Vanderbilt Heart - Meet Our Heart Team

Meet Our Heart Team

Leadership:
John Byrne, M.D., Chairman, Cardiac Surgery
Thomas Di Salvo, M.D., Medical Director, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
Thomas Naslund, M.D., Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery

Physicians

Robert L. Abraham, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Electrophysiology
M.D. Degree: Medical College of Georgia
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Tarek S. Absi, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: American University of Beirut, 1995
Post Graduate Training: North Shore University Hospital, NYU School of Medicine, Manhasset; University School of Medicine, St. Louis; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Rashid M. Ahmad, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1992
Post-Graduate Training: The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; Harvard Medical School, Boston; The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York

Michael T. Baker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee, Memphis
Post-Graduate Training: Washington University/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Jorge M. Balaguer, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: Universidad De Buenos Aires, 1985
Post-Graduate Training: Finochietto Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; St. Vincent Hospital & University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge

Stephen K. Ball, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson; Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

David P. Bichell, M.D.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Post-Graduate Training: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School; Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis; Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York

Jeffrey B. Boord, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Lipid and Prevention Program
M.D. Degree: Wake Forest University, 1996
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

Colleen Brophy, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Vascular Surgery
M.D. Degree: University of Utah College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Surgical Service, Boston, MA

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Benjamin F. Byrd III, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program
Adult Congenital Heart Program
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1977
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Harvard University, Boston
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John G. Byrne, M.D.

William S. Stoney Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Chairman, Vanderbilt Department of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: Boston University, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: University of Illinois Affiliated Hospitals, Chicago; Harvard Medical School, Boston; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

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W. Barton Campbell, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Rochester, New York
Post-Graduate Training: University of Colorado, Denver

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Geoffrey Chidsey, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Indiana University School of Medicine, 1994
Post-Graduate Training: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Karla G. Christian, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Associate Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: University of Washington Medical Center, 1986
Post-Graduate Training: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

Andre L. Churchwell, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Diversity in Graduate Medical Education and Faculty Affairs
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Harvard University, 1979
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University, Atlanta

Keith B. Churchwell, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Washington University, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University, Atlanta

Walter K. Clair, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1981
Post-Graduate Training: Duke University Medical Center, Durham; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston

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John H. Cleator, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Medical University of South Carolina, 1999
Post-Graduate Training: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Marshall H. Crenshaw, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Tulane University, 1982
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University, Atlanta

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Julie B. Damp, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 2001
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Dawood Darbar, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Director, Vanderbilt Arrhythmia Service
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, 1989
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Mayo Clinic, Rochester

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Jeffery B. Dattilo, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director Surgery Education
Chief, Vascular Surgery, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Vascular Surgery
M.D. Degree: East Carolina University, 1993
Post-Graduate Training: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond; Withington Hospital, Manchester, England; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston

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Jeffery M. Dendy, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 2000
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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John H. Dixon, Jr., M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1973
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Duke University Medical Center, Durham

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Thomas G. Di Salvo, M.D., M.Sci., M.B.A.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
Congestive Heart Failure Program/Transplantation
M.D. Degree: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Sergio Fazio, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Director, Vanderbilt Lipid Laboratory
Lipid and Prevention Program
M.D. Degree: University of Rome, Italy
Post-Graduate Training: University of Rome, Italy; University of California, San Francisco

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Pete P. Fong, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1998
Post-Graduate Training: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Rand Frederiksen, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Washington University School of Medicine, 1967
Post-Graduate Training: Royal Post Graduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital (London, England); Kirk Army Hospital; Washington University School of Medicine; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; University of Indiana Hospital

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Joseph L. Fredi, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1983
Post-Graduate Training: University of Rochester; Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

G. Christian Friesinger III, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee, 1984
Post-Graduate Training: Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Francis (Drew) A. Gaffney, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medical Education and Administration
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of New Mexico, 1972
Post-Graduate Training: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas; Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland

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Mark D. Glazer, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Louisville, 1979
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University, Atlanta

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James P. Greelish, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1992
Post-Graduate Training: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Institute for Human Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

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Raul J. Guzman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Cell Biology
Vascular Surgery
M.D. Degree: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1986
Post-Graduate Training: Lenox Hill Hospital, New York; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda; Stanford University Hospital, Stanford

