Dr Fred Ownby (center) displays one of the plaques commemorating the lectureship in cardiology bearing his name. The Shelbyville physician – here with VUMC's Dr. Andrew Gaffney (left) and keynote speaker Dr. Jeffrey Popma – was at VUMC recently for the second annual Fred D. Ownby Lectureship in Cardiology. Ownby, a member of the VUSM clinical faculty, is renowned in the field of cardiology and has played a key role in helping establish VUMC's presence in Bedford County.