about the prospects of cell therapy and oither research initiatives. We have the potential to transform the ways we treat people with cardiac disease at Vanderbilt."
–Douglas Vaughan, M.D.
Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Leadership Team
CLINICAL LEADERSHIP:
Catheterization Laboratory:
David Zhao, M.D., Director
Interventional Cardiology:
David Zhao, M.D., Director
Electrophysiology Laboratory:
Dawood Darbar, M.D., Director
Walter Clair, M.D., Clinical Director
Echocardiography:
Benjamin Byrd, M.D., Director
Cardiac Transplantation:
Mark Wigger, M.D., Director
Preventive Cardiology:
Emily Kurtz, M.D., Director
Women's Cardiology:
Lisa Mendes, M.D., Director
Cardiac Surgery:
John Byrne, M.D., Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Inpatient Services:
Keith Churchwell, M.D., Director
Outpatient Services:
Waleed Irani, M.D., Director
Clinical Programs:
Tom Di Salvo, M.D., Medical Director
Quality:
Jeff Boord, M.D., Director
Vascular:
Thomas Naslund, M.D., Chief, Vascular Surgery
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICAL TEAM:
General Cardiology Program:
Doug Sawyer M.D.. Ph.D., Interim Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Michael Baker, M.D.
Benjamin Byrd III, M.D.
W. Bart Campbell, M.D.
Geoffrey Chidsey, M.D.
Andre Churchwell, M.D.
Keith Churchwell, M.D.
Julie Damp, M.D.
John Dixon, M.D.
Rand Frederiksen, M.D.
G. Christian Friesinger III, M.D.
Francis (Drew) Gaffney, M.D.
David Hansen, M.D.
Charles Hong, M.D., Ph.D.
Rob Hood, M.D.
Waleed Irani, M.D.
Marvin Kronenberg, M.D.
Lisa Mendes, M.D.
James Muldowney III, M.D.
Harry Page, M.D.
Adam Prudoff, M.D.
Mohan Sathyamoorthy, M.D.
Congestive Heart Failure Program/Transplant:
Thomas Di Salvo, M.D.
Allen Naftilan, M.D., Ph.D.
Henry Ooi, M.D.
Douglas Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Mark Wigger, M.D.
Melissa Smith, ACNP-BC
Interventional Program:
David Zhao, M.D.
John Cleator, M.D., Ph.D.
Marshall Crenshaw, M.D.
Pete Fong, M.D.
Joseph Fredi, M.D.
Mark Glazer, M.D.
Henry Jennings III, M.D.
John McPherson, M.D.
Robert Piana, M.D.
Thomas Richardson, M.D.
Mark Robbins, M.D.
Joseph Salloum, M.D.
David Slosky, M.D.
Debbie Martin, ACNP-BC
Margaret Morrison, ACNP-BC
Deborah Payne, ACNP-BC
Holly Pierce, ANP-BC
Carol Scott, FNP-BC
Prevention Program:
Jeffrey Boord, M.D.
Sergio Fazio, M.D., Ph.D.
Emily Kurtz, M.D.
MacRae Linton, M.D.
David Maron, M.D.
Melanie Allison, APRN-BC
Beth Meador, CNS-BS
Cindy Osborne, RD, LDN, CDE
Cardiac Arrhythmia Program:
Dawood Darbar, M.D., Ph.D
Robert Abraham, M.D.
Walter Clair, M.D.
John Lee, M.D.
Dan Roden, M.D.
Katherine Murray, M.D.
Dan Roden, M.D.
Jeffrey Rottman, M.D.
Pablo Saavedra, M.D.
Mark Wathen, M.D.
Patrick Whalen, M.D.
Congenital Heart Program:
Benjamin Byrd III, M.D.
Larry Markham, M.D.
Vascular Program:
Thomas Naslund, M.D., Chief, Vascular Surgery
Colleen Brophy, M.D.
Jeffery Dattilo, M.D.
Raul Guzman, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery:
John Byrne, M.D., Chairman, Cardiac Surgery
Tarek Absi, M.D.
Rashid Ahmad, M.D.
Jorge Balaguer, M.D.
Steve Ball, M.D.
David Bichell, M.D.
Karla Christian, M.D.
James Greelish, M.D.
Steven Hoff, M.D.
Betty Kim, M.D.
Michael R. Petracek, M.D.
Michael C. Cilimberg, PA-C
Edmund J. Donahue, PA-C
Thomas M. Stahl, PA-C
Nora Cobb, APRN-BC
Anna Fong, APRN-BC
April Kapu, APRN-BC
Veronica Rowan, APRN-BC
Megan Shifrin, ACNP-BC
Sean Smithey, APRN-BC
Joshua Squiers, APRN-BC
Kristie Walker, APRN-BC
Brian Widmar, APRN-BC
Cardiac MRI:
Mark Lawson, M.D.
Jeffery Dendy, M.D.