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David E. Hansen, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Cornell University, 1980
Post-Graduate Training: University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago; Stanford University, Stanford

Steven J. Hoff, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1986
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Charles Hong, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Inherited Heart Disease Clinic
General Cardiology/Inherited Heart Disease
M.D. Degree: Yale University School of Medicine, 1998
Post-Graduate Training: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Rob Hood, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Tulane University, 1976
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta

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Waleed N. Irani, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Outpatient Clinical Operations
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of North Carolina, 1990
Post-Graduate Training: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas; Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas; Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas

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Henry S. Jennings, III, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

General and Interventional Cardiology

M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1977
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Betty S. Kim, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Chief, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Maury Regional Hospital
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: Yale University School of Medicine, 1991
Post-Graduate Training: Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio; Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Marvin W. Kronenberg, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Director, Heart Station
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Ohio State University, 1969
Post-Graduate Training: Ohio State University, Columbus; University of Rochester, Rochester
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Emily G. Kurtz, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Prevention Program
Lipid and Prevention Program
M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2000
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Mark A. Lawson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Radiology Director Cardiovascular MRI
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee, 1988
Post-Graduate Training: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas; University of Alabama, Birmingham
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John T. Lee, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: University of California at San Francisco, 1978
Post-Graduate Training: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester; Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford

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MacRae F. Linton, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Director, Vanderbilt Lipid Clinic
Lipid and Prevention Program
M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; University of California, San Francisco
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Larry W. Markham, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program
Adult Congenital Heart
M.D. Degree: Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, 1996
Post-Graduate Training: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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David J. Maron, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Lipid and Prevention Program
M.D. Degree: University of Southern California, 1981
Post-Graduate Training: University of California, Los Angeles; Stanford University, Stanford
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John A. McPherson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of California-Los Angeles, 1993
Post-Gradute Training: University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Lisa A. Mendes, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Connecticut Medical School, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: Boston University Medical Center, Boston
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Ken Monahan, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Post-Graduate Training: Case Western Reserve University Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

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James A. S. Muldowney III, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1999
Post-Graduate Training: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
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Katherine T. Murray, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: Duke University, 1980
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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Allen J. Naftilan, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinical Director, Heart Failure Program
Congestive Heart Failure Program/Transplantation
M.D. Degree: University of Alabama School of Medicine, 1982
Post-Graduate Training: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Thomas C. Naslund, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Director, Vascular Surgery Residency
Medical Director, Vascular Lab
Vascular Surgery
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1984
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville; Oschner Clinic, New Orleans
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Henry L. Ooi, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Congestive Heart Failure Program/Transplantation
M.D. Degree: Trinity College Medical School, Dublin, Ireland, 1989
Post-Graduate Training: Boston University Medical Center, Boston; Mater Misericordiae, Ireland; St. Vincent's Hospital, Ireland; Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Ireland
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Harry L. Page, Jr., M.D.

Clinical Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Vanderbilt University, 1959
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver
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Michael R. Petracek, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
M.D. Degree: The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1971
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Hospital; The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
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Robert N. Piana, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Vanderbilt Cardiovascular Network
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Pennsylvania, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Beth Israel Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Adam J. Prudoff, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Hahnemann University, 1998
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester
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Thomas R. Richardson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Virginia, 1995
Post-Graduate Training: University of Alabama, Birmingham; University of Texas Health Science, San Antonio; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Mark A. Robbins, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 1993
Post-Graduate Training: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland; University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Dan M. Roden, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Director, Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics
Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Personalized Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: McGill University, Montreal, 1974
Post-Graduate Training: Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
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Jeffrey N. Rottman, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Cardiology, Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: Columbia University, 1982
Post-Graduate Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Children's Hospital, Boston; Washington University, St. Louis
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Pablo J. Saavedra, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 1996
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Brown University Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket; Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth), Cleveland
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Joseph G. Salloum, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1996
Post-Graduate Training: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland; University of Texas, Houston; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville
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Mohan Sathyamoorthy, M.D.

Instructor of Medicine
General Cardiology
M.D. Degree: The State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2001
Post-Graduate Training: National Institutes of Health; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

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Douglas B. Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D.

