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 chair and is chief of the division of pediatric neurosurgery and is the medical director for the Surgical Outcomes Center for Kids, (SOCKs) which he co-founded. He has written op-eds for The New York Times and lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his family.
