Donald Brady

From left, Vanessa Tatum, manager of International Partnerships at Charité, Anna van Santen, MD, director of International Affairs at Charité, Charité Dean Joachim Spranger, MD, Donald Brady, MD, Executive Vice President for Educational and Medical Staff Affairs at VUMC and Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Marie Martin, PhD, MEd, Assistant Dean of Global Health Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Associate Vice President of Global Initiatives for VUMC, and Charité Chief Executive Officer Heyo Kroemer, MD, with the signed memorandum of understanding. Photo provided by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
December 5, 2025

Vanderbilt Health deepens collaboration with Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin through memorandum of understanding

The partnership builds on established exchanges and collaborations, as well as joint working groups between Vanderbilt partners, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and the German Heart Center at Charité.

By Jill Clendening
Donald Brady, MD, talks about the history of medicine at Vanderbilt. (photo by Donn Jones)
September 19, 2025

Donald Brady shares reflections on 100 years of medical history at Vanderbilt

He guided a packed audience through a century of history at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jill Clendening
August 25, 2025

VUMC partners with Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville State, and Ascension on Early College programs

These will become the fourth and fifth MNPS zoned high schools with an Early College program embedded in the school in partnership with Nashville State, joining Whites Creek, Glencliff, and Cane Ridge.

Donald Brady, MD, left, helps helps Godwin Emeka put on his white coat. (all photos by Susan Urmy)
July 28, 2023

White Coat Ceremony welcomes new School of Medicine students

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recently welcomed 96 first-year students during its annual White Coat Ceremony, marking the students’ journeys to becoming physicians and physician-scientists.

By Kathy Whitney
Donald Brady, MD
November 1, 2022

Brady named Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

Donald Brady, MD, has been appointed to an expanded oversight role of Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By John Howser
Donald Brady, MD, Beverly Conner, MBA, and Champ were among the many volunteers who helped give out thousands of turkeys, tofurkeys and other gifts during last week’s Holiday Gift Giveaway.
December 16, 2021

Holiday Gift Giveaway

Donald Brady, MD, Beverly Conner, MBA, and Champ were among the many volunteers who helped give out thousands of turkeys, tofurkeys and other gifts during last week’s Holiday Gift Giveaway.

By VUMC News and Communications
February 28, 2019

Terhune named to senior GME leadership role

Kyla Terhune, MD, MBA, associate professor Surgery and director of the Surgery Residency Training Program in the Section of Surgical Sciences, has been named Vice President for Educational Affairs for Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her appointment is effective July 1.
By John Howser
October 4, 2018

Initiative to promote awareness of need for advance directives

During last week’s Flulapalooza, the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, the Palliative Care Service, the Office for Strategy and Innovation and the Office for Health Sciences Education hosted a booth with information about advance directives for health care.
By Wayne Wood
April 26, 2018

GME reunion

Former Vanderbilt University School of Medicine associate deans of Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fred Kirchner Jr., MD, (1988-2007), left, and Dennis Wentz, MD, who was the first associate dean for GME (1978-88), right, recently reunited with current senior associate dean Donald Brady, MD, who took the helm in 2008.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 19, 2017

Brady elected to executive committee of the ACGME Board of Directors

Donald Brady, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development, was elected to the executive committee of the ACGME Board of Directors for a two-year term.
By Kathy Whitney
March 9, 2017

Award lauds medical education programs

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation have awarded Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) with the second annual DeWitt C. ‘Bud’ Baldwin Award, which recognizes institutions that “foster a respectful, supportive environment for medical education.”
By Kathy Whitney
February 11, 2016

Meet explores innovations in graduate medical education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recently held the first in a series of six regional conferences on innovations in graduate medical education (GME) sponsored by a $50,000 grant from the Macy Foundation.
By Jessica Pasley
November 6, 2014

Vanderbilt’s Brady named to ACGME board of directors

Donald Brady, M.D., senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development, has been named to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for a three-year term.
By Jessica Pasley
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