Dr. John “Jay” Wellons (BA 91, MD 95) holds the Cal Turner Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery and is chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. He is a professor in the departments of Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and is vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery.
 

Wellons has participated as a site investigator in two multi-institutional research networks centered on pediatric hydrocephalus and Chiari malformation surgical and patient-centered outcomes. He is the immediate past president of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons.
 

Besides his scientific writing, he has contributed to the New York Times Sunday Review, TIME, “Fresh Air” on NPR and more. His book, All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience, debuted in June 2022.

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