Cardiovascular Medicine

Translational research brings discoveries from the laboratory and preclinical studies to clinical trials and studies in humans.

The grant will help establish the Vanderbilt-coordinated Virus Characterization Center and support a Vanderbilt University Medical Center research team venturing to broadly characterize the role of viruses in human health and disease.

The program recently celebrated a milestone — its 2,000th heart transplant.

Numerous additions and appointments during the past year are enhancing Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s missions.

Currently, methods to detect early, obesity-related accumulation of fat in the liver other than a liver biopsy — the surgical removal of liver tissue for microscopic examination — are limited. But there is hope.

Dr. Jane Freedman will succeed Wright Pinson as Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer in July 2025.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including Department of Medicine Drs. Alex Bick (senior author), Brett Heimlich, Brent Ferrell, Ashwin Kishtagari and Michael Savona, have identified key factors that contribute to the clonal growth of abnormal blood cells experienced by roughly one in 10 people over age 70.

Five Department of Medicine faculty are among the 17 leaders across VUMC honored for their expertise in clinical care, research, education and administration.

The award program “recognizes hospitals participating in the registry who have demonstrated sustained, top-level performance in quality of care and adherence to guideline recommendations.”