On Tuesday, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute employees gathered to bid farewell to John Byrne, M.D., William S. Stoney Jr. Professor of Cardiac Surgery and chair of the department, second from right, who will be leaving Vanderbilt next month to become the vice president of Surgical Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Among those celebrating Byrne’s accomplishments were, from left, Keith Churchwell, M.D., Robin Steaban, MSN, R.N., and Douglas Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D.
