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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Residency · Nashville, TN

Sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Directors Ashish Shah and Tarek Absi

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Everyone 75Leadership 7Faculty 23Residents 13Publishes with residents 41Graduates 37
  • Ashish Shah, MD

    Program Director · Papers with 2 residents since 2023

    Thoracic surgeon, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Cardiac Tumors, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy & Inherited Disease, Ex vivo reconditioning, Clinical outcomes research

  • Tarek Absi, MD

    Program Director, Resident Education in Cardiac Surgery · Papers with 2 residents since 2023

    Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Ischemic Heart Disease, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Molecular biology cardiac valvular diseases, Clinical outcomes research.

  • Caitlin Demarest, MD, PhD

    Assistant Program Director

    Thoracic surgeon, and Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Multimodal Therapy for Esophageal Cancer, Cyclic peptide FXII inhibitor provides safe anticoagulation in a thrombosis model and in artificial lungs

  • Eric Lambright, MD

    Assistant Program Director · Papers with 6 residents since 2023

    Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor and Chair at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Long-Term Physical HRQOL Decreases After Single Lung as Compared With Double Lung Transplantation, Communication About the Probability of Cancer in Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules

  • John Trahanas, MD

    Assistant Program Director

    Surgical critical care physician, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Cardiac Transplantation, Transplant

  • Carlos Mery, MD, MPH

    Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Eric Grogan, MD, MPH

    Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville TN

    Thoracic surgeon, Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Mapping Histoplasma capsulatum Exposure, United States

  • Aaron Williams, MD

    Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Heart Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support

  • Amelia Maiga, MD, MPH

    Resident

    Surgical critical care physician, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Andrew Well, MD, MPH

    Research Assistant Professor

    Surgeon, Research Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Bayley Jones, MD

    Resident

    Surgery resident, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Brandon Petree, DO, MD

    Thoracic Surgery Residency

    Surgery resident, East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of Medicine

  • Brian Lima, MD, MBA

    Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Heart Transplantation, Heart Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Coronary Heart Disease

  • Cenea Kemp, MD

    Chiefs; Clinical Fellow · Clinical Fellow

    Surgery resident, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • David Bichell, MD

    William S. Stoney, Jr. Chair in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

    Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Professor of Clinical Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Pediatric cardiac surgery, Neonatal cardiac surgery, Minimally invasive pediatric cardiac surgery, Hybrid pediatric cardiac surgery

  • David Xiao, MD, MPH

    Resident

    Surgical Critical Care fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Diana Haddad, MD, MPH

    Resident

    Physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Eric Quintana, MD

    Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Coronary Heart Disease

  • Fabien Maldonado, MD, MS, MSc

    Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Papers with 5 residents since 2023

    Critical care medicine physician, Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University

  • Garrett Coyan, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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    Harvey Bender, MD

    A Member of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and Served as Chair

    A member of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and served as Chair at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Jack Murfee, MD

    Chiefs; Clinical Fellow · Clinical Fellow

    Surgery resident, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Jennifer Duke, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery

    Pulmonologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • John Stokes, MD

    Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery

    Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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