Vanderbilt Transplant Center is now the nation’s largest after performing a record number of solid organ transplants in 2025.  

Kascey Malone, CST; Brandon Petree, MD; Aaron Williams, MD; Yatrik Patel, MD; and Sean Bunch, RN; work around a patient during a heart transplant surgery on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Kascey Malone, Brandon Petree, Aaron Williams, Yatrik Patel and Sean Bunch perform heart transplant surgery in January 2025 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

VTC performed 960 solid organ transplants in 2025, the most ever completed by a single center in one year in the United States, according to a release. 

David Guth

David Guth
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