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ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
CALLAHAN, S. TODD, MD
Eating Disorders, Vaccines
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks Nashville, TN 37204
615-936-8200
RAGER, KRISTIN, MD
Reproductive Health, Eating Disorders LGBTQ+ Health
Rager Adolescent Health, 801 Woodland Street Nashville, TN 37206
615-933-0173
ROMANO, MARY, MD
Eating Disorders, Adolescent Gynecology Preventive Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks Nashville, TN 37204
615-936-8200
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY
BELLEAU, JOSEPH, MD
Williamson Medical Center Cool Springs Allergy Associates, 1623 Galleria Boulevard Brentwood, TN 37027
615-771-8800
BUTTERFIELD, MARTHA, MD
Allergy & Asthma Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West Allergy & Asthma Center, 5409 Maryland Way, Suite 115 Brentwood, TN 37027
615-895-6500
CAHILL, KATHERINE, MD
Asthma, Drug Allergy Sinusitis
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus & Allergy Program, 2611 West End Avenue, Suite 210 Nashville, TN 37203
615-936-2727
KOLISNYK, JOHN, DO
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, 1272 Garrison Drive Murfreesboro, TN 37129
615-278-7600
MILLER, E., MD
Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
Allergy & Asthma Center, 5409 Maryland Way, Suite 115 Brentwood, TN 37027
615-895-6500
RUSZNAK, CSABA, MD/PHD
Allergy & Asthma Center, 1370 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 230 Murfreesboro, TN 37129
615-895-6500
SMITH, KEEGAN, MD
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Heritage Medical Associates, 222 22nd Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203
629-255-2145
STONE, COSBY, MD
Food & Drug Allergy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2611 West End Avenue, Suite 210 Nashville, TN 37203
615-936-2727
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
BASHIAN, GREGORY, MD
Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation
TriStar Centennial Medical Center Centennial Heart, 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203
615-515-1900
BOREK, PRZEMYSLAW, MD
Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias
TriStar Centennial Medical Center Centennial Heart, 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203
615-515-1900
CLAIR, WALTER, MD
Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/ Defibrillators Defibrillators
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
CROSSLEY, GEORGE, MD
Arrhythmias
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
JONES, R., MD
Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation Pacemakers/ Defibrillators
TriStar Centennial Medical Center Centennial Heart, 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203
615-515-1900
PICKETT, ROBERT, MD
Arrhythmias
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown, 301 21st Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203
615-329-5144
ROBERTSON, PETER, MD
Arrhythmias
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Rutherford, 1840 Medical Center Parkway, Suite 201 Murfreesboro, TN 37129
615-867-5028
THOMPSON, W. DAVID, MD
Arrhythmias
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West, 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 330 Nashville, TN 37205
615-269-4545
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
AARON, MARK, MD
Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart Heart Failure
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West, 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 450 Nashville, TN 37205
615-269-4545
BECKMAN, JOSHUA, MD
Peripheral Vascular Disease, Vascular Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Heart, 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
BYRD, BENJAMIN, MD
Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography Heart Valve Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Heart, 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
DAVIS, STACY, MD
Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart, Heart Disease in Women
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown, 301 21st Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203
615-329-5144
FLEET, WILLIAM, MD
Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization Cardiac Imaging
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Ascension Medical Partners, 4323 Carothers Parkway, Suite 308 Franklin, TN 37067
615-565-6670
HUGHES, SEAN, MD
Cardiac MRI, Cardiac Imaging Heart Valve Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4323 Carothers Parkway, Suite 405 Franklin, TN 37067
615-875-5337
JAHANGIR, EIMAN, MD
Cardio-Oncology, Echocardiography Nuclear Cardiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Heart, 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
KOLLI, MURALI, MD
Interventional Cardiology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vanderbilt Heart, 1370 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 200 Murfreesboro, TN 37129
615-895-1301
LINDENFELD, JOANN, MD
Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
LINTON, MACRAE, MD
Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Preventive Cardiology Metabolic Syndrome
Vanderbilt Heart, Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks Nashville, TN 37204
615-322-2318
MENDES, LISA, MD
Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Valve Disease Coronary Artery Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
SAGER, ANDREW, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown, 301 21st Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203
615-329-5144
STEVENSON, LYNNE, MD
Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart Cardiomyopathy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor, Suite 5209 Nashville, TN 37232
615-322-2318
STRIBLING, WARREN, MD
Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Midtown, 301 21st Avenue North, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37203
615-329-5144
WEBBER, JEFFREY, MD
Interventional Cardiology
TriStar Centennial Medical Center Centennial Heart, 2400 Patterson Street, Suite 502 Nashville, TN 37203
615-515-1900
ZENKER, MARK, MD
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Heart Valve Disease
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West, 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 330 Nashville, TN 37205
615-269-4545
ZURICK, ANDREW, MD
Preventive Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Nutrition
Ascension Saint Thomas Heart West, 4230 Harding Pike, Suite 330 Nashville, TN 37205
615-269-4545
CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
MCKAY, SCOT, MD
ADD/ADHD, Anxiety & Depression Bipolar/Mood Disorders
Associated Psychiatrists of Nashville, 30 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite 375 Nashville, TN 37215
615-327-4877
CHILD NEUROLOGY
CIOBANU, MARIANA, MD
Headache
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Pediatric Neurology Clinic, 2200 Children’s Way, 9th Floor Nashville, TN 37232
615-936-5536
ESS, KEVIN, MD/PHD
Epilepsy, Epilepsy in Tuberous Sclerosis, Tuberous Sclerosis
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Pediatric Neurology Clinic, 2200 Children’s Way, 9th Floor Nashville, TN 37232
615-936-5536
JORDAN, LORI, MD/PHD
Stroke
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Pediatric Neurology Clinic, 2200 Children’s Way, 9th Floor Nashville, TN 37232
615-936-5536
PINA-GARZA, JESUS, MD
Epilepsy
TriStar Medical Group Children’s Specialists, 330 23rd Avenue North, Suite 580 Nashville, TN 37203
615-342-7339
COLON & RECTAL SURGERY
GEIGER, TIMOTHY, MD
Colon & Rectal Cancer, Diverticulitis Crohn’s Disease
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2111 Belcourt Avenue, Suite 220 Nashville, TN 37212
615-322-2063
HARB, WILLIAM, MD
Anal Sphincter Repair, Colon & Rectal Cancer-Hereditary Hemorrhoids
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown The Colorectal Center, 2004 Hayes
