New Faculty in the Department of Medicine

Matt grew up in Kernersville, North Carolina and attended Duke University for his undergraduate studies.  He completed the MSTP program at the University of Virginia.  His thesis work focused on the role of inflammation in atherosclerotic plaque development, in particular the role of interleukin-1 in atherosclerotic plaque stability and in smooth muscle cell phenotypic switching.  Matt has completed his Internal Medicine training at Vanderbilt and is currently a fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine, with a long-term goal of improving our understanding of the role of inflammation in vascular disease development as a physician-scientist.

David was raised in Plano, Texas.  He completed his undergraduate studies at Trinity University San Antonio, Texas and earned his MD/PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern.  David’s dissertation research was performed in the laboratory of Eric Olson and focused on the characterization of novel genes involved in cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis.  He plans to pursue a career in cardiology and basic science and his research interests include the discovery of novel genes involved in adult cardiac disease.