Heart Transplant Program | Meet Our Team

Physicians

Elizabeth Blume, MD

Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapies; Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Medical Director, Heart Failure Program Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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

Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery Associate 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

John B. Emans, MD

Chief of Spine Division, Emeritus Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

John Mayer, Jr., MD

Senior Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Luis Guillermo Quinonez, MD, FRCSC

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

Sandra Burchett, MD, MSc

Senior Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAP); Co-Director, Immunocompromised Host Service Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Courtney Gidengil, MD, MPH

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Part-Time), Harvard Medical School

Julia R. Koehler, MD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Catherine Lachenauer, MD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, 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 Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kristin Moffitt, MD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, 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 Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program; Co-Director of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Immunocompromised Host Service Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jorge Velarde, MD, PhD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistants

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

Nurses

Heather Bastardi, RN, MSN, CPNP

Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Coordinator, Department of Cardiology

Simone Urbach, MSN, RN, CPNP

Heart Transplant Coordinator, Department of Cardiology

Nutritionists

Caroline Brantley, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Department of Cardiology

Psychologists/Psychiatrists

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

Chase Samsel, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry; Associate Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School