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

She brings nearly 30 years of experience in health care administration to Monroe Carell, the past seven of which have been in a chief operating officer role.

By John Howser
July 8, 2025

Meg Rush to retire after four decades of service to children’s health care

Rush has spent her entire medical career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell, arriving at VUMC in 1984 as a motivated resident passionate about helping the tiniest of patients in neonatology, joining the faculty in 1990, and rising through the ranks as a well-respected leader.

By Christina Echegaray
The Children’s Hospital Association Board of Trustees, composed of executives from leading children’s hospitals, recently visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
April 2, 2025

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt hosts children’s hospital leaders from around the country

The Children’s Hospital Association is a member organization representing more than 220 children’s hospitals nationwide.

By Christina Echegaray
(photo by Erin O. Smith)
December 17, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt again named a Leapfrog Top Hospital

Monroe Carell is one of only eight children’s hospitals in the U.S. and the only one in Tennessee to receive a spot on the Top Hospitals list this year.

By Christina Echegaray
(photo by Erin O. Smith)
October 8, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt again ranked among nation’s best

Monroe Carell has made the Best Children’s Hospitals list for 18 consecutive years, every year since the ranking’s inception in 2007.

By Christina Echegaray
September 5, 2024

From a bread truck to a fleet: ‘Angel’ transport celebrates 50 years of giving critically ill children a fighting chance

The first of its kind in the region, the Neonatal and Pediatric Transport team launched under the direction of Mildred T. Stahlman, MD, a neonatal medicine pioneer who created the first modern NICU in 1961. The goal: to give babies a fighting chance.
By Christina Echegaray
April 8, 2024

New equipment to enhance security at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Beginning April 18, all Monroe Carell employees, patients, families, learners, and visitors will pass through the detection screening technology at all three hospital entrances.
By Christina Echegaray
February 13, 2024

Snapshot: Weeklong festivities celebrate 20 years of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

By Christina Echegaray
February 8, 2024

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt celebrates 20 years of service

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is celebrating 20 years as Middle Tennessee’s first full-service children’s hospital and is commemorating its mission of caring for children and their families.
By Christina Echegaray
June 15, 2023

Stahlman NICU transitions to new resuscitation unit

Vanderbilt's The Stahlman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, one of the first modern neonatal intensive care units in the world, cared for its last baby and closed at the end of May.
By Danny Bonvissuto
January 19, 2023

Rush elected to Children’s Hospital Association board

Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been elected to the Children’s Hospital Association Board of Trustees.
By Christina Echegaray
February 10, 2022

Rush named among 2022 Women of Influence

Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been named a 2022 Women of Influence by Nashville Business Journal (NBJ).
By Christina Echegaray
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