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: Cristiano Quintini, MD
- Medical Director, Liver Transplantation: K.V. Narayanan Menon, MD
- Surgical Director, Pediatric & Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD.
- Medical Director, Pediatric & Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD
- Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Vera Hupertz, MD
Liver Transplant Surgeons
- Federico Aucejo, MD
- Bijan Eghtesad, MD
- Masato Fujiki, MD
- Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD
- Choon Hyuck Kwon, MD, PhD
- Charles Miller, MD
- Cristiano Quintini, MD
- Teresa Diago Uso, MD
Liver Transplant Hepatology
- Talal Adhami, MD
- William Carey, MD
- Srinivasan Dasarathy, MD
- Vera Hupertz, MD (Pediatrics)
- Saul Kane, MD
- Christina Lindenmeyer, MD
- Omar Massoud, MD
- K.V. Narayanan Menon, MD
- Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD
- Robert O'Shea, MD, MSCE
- Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, MD (Pediatrics)
- Shreya Sengupta, MD
- Jamile Wakim-Fleming, MD
- Nicole Welch, MD
- Maureen Whitsett, MD
Liver Transplant Coordinators
Clinical Nurse Manager
- Donna Ferchill, RN, BSN, CCTC
Pre-Transplant Coordinators
- Mohamed Awada, RN, BSN
- Glenn Foster, RN, BSN
- Angel Gabriel, RN, BSN
- Maura George, RN, BSN
- Amy McFarlin, RN, BSN
- Barb Mastroianni RN, MSN
- Amanda Pescatrice, RN, BSN
- Deb Priebe, RN, BSN
- Lori Pulice, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Natasha Rush, RN, BSN
- Anastasia Sobotka, RN, BSN
Nurse Practitioner:
- Meagan Reynolds, MSN, CNP
Post Liver Transplant Coordinators
- Cassandra Bray, RN, BSN
- Katie Brigden, RN, BSN
- James Filisky, RN, BSN
- Gretchen Garibaldi, RN, BSN
- Morgan Gordon, RN, BSN
- Molly Nikolic, RN
- Tracey Raleigh, RN
- Jennifer Robinson, RN, BSN
- Suzanne McFeaters, RN
Living Donor & Pediatrics
Independent Living Donor Advocate
- Karen Reinhart, MAEd, LSW
Living Liver Donor
- Donna Ferchill, RN, BSN, CCTC
- Maura George, RN, BSN
- Katey Hellickson, RN, BSN,CCTC
Pediatrics
- James Filinsky, RN, BSN
- Natasha Rush, RN, BSN
Physician Assistants
- Karen Kirkwood, PA-C
- Elizabeth Lennon, PA-C
- Lauren Lux, PA-C
- Evgeniya Ollis, PA-C
- D’Antoni Wells, PA-C
- April Waby, PA-C
- Karen Kerepesi, PA-C
Program Coordinators
- Jennifer Conkey
- Janet Connolly
Liver Transplant Social Work
- Courtney Hale, LISW
- Elizabeth Hooley, LISW
- Ean Pokryfky, LIW
Liver Transplant Patient Financial Advocate
- Brenda Beaudoin
- Justine Blocksom
- Tasha Roberts<
Research Coordinator
- Mary Bilancin
Support Staff
- Maged Argalious, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Jacek Cywinksi, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Samuel Irefin, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Allen Keebler, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Maurico Perilla, MD(Anesthesiology)
- Sam Gumbert, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Sandeep Khanna, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Kamal Maheshwari, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Mariel Manlapaz, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Trisha McGinnis, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Driftan Prifiti, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Dmitry Sharakou, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Joti Juneja Mucci, MD (Anesthesiology)
- John Seif, 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)
- Kathy Coffman, MD (Psychiatry and Psychology)
- Sherif Mossad, MD (Transplant Infectious Disease)
