Seacrest Studios

March 19, 2026

Cheers to 10 years: Seacrest Studios celebrates a decade of connection, joy and impact

“Follow the Call of the Disco Ball” was the theme of the celebration to mark the studio moving into double digits.

By Jessica Pasley
March 9, 2023

Musgraves visit brings cheer

Grammy Award-winning music artist Kacey Musgraves and her partner, Cole Schafer, a writer/poet, recently brought smiles and cheer to patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt during a visit to Seacrest Studio.

By VUMC News and Communications
Patients Jayden Bailey, 13, Aaliyah Broome, 13, and Daisy Deal, 12, asked questions of NASA astronaut Kiell Lindgren, MD, during the call.
August 31, 2022

Young patients connect with International Space Station

For six minutes on Aug. 24, patients of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt went out of this world — or at least their voices did — to connect with the International Space Station.

By Jessica Pasley
August 25, 2022

A star-filled visit

Country music singer Keith Urban, and wife, actress and producer Nicole Kidman, recently visited with patients inside Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2022

Celebrating six years of Seacrest Studios

Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently celebrated six years of providing programming for pediatric patients.

By Jessica Pasley
March 17, 2021

Happy anniversary, Seacrest Studio

Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is celebrating five years of providing programing for pediatric patients on March 17.

By Jessica Pasley
November 18, 2020

Nashville lights up the night to support Children’s Hospital

By Christina Echegaray
November 11, 2020

Happy Birthday, Squid

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently held a birthday party for its new facility dog, Squid.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 23, 2020

Star-studded virtual visit

Patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, along with patients from Seacrest Studios across the country, recently tuned in for a special virtual visit with 17-year-old YouTube and TikTok sensation Jojo Siwa.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 2, 2020

Musicians can’t play for the children in person right now, so Seacrest Studio goes virtual

By Christina Echegaray
March 11, 2020

‘The Call’ will let Children’s Hospital patients talk to astronauts on space station

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is about to be out of this world. The Children’s Hospital school program has been chosen as one of only nine schools across the country to talk with astronauts aboard the International Space Station as it passes over Tennessee.
By Christina Echegaray
February 27, 2020

Doug the Pug visits

Internet sensation Doug the Pug, who recently starred in a Super Bowl commercial, visited patients and families in Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 20, 2020

Country icon Randy Travis pays a visit

Randy Travis recently paid a visit to Seacrest Studio at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By Doug Campbell