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 |
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Thoracic Surgery
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Abbas Ardehali, M.D.
Director,
Heart and Lung Transplant Program
Professor of Surgery |
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Jon Kobashigawa, M.D.
Medical Director,
Adult Heart Transplant Program |
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Richard Shemin, M.D.
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Surgery
Heart Transplant Surgeon
Professor of Surgery |
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Jignesh Patel, M.D.
Associate Medical Director,
Heart Transplant Program
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology |
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Hillel Laks, M.D.
Chancellor's Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Adult and Pediatric Transplant Surgery |
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Daniel Cruz, M.D.
Cardiologist |
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Fardad Esmailian, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D.
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center |
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Murray Kwon, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Heart Transplant Surgeon |
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Antoine Hage, M.D.
Cardiologist |
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Brian Reemtsen, M.D.
Surgical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery |
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Michele Hamilton, M.D.
Co-Director, Heart Failure Program
Clinical Professor of Cardiology/Medicine |
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Tamara Horwich, M.D
Cardiologist |
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Allison Kean, M.D.
Cardiologist |
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Michelle Kittleson, M.D.
Adult Heart Transplant Cardiologist |
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William Robert MacLellan, M.D.
Cardiologist |
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Jaime Moriguchi, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology |
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Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant Team |
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Surgical Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant
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Medical Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant |
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Brian Reemtsen, M.D.
Surgical Director,
Pediatric Heart Transplant
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
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Juan Alejos, M.D.
Medical Director,
Pediatric Heart Transplant |
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Hillel Laks, M.D.
Chancellor's Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Adult and Pediatric Transplant Surgery |
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Brent Gordon, M.D.
Pediatric Heart Transplant Cardiologist |
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Nancy Halnon, M.D.
Pediatric Heart Transplant Cardiologist |
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Greg Perens, M.D.
Pediatric Heart Transplant Cardiologist |
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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 |
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Alison Amegatcher, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Pediatric Post Heart Transplant Coordinator |
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Joyleen Martinez, R.N., ACNP
Pediatric Heart Transplant NP |
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Pulmonary Medicine / Lung Transplant Team |
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Surgical
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Medical
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Curtis Hunter, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery
Lung Transplant Surgeon |
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David Ross, M.D.
Medical Director,
Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program
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Jon Belperio, M.D.
Pulmonologist
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Michael Levine, M.D.
Pulmonologist |
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Joseph Lynch III, M.D.
Pulmonologist |
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Rajan Saggar, M.D.
Pulmonologist
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Rajeev Saggar, M.D.
Pulmonologist
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Sam Weigt, M.D.
Pulmonologist |
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David Zisman, M.D.
Pulmonologist |
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Psychiatry, Nephrology, Infectious Disease |
Psychiatry
Nephrology
Infectious Disease
Heart and Lung Transplant Coordinator |
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Adult Transplant Coordinators
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Pediatric Transplant Coordinators |
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Joselina Fuentes, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Inpatient Lung Transplant Coordinator
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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
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Malissa Johnson, R.N., B.S.N.
Lung Transplant Coordinator |
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Alison Amegatcher, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Pediatric Post Heart Transplant Coordinator |
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Tina Kao, R.N., C.C.T.C.
Inpatient Lung Transplant Coordinator
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Stephanie Lackey, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
Lung Transplant Coordinator |
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Dorothy Lockhart, R.N., C.C.T.C.
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Susan Montgomery, R.N., B.S.N. |
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Jay Onga, R.N., C.C.T.C.
Lung Transplant Coordinator
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Linda Rangel, R.N.
Inpatient Adult Heart Transplant Coordinator
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Emily Stimpson, R.N., B.S.N.
Pre Adult Heart Transplant Coordinator |
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Angela Velleca, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C.
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Cardiomyophathy Center, Histocompatibility Laboratory, Cardiovascular Pathology,
Clnical Social Work |
Cardiomyopathy Center
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Julie Creaser, M.N., R.N.
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Tamara Harrison, R.N., N.P.
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Nancy Livingston, M.N., R.N., F.N.P.
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Darlene Rourke, R.N., M.S.N. |
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Jennifer Williams, MN, NP
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Histocompatibility Laboratory
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Elaine Reed, Ph.D. |
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Cardiovascular Pathology
Clinical Social Work
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Naomi Krantz, L.C.S.W. |
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Lana Wohlschlegel, M.S.W.
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