Living Donation

Our Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Experts

The following experts are members of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program at UPMC.

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program Surgeons

Abhinav Humar, MD

Thomas E. Starzl Professor of Transplantation Surgery
Division Chief, Transplant Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Clinical Director, Starzl Transplantation Institute
Amit Tevar, MD

Transplant Surgery
Roberto Carlos Lopez, MD

Director, Organ Procurement
Martin Nicolas Wijkstrom, MD

Director, Islet Cell Transplant Program
Director, Transplant Fellowship Program
Armando Ganoza, MD

Surgical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Michele Molinari

Transplant Surgery
Henkie P. Tan, MD, PhD

Transplant Surgery

UPMC Renal-Electrolyte Division Nephrologists

Sundaram Hariharan, MD

Medical Director, Transplant Nephrology
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Chethan Maduvinakodi Puttarajappa

Transplant Nephrology
Nirav A. Shah, MD

Transplant Nephrology
Puneet Sood, MD

Medical Director, Living Donor Program
Christine Mona Wu, MD

Transplant Nephrology
Rajil Mehta, MD, FASN

Transplant Nephrology

Transplant Research

Fadi Lakkis, MD, Scientific Director, Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute

Transplant Coordinators

Erin McMahon, BSN, RN, CCTC - Director of Kidney Transplantation
Rosemarie Burch, RN, BSN, CCTC
Antoinette Carroll, RN, CTCC
Seth Cress, BA, BSN, RN-BC, CCTC, MSNBA
Jamaica Crosby, BSN, RN
Lydia Dandapat, RN, CCTC
Gina Doyle, BSN, RN, CCTC
Bradley Giles, RN
Elaine Lander, BSN, RN, CCTC
Christine Lion, BSN, RN, CCTC
Alice Maglione, RN, CCTC
Nanci McCombs, RN, CCTC
Lori Ann Schrall, RN, CCTC
Rita Swink, RN
Jessica Stein, BSN, RN
Michelle Turkovich, RN