Heart Transplant Program | Meet Our Team
Elizabeth Blume, MD
Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapies; Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Medical Director, Heart Failure Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD
Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program; Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Associate in Cardiac Surgery; Co-Director, Center for Airway Disorders, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Christopher W. Baird, MD
Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Congenital Heart Valve Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Pedro J. del Nido, MD
Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Sitaram Emani, MD
Associate in Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program; Director, Complex Biventricular Repair Program; Surgical Director, Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
John Mayer, Jr., MD
Senior Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Luis Guillermo Quinonez, MD, FRCS(C)
Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Kevin P. Daly, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Tajinder (TP) Singh, MD, MSc
Attending, Department of Cardiology, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Leslie Smoot, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology, Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Christina J. VanderPluym, MD
Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Medical Director, Cardiac Antithrombosis Management and Monitoring Program (CAMP), Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Heather Bastardi, RN, MSN, CPNP
Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Coordinator, Department of Cardiology,
Simone Urbach, MSN, RN, CPNP
Heart Transplant Coordinator, Department of Cardiology,
Amy Hellinger, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacist, Department of Cardiology,
Erin Connelly, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Department of Cardiology,
Kate Huyler, MS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Department of Cardiology,
Emily Springer,
Certified Child Life Specialist, Department of Cardiology,
Kristine McKenna, PhD
Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry; Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Angela Perry,
Financial Coordinator, Pediatric Transplant Center,
Sandra Burchett, MD, MSc
Senior Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAPS); Director, Immunocompromised Host Service, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Courtney Gidengil, MD, MPH
Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Part-Time), Harvard Medical School
Julia R. Koehler, MD
Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Catherine Lachenauer, MD
Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Infectious Diseases Outpatient Practice, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Ofer Levy, MD, PhD
Director, Precision Vaccines Program; Senior Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases , Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Kristin Moffitt, MD
Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Tanvi S. Sharma, MD, MPH
Clinical Director/Associate Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases; Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program; Co-Director of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Transplant Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jorge Velarde, MD, PhD
Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Tiffany Chavez, MS, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Edward Horgan, PA-C, MSHS, MPH
Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Barbara Rhodes, PA-C, MS, RN
Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Brenda Sefton, PA-C, MSHS
Lead Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Kaitlin Ward, PA-C, MS
Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Caroline Brantley, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Department of Cardiology,
