Cookeville, Tenn. - History has been made once again at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. The first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was performed here on February 21 by interventional cardiologist Matthew Sample, MD, and cardiothoracic surgeon Lewis Wilson, MD. Other physicians on hand during the first procedure were interventional cardiologist Stacy Brewington, MD and cardiothoracic surgeon Tim Powell, MD.  (Read More)