Methodist Transplant Institute’s Jason Vanatta has found his calling
Jason Vanatta majored in philosophy at Boston University. But, after earning his degree, the persistent draw of medicine brought him back home to Pittsburgh where he earned a second bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the city’s university. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Dr. Jason Vanatta of Methodist Transplant Institute was 13 when he found his calling in 1984, when a child made headlines after she received the world’s first heart-liver transplant at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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