A Different Kind of Graduation: CF Patient’s Milestone Reflects Advances in Treatment

Most graduations feature caps, gowns and a walk across the stage but 19-year-old Briceton Latta’s looked very different.

Instead, Briceton walked the halls of the cystic fibrosis clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, greeted by cheers, purple pom-poms and the care team that has been by his side since birth. It marked his final visit to pediatric care and the transition into adult cystic fibrosis treatment.

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