Matt Batcheldor

Extraordinary nurses in Labor & Delivery and in ICUs honored with DAISY Awards

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Here are VUMC’s latest winners.

Cardiologist Brown finds inspiration through music

Vanderbilt’s Suzanne Brown Sacks, MD, is both a transplant cardiologist and an accomplished singer/songwriter.

Suzie Brown, singer-songwriter, meet Dr. Suzanne Brown Sacks, transplant cardiologist

Her twin passions for music and for medicine brought her to Nashville and to VUMC

Patient journeys from South Africa for lung transplant

Mervyn Joseph, who searched the world over for the best place to be considered for lung transplant, is thankful he found Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Study shows CMS reimbursement not associated with wider EPD use

Vanderbilt research shows that higher reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was not associated with wider use of an embolic protection device during transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures.

By Matt Batcheldor

Bariatric surgery patient Veronica Llamas-Barajas recently received a heart transplant.

September 15, 2022

Patient’s care journey included LVAD, bariatric surgery, transplant

When Veronica Llamas-Barajas received a heart transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in April, it was the culmination of a seven-year journey.