Our Lung Transplant Experts

The following experts are members of UPMC's collaborative UPMC Lung Transplant Program.

Lung Transplant Program Physicians

• Joseph Pilewski, MD
  Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs, Pulmonary, Allergy, CCM Division
  Co-Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
• Elizabeth Lendermon, MD
  Associate Medical Director, Lung Transplantation
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Bruce Johnson, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Silpa Kilaru, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
• John McDyer, MD
  Director, Lung Transplantation Translational Research Program
  Associate Professor of Medicine
• Kaveh Moghbeli, MD
  Clinical Instructor
• Keven Robinson, MD
  Associate Program Director for Scholarly Activities
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Mark Snyder, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lung Transplant Program Surgeons

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

• Pablo Sanchez, MD
  Surgical Director, Lung Transplant/ECMO
• Masashi Furukawa, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Transplant Coordinators

• Jenna Keeling, RN, MSN, PCCN — Director of Heart-Lung Transplant
• Rachael Begler Myers, RN, BSN
• Ayelet Feinberg, RN, MSN, CCTC
• Breanna Ferrara, RN
• Ashley Fogle, RN, BSN, CCTC
• Ariel Grassi, RN, BSN
• Amanda Herk, RN, BSN
• Audrey McGarrity, RN, BSN
• Amanda Mennitto, RN, BSN
• Jonathan Oncken, RN
• Julie Passodelis, RN, BSN, CCTC
• Nancy Pepke, RN, BSN, CCTC
• Shannon Whiteman, RN, BSN, CCTC