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Our Expert Team / Heart and Lung Transplant Team

Meet our Heart and Lung Transplant Team members below:

Adult Heart and Lung Transplant Physicians / Surgeons
Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant Physicians / Surgeons
Pulmonary Medicine / Lung Transplant Physicians / Surgeons
Psychiatry, Nephrology, Infectious Disease Physicians
Heart and Lung Transplant Coordinators 
Cardiomyopathy Center, Histocompatibility Laboratory, Cardiovascular Pathology, Clinical Social Work 

Learn more about Heart Transplantation and Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation at UCLA. 

Adult Heart and Lung Transplant Team 

 

Thoracic Surgery


   

Adult Cardiology

Dr. Abbas Ardehali Abbas Ardehali, M.D.
Director, 
Heart and Lung Transplant Program
Professor of Surgery
  Dr. Jon Kobashigawa Jon Kobashigawa, M.D.
Medical Director,
Adult Heart Transplant Program
         
 Dr. Richard Shemin Richard Shemin, M.D.
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Surgery
Heart Transplant Surgeon 
Professor of Surgery 
  Dr. Jignesh Patel Jignesh Patel, M.D.
Associate Medical Director,
Heart Transplant Program
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology 
         
Dr. Hillel Laks Hillel Laks, M.D.
Chancellor's Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Adult and Pediatric Transplant Surgery
  photo not available  Daniel Cruz, M.D.
Cardiologist
         
Dr. Fardad Esmailian Fardad Esmailian, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery  
  Dr. David Fonarow Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D.
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center 
         

Dr. Murray Kwon

Murray Kwon, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Heart Transplant Surgeon  
  Dr. Antoine Hage Antoine Hage, M.D.
Cardiologist  
         
Dr. Brian Reemtsen Brian Reemtsen, M.D.
Surgical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
  Dr. Michele Hamilton Michele Hamilton, M.D.
Co-Director, Heart Failure Program
Clinical Professor of Cardiology/Medicine 
         
      Tamara Horwich, M.D
Cardiologist
         
      Dr. Allison Kean Allison Kean, M.D.
Cardiologist 
         
      Dr. Michelle Kittleson Michelle Kittleson, M.D.
Adult Heart Transplant Cardiologist
         
      Dr. William MacLellan William Robert MacLellan, M.D.
Cardiologist
         
      Dr. Jaime Moriguchi  Jaime Moriguchi, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
         


Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant Team 

 

Surgical Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant


   

Medical Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant

Dr. Brian Reemtsen 

Brian Reemtsen, M.D.
Surgical Director,
Pediatric Heart Transplant
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

  Dr. Juan Alejos Juan Alejos, M.D.
Medical Director,
Pediatric Heart Transplant
         
Dr. Hillel Laks Hillel Laks, M.D.
Chancellor's Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Adult and Pediatric Transplant Surgery
  photo not available  Brent Gordon, M.D.
Pediatric Heart Transplant Cardiologist 
         
      Dr. Nancy Halnon Nancy Halnon, M.D.
Pediatric Heart Transplant Cardiologist
         
       Dr. Greg Perens Greg Perens, M.D.
Pediatric Heart Transplant Cardiologist 
         
      Caron Burch  Caron Burch, R.N., F.N.P., M.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Nurse Manager,
Heart and Lung Transplant
Pre Pediatric Heart Transplant Coordinator  
         
       Alison Amegatcher Alison Amegatcher, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Pediatric Post Heart Transplant Coordinator
         

 

  

 

   Joyleen Martinez Joyleen Martinez, R.N., ACNP
Pediatric Heart Transplant NP  
         


Pulmonary Medicine /  Lung Transplant Team 

 

Surgical


   

Medical

Dr. Curtis Hunter Curtis Hunter, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery
Lung Transplant Surgeon
 

 Dr. David Ross

David Ross, M.D.
Medical Director,
Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program  

 

         
 

 

 
   Dr. Jon Belperio

Jon Belperio, M.D.
Pulmonologist

 
         
      photo not available  Michael Levine, M.D.
Pulmonologist  
         
      photo not available  Joseph Lynch III, M.D.
Pulmonologist
         
 

 

  photo not available 

Rajan Saggar, M.D.
Pulmonologist

         

 

  photo not available 

Rajeev Saggar, M.D.
Pulmonologist 

 
         
      photo not available  Sam Weigt, M.D.
Pulmonologist 
         
      Dr. David Zisman David Zisman, M.D.
Pulmonologist
         

Psychiatry, Nephrology, Infectious Disease 

Psychiatry


         
photo not available  Barry Guze, M.D.     photo not available  Elisa Moreno, M.D.  
         

Nephrology


         
photo not available  Lawrence Froch, M.D.     photo not available  Saleh Saleh, M.D. 
         

Infectious Disease


         
photo not available  Bernard Kubak, M.D., Ph.D.      
         

Heart and Lung Transplant Coordinator

 

Adult Transplant Coordinators


   

Pediatric Transplant Coordinators

 

Joselina Fuentes, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Inpatient Lung Transplant Coordinator 



 

  Caron Burch 

Caron Burch, R.N., F.N.P., M.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Nurse Manager, Heart and Lung Transplant
Pre Pediatric Heart Transplant Coordinator

         
photo not available  Malissa Johnson, R.N., B.S.N.
Lung Transplant Coordinator 
   Alison Amegatcher Alison Amegatcher, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Pediatric Post Heart Transplant Coordinator
         
photo not available  Tina Kao, R.N., C.C.T.C.
Inpatient Lung Transplant Coordinator 
     
         
 Stephanie Lackey Stephanie Lackey, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Lung Transplant Coordinator
     
         
 Dorothy Lockhart

Dorothy Lockhart, R.N., C.C.T.C.

     
         
 Susan Montgomery Susan Montgomery, R.N., B.S.N.      
         
 Jay Onga

Jay Onga, R.N., C.C.T.C.
Lung Transplant Coordinator 

 

     
 

 

     
photo not available 

Linda Rangel, R.N.
Inpatient Adult Heart Transplant Coordinator

     
         
photo not available  Emily Stimpson, R.N., B.S.N.
Pre Adult Heart Transplant Coordinator 
     
         
 Angela Velleca

Angela Velleca, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.

     
         

Cardiomyophathy Center, Histocompatibility Laboratory, Cardiovascular Pathology,
Clnical Social Work 

Cardiomyopathy Center


         
photo not available 

Julie Creaser, M.N., R.N.

  photo not available 

Tamara Harrison, R.N., N.P.

         
photo not available 

Nancy Livingston, M.N., R.N., F.N.P.

  photo not available  Darlene Rourke, R.N., M.S.N.
         
photo not available 

Jennifer Williams, MN, NP

     
         

 

Histocompatibility Laboratory


         
photo not available  Elaine Reed, Ph.D.      
         

 

Cardiovascular Pathology


         
Dr. Michael C. Fishbein Michael C. Fishbein, M.D.      
         

 

Clinical Social Work


         
photo not available  Naomi Krantz, L.C.S.W.   photo not available 

Lana Wohlschlegel, M.S.W.