Vanderbilt Transplant Center Archive
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January 31, 2024
Record year for the Vanderbilt Transplant Center saves 739 lives
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center established a new record in calendar year 2023 for total solid organ transplants, performing 739 lifesaving procedures among its adult and pediatric organ transplant programs. -
January 31, 2024
Girl’s surgery was 100th pediatric liver transplant at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
17-year-old Lucy Scherba's liver transplant represented a new milestone for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. -
December 19, 2023
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Deaconess Health System partner to open new clinic in Newburgh, Indiana
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center has partnered with Deaconess Health System to open a new clinic in Newburgh, Indiana — Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s first in the Hoosier State. -
December 14, 2023
VUMC performs its first combined lung and liver transplant
Connie Rankin of Memphis, Tennessee, received Vanderbilt's first combined lung and liver transplant, which involved dozens of specialists, including transplant teams for both organs. -
November 27, 2023
Ukrainian doctors again visit VUMC to observe organ transplants and protocols
For the second year, a delegation of doctors from Ukraine recently visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center to observe organ transplants and protocols. -
October 10, 2023
Multidisciplinary care crucial in guiding Vanderbilt employee’s bile duct cancer journey
Blane Hollingsworth became the first patient at Vanderbilt to undergo a liver transplant under the protocol for cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer. -
September 12, 2023
Michael Rizzari named surgical director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Michael Rizzari, MD, has been named surgical director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center and staff surgeon in Pediatric Abdominal Transplant Surgery at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.