Jack and Betty Bailey Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Interim Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program
Congestive Heart Failure Program/Transplantation
M.D. Degree: Cornell University Medical College, 1991
Post-Graduate Training: Brigham & Women's, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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David A. Slosky, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1976
Post-Graduate Training: Duke University Hospital, Chapel Hill
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Mark S. Wathen, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Arrhythmia
M.D. Degree: University of Louisville, 1984
Post-Graduate Training: Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; University of Western Ontario, London
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Patrick Whalen, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Electrophysiology
M.D. Degree: Wake Forest University
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Emory University

Mark A. Wigger, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Transplant (Adults)
Congestive Heart Failure Program/Transplantation
M.D. Degree: East Tennessee State University School of Medicine, 1987
Post-Graduate Training: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; East Tennessee State University School of Medicine, Johnson City
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David X. Zhao, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology
M.D. Degree: Shanghai Medical University, 1985
Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Physicians' Assistants

M. Craig Cilimberg, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery, Operating Room
Education: B.S. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 1982
Training: Director and Instructor of Surgical PA program at UAB, Birmingham, AL and Clinical Preceptor of Surgical PA program at UAB, Birmingham, AL, PA in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN

Edmund Donahue, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery and CVICU, Operating Room
Education: B.S. King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1980, M.P.A.S. University of Nebraska, Omaha NB 2002
Training: PA in Macon, Georgia, Senior PA in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Portland, Maine, Senior PA and Clinical Instructor in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN.

Thomas M. Stahl, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery, Operating Room
Education: B.S. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 1985
Training: PA in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, PA in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at Jewish Hospital of St. Louis at Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, PA in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN

Nurse Practitioners

Melanie Allison, ACNP-BC

Title: Adult Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Lipid Program
Education: B.S.N. Belmont University, 1995; M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 2003

Nora S. Cobb, ANP-BC

Title: Adult Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 2005
Training: Staff RN at Mission St. Josephs, Asheville, NC and UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC.

Debbie Drake-Davis, ACNP-BC

Title: Adult Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Adult Cardiology with special interest in women with heart disease.
Education: B.S.N., Western Kentucky; Masters in Business Administration from Business Administration, David Lipscomb University; Masters in Nursing, Vanderbilt University
Training: Cardiac Catherization lab nurse for 11 years. Employed by Saint Thomas Cardiology as Chief Operating Officer for 5 years. Worked in outpatient and inpatient interventional practice with Dr. Joe Fredi for 13 years. Experienced in CCU setting for 3 years. Worked in all areas of cardiology to include interventional, non-interventional, heart failure, and cardiac surgery.

Anna Fong, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery and CVICU
Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 1998
Training: Staff RN Cardiothoracic ICU at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA; Nurse Practitioner for Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. Thomas Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Nurse Practitioner for Page-Campbell Cardiology at St. Thomas Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Deborah L. Haggard, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiology
Education: R.N. Columbia State Community College, 1993; B.S.N. University of Alabama at Huntsville, 1999; M.S.N. University of Alabama at Huntsville, 2001
Training: Staff RN CCU, ICU, and ER

Jason R. Jean, FNP-BC

Title: Family Nurse Practioner

Patient Care Emphasis: General Cardiology

Education: B.S.N. University of Tennessee, M.S.N. Vanderbilt University

Training: Faculty Family Nurse Practioner, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

April N. Kapu, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery and CVICU
Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 2005
Training: Instructor of Health Education at Brigham Young University, Hawaii, Program Director at Baptist Hospital, Clinton, MS, Staff RN CVICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Deborah B. Martin, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practioner
Primary Care Emphasis: Cardiology
Education: M.S.N. University of Tennessee, Memphis 1997
Training: Staff RN ICU and ER

Beth P. Meador, CNS-BC, CDE

Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist

Instructor in Clinical Nursing

Primary Care Emphasis: Lipid and Prevention Program

Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 1977
Training: CNS Hypertension Clinic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Patient Education Coordinator, Cooperative Care Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, CNS Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, CNS Vanderbilt Lipid Clinic

Margaret A. Morrison, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practioner

Patient Care Emphasis: Interventional Cardiology

Education: B.S.N. Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, M.S.N. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, TN, 2004

Training: Cardiac Care, Staff RN, Harlingen, TX, Nurse Practitioner at Page-Campbell Cardiology, Nashville, TN.

