Meet Our Organ Transplant Institute Team

Khalid Khwaja, MD, FACS

Surgery

Vanessa L. Cowan, MD

Surgery

Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH, FACS

Surgery

Anthony P. Monaco, MD, FACS, FRCS

Surgery

Kristin E. Raven, MD, FACS

Surgery

Yael Vin, MD MPH

Surgery

Martha Pavlakis, MD, FASN, FAST

Medical Director, Transplant Nephrology

Amtul Aala, MD

Nephrology

Francesca Cardarelli, MD

Nephrology

Bradley Denker, MD

Clinical Chief, Nephrology 

Johannes Schlondorff, MD, PhD

Nephrology; Internal Medicine

Michael P. Curry, MD

Section Chief, Hepatology

Alan Bonder, MD 

Hepatology

Maria-Andreea Catana, MD

Gastroenterology

Vilas R. Patwardhan, MD

Hepatology

Maria Koulmanda, PhD

Transplant Immunology

Leo E. Otterbein, PhD

Research Investigator

Carolyn D. Alonso, MD

Director, Transplant Infectious Disease

Barbra M. Blair, MD

Infectious Disease

Muneeb Ahmed, MD

Chief, Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Salomao Faintuch, MD

Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Ammar Sarwar, MD

Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Jeremy Ryan A. Pena, MD, PhD

Pathology

Dean Sylvaria, CHS (ABHI)

Pathology

Imad Ahmad Nasser, MD

Director, Hepatobiliary Pathology

Tracy L. Challies, MD

Anatomic Pathology; Program Director, Selective Pathology Fellowship

Juan Ramo-Ayes, Psy.D.

Psychology

James R. Rodrigue, PhD

Psychology

Melissa Ball, RN, BSN

Liver Transplant

Dana Bordenave, RN, BSN

Hepatobiliary Surgery

Tracy Brann Darling, RN, BSN, CCTC 

Liver Transplant

Jamie Davis, RN, BSN

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

Stephanie Ferrara, MSN, RN, CCRN

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

Sherry Griffin, RN, BS

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

Denise Morin, RN, MSN, CCTC 

Living Donor Liver Transplant

Rumalda Paniagua, RN, BS

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

Louise Riemer, MS, APRN, BC, CNN, CCTC

Dialysis Access

Brenda Reed, RN, MSN, CCTC 

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

Carli Scoville, RN-BC MSN

Liver Transplant

Erin Sexton, RN, BSN, CCTC 

Liver Transplant

Jennifer Terry, RN, BSN

Liver Transplant

Katelyn Richards, PharmD, BCPS

Kaitlyn Zheng, PharmD

Kayla Monks, MS, RD, LDN

Craig Pressley, LICSW

Lead, Transplant Social Work

Maureen Conneely, LICSW

Maureen Doherty, MSW LICSW 

Transplant Social Work

Kristen DeVoe, LICSW CCTSW

Living Donor Social Work; Transplant Social Work

William Entwistle, RN

Nursing Director, Inpatient Transplant Unit

Lois Bartels, ACNP-BC

Inpatient Transplant Unit

Sandra Crawford-Zanger, ANP-BC

Inpatient Transplant Unit

Erica Gemellaro RN, BSN, CCTN

Inpatient Transplant Unit