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Taylor Swift, longtime friend of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, is pictured here at the 2016 grand opening of the hospital’s Seacrest Studios.
December 30, 2025

Taylor Swift spreads hope to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt with recent gifts

By Jessica Pasley
December 17, 2025

Life-changing tragedies bring burn team and patients together as ‘family’

The 25-bed Level 1 burn unit now averages over 600 admissions a year, and the adjacent burn clinic sees 3,000 outpatient visits a year.

By Craig Boerner
From left are, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, Kathryn Carell Brown, Cal Turner; Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, and Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, pose for a photo together during the Cal Turner Naming Unveiling Event held on the 12th floor of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
December 5, 2025

Celebrating the Turner family legacy

The floor is named in recognition of Cal Turner Jr.’s support through the Cal Turner Family Foundation to bring pediatric inpatient rehabilitation closer to home.

Shown here are (front row, from left) Katrina Pryor, Miguel Coleman, Brianna Wilson (back row, from left) Dawn Howard, Lonnie Purcell, Tohmanih Waggoner and Anthony Johnson.
November 21, 2025

Project SEARCH job skills program expands into off-site pharmacy services

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt hosted the first Project SEARCH site in Tennessee, offering interns free job training, educational development and employment opportunities since 2005.

By Jessica Pasley
From left, SLP graduate students Leah Wirthlin, Sydney Lex, Abby Ragan, Bella Blanchet, and Sam Eason pose with adapted Mickey Mouse dolls at the Adaptive Toy Workshop. Photo by Emily Mathis.
November 17, 2025

Latest workshop to modify toys for children with physical disabilities held at Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

Participants successfully adapted more than 30 toys using simple modifications that allow children with limited mobility to operate them with an accessibility switch.

By Evan Dorian
(photo by Erin O. Smith)
November 10, 2025

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt honors Scott and Sandi Borchetta

Longtime supporters of Monroe Carell, the Borchettas’ latest philanthropy builds on their ongoing commitment to the hospital’s NICU services.

By Paige Turner