Country music singer-songwriter Mark O’Shea features patients, families and staff members from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in his new music video, “Look at You Now.”

The video was screened for the first time at the hospital with a party and live performance for those who were in it on October 30, 2008.

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O’Shea had surgery as an infant in his native country, Australia, to repair a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. Having had several Chart topping hits as an artist and songwriter back home, he and his wife Jay moved to Nashville two years ago to further develop a music career here. After touring 41 of 50 states and working with some of the best names in the business, Mark is already creating quite a buzz.

“I was delighted with the opportunity to work with the Pediatric Heart Institute,” O’Shea said. “They are truly leading the way in caring for kids with heart problems. It just seemed to be the perfect fit for me and a great way to hopefully ease the mind of a few parents and kids out there who are going through the same thing I did.”

In the video, a number of children who had heart surgeries and non-surgical repair of heart defects show photos from the time of their surgery, then the patients toss the photos aside to show how well they have recovered. You can also see the video on the Children’s Hospital’s pediatric heart institute webpage at www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/heart. This video can also be viewed by visiting www.myspace.com/markoshea.

The Marcum family, from Knoxville, Tenn. happened to be at the hospital preparing for their 7-year-old daughter Sarah’s open heart surgery when they saw O’Shea performing his song and screening the video.

“It was almost like safety in numbers,” said Emily Marcum. “There were so many people in the room and in the video who had been through it already, it was reassuring.”

Sarah Marcum and her family got to meet and talk with O’Shea after the video screening. (Sarah is currently recovering from her successful surgery)

O’Shea also assisted in the production of a second video called “The Care Behind the Kids.” The video, which can also be seen at www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/heart and www.myspace.com/markoshea showcases faculty and staff at the Pediatric Heart Institute with O’Shea serving as the video’s host.

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