Faculty/Staff

VTRACC Leadership

Dr. Deepak Gupta
Deepak K. Gupta, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cassandra Reynolds
Cassandra Reynolds, BS
Program Director
Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center
Leslie Pullen
Leslie Pullen
Senior Administrative Assistant
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine

Faculty

Aday
Aaron Aday, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Vineet Agrawal, MD
Vineet Agrawal, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Amancherla
Kaushik Amancherla, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Justin Bachmann
Justin Bachmann, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Evan Brittain
Evan Brittain, MD, MSCI
Professor
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Jonathan Brown
Jonathan D. Brown, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Jeff Carr
J. Jeffrey Carr, MD
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor
Department of Radiology
Ghandeer Dawwas
Ghandeer Dawwas, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Epidemiology
Andrew DeFilippis
Andrew DeFilippis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Debra Dixon
Debra Dixon, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Svetlana Eden
Svetlana K. Eden, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Jane Ferguson
Jane F. Ferguson, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Jane Freedman
Jane Freedman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Matthew Freiberg
Matthew Freiberg, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Kelsie Full, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Epidemiology
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Frank Harrell, PhD
Professor
Biostatistics
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Shi Huang, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Department of Radiology
Suman Kundu
Suman Kundu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Kathryn Lindley
Kathryn Lindley, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Brian Lindman
Brian R. Lindman, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Loren Lipworth ScD
Loren P. Lipworth, ScD
Research Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Epidemiology
Dr. Daniel Munoz
Daniel Munoz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cassady Pelphrey
Cassady Pelphrey, MS, CGC
Assistant in Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Andrew Perry
Andrew Perry, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Shah
Ravi Shah, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Lynn Stevenson
Lynn Stevenson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Yan Ru Su
Yan Ru Su, MD
Research Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Yacob Tedla, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Epidemiology
James Gregory Terry
James Gregory Terry, MS
Assistant in Radiology
Department of Radiology
Meng Xu
Meng Xu, MS
Lead Biostatistician
Department of Biostatistics
Danxia Yu, PhD
Danxia Yu, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Epidemiology

Research Staff

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Kathy Adams, RN
Research Nurse
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Temika R. Battle, AS
Clinical Translational Coordinator II
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Bierenga
Stephan M. Bierenga, BS
Program Manager
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Diane Crawford
Diane Crawford, RN
Project Manager
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Caroline Crush
Caroline R. Crush, MSHA
Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator II
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Dakota Grauherr
Dakota Grauherr, RN
Research Nurse Specialist II
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Caleb Hayes
Caleb B. Hayes, MPH
Clinical Translational Research Coordinator III
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Natalie Jackson
Natalie A. Jackson, MPH
Research Program Manager
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Azniv Khaligian
Azniv R. Khaligian, BA
Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator II
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Brandon Lowery
Brandon Lowery, BS
Senior Application Developer
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Ravinder Mallugari
Ravinder C. Mallugari, MBBS
Staff Scientist
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Mellies
Amy Mellies, MPH
Programmer
V-POLARIS
mumpuni
Asri Mumpuni, MPH
Project Manager
V-POLARIS
Dr. Sangeeta Nair headshot
Sangeeta Nair, DVM, MS
Staff Scientist
Department of Radiology
Rashundra Oggs, RN
Rashundra Oggs, RN, FNP
Research Nurse Practitioner
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Olivia Patridge
Olivia Patridge, BS
Clinical Translational Research Coordinator II
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Lauren Lee Shaffer, MA
Research Program Manager
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Sydney St. Clemmons, BS
Clinical Translational Coordinator I
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Megan B. Stewart
Program Manager
V-POLARIS
Dr. Shubham Tomar
Shubham Tomar, MBBS, MPH
Research Fellow
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Anna Vatterott
Anna M. Vatterott, MPH
Program Manager
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
Grace Wallace
Grace Wallace, BS
Project Manager
V-POLARIS
Emily Smith
Emily K. Wells, MPH
Program Manager
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine