Alumni

  • Vanderbilt University

    Alumni Corner – May 2025

    Dr. Alex Sundermann (‘20) gave our Alumni talk to close out MSTP Seminar for the academic year. Dr. Sundermann shared great advice about navigating transitions through the MSTP, residency and starting a faculty position.   MSTP Director Dr. Chris Williams saw alum Dr. Maggie Axelrod (‘23)… Read More

    May. 27, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    2025 Almost Alumni Luncheon Honors VUSM Educators

    The Class of 2025 is recognized at the 2025 Almost Alumni Luncheon. Photo: Anne Rayner. Each spring, Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Affairs alongside Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes outstanding faculty members for their contributions to student medical education, as voted upon by graduating M4s VUSM faculty, staff, and students celebrated… Read More

    May. 21, 2025

  • A dean in a yellow dress presents an award to an MD student

    VUSM recognizes 2023 award winners

    Class Day 2023 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Langford Auditorium Vanderbilt University Photo: Anne Rayner Each spring, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine recognizes members of the graduating MD class for outstanding academic achievement, service, research, and leadership. VUSM faculty and fellow students celebrated the following recipients of school and departmental… Read More

    May. 11, 2023

  • A Vanderbilt women's tennis player hits the ball

    Q&A with M3 Georgina Sellyn

    M3 Georgina Sellyn advocates for skin protection in athletics, planning community tennis tournaments at various medical schools across the country By: Lexie Little May is National Tennis Month and Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Third-year medical student Georgina Sellyn intends to honor both with determination. A former… Read More

    Apr. 30, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Alumni Profile: Mary Ellen Koran, M.D., Ph.D. (’16)

    by Camella Carlson (M2) Dr. Mary Ellen Koran is a 2016 graduate of the Vanderbilt MSTP and is back at Vanderbilt as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences in the Nuclear Medicine division. As part of the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, she is focused on… Read More

    Feb. 27, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Meet Dr. John Stafford, MSTP Associate Director for Clinical Education

    by Jeewooo Kim (G1) Dr. John M. Stafford is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. He is also the Associate Director for Clinical Education for the Vanderbilt MSTP. His lab focuses on obesity and… Read More

    Nov. 30, 2022

  • A man in a mask and long white coat helps a Black woman in a mask put on her short white coat at a medical school ceremony

    Sylvie Muhimpundu (MPH ’19, MD ’26) applies a degree of experience

    Rwanda native Sylvie Muhimpundu wanted to be a physician well before she ever came to the United States. Now, she’s working on her second degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. By: Lexie Little Shuffling past bustling cars along 21st Avenue in Nashville, Sylvie Muhimpundu reviewed they day’s tasks ahead… Read More

    Oct. 4, 2022

  • A young man in a short white coat stands with his grandfather and mother in a biomedical library

    Moving ever forward: M1 Russell Stewart envisions medical future

    Though his family has a long history at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Russell O. Stewart Jr. keeps his focus on the future in an ever-changing field By: Lexie Little In 1920, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine sat at the intersection of present-day Fifth Avenue and… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dr. Matthew Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.: Stahlman-Thomas Advising College Faculty Leader

    by Jen Peek (G1) Dr. Matthew Wilson, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine within the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and is the newest Faculty Advisor of Stahlman Thomas. He trained in the Vanderbilt MSTP, where he completed his PhD in Pharmacology with Lee Limbird… Read More

    Sep. 29, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Congratulations to the 2022 Graduating Class!

    Congratulations to our 2022 MSTP Graduates! The table below lists their next steps.  Direct Costs Paid to Vanderbilt1st Year Fall / Spring / Summer (12 months)2nd Year Fall / Spring (9 months) Tuition$48,156$24,076 Student Services Fee*$791$676 Student Health Fee*$1,012$882 Year 1 Transcript… Read More

    May. 31, 2022