Jay Wellons

Jay Wellons MD, MSPH, is a Professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, and Radiological Sciences at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He holds the Cal Turner, Jr. Chair and is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Vice Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery, Vice Chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences, and directs the Surgical Outcomes Center for Kids, (SOCKs) which he co-founded. He has over 250 published scientific and medical articles on all aspects of pediatric neurosurgery and is a recognized national lecturer and expert in fetal neurosurgery, the Chiari Malformations, brachial plexus surgery, surgical clinical outcomes research, and health care disparity. He has twice been a contributor to The New York Times Sunday Review. Many moons ago, he graduated from the University of Mississippi with a BA in English. All That Moves Us is his first book. Dr. Wellons lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Melissa - also a physician, two teenage children Jack and Fair, and dog Watney.