Leadership:
Douglas Sawyer, M.D., Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Keith Churchwell, M.D., Executive Director, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute; Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Services
Thomas Di Salvo, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Quality and Safety
John Byrne, M.D., Chairman, Cardiac Surgery
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, 2000 Post-Graduate Training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville Back to Top

Tarek S. Absi, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery 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 Back to Top

Ahmad J. Abu-Halimah, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiology M.D. Degree:  Ain-Shams University, 1994 Post-Graduate Training:  Brown University, Rhode   Island; Vanderbilt University, Nashville.  Back to top

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 Back to Top

Navaid Asad, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Assistant Professor of Medicine General Cardiology M.D. Degree: Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, 1994 Post-Graduate Training: Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island; Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts Back to Top

Jayant Bagai, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiology M.D. Degree:  University of Delhi, 1995 Post Graduate Training:  University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.  Back to Top

Michael T. Baker, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine General Cardiology M.D. Degree: University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1990 Post-Graduate Training: Washington University/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis;  University of Tennessee, Memphis;  Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Italo Biaggioni, M.D.

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Autonomic M.D. Degree:  Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru, 1978 Post-graduate:  Hospital del Rimac, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville. Back to Top

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 Back to Top

David P. Bichell, M.D.

Professor of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Cardiac Surgery M.D. Degree: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1987 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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

W. Barton Campbell, M.D.

Professor of Medicine General Cardiology M.D. Degree: University of Rochester, New York, 1963 Post-Graduate Training: University of Colorado, Denver Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Keith B. Churchwell, M.D.

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

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Marshall H. Crenshaw, M.D.

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

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Jeffrey M. Dendy, M.D.

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

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 Back to Top

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

Associate Professor of Medicine Executive 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 Back to Top

Christopher R. Ellis, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine Cardiac Arrhythmia M.D. Degree:  University of Rochester School of    Medicine, 2000 Post-Graduate Training:  Vanderbilt University,   Nashville; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Mark D. Glazer, M.D.

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

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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  Back to Top

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  Back to Top

Rob Hood, M.D.

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

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Murali Kolli, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine Interventional Cardiology M.D. Degree: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1989 Post-Graduate Training: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; University of Louisville Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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  Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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  Back to Top

Daniel J. Lenihan, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Research Program
Heart Failure
M.D. Degree:  University of Tennessee School of Medicine,
Memphis, TN 1988
Post-Graduate Training:  University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Back to Top

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  Back to Top

Ravinder R. Manda, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine General Cardiology  M.D. Degree: Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, India, 1990 Post-Graduate Training: Finch University of Health Sciences at the Chicago Medical School, Chicago Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Thomas C. Naslund, M.D.

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Satish Raj, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Autonomic M.D. Degree:  Queen's University, 1993 Post-graduate Training:  Queen's University Faculty of Medicine, Ontario; University of Calgary, Alberta; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville  Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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  Back to Top

David Robertson, M.D.

Elton Yates Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Neurology Director, General Clinical Research Center Autonomic M.D. Degree:  Vanderbilt University, 1973 Post-graduate Training:  John Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville   Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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 Back to Top

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

Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program Lisa M. Jacobson Professor of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine Congestive Heart Failure / Transplantation, General Cardiology M.D. Degree: Cornell University Medical College, 1991 Post-Graduate Training: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Back to Top

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 Back to Top

Patrick Whalen, M.D.

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

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 Back to Top

David X. Zhao, M.D.

Harry and Shelley Page Associate Professor in Interventional Cardiology Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories & 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  Back to Top

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.

Whitney Reynolds, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Patient Care Emphasis:  Arrythmia/Electrophysiology
Education:  B.S. from University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN 2003; M.S.P.A.S. from Bethel College, McKenzie, TN 2005
Background:  General and interventional cardiology at Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia, 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

Research Fellows 2009-2010

Leadership:   Elias V. Haddad, MD, Co-Chief Fellow
                          Robert L. Huang, MD, MPH, Co-Chief Fellow
 

Research Year 1

David Adler, MD
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Susan P. Bell, MBBS
Medical School: St. George's Hospital, UK
Internship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Elias V. Haddad, MD (Co-Chief Fellow)
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Robert L. Huang, MD, MPH (Co-Chief Fellow)
Medical School: Case Western Reserve
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Kimberli Taylor, MD
Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Internship: University of Maryland

Research Year 2

Carrie A. Geisberg, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

John A. Schoenhard, MD, PhD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Internship: Johns Hopkins

Clinical Year 1

Douglas W. Adkisson, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Internship:

Ryan Anthony, MD
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Internship: Case Western Medical Center

Michael Bestawros, MD
Medical School: Emory School of Medicine
Internship: Duke University

Evan L. Brittain, MD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Michael E. Cash, MD
Medical School: Tulane School of Medicine
Internship: Tulane School of Medicine

Jonathan S. Gibson, MD
Medical School: University of Hawaii
Internship: Emory University

Chizor J. Iwuchukwu, MD
Medical School: University of Lagos
Internship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Moore B. Shoemaker, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia
Internship: Johns Hopkins

Quinn S. Wells, MD
Medical School: University of Alabama
Internship: Massachusetts General

Clinical Year 2

Farhaan Ahmad, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Michael A. Barnett, MD
Medical School: University of Texas, San Antonio
Internship: UT Southwestern

Nagesh Chopra, MD
Medical School: University of Baroda Medical College
Internship: UMDNJ-NJ Medical School

Eiman Jahangir, MD
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Internship: Boston University Medical Center

Michael B. Kelley, MD
Medical School: University of Vermont
Internship: University of Vermont

Andrew J. Lenneman, MD 
Medical School: Wayne State University
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Brendan W. Reagan, MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Christopher Wells, MD, PhD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Matthew C. Whitlock, MD
Medical School: University of North Carolina
Internship: Oregon Health and Science University

Clinical Year 3

Ebere O. Chukwu, MBBS
Medical School: University of Nigeria
Internship: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons at Harlem

Ehab Kasasbeh, MD
Medical School: University of Jordan
Internship: East Tennessee State University

Mohamad A. Nawar, MD, MPH
Medical School: University of Cairo
Internship: University of Oklahoma

Raphael See, MD
Medical School: UT Southwestern
Internship: UT Southwestern

Joseph C. Vaglio, Jr.
Medical School: University of Kansas
Internship: Mayo Clinic

Electrophysiology

Bradley A. Hardin, MD
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Shane B. Rowan, MD
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Internship: University of Colorado

Juan C. Estrada, MD
Medical School: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
Internship: University of Florida

Interventional

Tahir I. Mohamed, MD, PhD, MPH
Medical School: University of Khartoum, Sudan
Internship: Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI

Scott A. Phillips, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

K. Christiane Theilade, MD
Medical School: University of Copenhagen
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Brent C. Anderson, MD
Medical School: Mercer University
Internship:Tulane University

Research Year 3

William S. Bradham, MD, PhD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Heart Failure

Steven J. Joggerst, MD
Medical School: Columbia University
Internship: Vanderbilt University

Heart Failure/Device

Mohamad A. Nawar, MD, MPH
Medical School: University of Cairo
Internship: University of Oklahoma