SuzanneBrown(Brown)SacksMD

Cardiology • Nashville, TN

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Vanderbilt University SOM

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Office
1215 21st Ave S
Ste 5209
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-343-3735

Fax+1 615-343-4841

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2005 - 2008
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 2014 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
PA State Medical License 2005 - 2014
NJ State Medical License 2005 - 2007
LA State Medical License 1977 - 1995
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

132 citations
Longitudinal Shortening Accounts for the Majority of Right Ventricular Contraction and Improves After Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy in Normal Subjects and Patients Wit...
Suzanne B. Brown, Amresh Raina, David F. Katz, Molly Szerlip, Susan E. Wiegers
Chest. 2011-07-01
75 citations
Expanding Heart Transplant in the Era of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C.
Kelly Schlendorf, Sandip Zalawadiya, Ashish S. Shah, Roman E. Perri, Mark Wigger
JAMA Cardiology. 2020-02-01
105 citations
Early US experience with cardiac donation after circulatory death (DCD) using normothermic regional perfusion.
Jordan R.H. Hoffman, William G. McMaster, Aniket S Rali, Zakiur Rahaman, Keki R. Balsara
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021-07-10

Press Mentions

SPRINT BP Control Benefit Fizzles Out; Hot Flashes and CVD; Metformin for Afib?October 18th, 2022
Preterm Birth Associated with Increased Risk for Heart Failure into AdulthoodApril 8th, 2021
Preemies Sustain Elevated Heart Risks in Later LifeApril 5th, 2021
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