Professional Bio
Jeffrey Dendy, MD, is a cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). His expertise is in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Following clinical training, he served as the Director of Cardiovascular Imaging at PRISMA Health / University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. In 2020, he joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Dr. Dendy's research focuses on cardiovascular MRI, including investigating the biophysical basis of blood oxygen dependent signals in the myocardium. This work includes developing MRI pulse programming as well as programming MATLAB for analyzing and quantifying MRI data. In addition, he leads projects investigating COVID-19 related myocardial injury using cMRI and is currently a co-investigator on a R01 in which he utilizes cMRI to investigate subclinical myocardial disease in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Education
PhD - Biomedical Engineering - Vanderbilt University
MD - Vanderbilt University, 2000
Internship - Internal Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2001
Residency - Internal Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2003
Fellowship - Cardiovascular Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2007
Fellowship - Chief Cardiovascular Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2008
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307