Professional Bio
Tim Thayer, MD, is an Assistant Professor, clinician educator and general cardiologist in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He joined the faculty at VUMC in 2022 with an initial appointment at Nashville General Hospital before transitioning to the VUMC main campus in 2024. He sees patients with any conditions under the umbrella of cardiovascular medicine that are not better handled by his subspecialist colleagues.
Dr. Thayer is a mindfulness practitioner who views medicine as the art of shaping treatment options to each individual to alleviate suffering in its many forms including physical, psychological, social and spiritual. Dr. Thayer is grateful for the opportunity to cultivate and exercise compassionate care as taught to him by his many wonderful teachers including, most notably, his patients.
Education
Fellowship - Research Sarnoff Cardiovascular - Massachusetts General Hospital, 2013
MD - University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2015
Residency - Internal Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2018
Fellowship - Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2021
Fellowship - Research Cardiovascular Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2022
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307