Matt Batcheldor

Buying a new license plate could save a life — if enough people buy them

A portion of the funds will go to raise awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation and fund statewide education and outreach for organ donation.

Martin Montenovo, MD, left, and Wali Johnson, MD, perform a liver transplant in 2024. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Scientific advances helping to increase the number of available organs for transplantation

These advances include emerging techniques of rehabilitating organs that would once have been discarded as unusable.

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Heart failure patient questionnaire predicts hospitalization and mortality: study

Patients fill out the short, targeted surveys in a few minutes, either prior to arriving at their appointment or on a tablet in the waiting room before their visit.

C. Wright Pinson honored at open house celebration 

As Vanderbilt Health System leader, Pinson has championed a culture of service and has overseen a period of explosive clinical growth.

Vanderbilt Liver Transplant Service renamed in honor of C. Wright Pinson

Pinson, who is stepping away from his role as Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Office for VUMC on June 30, was a pioneer in the field of liver transplantation, founding the Vanderbilt Liver Transplant Program and establishing multiple transplant residency and nurse practitioner programs.

Lung transplant patient Michelle Ankele-Yamashita. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

Transplant patient’s long journey brings her from the Aloha State to the Volunteer State

She was turned down by multiple transplant centers between Honolulu and Nashville, deemed too sick, before the Vanderbilt Lung Transplant Program accepted her as a patient.

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