Jennifer C. King, MD, PharmD

Jennifer
C.
King
MD, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Critical Care Medicine
Program Director
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Training Program
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5121
Nashville
Tennessee
37232

Dr. King is interested in medical education with an emphasis on medical simulation, procedural competency, and interprofessional learning. She is also interested in medication safety within the pediatric ICU with a particular research interest in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of medications in critically ill children.

jennifer.c.king@vumc.org

Specialty
Critical Care, Pediatric
M.D.
Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton,OH, 2011
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Fellowship
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship-Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Stacy A. Killen, MD, MSCI

Stacy
A.
Killen
MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Cardiology
Co-director
Fetal Cardiology Program
Phone
(615) 322-7447
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5230
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9119

Dr. Killen is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist with expertise in fetal arrhythmias and prenatal diagnosis of complex congenital disease. Her clinical and research efforts seek to improve the care of mothers and fetuses whose pregnancies are complicated by fetal arrhythmias, including supraventricular tachycardia, long QT syndrome, and SS-A antibody-mediated congenital heart block. Dr. Killen is currently participating in several multi-center studies, including studies sponsored by the Fetal Heart Society, that seek to improve treatment approaches and outcomes for patients with fetal arrhythmias and complex congenital heart disease.

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stacy.stratemann@vumc.org

Specialty
Cardiology, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, 2001
M.S.C.I.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2008
Residencies
Pediatric Internship and Residency-University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Pediatric Chief Resident-University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Fellowships
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Pediatric Cardiology Imaging Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Rebecca Kidd, MD

Rebecca
Kidd
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Medical Director
Vanderbilt LifeFlight
Medical Director
Pediatric Care Transport
Phone
(615) 936-3898
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
1025
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9001
rebecca.s.kidd@vumc.org

Pediatric emergency preparedness, disaster, pediatric emergency medical services

Specialty
Emergency Medicine, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2009
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship-Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN

Yasmin W. Khan, MD

Yasmin
W.
Khan
MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy/Immunology/Pulmonary Medicine
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11215
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9500
yasmin.khan@vumc.org

Specialty
Allergy, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2010
Residency
Pediatric Residency -Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Fellowship
Allergy and Immunology Fellowship-Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, MD

Ann
Kavanaugh-McHugh
MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Cardiology
Director
Fetal Cardiology Program
Phone
(615) 322-7447
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5230
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9119

Dr. Kavanaugh-McHugh is Director of Fetal Cardiology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Her research efforts have focused on the understanding and treatment of fetal congenital heart disease and fetal arrhythmias both in projects at Vanderbilt and as a collaborator in multicenter research projects. The Fetal Cardiology Team is an active participant in multicenter studies through the Fetal Heart Society and contributes fetal data to the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4). In addition, Dr. Kavanaugh-McHugh has been involved in quality improvement efforts through the American College of Cardiology ACPC Non-Invasive Imaging Quality Metric Team and the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative, which works to improve care and outcomes for babies with HLHS.

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ann.kavanaugh-mchugh@vumc.org

Cardiac imaging, Echocardiography, Fetal cardiology, Fetal diagnosis, General Pediatric, Cardiology, Pediatric cardiology, Pediatric congenital heart disease, Single Ventricle physiology

Specialty
Cardiology, Pediatric
M.D.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1984
Residency
Pediatric Residency-Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship-Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Sophie E. Katz, MD, MPH

Sophie
E.
Katz
MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Medical Director
Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Program Director
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Medical Center North
1161 21st Avenue South
Room / Suite
D-7219
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-2581
sophie.e.katz@vumc.org

Antibiotic Stewardship, Pediatric Infections

M.D.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, 2012
Residency
Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2015
Chief Resident
Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, 2016
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, 2019
M.P.H.
Epidemiology - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2025

Prince J. Kannankeril, MD, MSCI

Prince
J.
Kannankeril
MD, MSCI
Professor of Pediatrics
Cardiology
Phone
(615) 322-7452
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5230
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9119

Dr. Kannankeril is a pediatric electrophysiologist with a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) whose research has been NIH funded for over 15 years. He is Co-Director of the Center for Pediatric Precision Medicine at Vanderbilt, with faculty appointments in both the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI) and the Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research and Therapeutics (VanCART). His research program investigates genetic variants and their contribution to cardiovascular disease and clinical outcomes (Personalized Medicine). He is contact PI for the NIH-funded Vanderbilt Integrated Center of Excellence in Maternal and Pediatric Precision Therapeutics (VICE-MPRINT), one of only 2 funded Centers of Excellence in the nation. He has served on the research committee for the Heart Rhythm Society and as Vice President for Research for the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society.

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prince.kannankeril@vumc.org

Pediatric Cardiology, Arrhythmias, Channelopathies

Specialties
Cardiology, Pediatric
Electrophysiology
M.D.
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 1994
Internship
Internship -University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN
Residency
Residency -University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowships
Fellowship -Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fellowship -Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN