Dr. Lynne Stevenson, MD
Not yet claimedCardiologist, Heart failure specialist · Physician (MD)
Nashville, TN
Dr. Lynne Warner Stevenson is a heart failure cardiologist at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee. She directs the cardiomyopathy program and sees patients with weakened or thickened heart muscle.
About Dr. Lynne Stevenson, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Lynne Warner Stevenson is a cardiologist in Nashville, Tennessee, who specializes in advanced heart failure and heart transplant care. She practices at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she is Professor of Medicine, holder of the Lisa M. Jacobson Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Director of Cardiomyopathy.
She earned her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at Princeton University and her medical degree at Stanford University, then completed her medicine and cardiology training at UCLA. Directory records list her as having more than 45 years of experience. Earlier in her career she helped start the heart transplant program and the Ahmanson Cardiomyopathy Center at UCLA, and she later led cardiomyopathy programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital before moving to Vanderbilt.
Beyond patient care, she directs Vanderbilt's Advanced Heart Disease fellowship training program. Her research covers hemodynamic monitoring, exercise physiology, heart failure hospitalizations, and how heart rhythm problems and sudden death risk relate to weak heart function. The Heart Failure Society of America states she has contributed to more than 30 national guidelines and, over 35 years, supervised two NHLBI investigator networks and trained 55 fellows.
Federal Open Payments records for 2021-2025 show $15,035.87 in industry payments across 25 records, with the largest from LivaNova USA ($11,625) and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals ($2,250). Payments from device and drug companies to physicians are common and legal, and are reported publicly.
- Advanced heart failure specialty
- Federal registry data lists her primary specialty as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at the Vanderbilt Clinic in Nashville. healthcare4ppl.com
- Named professorship at Vanderbilt
- She is the Lisa Jacobson Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of Cardiomyopathy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. medicine.vumc.org
- Training background
- She graduated from Princeton University and Stanford Medical School and completed medicine and cardiology training at UCLA. medicine.utah.edu
- Fellowship program director
- Vanderbilt states that its Advanced Heart Disease fellowship is directed by Lynne Warner Stevenson. medicine.mc.vanderbilt.edu
- Guideline contributions
- The Heart Failure Society of America states she has contributed to over 30 national guidelines on transplantation, heart failure, rhythm devices, and advanced decision-making. hfsa.org
- Teaching and mentorship
- Over 35 years she supervised two NHLBI networks of young investigators and trained 55 fellows. hfsa.org
- Research focus
- Her research covers acute and ambulatory hemodynamic monitoring, exercise physiology, heart failure hospitalizations, and the link between arrhythmias, sudden death risk, and left ventricular dysfunction. radcliffecardiology.com
- Industry payments 2021-2025
- CMS Open Payments records show $15,035.87 across 25 records, with the largest amounts from LivaNova USA and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- Accepting new patients
- A directory listing shows her as affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and accepting new patients. healthgrades.com
Worth knowing
- Board certification could not be confirmed from a primary source during this research. This does not mean she lacks certification, only that it was not verified. healthgrades.com
- A commercial directory states she holds an expired Tennessee medical license while also listing an expiration year of 2026. The listing contradicts itself, and license status should be checked directly with the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners. vitals.com
- At least one data-scraping website attaches her NPI number to an unrelated specialty label, which conflicts with all authoritative sources. npino.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$15,036
25 payments
| 2021 | $4,048 |
| 2022 | $5,661 |
| 2023 | $2,331 |
| 2024 | $376 |
| 2025 | $2,620 |
Top payers
- LivaNova USA, Inc.$11,625
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2,250
- Medtronic, Inc.$321
- Abbott Laboratories$264
- Boston Scientific Corporation$248
Payment types
- Consulting Fee$13,875
- Food and Beverage$1,161
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Sources: healthgrades.com · health.usnews.com · healthcare4ppl.com · vanderbilthealth.com · medicine.vumc.org · wag.app.vanderbilt.edu · discoveries.vanderbilthealth.com · doximity.com. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
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Practice location
Vanderbilt Heart
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232
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