Our Heart Transplant Experts
UPMC's multidisciplinary heart transplant team offers a comprehensive continuum of care, from initial diagnosis through post-operative recovery and rehabilitation.
Heart Transplant Program Cardiologists
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Dennis M. McNamara, MD
Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation Program, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute |
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Ravi Ramani, MD
Associate Director, Cardiac Transplantation |
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Marc Simon, MD
Director, Heart Failure Research |
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Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program |
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Hunter Champion, MD, PhD |
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David Ishizawar, MD |
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Michael Mathier, MD |
Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program Surgeons
The following surgeons are members of the Cardiothoracic Transplantation Division of UPMC's Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery:
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Christian Bermudez, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Surgical Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Associate Professor of Surgery |
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Robert Kormos, MD
Director, Artificial Heart Program
Co-director, Heart Transplantation
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Jay Bhama, MD
Associate Director, Artificial Heart Program
Associate Director, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery |