Vanderbilt Transplant Center Archive — Page 8 of 15
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November 13, 2020
VUMC employee attends honor walk for her brother, becomes passionate organ donation advocate
Her brother Taylor's death was heartbreaking, but Anna Lorenz is determined to inspire others with his example -
October 15, 2020
Living liver donor program performs first transplant
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center's newly launched living liver donor program allows relatives to donate part of their liver to their loved one, something only possible at select centers in the country. -
October 14, 2020
Bacchetta named associate chair of Thoracic Surgery
Matthew Bacchetta, MD, MBA, MA, associate professor of Thoracic Surgery, has been named associate chair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Thoracic Surgery, effective Sept. 1. -
October 1, 2020
Transplant program reaches milestone 10,000th procedure
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has completed its 10,000th organ transplant, a monumental achievement representing nearly 60 years of life-saving work. -
September 25, 2020
In memory of Kyle
Last year, an honor walk for paramedic Kyle Fisher went viral. Now, his mother, a nurse at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, is promoting organ donation in his memory. -
August 26, 2020
Four heart transplants performed in whirlwind 48 hours
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center’s cardiac surgeons transplanted four hearts in one 48-hour stretch in August, thanks to VUMC’s perfusion and organ recovery teams traveling more than 4,000 miles across the country to obtain the donor organs. -
August 12, 2020
Congenital heart patient receives unexpected transplant
For years, doctors told Piper Davis it was impossible to have a heart transplant. She was born with just one ventricle, or pumping chamber, instead of two. A generation ago, such patients didn’t survive into adulthood.