Physicians & Teams
Penn's kidney transplant program is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of specialists who manage patients' care from the evaluation visit to the transplant procedure and postoperative care.
Their goal is to provide the best care and restore each patient to a full and productive life.
While primarily committed to patient care, these faculty members are also actively engaged in clinical and laboratory research designed to improve survival and quality of life for kidney transplant recipients.
The following members of the kidney transplant team are involved in patients' care throughout the transplant process:
Transplant Surgery
- Peter L. Abt, MD
- Clyde F. Barker, MD
- Matthew H. Levine, MD, PhD
- Ali Naji, MD, PhD
Surgical Director
View Physician Video - Paige Porrett, MD, PhD
Non-Physician Providers
- Georgine Smith, MS, MHS, PA-C
Transplant Nephrology
- Melissa Bleicher, MD
- Roy Bloom, MD
Medical Director
View Physician Video - Simin Goral, MD
- Robert Grossman, MD
- Peter Reese, MD
- Dierdre L. Sawinski, MD
- Alan Wasserstein, MD
Transplant Coordinators
- Cynthia Gardiner, RN, BSN
- Theresa M. Holland, BS, BSN, RN, CCTC
- Joseph Maguire, RN
- Denise Masilotti, MSN, CRNP, CCTC
- Sheilagh McCauley, BSN, RN, CCTN, CCTC
- Rita Perry, BSN, RN
- Terrence Pilgrim, BSN, RN
- Nicole Platt, EMT
- Allyson Semple, BSN, RN, CPTC
- Maureen Simon, BSN, RN, CNN
- Julie Truong, BSN, RN
- Donna Whitehead, BSN, RN
Social Workers
- Jason Kim, MSW
- Regina Miller, MSW
- Elizabeth Spina, MSW
Financial Coordinators
- Bernadette Selera
- Tara Koslowski
Transplant Nutritionist
- Carol Bergen, MS, RD, CSR, LDN
Transplant Pharmacist
- Jennifer Trofe, PharmD, BCPS
Nurse Practitioners
- Christina Braun, MSN, CRNP
- Carolyn Mylowe, MSN, CRNP
Living Donor Team
- Donna Collins, MSN, RN, CCTC
- Maral Palanjian, BSN, RN (Donor Liaison)
Transplant Community Liaison
- Margaret Leid
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margaret.leid@uphs.upenn.edu
Manager, Transplant Outreach & Communication
- Denny DuPont