Liver Transplant Program | Meet Our Team

Physicians

Scott A. Elisofon, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Associate Director, Center for Childhood Liver Disease; Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Heung Bae Kim, MD

Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program; Surgical Director, Liver, Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Programs Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Khashayar Vakili, MD

Assistant, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Rima Fawaz, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Maureen M. Jonas, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director, Hepatology; Director, Center for Childhood Liver Disease Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christine K. Lee, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Pete Kovatsis, MD

Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Sandra Burchett, MD, MSc

Senior Associate Physician in Medicine, 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 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; Co-Director, Immunocompromised Host Service Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nurses

Katie Garrigan, RN, MSN, CPNP

Transplant Coordinator, Department of Surgery

Julie Iglesias, RN, MSN, CPNP

Registered Nurse, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Maureen Pimentel, RN, MSN, CPNP

Transplant Coordinator, Department of Surgery

Psychology/Psychiatry

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