Nearly 700 advanced practice providers, including advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants, have clinical privileges in the Department of Medicine, a number that has quadrupled in the past 15 years.

Joy Autin of Blountville, Tennessee, needed the best surgeon to correct a severe spinal deformity. A referral to Scott Zuckerman, MD, did the trick.

Bob Meyer got on the heart transplant list locally in New York. He had no way of knowing at the time that a chance encounter would point him to the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, and he would receive a new heart nearly 1,000 miles away.

A founding member of the Advisory Board with deep connections to Vanderbilt Health, he succeeds Liz Potocsnak, who completed her term as Chair this summer.

Health Policy faculty awarded more than $15 million in federal grants to study pregnancy and maternal health outcomes; device access; and prevention of infections for children with sickle cell disease.  

A main takeaway is it’s never too early for a provider to refer a patient to a transplant specialist for evaluation if they are concerned.

Holowatyj leads a renowned biomedical research program committed to tackling the rising tide of early-onset cancers among adults under age 50.