Vanderbilt is one of only three transplant centers in the country for veterans. Dr. David Morgan joined the faculty in 1997 with a research interest in lymphomas. Dr. Ted Arrowsmith joined the faculty in 1999 with a focus on leukemias. Dr. Haydar Frangoul was recruited to lead the pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program, and Dr. Friedrich Schuening has been named the new Director for the adult Stem Cell Transplant Program. Both arrived in the summer of 1999.
Nursing is vital to the program.
Krista Kuhnert, M.S.N., R.N.-C.S., A.A.N.P., subsequently became a part of the program in 1996. Gail Herman, R.N., M.S.N., A.O.C.N., and Susan Moore, R.N., M.S.N., O.C.N., serve as case managers for the malignant hematology and transplant programs, respectively. John Lukens, James Whitlock, Robert Janco, and Sadhna Shankar who participate in the transplantation of patients under the age of 19 years. Becky Manes, R.N., M.S.N., is the nurse coordinator of the pediatric transplant program. The Hematopathology Group, involving Drs.