Professional Bio
Kaushik Amancherla, MD, is a translational physician-scientist with a research interest in improving heart transplant outcomes using systems biology approaches. His research utilizes techniques, including genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics to study cardiac allograft vasculopathy, a form of chronic rejection after heart transplantation). Clinically, his interests lie in taking care of patients with advanced heart failure and those requiring heart transplantation and/or mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Amancherla completed medical school at the University of Illinois-Chicago and did his internal medicine residency in the Osler Medical Training Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He subsequently completed his general cardiology training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center before joining faculty in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in 2022.
Education
MD - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
Internship - Internal Medicine - Johns Hopkins University, 2016
Residency - Internal Medicine - Johns Hopkins University, 2018
Fellowship - Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology - Vanderbilt University, 2022
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307