Brent Savoie, MD, JD

Brent Savoie, MD, JD, is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the Radiology Department and the Section Chief of Cardiothoracic Imaging for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an affiliate faculty member at the Vanderbilt Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS).

Dr. Savoie is a co-founder of Primeros Pasos, a community health program serving communities in Western Guatemala with preventive and curative medical services since 2002. At Primeros Pasos, he participated in designing and implementing clinical care, health education, and nutrition programs. The clinic serves as a clinical rotation site for Guatemalan and foreign medical students. Vanderbilt medical students have participated in rotations at the clinic since 2004. Before working in Guatemala, Dr. Savoie researched and participated in service initiatives in South Africa, Tanzania, and the Dominican Republic.

Immediately before returning to Vanderbilt, Brent worked at Evolent Health, where he partnered with U.S.-based health systems to design and implement initiatives to improve population health outcomes.
Dr. Savoie earned an M.D. and B.A. from Vanderbilt University and holds a J.D. focusing on health and human rights law from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholars Foundation Graduate Fellow. He is proficient in Spanish and French.

Education

MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
JD, University of Virginia