Our Heart Transplant Experts

Heart Transplant Program Physicians

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

Mary E Keebler, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
Gavin W Hickey, MD

Medical Director, VAD (Ventricular Assist Device Program)
Jonathan E Holtz, MD

Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure
Michael A. Mathier, MD

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

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

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
Christopher Michael Sciortino, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center