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 covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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