Vanderbilt Transplant Center Archive — Page 12 of 16

A surgical team in blue gowns, masks, and caps performs an operation around a draped patient in a brightly lit operating room, with surgical equipment and monitors surrounding them.
January 14, 2019

Vanderbilt set new heart, overall transplant record in 2018

Vanderbilt University Medical Center set a new record for total transplants among its five organ specialties in 2018 with more than 500 transplants.

By Matt Batcheldor
December 20, 2018

Additions, appointments strengthen Medical Center

By Doug Campbell
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
Portrait of a bespectacled man in a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a brown background.
October 25, 2018

Bacchetta to help expand pulmonary surgery program

Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, MA, has joined the Department of Thoracic Surgery as an associate professor and the surgical director of a new respiratory institute at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that will be launched soon.

By Matt Batcheldor
Two doctors in white coats use a computer workstation in a hospital hallway, viewing a medical assessment on a monitor.
July 19, 2018

Telemedicine clinic for kidney transplant screening debuts

With the opening of a pre-transplant kidney evaluation clinic in Jackson, Tennessee, the Vanderbilt Transplant Center is joining a range of other clinical programs participating in telemedicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Jessica Pasley
Stylized blue human torso with a glowing red anatomical heart over the chest against a black background.
July 12, 2018

Transplant Center leads way in using hearts from hepatitis C donors

Medical teams at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) are leading the way in utilization of hepatitis C-exposed donors for heart transplantation.

By Jessica Pasley