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Our Expert Team / Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Team

Meet our Kidney and Pancreas Transplant team members below:

Adult Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Physicians / Surgeons
Pediatric Kidney Transplant Physicians / Surgeons
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Coordinators

Learn more about Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at UCLA.  


Adult Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Team

 

Surgical


   

Medical

Dr. Albin Gritsch H. Albin Gritsch, M.D.
Surgical Director, 
Kidney Transplant Program 
Associate Professor of Urology
  Gabriel Danovitch, M.D.
Medical Director
Professor of Medicine
         
Dr. Gerald S. Lipshutz

Gerald S. Lipshutz, M.D., M.S.
Surgical Director,
Pancreas Transplant Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Urology and Medicine

  Alan Wilkinson, M.D.
Medical Director
Professor of Medicine
         
 Dr. Peter Schulam Peter Schulam M.D.
Director of Endourology
Associate Profesor of Urology
    Michael Bunnapradist, M.D.
Transplant Nephrologist 
Associate Professor of Medicine 
         
Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal 

J. Thomas Rosenthal, M.D.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Professor of Urology
 

   Dr. Phuong-Thu Pham Phuong-Thu Pham, M.D.
Transplant Nephrologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
         
Dr. Jennifer Singer Jennifer Singer, M.D.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Associate Clinical Professor of Urology
  Dr. Carmen Slavov Carmen Slavov, M.D.
Transplant Nephrology
Fellow
         
Dr. Jeffrey Veale Jeffrey Veale, M.D.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Urology
    Theodore Sievers, Pharm.D.
Liver Transplant Pharmacist Specialist 
         

Pediatric Kidney Transplant Team 

 

Surgical


   

Medical

Dr. Albin Gritsch H. Albin Gritsch, M.D.
Surgical Director,
Kidney Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Urology
  Dr. Robert Ettenger Robert Ettenger, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Nephrologist
Professor of Pediatrics
         
Dr. Gerald S. Lipshutz

Gerald S. Lipshutz, M.D., M.S.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Urology and Medicine

 

  Dr. Isidro Salusky

Isidro Salusky, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrologist
Professor of Pediatrics

 
         
Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal

J. Thomas Rosenthal, M.D.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Professor of Urology

  Dr. Eileen Tsai

Eileen Tsai, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

 

         
Dr. Jennifer Singer Jennifer Singer, M.D.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Assistant Clinical Professor of Urology
  Dr. Ora Yadin

Ora Yadin, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

 

         
Dr. Jeffrey Veale Jeffrey Veale, M.D.
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Urology
  Dr. Katherine Wesseling Katherine Wesseling, M.D.
Pediatric Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
         
 

 

  Dr. Joshua Zaritzky

Joshua Zaritsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Nephrologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

         

Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Coordinators 

 

Adult Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Coordinators


   

Pediatric Kidney Transplant Coordinators

 

Myrlin Agunod, R.N., M.A
Outpatient Coordinator

   

Nancy Kearsley, R.N.
Pediatric Kidney Transplant Coordinator

         
  Ilana Berg, R.N.
Outpatient Coordinator 
    Jenny Marik, R.N.
Pediatric Kidney Transplant Coordinator
         
 

Elisabeth Hands, R.N.
Inpatient Coordinator

     
         
  Angela Phelps, R.N.
Inpatient Coordinator
     
         
 

Scott Snider, R.N.
Inpatient Coordinator

     
         
  Mishon Surprenant, R.N.
Pancreas Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Christine Lee, R.N., BSN, CCTC
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Leeanne Shinn, R.N.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Prest Oshodi, R.N.
Kidney Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Jean Garcia, L.V.N.
Assistant Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Tammy Nash, L.V.N.
Assistant Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Jean Santos, L.V.N.
Assistant Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Ada Van den Vlekkert, L.V.N.
Assistant Transplant Coordinator
     
         
  Cherise Jones, L.V.N.
Outpatient Assistant Transplant Coordinator
     

Other Staff 

 
     
 

Mara Hersh-Rifkin, M.S.W.
Clinical Adult Social Worker

    Pamela Anderson 
Transplant Dietitian
         
  Andrea Gast, M.S.W.
Clinical Adult Social Worker
    Irene Marker, N.P
Transplant Nurse Practitioner
         
 

Lara Bender, M.S.W.
Pediatric Social Worker

   

Melissa Dunbar-Forrest, RN, BSN,CPTC
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Nurse Manager

         

Living Donor Transplant Coordinators 

 
     
 

Suzanne McGuire, R.N., BSN, CCTC

   

 

         
  Michelle Mandap, LVN      
         
  Tonya Frazier, R.N., BSN