heart transplant

September 17, 2015

Pioneering transplant patient readies for Heart Walk

In April 1986 Bonnie Davis of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, became the first female patient to receive a heart transplant at Vanderbilt University Hospital. On Oct. 3, she will return to campus to participate in the Greater Nashville Heart Walk.

By Kathy Whitney

October 9, 2013

Heart transplant links donor, recipient with different blood types

Pediatric cardiac surgeons at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have performed the state’s first ABO incompatible heart transplant in a 2-month-old patient.

By Jessica Pasley

January 5, 2012

Number of heart transplants at VUMC on rise

By Jessica Pasley

November 8, 2004

Infant Twins’ Sudden Illness Leads to Need for Dual Heart Transplants at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Four-month-old identical twins Abigail and Shea Patrick were miracle babies. Their parents tried to have children for years.

By VUMC News and Communications

May 30, 2003

VUMC receives top international ranking for heart transplant trial

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been ranked No. 3 worldwide in enrollment for an international trial testing the efficacy of a new immunosuppressant drug for use in heart transplant patients.

By VUMC News and Communications