Cardiac Surgery in the News
- Patient doing well after complex vascular procedures Jul 2022
- Vein Arterialization Is Saving ‘Desert Feet’ Apr 2022
- Heart/liver transplant gives congenital heart disease patient new hope Feb 2022
- ECMO fellowship program provides lifesaving training Mar 2022
- VUMC a national leader in organ, tissue donations Feb 2022
- VUMC lauded for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy care Oct 2021
- Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Oct 2021
- Organ donor’s impact continues to live on in others Apr 2021
- The World Leader in Heart Transplantation Feb 2021
- Vanderbilt Transplant Center achieves new record for total transplants performed in 2020 Jan 2021
- Congenital heart patient receives unexpected transplant/heart and liver Aug2020
- ECMO team to help other providers create their own programs Mar 2020
- VUMC uses novel transplant technique to revive donor hearts that had stopped beating Feb 2020
- Transplant Center celebrates 30 years of impacting lives Jan 2020
- VUMC tops in nation for number of heart transplants performed last year Jan 2020
- Vanderbilt Health to be featured during local portion of Super Bowl Jan 2020
- Hepatitis C-positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool Dec 2019
- Study finds cardiac rehab underused among Medicare patients Dec 2019
- More congenital heart patients becoming transplant candidates May 2019
- First artificial heart patient gets permanent replacement Mar 2019
- VUMC tops in nation for number of heart transplants performed in 2019 Jan 2019
- Vanderbilt Transplant Center debuts new mobile app Jan 2019
- Vanderbilt set new heart, overall transplant record in 2018 Jan 2019
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- New monthly record achieved for transplants performed at VUMC Dec 2018
- Vanderbilt implants Tennessee’s first artificial heart Sep 2018
- Dads of the Medical Center Jun 2018
- Three IdeaShare submissions funded at AI Day Jun 2018
- Directorships honor VUMC’s critical missions Jan 25, 2018
- Heart transplant program reaches new record Jan 25, 2018
- Bypass surgery program lauded Feb 15, 2018
- #1 heart transplant program according to (OPTN) Feb 25, 2018
- Heart transplant program at VUMC reaches new milestone Feb 2, 2018
- Tenacity, teamwork, love drive heart patient’s treatment journey Nov 2, 2017
- VUMC testing new system to keep donor hearts for transplant viable for a longer period of time Aug 3, 2017
- Shah named to lead Department of Cardiac Surgery Jul 20, 2017
- Veteran receives rare dual transplant of heart and liver at Vanderbilt Jul 7, 2017
- Heart transplant program reaches major milestone Apr 6, 2017
- Heart transplant program at VUMC reaches new milestone Feb 2, 2017
- New center focuses on Marfan syndrome, aortic disease Jan 5, 2017
- Ranking lauds VUMC’s Cardiac Surgery program Nov 10, 2016
- Larger transplant centers produce improved outcomes: study Sep 15, 2016
- Heart transplant program among busiest in U.S. Aug 4, 2016
- Heart Institute celebrates LVAD program milestone Apr 14, 2016
- John Sawyers, a steady hand in the operating room, dies at 90 Mar 22, 2016
- Focus on care, quality drives heart transplant program Feb 25, 2016
- VUMC study finds statins do not ease kidney injury following cardiac surgery Feb 23, 2016
- Study leads to new heart transplant decision support tool Feb 18, 2016
- No Shrinking Violets, These Spring/Summer 2016
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- Shah named to direct VHVIs heart transplant program 10/15/2015
- Heart transplant links donor, recipient with different blood types 10/9/2013
- Dr. Bichell named Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Surgery 8/30/2013
- Structural heart disease clinic opens at 100 Oaks 3/7/2013
- Petracek named interim chair of Cardiac Surgery 1/24/2013
- VHVI first in state to implant new ventricular assist device 1/9/2013
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Honors Merrill, Putnam 11/15/2012
- VHVI reaches milestone in heart valve procedures 8/2/2012
- Vanderbilt Heart Offers New Aortic Valve Technique 1/12/2012
- Heart Transplant Specialist Maltais Joins Vanderbilt 7/28/2011
- Cardiovascular Surgery Transforms Heart Valve Treatment with New Procedure 7/14/2011
- Cardiac Surgery Ranked Among Nation's Best 7/21/2011
- Cardiac Surgery Pioneers New Stethoscope 4/21/2011