President, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
Margaret “Meg” G. Rush, MD, MMHC
President
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Dr. Margaret “Meg” Rush, arrived at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1984 as a motivated resident passionate about helping children but with a special interest in critically ill infants. Subsequently, in 1987, she began fellowship training in the Division of Neonatology, and later joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 1990.
Since joining Vanderbilt, she has been a research investigator as well as a leader in education and clinical care. She led Vanderbilt’s Neonatal Fellowship Program from 2001 - 2011. She emerged as a senior administrative leader in 2007 when she was named chief of staff for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She also served as acting chair of the Department of Pediatrics in June, 2011, an appointment she held through August 2012. In February 2020, she was appointed the President of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
Dr. Rush’s basic science research interests were focused on the role of Vitamin A in lung development as well as lung injury and repair. She also has interests in health policy as it relates to children. She played a key role with the Institutional Review Board, helping restructure the institution's policies and direction in human subjects research, with an emphasis on children. In addition, she served as co-chair of the Vanderbilt University Medical Ethics Committee from 2004 until fall 2011.
Dr. Rush earned her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1984. She received her Bachelor of Arts in 1980 from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. In 2014, Dr. Rush earned her Masters of Management in Health Care from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
She has earned notable honors, including the title of "Woman to Watch in Medicine" by Nashville Medical News in 2008. She was selected by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine in 2015 as the keynote speaker for the Women in Business Luncheon and in 2019, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Most recently the Nashville Business Journal awarded her the 2022 Women of Influence Award as an Executive Leader and the Junior League of Nashville awarded her the Paragon Award for 2023 Outstanding Community Service of the Year.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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