Living Donation

Our Heart Transplant Experts

Heart Transplant Program Physicians

The following experts are members of UPMC's multidisciplinary heart transplant team.

Jonathan E Holtz, MD

Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure
Mary E Keebler, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
Michael A. Mathier, MD

Director, Section of Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
Dennis M. McNamara, MD

Director, Heart Failure Research Center
Brittany A Palmer, MD

Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure
Ravi Ramani, MD

Director, UPMC Integrated Heart Failure Program
Marc A. Simon, MD

Director, Heart Failure Research

Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program Surgeons

The following experts are members of the Cardiothoracic Transplantation Division of UPMC's Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Arman Kilic, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Robert L. Kormos, MD, FRCS, FACS, FAHA

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Christopher Michael Sciortino, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center

Transplant Coordinators

Jenna Keeling, RN, MSN, PCCN — Director of Heart-Lung Transplant
Christgin Klavon, RN, CCTC
Chavonne Newman, RN, BSN, CCTC
Mark Paynter, RN, BSN, CCTC
Tracie Sabatine, RN, BSN, CCTC
Frank Speicher, RN, CCTC