Kathryn Lindley, MD, joined the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute as director of the women's heart center.
Dr. Lindley comes from Washington University in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where she conceptualized and founded its center for women's heart disease.
Her work at VHVI's women's heart center will focus on multidisciplinary care for women's cardiovascular health across the lifespan, the news release stated. The center will collaborate with other specialties, including OB-GYN, maternal-fetal medicine, psychiatry and nutrition.
"Our goals are to provide patient-centered care that can facilitate and improve evidence-based, sex-specific care for women in the region," Dr. Lindley said in the release. "In order to do so, we're excited to partner with patients' existing primary care physicians and other subspecialty providers to develop a team-based approach to optimize an individualized care plan for each patient."