Bret Mettler Archive — Page 1 of 1

Smiling child with curly hair and a large white bow, wearing a lavender-blue shirt outdoors.
June 23, 2016

Girl’s dual heart, kidney transplants a VUMC first

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently performed its first pediatric dual heart/kidney transplant on a 13-year-old girl from Chattanooga.

By Jessica Pasley
Medical-style illustration of a red human heart within a translucent blue chest, with surrounding blood vessels visible.
October 9, 2013

Heart transplant links donor, recipient with different blood types

Pediatric cardiac surgeons at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have performed the state’s first ABO incompatible heart transplant in a 2-month-old patient.

By Jessica Pasley
Young child with brown hair looks upward while seated indoors; an adult’s arm and legs are partially visible in the background.
September 6, 2012

Patient’s odyssey takes her from Japan to Vanderbilt

Cylinda Marquart gripped the small Post-it note inscribed with Japanese characters as her 6-week-old daughter, Albi-Helene Martin, was raced to a hospital by ambulance.

By Christina Echegaray