Holly M. Pierce, ANP-BC

Title: Adult Nurse Practitioner

Patient Care Emphasis: General and Interventional Cardiology

Education: B.S.N. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1997, M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 2007

Training: Staff RN in Cardiopulmonary Step-Down and Thoracic Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN. Staff RN in Cardio-Thoracic Surgical Step-Down, Staff RN in Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Veronica S. Rowan, ANP-BC

Title: Adult Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
Education: M.S.N. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 2005
Training: Staff and Charge RN, Patient Education Coordinator for the University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO.

Carol R. Scott, FNP-BC

Title: Family Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiology
Education: B.A. Randolph College, 1989; B.S.N. University of Tennesse, Knoxville, 1992; M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 1996
Training: Staff RN CVICU, FNP in Primary Care Clinic, Cardiology NP in Cardiology Practice

Megan M. Shifrin, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery

Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, 2006

Training: Level 1 Trauma Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

K. Melissa Smith, ACNP-BC

Title: Adult Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Heart Failure Program
Education: B.S.N. Harding University, 1992; M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 1994

Sean E. Smithey, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery

Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 2006

Training: Staff RN in Trauma ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Joshua P. Squiers, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery and CVICU
Education: M.S.N. Vanderbilt University, 2000; Lecturer & PhD Student at Vanderbilt University, 2006
Training: RN/EMT for Critical Care Transport, Staff RN in Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Research RN/Program Coordinator in Interventional Cardiology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, ACNP Owensboro Heart & Vascular, Owensboro, KY, Scientific Affairs Manager for Johnson & Johnson.

Kristie D. Walker, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery
Education: M.S.N. University of California, 2002
Training: Staff RN at Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX, and UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, and Travel RN with Cross Country TravCorps., specializing in Cardiac Care

S. Brian Widmar, ACNP-BC

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Patient Care Emphasis: Cardiac Surgery and CVICU
Education: M.S.N University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005; PhD student at Vanderbilt University, 2007
Training: Staff RN in Critical Care, Heart Failure, CT Surgery Transplantation at UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL.

Research Fellows 2008-2009

Leadership: Carrie A. Geisberg, Chief Fellow

Research Year 1

Carrie A. Geisberg, MD (Chief Fellow)

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Tahir I. Mohamed, MD, PhD, MBA

Education: University of Khartoum, Sudan
Internship: Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI

Kimberli Taylor, MD

Education: Meharry Medical College
Internship: University of Maryland

John A. Schoenhard, MD, PhD

Education: Vanderbilt University
Internship: Johns Hopkins

Research Year 2

Douglas W, Adkisson, MD

Education: Vanderbilt University
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Clinical Year 1

Farhaan Ahmad, MD

Education: University of Missouri
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Michael A. Barnett, MD

Education: University of Texas, San Antonio
Internship: UT Southwestern

Nagesh Chopra, MD

Education: University of Baroda Medical College
Internship: Morristown Memorial Hospital/UMDNJ-NJ Medical School

Eiman Jahangir, MD

Education: University of Tennessee
Internship: Boston University Medical Center

Michael B. Kelley, MD

Education: University of Vermont
Internship: University of Vermont

Andrew J. Lenneman, MD

Education: Wayne State University
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Brendan W. Reagan, MD

Education: Louisiana State University
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Christopher Wells, MD

Education: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Matthew C. Whitlock, MD

Education: University of South Carolina
Internship: Oregon Health and Science University

Clinical Year 2

David H. Adler, MD

Education: Medical College of Virginia
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Susan P. Bell, MBBS

Education: St. George's Hospital, UK
Internship: Johns Hopkins University

Ebere O. Chukwu, MBBS

Education: University of Nigeria
Internship: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons at Harlem Hospital Center

Matthew L. Bilodeau, MD, PhD

Education: Indiana University School of Medicine
Internship: Vanderbilt University

William S. Bradham, MD, PhD

Education: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Elias V. Haddad, MD

