Whitney Gannon

Anil Trindade, MD, was among the presenters at the annual conference of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization in Seattle.

Vanderbilt clinicians take part in annual conference of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

Vanderbilt speakers gave multiple presentations at the 34th annual conference of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.

VUMC’s ECMO program has expanded to areas outside of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.

Study shows young, healthy adults died from COVID-19 due to ECMO shortage

Vanderbilt research found that nearly 90 percent of COVID-19 patients who qualified for, but did not receive, ECMO due to a shortage of resources during the height of the pandemic died in the hospital, despite being young with few other health issues

Whitney Gannon MSN, MS, RN, APRN

Gannon to oversee efforts to expand ECMO program to additional units

Whitney Gannon MSN, MS, RN, APRN, has been named to the new position of director of Quality and Education for the Vanderbilt Extracorporeal Life Support Program (ECLS).

VUMC’s ECMO program has expanded to areas outside of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.

ECMO program expanding to more intensive care units

VUMC is expanding its ECMO program from its longtime home in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) to the Medical (MICU) and Trauma Intensive Care units.