Harold Lovvorn, III, M.D.

Global Health Research Interests: Cancer, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), Pediatrics, Trauma and Injury, molecular composition of Wilms tumor in children

Countries: Ghana, Kenya, Uganda

Dr. Lovvorn specializes in the following: Patient Care Emphasis, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, neoplastic disease, trauma, congenital anomalies, Hirschsprung disease, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders. Postgraduate Training Dr. Lovvorn completed his internship and residency in surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia while holding a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Children's Institute of Surgical Science of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He also has completed a clinical fellowship in Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery at LeBonheur and St. Jude Children's Hospitals in Memphis. Dr. Lovvorn is a Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatrics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Research: aberrant mesenchymal to epithelial transition of nephron progenitors in the embryonic kidney as "1st hits" in the development of Wilms' tumors. Dr. Lovvorn also studies the molecular basis for cancer health disparities in Wilms tumor development and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.

Education

MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center