JoeyLepore,CCP, MMHC
From Birmingham, Alabama. Earned a BS in respiratory therapy at the
University of Alabama-Birmingham. Worked as a RRT at St. Vincent’s
Birmingham for 5 years before attending perfusion school at
Vanderbilt University. Earned certificate in Cardiovascular Perfusion
Technology in 2017. Hired on as a staff perfusionist at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, the last two years as a senior
perfusionist. Heavily involved in VUMC’s ECMO transport,
Transmedics OCS Heart, and VUMC’s NRP heart procurement. Obtained
Master’s in Management in Health Care from Vanderbilt’s Owen
School of Business in August of 2020.