Praveen Vimalathas

Beyond grateful to have matched! Couldn’t have made it this far without all my loved ones, friends, and mentors! I’m going to be a surgeon!!! #Match2024

⁦@VandyVimal⁩ presenting his analysis of HLHS babies in first interstage & significant durable survival benefit of fundo+G tube versus nasoenteric feeding only ⁦@TNChapterACS⁩. ⁦@VUMCchildren⁩

⁦@Muhammadbmirza⁩ and ⁦@AndrewFlemingMD⁩ winners of the ⁦@TNChapterACS⁩ research competition! Terrific surgeon scientists! ⁦@VUMCSurgRes⁩ ⁦@uthsc⁩

At the Nashville Sounds game with a group of incoming surgery interns before starting residency orientation - getting started on #Wellness early! Can’t wait to start the year! @VUMCSurgRes @VUMCSurgery

@alexhawkinsmd @VUMCSurgRes @VUMCSurgery Thank you Dr. Hawkins!

@VUMCSurgRes @VUMCSurgery @VandyVimal Well deserved. Excited to keep him! @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes

@VUMCSurgRes @VUMCSurgery Thank you!! I am thrilled to be joining the @VUMCSurgRes dream team in July!

@mwwallace08 @VUMCSurgRes @VUmedicine Thank you so much Marshall! You’ve been one of my greatest sponsors thus far!

Thank you Dr. Lovvorn! Incredibly blessed to receive the H. William Scott Jr. award! Could not have made it this far without support from the countless mentors and sponsors I found in the attendings, fellows, residents, and other staff at @VUMCSurgRes and @VUmedicine!

@GabrielBendfeld @VUMCSurgRes @VUmedicine Thank you so much Gabe! Couldn’t have made it through med school without you!

@VandyVimal @VUMCSurgRes @VUmedicine Wholly deserved, haven’t known a time you weren’t working on some project or finding the time to get back in OR even when not on services! Can’t wait to see what you accomplish!

@BoLovvorn @VUmedicine @hlightolson Still feels surreal!

Good morning, Doctors! How we feelin’? #2024 @VUmedicine @hlightolson @VandyVimal

Breaking News: Surgeons in Boston transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. Organs from genetically engineered pigs one day may make dialysis obsolete. nyti.ms/3TMAqRo

Incredibly grateful, humbled, and excited to be joining the @HopkinsNsurg family for my #Neurosurgery residency. Thank you Drs. @ScottZuck @Lola_Chambless @ReidCThompson1 and @VUMC_Neurosurg for your unparalleled mentorship, guidance, and support! #Match2024

@Pooh99Mom @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Thank you!

@VandyVimal @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Congratulations!!

Blessed to have matched at @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes!!! Words can not describe how I feel - the dream became a reality because of my loved ones, friends, residents, and mentors who helped me get here!

@vumcsicuapps @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Thank you! Can’t wait!!!

@ansleykunnath @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Thank you so much Ansley!

@VandyVimal @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Congrats Praveen!!!

We are thrilled to welcome Gabriel to our MCF Neurosurgery family. Congratulations!! @GabrielBendfeld

@cat_zivanov @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Thank you so much Catherine!

@VandyVimal @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Congratulations!!! 🥳

@VUmedicine @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Thank you! Couldn’t have learned from and worked with such an amazing surgery department if it wasn’t for @VUmedicine!

@VandyVimal @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Absolutely thrilled for you, Praveen! Congratulations!

@shwethakochi_ @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes Same here!!!

@VandyVimal @VUMCSurgery @VUMCSurgRes So excited to be co-residents!!

(In no particular order) Special thanks to @skgeevarghese, @BoLovvorn, @TheRealDrBailey, @Carmensolcar, @Zamurai1617, @AimalKhanMD, @scarolinavasc, Dr. Padmanabhan, Dr. Tan, Dr. Idrees, and Dr. Stone for all their support and mentorship!