Keith Churchwell Archive — Page 1 of 1

Three adults pose in a medical examination room; the woman in the center and the two men hold colorful race medals and ribbons. One man wears a suit, and the other wears a white medical coat.
October 16, 2014

Heart patient uses ICD experience to promote benefits of exercise

Carrie Romero of Columbia, Tennessee, is running for her life. In 1997, when she was 28, Romero was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy — a heart muscle disease that puts her at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

By Kathy Whitney
Keith Churchwell, M.D., wearing a dark pinstriped suit, white shirt, and yellow tie, photographed against a plain background.
September 25, 2014

Churchwell to depart VHVI; Clair to assume interim role

Keith Churchwell, M.D., executive director and chief medical officer for the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI), is departing Vanderbilt and will join Yale-New Haven Health System as vice president and executive director of Cardiovascular Services on Dec. 1.

By John Howser
Man in a blue pinstriped suit and yellow tie speaks at a lectern, gesturing with one hand.
June 19, 2014

Photo: Vanderbilt Heart Town Hall

By Kathy Whitney
Nine people, including a physician in a white coat, cut a red ribbon during a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside a hospital facility. A sign behind them reads “Critical Care Tower” and “Vanderbilt Vascular Institute.”
January 13, 2014

Vanderbilt Heart opens new cardiac procedure area in hospital’s critical care tower

By Kathy Whitney
Medical-style illustration of a red human heart within a translucent blue chest, with surrounding blood vessels visible.
December 26, 2013

Vanderbilt doctors warn against holiday heart attack spike

By Kathy Whitney
Speaker at a lectern addresses a crowded classroom audience; a chalkboard with handwritten notes and stacks of papers are visible behind him.
February 21, 2013

Photo: Heart Institute Town Hall

By Doug Campbell