She will help drive strategic growth and shape the future of pediatric care and programming for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

The novel technique could help increase the number of donor hearts available to children awaiting transplant and reduce the time they spend waiting.

Surgeons reported using the novel technique known as REUP (rapid recovery with extended ultraoxygenated preservation) to transplant five donor hearts in children. Since then, five more children were saved successfully.

Former Pediatrics department chair and pediatric endocrinologist helped shape generations of children’s health care, research and education at Vanderbilt.

A surprise award revealed what colleagues already knew: Vikas Gupta, MD leads with compassion, respect and a full-hearted commitment to those he serves.

The address highlighted the department’s continued growth and successes across several mission-critical priorities: people, clinical care, education, research and discovery, and community engagement and advocacy.

The aim of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators is to recognize and assemble a cadre of renowned master surgeon educators who will work with the ACS Division of Education to advance the science and practice of surgical education and training.