Meet Our Organ Transplant Institute Team
Our Organ Transplant Experts
Transplant Surgery

Devin E. Eckhoff, MD, FACS
Chief, Transplant Surgery

Vanessa L. Cowan, MD
Surgery

Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH, FACS
Surgery

Marwan M. Kazimi, MD
Surgery

Anthony P. Monaco, MD, FACS, FRCS
Surgery

Kristin E. Raven, MD, FACS
Surgery
Transplant Nephrology

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
Transplant Hepatology

Michael P. Curry, MD
Section Chief, Hepatology

Alan Bonder, MD
Gastroenterology; Hepatology/Liver Disease

Maria-Andreea Catana, MD
Gastroenterology

Suzanne S. Chan, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology

Zachary P. Fricker, MD
Gastroenterology

Vilas R. Patwardhan, MD
Hepatology

Behnam Saberi, MD
Liver Hepatology

Lauren Yang, MD
Transplant Hepatology
Transplant Immunology

Maria Koulmanda, PhD
Transplant Immunology

Leo E. Otterbein, PhD
Research Investigator
Transplant Infectious Disease

Carolyn D. Alonso, MD
Director, Transplant Infectious Disease

Barbra M. Blair, MD
Infectious Disease
Transplant Interventional Radiology

Muneeb Ahmed, MD, FSIR
Chief, Vascular & Interventional Radiology; Vice Chair of Interventional Services

Salomao Faintuch, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Ammar Sarwar, MD, FSIR
Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Transplant Pathology - Clinical/HLA

Jeremy Ryan A. Pena, MD, PhD
Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics; Pathology

Dean Sylvaria, CHS (ABHI)
Pathology
Transplant Pathology - Anatomical

Imad Ahmad Nasser, MD
Director, Hepatobiliary Pathology

Tracy L. Challies, MD
Anatomic Pathology; Program Director, Selective Pathology Fellowship
Transplant Psychology

Juan Ramo-Ayes, PsyD
Psychology

James R. Rodrigue, PhD
Psychology
Transplant Nurse Coordinators

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
Transplant Pharmacy

Katelyn Richards, PharmD, BCPS

Kaitlyn Zheng, PharmD
Transplant Nutrition

Kayla Monks, MS, RD, LDN
Transplant Social Work

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
Inpatient Transplant Unit

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