Vanderbilt Health to Acquire Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville Cardiology Practice

Leaders of Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced today an agreement to acquire Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville’s cardiology practice from a subsidiary of Community Health Systems Inc. (NYSE: CYH). The acquisition, which is effective Feb. 1, is part of VUMC’s ongoing efforts to provide Vanderbilt-quality cardiovascular care closer to home.

The addition of the clinic, at 651 Dunlop Lane, Suite 101, in Clarksville, Tennessee, brings two experienced interventional cardiologists to the Vanderbilt family — David Amlicke, MD, and Thomas Killian, MD, as well as a talented nurse practitioner, Lydia Banks, NP. Both doctors completed their cardiology training at Vanderbilt before committing their clinical efforts to the Clarksville community.

“We welcome Drs. Amlicke and Killian back to Vanderbilt,” said Daniel Muñoz, MD, MPA, executive medical director of Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute and interim co-director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. “They will provide a strong foundation as we build a cardiology practice that is closer and more convenient for our patients in northern Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.”

Vanderbilt patients will have close-to-home access to all aspects of preventive cardiology, assessment of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, rather than having to drive to Nashville, Muñoz said. The clinic complements Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute’s existing clinic in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Amlicke and Killian provide a comprehensive spectrum of cardiovascular care, including the performance of interventional cardiology procedures such as cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stent placement in the Clarksville facility’s cardiac cath lab. In addition, they are experienced in various types of cardiac device placement such as permanent pacemakers, AICDs (automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators), and biventricular pacemakers/AICDs. In their clinic, they see patients for general cardiology visits, specialty consultations and cardiac surgical clearance.

Amlicke is board certified in cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology and interventional cardiology. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University and completed his fellowship in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Vanderbilt.

Killian is board certified in cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology and internal medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed a residency in internal medicine there before completing fellowships in cardiology at Vanderbilt and cardiac electrophysiology at Indiana University.

Amlicke and Killian are fellows of the American College of Cardiology.