Anna Hemnes Archive — Page 1 of 1

Healthcare staff and leaders gather in a hospital corridor as two men cut a red ribbon during the opening of a new bronchoscopy suite.
October 26, 2026

State-of-the-art Bronchoscopy Laboratory will transform pulmonary care for Vanderbilt Health patients

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows medical teams to view, treat and biopsy tissue inside the lungs using a thin, flexible tube called a bronchoscope. The new space will double capacity to allow 5,000 bronchoscopies a year.

By Jill Clendening
Conceptual biotechnology scene showing gloved laboratory workers, test tubes, a pipette, and overlaid medical graphics including DNA-like molecular structures, human anatomy icons, a heartbeat waveform, charts, and a digital human figure.
June 16, 2026

Department of Medicine names Evan Brittain, Kathryn Dahir to research leadership positions

The new research leadership structure “will allow the Department of Medicine to support a breadth of research with an eye to funding diversification, recruitment in strategic areas, and mentorship of trainees and faculty in all forms of research,” said department Chair Anna Hemnes, MD.

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH, smiling at the camera against a brown background. She has shoulder-length gray-blonde hair and wears a blue beaded necklace with a black patterned top.
May 27, 2026

Kelly Dooley to depart Vanderbilt Health to lead Department of Medicine at Brown

A national search will be conducted to identify Dooley’s successor as director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and an interim director will be announced at a later date.

By Paul Govern
Portrait of Anna Hemnes standing with her arms crossed in a dark sleeveless collared dress, photographed in a wood-paneled interior.
January 5, 2026

Anna Hemnes named chair of Department of Medicine and system physician-in-chief for Vanderbilt Health

She will serve as the 11th chair of the Department of Medicine and system physician-in-chief for Vanderbilt Health. Her appointment was effective Jan. 1.

By John Howser
Anna Hemnes, MD
March 29, 2024

Anna Hemnes named director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Anna Hemnes, MD, has been named director of the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, physician-in-chief of the Vanderbilt Lung Institute and director of the Center for Lung Research.

By Nancy Humphrey
April 18, 2019

Medical Societies honor multiple Vanderbilt faculty

Several Vanderbilt faculty members were recently honored during the joint annual meeting of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) and American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).

By Bill Snyder