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Yan Ru Su, MD

Research Professor of Medicine

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Director, Core Lab for Translational and Clinical Research

Yan Ru Su
Professional Bio
Yan Ru Su, MD, is a Research Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and the Director of the Cardiology Core Lab for Clinical and Translational Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Dr. Su has over 25 years of experience working in the field of cardiovascular disease (CVD) research, from basic molecular mechanisms of CVD to biomarker assessment of translational and clinical CVD research and biobanking. She has been the core lab director since 2009 and has played a crucial role in establishing the Vanderbilt Heart Adult and Pediatric Patient Biorepository/Biobank and the Core Lab service for multicenter clinical trial biobanking. To date, over 100,000 specimens have been collected including serum, plasma, DNA, surgical tissues, and human heart tissues from transplant recipients and unmatched organ donors. Under her leadership, the Core Lab completed the College of American Pathologists Biorepository Accreditation Program in 2021 and is one of the two labs in the state of Tennessee to obtain this accreditation. The CVD biobank provides invaluable resource support to investigators for translational and clinical research at VUMC. Under her leadership, the Core lab aims to be the center of excellence in biobanking for cardiovascular research and is committed to provide the most competitive and high-quality service to our customers. Dr. Su earned her MD from Wannan Medical college followed by MS in cardiovascular pathophysiology from Nanjing Medical University in China. She did her postdoctoral fellowship training from Molecular Genetics at University of Cincinnati and joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2000. Her research involves in molecular biology and genetics of CVD with a special focus on dilated cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease and sudden unexplained infant death.
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Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutic Directory CLTCR Directory Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (VDRTC) Profile
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Education

MD - Wannan Medial College, China, 1982

MS - Pathophysiology - Nanjing Medical University, 1987

Fellowship - Postdoc, Molecular Genetic, Biochemistry, Microbio - University of Cincinnati, 1996

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Email 
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org 
Address 
777 Preston Research Building 
2220 Pierce Ave 
Nashville, TN 37232-6307

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