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September 2, 2015

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt holds construction expansion celebration

By Christina Echegaray
July 16, 2015

Kitko to lead Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program

Carrie Kitko, M.D., has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as associate professor of Pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program in the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

By Christina Echegaray
July 9, 2015

Girl’s procedure a first for new pediatric liver transplant service

Eight days after the pediatric liver transplant program at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was launched, 10-year-old Aubree Vanzant received her liver.

By Jessica Pasley
June 25, 2015

Hanto Named Director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center

Douglas Hanto M.D., Ph.D., professor of Surgery and associate director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center has been named the Center’s new director. His appointment becomes effective July 1.

By Jessica Pasley and John Howser
April 9, 2015

Film explores girl’s bowel transplant surgery journey

A documentary to be screened at this year’s Nashville Film Festival will give audiences the opportunity to experience the life of a vivacious young woman making the biggest decision of her life: whether to risk rare and complicated surgery with the potential to radically change her life.

By John Howser
December 11, 2014

Visit unites stem cell transplant patient, donor for first time

When Darlena Clark of Hendersonville, Tennessee, saw Jon Strong for the first time at Nashville International Airport she, “just grabbed him and hugged him and just held on.”

By VUMC News and Communications
November 13, 2014

Transplant Center celebrates 25 years of giving gift of life

The charter that was written in 1989 upon the creation of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) continues to hold true to its mission — to propel and direct organ transplantation, research, medicine, technology, education and the public education of transplantation into the future as the recognized leader and national authority of multi-organ transplantation.
By Jessica Pasley
November 13, 2014

Hanto to lead pediatric liver transplant program

Douglas Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., has his sights on Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. No stranger to building nationally recognized liver transplant programs — he has three under his belt — the new associate director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center aims to work with the departments of Pediatrics and Surgery to develop a comprehensive pediatric liver center at Children’s Hospital.
By Jessica Pasley
October 23, 2014

Children’s Hospital ‘growing to new heights’

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt launched the “Growing to New Heights” fundraising campaign in support of a four-floor building expansion.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 16, 2014

Nursing symposium focuses on transplant patients’ care, needs

What started as a way to gather nurse practitioners in the field of transplantation at Vanderbilt to talk about the best practices in managing patients has grown into a one-of-a-kind national conference.
By Jessica Pasley
September 11, 2014

Engelhardt lands stem cell transplant research grant

Up to 60 percent of patients who receive a stem cell transplant using cells from another donor will develop post-transplant diabetes mellitus, which can increase the rate of complications and death after the procedure.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 21, 2014

Transplant society honors Helderman’s contributions

More than three decades ago, J. Harold Helderman, M.D., medical director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, joined a handful of colleagues from across the country to create a society for transplant physicians.
By Jessica Pasley
May 29, 2014

Faculty meeting highlights VUSM achievements

Despite a challenging health care landscape, Vanderbilt University Medical Center continues to advance the highest-quality patient care, train the next generation of physician leaders and push forward the frontiers of biomedical science.
By Bill Snyder