Education: University of Tennessee
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Robert L. Huang, MD, MPH

Education: Case Western Reserve
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Ehab Kasasbeh, MD

Education: University of Jordan
Internship: East Tennessee State University

Modele O. Ogunniyi, MD, MPH

Education: University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Internship: Morehouse School of Medicine

Raphael See, MD

Education: UT Southwestern
Internship: UT Southwestern

Joseph C. Vaglio, Jr., MD

Education: University of Kansas
Internship: Mayo Clinic

Justin B. Weiner, MD

Education: University of Michigan
Internship: University of Chicago

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Bradley A. Hardin, MD

Education: Indiana University School of Medicine
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Scott A. Phillips, MD

Education: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Shane B. Rowan, MD

Education: Vanderbilt University
Internship: University of Colorado

K. Christiane Theilade, MD

Education: University of Copenhagen
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Electrophysiology

Juan C. Estrada, MD

Education: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
Internship: University of Florida

Interventional

Ahmad J. Abu-Halimah, MD

Education: Ain-Shams University
Internship: Brown University

Joseph A. Akamah, MD

Education: University of Ghana
Internship: Cook County Hospital

Brent C. Anderson, MD

Education: Mercer University
Internship: Tulane University

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Robert L. Abraham, M.D.

Tarek S. Absi, M.D.

Rashid M. Ahmad, M.D.

Michael T. Baker, M.D.

Jorge M. Balaguer, M.D.

Stephen K. Ball, M.D.

David P. Bichell, M.D.

Jeffrey B. Boord, M.D.

Colleen Brophy, M.D.

Benjamin F. Byrd III, M.D.

John G. Byrne, M.D.

W. Barton Campbell, M.D.

Geoffrey Chidsey, M.D.

Karla G. Christian, M.D.

Andre L. Churchwell, M.D.

Keith B. Churchwell, M.D.

Walter K. Clair, M.D.

John H. Cleator, M.D., Ph.D.

Marshall H. Crenshaw, M.D.

Julie B. Damp, M.D.

Dawood Darbar, M.D., Ph.D.

Jeffery B. Dattilo, M.D.

Jeffery M. Dendy, M.D.

John H. Dixon, Jr., M.D.

Thomas G. Di Salvo, M.D., M.Sci., M.B.A.

Sergio Fazio, M.D., Ph.D.

Pete P. Fong, M.D.

Rand Frederiksen, M.D.

Joseph L. Fredi, M.D.

G. Christian Friesinger III, M.D.

Francis (Drew) A. Gaffney, M.D.

Mark D. Glazer, M.D.

James P. Greelish, M.D.

Raul J. Guzman, M.D.

David E. Hansen, M.D.

Steven J. Hoff, M.D.

Charles Hong, M.D., Ph.D.

Rob Hood, M.D.

Waleed N. Irani, M.D.

Henry S. Jennings, III, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.

Betty S. Kim, M.D.

Marvin W. Kronenberg, M.D.

Emily G. Kurtz, M.D.

Mark A. Lawson, M.D.

John T. Lee, M.D.

MacRae F. Linton, M.D.

Larry W. Markham, M.D.

David J. Maron, M.D.

John A. McPherson, M.D.

Lisa A. Mendes, M.D.

Ken Monahan, M.D.

James A. S. Muldowney III, M.D.

Katherine T. Murray, M.D.

Allen J. Naftilan, M.D., Ph.D.

Thomas C. Naslund, M.D.

Henry L. Ooi, M.D.

Harry L. Page, Jr., M.D.

Michael R. Petracek, M.D.

Robert N. Piana, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Adam J. Prudoff, M.D.

Thomas R. Richardson, M.D.

Mark A. Robbins, M.D.

Dan M. Roden, M.D.

Jeffrey N. Rottman, M.D.

Pablo J. Saavedra, M.D.

Joseph G. Salloum, M.D.

Mohan Sathyamoorthy, M.D.

Douglas B. Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D.

David A. Slosky, M.D.

Mark S. Wathen, M.D.

Patrick Whalen, M.D.

Mark A. Wigger, M.D.

David X. Zhao, M.D.

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Edmund Donahue, PA-C

Thomas M. Stahl, PA-C

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