172. The Storyteller: Jay Wellons, MD, MSPH

<p><em>The CE experience for this </em><em>Podcast</em><em> is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: </em><a href= "https://earnc.me/O9a1Y4">https://earnc.me/O9a1Y4</a></p> <p>Jay Wellons MD, MSPH holds the Cal Turner Chair of Pediatric Neurosurgery and is Chief of <br /> the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and <br /> the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. He is a Professor in the Departments of <br /> Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and <br /> is also the Vice Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery. He founded SOCKS (the Surgical <br /> Outcomes Center for Kids) in 2015 and served as the Medical Director until 2022. He also <br /> served as the VUMC Section of Surgical Sciences Vice Chair of Clinical Research 2018-2022 <br /> and Department of Neurological Surgery Program Director for the Neurosurgery Residency <br /> Training Program from 2014-2018.</p> <p>In addition to his scientific writing, he has been a contributor to the New York Times Sunday <br /> Review, TIME, Garden and Gun Magazine, Fresh Air: NPR, and OprahDaily.com. His book All <br /> That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and their Stories of Grace and <br /> Resilience with publisher Penguin Random House debuted in June of 2022. His non-scientific <br /> writing focuses specifically on his specialty of pediatric neurosurgery, but also the broader field <br /> of medicine and the profound lessons learned from the children and parents that he has cared for <br /> over the last 30 years.</p> <p> -+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=</p> <p><img src= "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAApYAAAFOCAYAAAA8d13VAAAgAElEQVR4Aey9B5xU9b3+D9tmKwtI1BiTGNNufsbkJjd/781Ncm/uTXKjO3POmVnA3qKxx0IvW6bPFpYioAI2xEY0FuzYRRQL2FABpdcFFtg2O+WU5/96vmfO7oKAYBB24Tu8xjNMOeU5B+c9n/J8+kDepAJSAamAVEAqIBWQCkgFpAKHQIE+h2AdchVSAamAVEAqIBWQCkgFpAJSAUiwlBeBVEAqIBWQCkgFpAJSAanA