Vanderbilt Heart And Vascular Institute

(photo by Steve Green) Keith Churchwell, M.D., executive director and chief medical officer of Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, addressed his colleagues on Valentine’s Day at the quarterly Town Hall. Patient visits to Vanderbilt Heart’s main campus clinic are projected to be on budget for the fiscal… Read More

Doug Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down as director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. (Photo by Joe Howell) Doug Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D., Lisa M. Jacobson Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, will step down as director of the Division of… Read More

Under the direction of cardiologist Rebecca Hung, M.D., Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is offering advanced heart failure services at its Columbia, Tenn., office. Read More

Keeping the beat has new meaning for Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute colleagues who have produced a music video to promote the American Heart Association’s Nashville Heart Walk, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6. The video was filmed at Vanderbilt University Hospital and Fool on the Hill Recording… Read More

After Stacey Browning, R.N., a Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit charge nurse, got a report on a heart attack patient who was being transported to her unit from an outside hospital, her immediate thought was, “They are sending us a patient we are not going to be able to recover.” Read More

The Department of Cardiac Surgery experienced its highest case volume to date with 1,245 adult cardiac surgeries at Vanderbilt University Hospital during the last fiscal year, according to department chair John Byrne, M.D., who spoke at Vanderbilt Heart’s quarterly town hall on Friday. Read More

Two weeks after giving birth to her second child on July 10, 31-year-old Samantha Neal began to experience chest pain. Initially diagnosed with a gall bladder issue in her local ER, her true diagnosis would prove much more serious and potentially life-threatening. Read More

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute recently performed its 100th transcatheter aortic heart valve-replacement (TAVR) on 91-year-old Murline Westover from Lavinia, Tenn. Read More

NFL Hall of Famer Raymond Berry (center) wore a Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular necktie in honor of his friend Andre Churchwell, associate professor of medicine (cardiology), radiology and biomedical engineering, at Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. Image courtesy of Super Bowl XLVI broadcast. Raymond… Read More

Dr. Andre Churchwell and NFL Hall of Famer Raymond Berry with Berry's Hall of Fame jacket and the tie he plans to wear when presenting the Vince Lobardi Trophy at Super Bowl XLVI Feb. 5. Raymond Berry, a former wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts, member of the Pro Football… Read More

During National Heart Month in February and National Nutrition Month in March, Health Plus reminds you to love your heart by participating in a variety of fun and informative programs designed to lower your risk for heart disease. Know Your Numbers – Keep… Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center usually performs about 15 heart transplants a year. Since August, however, the program has experienced a surge in the number of procedures. In five months there have been 19 transplantations, bringing the total number in 2011 to 25 adult heart transplants, with a 100 percent survival… Read More

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI) is relocating its cardiac practice in Williamson County and announcing the addition of five cardiologists. Formerly located at 2105 Edward Curd Lane in Franklin, Tenn., the practice will relocate to 4323 Carothers Pkwy., Suite 405, within the Williamson Tower, the medical office building attached… Read More

Individuals with atrial fibrillation who have a particular genetic variant respond better to rate control therapy. Read More

A new implantable device currently being studied gives heart failure patients the ability to monitor their heart and take action when their condition begins to worsen. Read More