Mission of Caring

Vanderbilt Transplant Center sets world record for heart transplants in 2024

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center had a banner year in 2024. The number of patients whose lives were saved by Vanderbilt’s heart transplant team far surpasses any previous total by an individual transplant center. 

Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, spoke about the Medical Center’s growth during the Spring Leadership Assembly. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

VUMC Growth Strengthens Communities

Recent expansions in locations, capacity and business lines underscore how VUMC is navigating fast-paced population growth and the financial headwinds facing health systems across the country.

Chief Patient Experience Officer David Haynes, MD, center, presented Excellence in Patient Experience awards to Cassandra Bruns, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, left, and Inder Raj Grewal, MBBS, who had perfect top box scores of 100%. Not pictured is Bethany Sanders, MSN, CNM, who also received a perfect score. (Photo by Susan Urmy)

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recognizing 581 clinicians and 148 clinical areas for receiving high marks from patients, earning Excellence in Patient Experience awards for fiscal year 2022.

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