![Sarah Stein, a nurse practitioner with the heart transplant program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, holds a Team Vandy sign during the American Heart Association’s 2016 Greater Nashville Heart Walk. The annual event drew 9,000 walkers to the VUMC campus Oct. 15. Early counts show more than $1.7 million was raised in Nashville. (photo by Kristi Irving)](https://news.vumc.org/wp-content/uploads/SA-Heart-Walk-2016-31-585x434.jpg)
Sarah Stein, a nurse practitioner with the heart transplant program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, holds a Team Vandy sign during the American Heart Association’s 2016 Greater Nashville Heart Walk. The annual event drew 9,000 walkers to the VUMC campus Oct. 15. Early counts show more than $1.7 million was raised in Nashville.