Seth Karp
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May 4, 2022
Liver transplant program marks 30th anniversary
This May, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its first liver transplant. -
April 21, 2022
Shumway Lecture
Ashish Shah, MD, chair of Cardiac Surgery, Carmen Solórzano, MD, chair of Surgery, and Seth Karp, MD, chair of the Section of Surgical Sciences and director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, welcome Sara Shumway, MD, (second from left), prior to her delivering the 2022 Shumway Lecture in Transplantation at Vanderbilt. -
February 9, 2022
VUMC a national leader in organ, tissue donations
A total of 109 people gave the gift of life as deceased organ donors at Vanderbilt in 2021, resulting in saving 280 lives, more than any other year, and more patients generously gave their gift of organs at Vanderbilt last year than any other single hospital in the United States. -
November 2, 2021
VUMC debuts two new state-of-the-art hybrid operating rooms
Vanderbilt is opening two of the newest generation of hybrid operating rooms, which each combine a traditional operating room with the latest advanced imaging equipment. -
May 5, 2021
Dire need to reform organ procurement rules: Karp
A rule requiring greater accountability from organ procurement organizations (OPOs) will increase the nation’s supply of organs donated for transplantation, but it must be implemented quickly and effectively, Seth Karp, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, testified before Congress on Tuesday, May 4. -
October 1, 2020
Transplant program reaches milestone 10,000th procedure
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has completed its 10,000th organ transplant, a monumental achievement representing nearly 60 years of life-saving work. -
June 8, 2020
Vanderbilt Transplant Center sets monthly record
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed 73 transplants in May, setting a Medical Center record for the most transplants in a month. Sixteen of those were heart transplants — also a monthly record — cementing VUMC’s status as the busiest heart transplant center in the country.