milk bank Archive — Page 1 of 1

Celebrating the opening of the new Milk Drop Depot location are, from left, Jessica Esquilin, MA, Adebukola Ajagunna, MD, Pam Bush, APRN, Bailey Leavell, APRN, Charley Oxford, PSS, and Tabitha Wheeler, PSS.
September 30, 2026

Vanderbilt Pediatric Associates Hopkinsville and Mothers’ Milk Bank Southeast open Milk Drop Depot in Kentucky

The processed donor milk is distributed to neonatal intensive care units and mothers in need across Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia, helping provide lifesaving nutrition for premature and medically fragile infants.

By Sandra Wooten
May 6, 2026

Mothers helping mothers: Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital’s milk depot surpasses expectations in first year, fueling hope for fragile infants

As the depot enters its second year, VCH remains committed to expanding access to donor breast milk for the region’s most vulnerable newborns.

By Sandra Wooten
June 30, 2025

Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville announces new NICU medical director

Diane Attardi, MD, has a long history of caring for NICU babies as a neonatologist and NICU medical director throughout the Northeast.

April 13, 2022

New milk bank to help feed babies in the NICU

The opening of Mothers’ Milk Bank of Tennessee in Murfreesboro in 2021 will make providing the much needed resource easier.

By Jessica Pasley