The Liver Transplant Team at Cleveland Clinic is comprised of surgeons, liver transplant physicians, coordinators, nurses, social workers and a vast network of people and resources to make the liver transplant process as smooth as possible.
Liver Transplant Center Leadership
- Program Director and Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation: Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD.
- Medical Director, Liver Transplantation: Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD
- Surgical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD.
- Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Mike Leonis, MD
Liver Transplant Surgeons
- Federico Aucejo, MD
- Masato Fujiki, MD
- Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD
- Mazhar Khalil, MD
- Jaekeun Kim, MD
- Choon Hyuck Kwon, MD, PhD
- Charles Miller, MD
- Alejandro Pita, MD
- Andrea Schlegel, MD
Liver Transplant Hepatology
- Talal Adhami, MD
- Olumuyiwa Awoniyi, MD
- William Carey, MD
- Dian Chiang, MD
- Srinivasan Dasarathy, MD
- Vera Hupertz, MD (Pediatrics)
- Shilpa Junna, MD
- Saul Kane, MD
- Sobia Laique, MD
- Mike Leonis, MD (Pediatrics)
- Christina Lindenmeyer, MD
- Maureen Linganna, MD
- Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD
- Robert O'Shea, MD, MSCE
- Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, MD (Pediatrics)
- Shreya Sengupta, MD
- Jamile Wakim-Fleming, MD
- Nicole Welch, MD
Hepatology Advanced Practice Providers
Liver Transplant Advanced Practice Providers
Inpatient
- Karen Kerepesi, PA-C
- April Waby, PA-C
- Karen Kirkwood, PA-C
- Elizabeth Lennon, PA-C
- D’Antoni Klein, PA-C
- Evgeniya Ollis, PA-C
- Lauren Lux, PA-C
- Allison Gmelich, PA-C
Outpatient
- Meagan Reynolds, CNP
- Jessica Siudowski, CNP
Liver Transplant Coordinators
Clinical Nurse Manager
- Katey Hellickson, RN, BSN, CCTC
Lead Transplant Coordinator
- Maura George, RN, BSN, CCTC
Pre-Transplant Coordinators
- Krista Colas, RN, BSN
- Amy McFarlin, RN, BSN
- Barb Mastroianni RN, MSN, CCTC
- Michelle Monaco, RN, BSN
- Lori Pulice, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Natasha Rush, RN, BSN
- Anastasia Sobotka, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Jean Morgano, RN, BSN
Post Liver Transplant Coordinators
- Cassandra Bray, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Katie Brigden, RN, BSN
- Jim Filisky, RN
- Glenn Foster, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Gretchen Garibaldi, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Morgan Gordon, RN, BSN
- Molly Nikolic, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Tracey Raleigh, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Suzanne McFeaters, RN, BSN
- Kendi Comer, RN, BSN
Living Donor & Pediatrics
Independent Living Donor Advocate
- Brandy Mahne, LSW
Living Liver Donor
- Maura George, RN, BSN, CCTC
Pediatrics
- James Filinsky, RN, BSN
- Natasha Rush, RN, BSN
Living Donor Program Coordinator
- Jennifer Conkey
Liver Transplant Program Coordinators
- Bartholomew Evans
- Joanne Howser
- Simone Spearmint
- Charlotte Tate
Liver Transplant Social Work
- Courtney Hale, LISW
- Sophie Helmicki, LSW
- Elizabeth Hooley, LISW, CCTSW
- Lisa Smith, LISW, CCTSW
- Meghan Reagan, LISW
Liver Transplant Patient Financial Advocate
- Brenda Beaudoin
- Justine Blocksom
- Megan Leslie
Research Coordinator
- Mary Bilancini
- Erlind Allkushi
Support Staff
- Maged Argalious, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Jacek Cywinksi, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Samuel Irefin, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Allen Keebler, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Sam Gumbert, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Sandeep Khanna, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Mariel Manlapaz, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Trisha McGinnis, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Dmitry Sharakou, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Joti Juneja Mucci, MD (Anesthesiology)
- John Seif, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Omar Omar, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Vanessa Bou Sleiman (Anesthesiology)
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Praveen Chahar, MD (Anesthesiology)
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Gausan Ratna Bajracharya (Anesthesiology)
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Jean Beresian, MD (Anesthesiology)
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Anthony Divito, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Claudene Vlah, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Eric Cober, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Kyle Brizendine, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Jona Banzon, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Christopher Kovacs, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Jessica Lum, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Aneela Majeed, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Anita Modi, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Christine Koval, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Steven Mawhorter, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Cyndee Miranda, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Sherif Mossad, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Zachary Yetmar, MD (Infectious Disease)
- Faith Factora, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
- Madiha Syed, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
- Ellen Wurm, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
- David Jury, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
- James Rowbottom, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
- Silvia Perez-Protto, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
- Roshni Sreedharan, MD (Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
