Seth Karp

January 22, 2020

Transplant Center celebrates 30 years of impacting lives

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center started 30 years ago as a dream to create a multi-organ transplant center housed not all over a campus but in a single location.

By Matt Batcheldor
Vanderbilt Transplant Center members recently held a reception celebrating the 6,000th kidney transplant since the program’s inception.
October 30, 2019

VUMC reaches milestone 6,000th kidney transplant

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center recently celebrated its 6,000th kidney transplant.

By Matt Batcheldor
Celebrating the J. Kenneth Jacobs Fellowship in Surgery’s recent milestone were, from left, Seth Karp, MD, Ellen Jacobs, J. Kenneth Jacobs, MD, and Kyla Terhune, MD, MBA.
May 2, 2019

Jacobs’ funding gift expands support for surgical residents

Exactly 88 years from the day he was born at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, J. Kenneth Jacobs, MD, professor of Surgery, emeritus, returned to the institution to present a financial gift to the Section of Surgical Sciences to support the future education and research efforts of surgical residents.

By Jill Clendening
April 23, 2019

Transplant centers, patients unite to stop new organ sharing policy that threatens longer waits for a liver

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and 13 other highly regarded liver transplant centers have filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping Federal policy changes that are slated to take effect Tuesday, April 30, that will affect thousands of patients across the Southeast and Midwest waiting for donor livers.

By John Howser
December 20, 2018

New monthly record achieved for transplants performed at VUMC

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center transplanted 63 patients in October, setting a Medical Center record for the most ever in a month.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 5, 2018

Karp to succeed Beauchamp as Surgical Section leader

After successfully leading Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Section of Surgical Sciences and serving as the Medical Center’s Surgeon-in-Chief since 2001, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, the John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, is stepping down. Beauchamp will be succeeded in this role by Seth Karp, MD, H. William Scott Jr. Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center.

By John Howser
February 8, 2018

Study explores best pre-transplant weight loss options

Vanderbilt researchers are comparing two types of weight-loss options to determine which is the most effective in helping obese patients reach a more ideal weight before undergoing kidney transplant surgery.
By Jill Clendening
October 19, 2017

Vanderbilt’s liver transplant program reaches new milestone

On Oct. 3 Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) performed its 2,000th liver transplant, another milestone for one of the largest liver transplant programs in the Southeast.
By Jessica Pasley
July 7, 2017

Veteran receives rare dual transplant of heart and liver at Vanderbilt

A veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard recently received a new heart and liver at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), one of only a handful of hospitals that have performed the dual transplant surgery this year.
By Tom Wilemon
June 22, 2017

Event celebrates Vanderbilt heart transplant program’s achievements

Patients, faculty and staff gathered in Langford Auditorium on June 12 to celebrate Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) milestone 1,000th heart transplant.
By Jessica Pasley
March 2, 2017

Liver transplant program ranked among top in U.S.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is among the top hospitals in the United States performing liver transplants, according to a recent report published in the American Journal of Transplantation.
By Jessica Pasley
September 8, 2016

Proposed changes could impact liver transplant efforts

A new proposal under consideration by the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) that would change the way donated livers are distributed would negatively impact patients listed for liver transplantation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and across the Southeast, according to Seth Karp, M.D., H. William Scott Jr. Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery.
By Jessica Pasley
February 24, 2016

Liver balancing act

Vanderbilt researchers have defined a mechanism that limits liver cell proliferation after injury in order to preserve critical metabolic functions.
By VUMC News and Communications
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