Post by Aaron M. Williams, MD

Name: Incredible year for Vanderbilt University's Heart Transplant Team. 2025 finished with 210 heart tran
Uploaded: 2026-01-03T01:34:28.735Z
Channel: Aaron M. Williams, MD
Description: Incredible year for Vanderbilt University's Heart Transplant Team. 2025 finished with 210 heart transplants (193 adults; 17 peds) with 116 DBDs and 94 DCDs. 3 heart/lung transplants. Over 50 DCD hear

Cardiac Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Incredible year for Vanderbilt University's Heart Transplant Team. 2025 finished with 210 heart transplants (193 adults; 17 peds) with 116 DBDs and 94 DCDs. 3 heart/lung transplants. Over 50 DCD hearts transplanted without donor heart pre-implant reanimation. Over 394,000 miles traveled. Incredible teamwork. Grateful to our patients/donors/families. Thank you to all of the OPOs, hospitals, surgeons, anesthesiologists, donor recovery team, residents/fellows, cardiologists, APPs/PAs/NPs, intensivists, nurses, perfusionists, social workers, PT/OT, coordinators, nutritionists, pharmacists, and others. It takes an incredible team to pull this off. Look forward to 2026–a year without DCD heart reanimation and 10C static cold storage? Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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