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Longtime colleagues and friends Curt Thorne, left, and Terry Burke enjoyed sailing together.
March 28, 2019

Bladder cancer research fund honors mentor’s lasting influence

The Terry Burke Fund for Bladder Cancer Research at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is supporting a range of discovery research aimed at improving outcomes for bladder cancer patients, and it is helping train the next generation of bladder cancer physician-scientists.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 21, 2019

Telemedicine, School-Based Psychiatry programs increase access to care

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s School-Based Psychiatry Program is now offering telemedicine services for children and families who may have barriers to accessing appointments with a practitioner through traditional clinics.

By Kelsey Herbers
March 14, 2019

Cancer Center Ambassadors surpass $1 million in grants

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Ambassadors surpassed the $1 million mark with the awarding of the group’s latest research grants.

By Tom Wilemon
Ray Cruz, a patient at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, performed the national anthem at the Nashville Predators Hockey Fights Cancer night. The event brings special guests from Children’s Hospital to Bridgestone Arena for a one-of-a-kind experience. Patients are able to tour the locker rooms, meet the team, ride the Zamboni and join the players on the ice. Over the past eight years combined, the team has provided more than $2 million in donations and in-kind contributions to Children’s Hospital and its programs.
March 14, 2019

Hockey Fights Cancer

Ray Cruz, a patient at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, performed the national anthem at the Nashville Predators Hockey Fights Cancer night.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 7, 2019

Hispanic Radiothon to be Feb. 14-15

The 2019 Regalando Amor Radiotón — Gifting Love Radiothon — benefiting Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, and Friday, Feb.15, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

By Jessica Pasley
The launch of ‘A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer’ will help Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt make strides for more patients like Jurnee Scantling, here embracing her mother, Erika Scivally.
February 7, 2019

‘A Campaign Against Childhood Cancer’ launched

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt publicly launched a $15 million childhood cancer campaign this week.

By Christina Echegaray
December 20, 2018

Holiday cheer

Nashville Predators hockey players recently made their annual holiday visit with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 14, 2018

Wrapping party

The Junior League of Nashville held its annual “wrapping party” on Monday, Dec. 10, where volunteers wrapped gifts and toys to be distributed to patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 13, 2018

New directorship honors Boehm’s devotion to patients

In 1938, Frank Boehm’s parents fled Nazi Germany, where relatives on his father’s side would later be rounded up and sent to the death camps, never to return. “Fortunately, my dad had the vision and foresight to get out of Germany while he still could,” Boehm said.
By Paul Govern
December 12, 2018

Mascots get flu shots in VUMC “anti-viral” video

Even canines, chickens and sabre-tooth tigers need protection
By Kelsey Herbers
December 11, 2018

Tim McGraw stars in fundraising ad for Children’s Hospital NICU

Country music star Tim McGraw has teamed up with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to promote the hospital’s Give to the Next Breath initiative, a philanthropic marketing effort to support the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
By Paige Turner
November 26, 2018

VUMC mourns loss of longtime supporter Ann Robinson

Ann Allen Robinson, 86, died at her home on Friday, Nov. 23 after a lengthy illness.
By Jessica Pasley
November 8, 2018

Hockey Fights Cancer

Patient ambassador Lily Hensiek, center, served as Mayor of Smashville at the Nashville Predators Hockey Fights Cancer Night on Saturday, Nov. 3.
By VUMC News and Communications