Kelly Schlendorf Archive — Page 1 of 1

Medical illustration showing the lungs, branching airways, windpipe, and heart in the center of the chest.
October 5, 2023

Study finds no difference in heart transplant outcomes using organs donated after circulatory death and after brain death

A Vanderbilt study found no difference in one-year survival and other outcomes among heart transplant patients who received their new organs from from donation after circulatory death and donation after brain death.

By Matt Batcheldor
Medical staff in surgical gowns and masks perform a kidney transplant in an operating room; one surgeon examines the kidney over a sterile basin while others assist.
February 23, 2023

2022 another strong year for Vanderbilt Transplant Center

By Matt Batcheldor
A surgical team in blue gowns, masks, and caps performs an operation around a draped patient in a brightly lit operating room, with surgical equipment and monitors surrounding them.
January 12, 2021

VUMC now leads world in heart transplantation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center performed more heart transplants in 2020 than any other center in the world — 124 adult hearts, 23 pediatric hearts and VUMC’s first heart-lung transplant since 2006.

By Matt Batcheldor
VUMC NEWS logo in white lettering inside a cyan and yellow outlined square on a blue gradient background.
October 8, 2020

COVID patient’s heart-lung transplant is world’s first

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed the world’s first dual heart-lung transplant of a COVID-19 patient.

By Matt Batcheldor
Stylized blue human torso beside a glowing green electrocardiogram waveform on a dark grid background.
May 6, 2020

Ventricular assist device program hits major milestone

VHVI’s cardiac surgery and heart failure teams recently celebrated a milestone — implanting the 500th adult patient with a ventricular assist device.

By Matt Batcheldor
Illustration of a human torso showing the heart and major blood vessels in red through a translucent rib cage and lungs.
January 16, 2020

VUMC tops in nation for number of heart transplants performed last year

Vanderbilt University Medical Center tied for first place as the busiest heart transplant program by volume in the United States in 2019.

By Matt Batcheldor