Kascey Malone, CST; Brandon Petree, MD; Aaron Williams, MD; Yatrik Patel, MD; and Sean Bunch, RN; work around a patient during a heart transplant surgery Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Society for the History of Medicine and Surgery present Bill Frist and Walter Merrill for the featured Simpson Lecture in the Dean’s Lecture Series on Monday, Nov. 30 at noon in Light Hall 208. This lecture is titled “First Beats, First Breaths: The Origin Story of Heart and Lung Transplantation at Vanderbilt.” Frist and Merrill founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center in 1985 and performed the first heart and lung transplants at Vanderbilt. In this fireside chat, they will share firsthand accounts of how Vanderbilt Health became a world leader in heart and lung transplantation.
The first 75 attendees will receive a boxed lunch. RSVP is NOT required to attend the lecture or receive a lunch.
https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/md/student-life/events/lecture-series