Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, is the Lisa Jacobson Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of Cardiomyopathy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
She graduated summa cum laude in Biochemistry from Princeton, earned her medical degree at Stanford University Medical School, and completed her training at UCLA Medical Center, where she helped to start the heart transplant program and the Ahmanson Cardiomyopathy Center. She and her husband then joined the Cardiology faculty at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where she was Director of Heart Failure.
Dr. Stevenson has contributed to over 30 national guidelines for heart failure, transplantation, and cardiomyopathies. With support from NHLBI, she has played leadership roles in trials developing strategies of care for heart failure, including the INTERMACS registry for ventricular assist devices, with over 20,000 patients. Her research has focused on the physiology and profiles of advanced heart failure and the personalization of therapies for patient goals to extend length and quality of life.
Her current practice focuses on the early recognition and clinical profiling of genetic cardiomyopathies. In 2021, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Heart Failure Society of America. She has been recognized as one of America's top doctors for the past 22 years, and has trained over 60 fellows who have gone on to academic careers in related fields.