Transplant
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October 18, 2023
VUMC’s Wei Kelly Wu, Siru Liu named 2023 Stat Wunderkinds
Vanderbilt's Wei Kelly Wu, MD, and Siru Liu, PhD, have been named 2023 Stat Wunderkinds. -
October 12, 2023
The couple was staying in the hospital with a sick child. When the staff heard it was their anniversary, they arranged a special dinner with candlelight and flowers.
Jim and Jill Somerville ended up with an anniversary to remember — and a commemorative plaque -
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. -
September 27, 2023
VUMC performs novel reoperative lung and kidney transplant
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed its first combined reoperative lung and kidney transplant. -
September 12, 2023
Michael Rizzari named surgical director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Michael Rizzari, MD, has been named surgical director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center and staff surgeon in Pediatric Abdominal Transplant Surgery at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
July 25, 2023
Vanderbilt Transplant Center reaches new record in number of procedures performed
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2023 (FY 23) — 665 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric programs. -
July 7, 2023
Pediatric Heart Transplant Program medical director Debra Dodd retiring
After nearly 40 years and being involved in more than 300 lifesaving transplantations at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Debra Dodd, MD, is retiring.