Matt Batcheldor

Jeffrey Johns, MD. (photo by Susan Urmy)
March 28, 2025

Jeffrey Johns elected chair of American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Johns is the medical director of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital and the executive medical director of the Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine Patient Care Center at VUMC.

By Matt Batcheldor
March 6, 2025

No matter the challenge, David Gaston stands ready to lead

Because of his leadership, dedication to patients and his colleagues, and commitment to quality, Gaston received a Credo Award at the January VUMC Leadership Assembly.

By Matt Batcheldor
Patient Heather Burich with her husband, Alex.
March 4, 2025

‘That’s the most scared I’ve been:’ 23 weeks pregnant with a heart condition.

Heather Burich had just driven to Clarksville after an appointment on Vanderbilt Health’s Nashville campus when she got a call from a doctor she was yet to meet. The news about her echocardiogram results was alarming.

By Matt Batcheldor
Patent Wesley Crutcher with medical team members, from left, Madeline Crego, ACNP, Kashish Goel, MD, Sandip Zalawadiya, MD, Jaime Rich, Rebecca King, RN, and Aileen Balmaceda, RN.
February 26, 2025

Vanderbilt Health implants novel device to monitor atrial pressure inside patient’s heart in real time

The V-LAP device allows medical teams to monitor the pressure inside a patient’s heart in real time, allowing them to make better decisions about the patient’s medications and improving outcomes.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 25, 2025

Gatlin Winter was in the hospital recovering from a heart transplant. His wife Ashlynn was in labor with their first baby. Could he get to her side?

With the help of the team from Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, yes he could.

By Matt Batcheldor
Heart transplant patient Scot Pollard and his wife, Dawn. (photo by Donn Jones)
February 18, 2025

Scot Pollard’s journey took him from the NBA to the heart transplant waitlist

At 6 feet, 11 inches, he played in the NBA for 11 years on five different teams before retiring in 2008 and never had any heart issues that slowed him down.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 17, 2025

VUMC designated as a Chest Pain Center with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Resuscitation

Hospitals that earn ACC Chest Pain Center Accreditation have proven exceptional competency in treating patients with heart attack symptoms.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 14, 2025

Hope Collins named senior director of Patient and Family Engagement

In her new role, Collins will oversee patient and family councils that advise individual Vanderbilt hospital entities from the patient/family perspective.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 11, 2025

Vanderbilt Lung Transplant establishes new record

For the second calendar year in a row, Vanderbilt Lung Transplant has the busiest program in the Southeast and leads the nation in innovation in organ preservation and regeneration.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 11, 2025

Vanderbilt Transplant Center reaches new heights in 2024, now the nation’s third busiest 

Through dramatic growth, the VTC is now the nation’s third busiest transplant center by volume, saving 136 more critically ill patients in calendar year 2024 than in 2023.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 4, 2025

Belle Meade walk-in clinic moving to White Bridge Road location

A new, 8,200-square-foot clinic will open on Monday, March 3, nearby at 56 White Bridge Road, next to Trader Joe’s.
By Matt Batcheldor
February 3, 2025

Vanderbilt Health to acquire Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville cardiology practice

Vanderbilt patients will have close-to-home access to all aspects of preventive cardiology, assessment of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, rather than having to drive to Nashville.
By Matt Batcheldor
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