Mindfulness & Contemplative Training

 

Certified in Mindfulness Facilitation
Vanderbilt Osher Center for Integrative Health • 2024

 

Mindfulness for Medical Providers – Founder & Facilitator
Affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center & Osher Center • 2024

 

Mindfulness Meditation Group Facilitator
Mindful Recovery, One Dharma • Nashville, TN • 2024 – 2025

 

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Trauma-Integration and Interpersonal Attunement Training

 

Timeless Wisdom Training
Two‑year training in personal, ancestral, and collective trauma healing

Thomas Hübl • 2025 – 2026

 

 

Nonviolent Communication & Relational Skills

 

Art of Communication – 40‑hour Training in Introductory Nonviolent Communication
Taught by Danny Cohen • 2024

 

Art of Empathy – 40‑hour Training in Empathy & Intermediate Nonviolent Communication
Taught by Danny Cohen • 2024

 

Art of Honesty – 40‑hour Training in Honesty & Advanced Nonviolent Communication
Taught by Danny Cohen • 2025

 

Transparent Communication – 3‑day Workshop
Pocket Project • 2025

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Art of Communication Teaching Assistant – 40‑hour Training in Introductory Nonviolent Communication

Lead teacher Danny Cohen • 2025

 

 

Selected Meditation Experience

 

Silent Insight Meditation Retreats

• Spring Renewal – 5‑day retreat, One Dharma • 2023

• Opening to Wisdom and Love – 7‑day retreat, Insight Meditation Society • 2024

 

Mahamudra Meditation Retreats (Rigdzin)

• Introduction to Mahamudra – 6‑day retreat, Mount Madonna, CA • 2024

• Intermediate Mahamudra – 6‑day retreat (virtual) • 2024

• Advanced Mahamudra – 6‑day retreat (virtual) • 2025

• Advanced Mahamudra – 6‑day retreat (virtual) • 2025

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Clinical & Academic Positions

 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Meharry Medical College • Nashville, TN • 2025 – Present

 

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Cardiology (Clinician Educator Track)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN • 2022 – 2026

 

Cardiovascular Medicine & Internal Medicine
Nashville General Hospital • Nashville, TN • 2022 – Present

 

Cardiovascular Medicine & Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN • 2022 – 2026

 

Internal Medicine Hospitalist (moonlighting)
Saint Thomas West Hospital • Nashville, TN • 2021 – 2022

 

 

Medical Training

 

Cardiovascular Medicine Clinical Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center • 2018 – 2021

 

Cardiovascular Medicine Research Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center • 2021 – 2022

 

Internal Medicine Residency
Vanderbilt University Medical Center • 2015 – 2018

 

Doctor of Medicine
SUNY at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences • 2010 – 2015

 

Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital • 2012 – 2013

 

Bachelor of Science, Preprofessional Studies
University of Notre Dame • 2006 – 2010

 

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