Meet the Team

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Transplant Surgeons

• James J. Pomposelli MD, PhD
  Director, Kidney Transplantation
• Mohamed E. Akoad, MD
• Khalid Khwaja, MD
• Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD
• Andrea Sorcini, MD

Laparoscopic Donor Surgery

• Andrea Sorcini, MD
• Khalid Khwaja, MD

Transplant Nephrology

• Beth Bouthot, MD
  Medical Director, Kidney Transplant
• Hannah Gilligan, MD

Research Data Management

• Peter Madras, MD
• Mary Ann Simpson, PhD

Clinical Manager

• Anne Tellier

Transplant Nurse Coordinators

Nurse coordinators are responsible for providing nursing care, education and support to transplant candidates, patients active on the transplant waiting list and post-transplant patients, both in the hospital and in the community. Patient, family, live donor and nursing colleague education is an integral part of the transplant nurse coordinator's role.

• Kristen Bilodeau, MSN, NP
• Sheila Coombs, RN
• Brenda Reed, RN, MSN

Transplant Social Worker

• Merle Kushner, LCSW

Transplant Financial Coordinator

• Patricia Hogan

Transplant Social Worker/Financial Coordinator

• Daryl Battin, LICSW

Transplant Administrative Support

• Maria Pelrine
• Cathy Taylor
• Patricia Young

Kidney Transplantation is a multidisciplinary program that includes the expertise of various departments. The following areas contribute to patient care before, during and after kidney transplant:

Anesthesiology

• Sana Ata, MD
  Department Chair

Infectious Diseases

• Donald Craven, MD
  Department Chair

Laboratory Medicine

• Charles F. Arkin, MD
  Department Chair

Nutrition

• Rebecca Bradley, RD

Pathology

• John Dugan, MD

Psychiatry

• Andrea L. Seek, MD

Radiology

• Curtis W. Bakal, MD, MPH
  Department Chair
• George A. Holland, MD
• Christoph Wald, MD, PhD