PAH Research Team

Directors

Anna Hemnes, MD

Co-Director Pulmonary Circulation Center

anna.r.hemnes@vumc.org
Evan Brittain, MD

Co-Director Pulmonary Circulation Center

evan.brittain@vumc.org

PH Research Faculty

Eric Austin, MD

Director, Vanderbilt Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program

eric.austin@vumc.org
James West, PhD

Director, Research Lab

james.d.west.1@vanderbilt.edu
Rizwan Hamid, MD

Director Pediatric Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

rizwan.hamid@vumc.org
Erica J. Carrier, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vineet Agrawal, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Matthew D. Bacchetta, MD

Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering

matthew.bacchetta@vumc.org
Tracy Frech, MD

Associate Professor, Rheumatology and Immunology

Research Program Managers

Kelly F Burke, RN, BSN

Research Program Manager

kelly.burke@vumc.org
Thomas E Strayer, III, PhD

Research Program Manager

Thomas.E.Strayer@vumc.org

Data Application Developer

Jeffrey Annis, PhD

Senior Data Applications Developer

jeffrey.s.annis@vumc.org

Study Coordinators

Jeffrey Cunningham, RN

Research Nurse Specialist

jeffrey.d.cunningham@vumc.org
Alisha Lindsey

Clinical and Translational Research Coordinator

alisha.lindsey@vumc.org
Summer Monroig

Clinical and Translational Coordinator

Cardiovascular Medicine

summer.monroig@vumc.org

Emeritus Faculty

James E. Loyd, MD

Faculty Emeritus
John H. Newman, MD

Faculty Emeritus