New Vascular Surgeon: Lauren B. Grimsley, MD The Vascular Surgery division at the medical center welcomed Lauren Grimsley, MD, as its newest faculty member in September 2023. Grimsley earned her undergraduate degree at Clemson University and medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed her General Surgery residency training at The University of Tennessee Medical Center. During her residency training she earned an MBA degree, completing the Physicians Executive Master’s in Business program at The University of Tennessee Haslem College of Business. Grimsley then went to the University of Kentucky for a two-year vascular surgery fellowship. She has a strong record of teaching accomplishments and clinical research leading to her recruitment back to Knoxville to join Vascular Surgery. Grimsley practices all aspects of vascular surgery and leads the Vascular Division Clinical Research team.
University of Tennessee Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program
The University of Tennessee Vascular Surgery Fellowship program is a fully accredited ACGME two-year program leading to board certification in Vascular Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Established over 30 years ago and the oldest fellowship at the medical center, the program has a strong tradition of graduating highly sought-after vascular
surgeons in both academics and private practice. Approximately 40 percent of fellowship graduates join academic surgical training programs with notable alumni now serving as Chief of Vascular Surgery at numerous universities such as UCLA (Vincent Rowe, MD) and University of Kentucky (Eleftherios Xenos, MD).
Currently this highly competitive vascular fellowship program graduates two fellows per year with Michael McNally, MD, as the fellowship program director.
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