Agrawal, Bock among 2026 ASCI Young-Physician Scientist awardees
Two faculty researchers in the Department of Medicine have received Young Physician-Scientist Awards from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Vineet Agrawal, MD, PhD (Cardiovascular Medicine), and Fabian Bock, MD, PhD (Nephrology and Hypertension), are among 50 investigators nationwide selected for the 2026 Young Physician-Scientist Award by the elite honor society.
Bayer and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to advance treatments for cardiovascular and kidney diseases
The collaboration will leverage VUMC’s resource platform, including its comprehensive datasets hosted in Vanderbilt’s BioVU collection of DNA and plasma to enable data-driven insights and to accelerate discovery and development.
Vanderbilt Transplant Center nation’s largest after performing record number of solid organ transplants in 2025
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) performed 960 solid organ transplants in 2025, the most ever completed by a single center in one year in the United States.
Vanderbilt Health honored for providing care to patients with congenital heart disease
Vanderbilt Health has received accreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Adult Congenital Transthoracic Echocardiography, joining a select group of organizations.
Medicine faculty elected to Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
Eight Department of Medicine faculty are among the 27 new members elected to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine's Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine.
Vanderbilt Health performs record number of adult and pediatric heart transplants during 2025
Among the patients transplanted this year were 16 children and more than 185 adults, 29 U.S. veterans, and 20 patients who received multiorgan transplants including 16 heart-kidney transplants, two heart-liver transplants and two heart-lung transplants.
Year in Review 2025: Appointments strengthen Medical Center's missions
This year, several Department of Medicine faculty were appointed to new positions that will help advance the department and medical center missions.
Cardiology's Pfaff and Sunthankar to receive ACGME David C. Leach Award
It was recently announced that Department of Medicine Cardiology Drs. Jamie Pfaff and Kathryn Sunthankar will receive the 2026 David C. Leach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) at the February 2026 Annual ACGME Educational Conference.
Andrew DeFilippis named director of Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
“Dr. DeFilippis is a visionary leader with a proven track record of excellence across research, clinical care and education," said Bryan Harris, MD, MPH, MMHC, interim chair of the Department of Medicine.