Transplant Services Team Surgery Christine W. Du, M.D. Anil Kotru, M.D. Board Certification: Surgery Clinical Interests: Hepatobiliary surgery, treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer, liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, live donor nephrectomies, pancreas transplantation, bile duct surgery and liver resection Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine Residency: Lehigh Valley Health Network Fellowship: Columbia University (Accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons) Board Certification: Surgery Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation, vascular access, liver resections Medical School: Indira Gandhi Medical College Residency: St. James University Hospital Fellowship: Washington University Medical School (Accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons) Marie Le, M.D. Board Certification: Surgery Clinical Interests: Treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer, liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, live donor nephrectomies, pancreas transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, liver resection, chemoembolization Medical School: Penn State College of Medicine Internship: SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital Residency: Saint Barnabas Medical Center Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center (Accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons) Paula Scolamacchia, PA-C Board Certification: Physician Assistant Education: Pennsylvania College of Technology P.A. Program Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, liver resection, chemoembolization Education: Pennsylvania College of Technology
Nephrology Michael Schultz, M.D. Board Certification: Nephrology Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine Residency: Wilford Hall U.S.A.F. Medical Center Fellowship: University of Colorado Hospital Rajesh Govindasamy, M.D. Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation Board Certification: Nephrology Medical School: Madras Medical College Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Fellowship: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Stony Brook University Hospital Maria Camila Bermudez, M.D. Board Certification: Nephrology Clinical Interests: Transplantation services, early detection Medical School: Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center Pediatric Nephrology Dianne Muchant, M.D. Board Certification: Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Interests: Renal failure, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, congenital renal diseases, kidney failure, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, cystic kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, dialysis, kidney transplant, renal insufficiency Medical School: West Virginia University, School of Medicine Residency: West Virginia University Hospitals Fellowship: University of Virginia Medical Center Valeriya Feygina, M.D. Board Certification: Pediatric Nephrology Medical School: Russian State Medical University Residency: Richmond University Medical Center Fellowship: SUNY Downstate at Brooklyn, School of Medicine
Hepatology Robert Smith, M.D. Medical Director, Liver Transplantation Board Certification: Hepatology Clinical Interests: Diseases of the liver and biliary tract, liver transplantation Medical School: Temple University, School of Medicine Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Nina Ahuja, M.D. Board Certification: Hepatology Clinical Interests: Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, primary biliary cirrhosis, fatty liver (NASH), liver masses Medical School: George Washington University, School of Medicine Residency: UPMC - Presbyterian University Hospital Fellowships: Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - University Hospital Nihar Shah, M.D. Board Certification: Hepatology Clinical Interests: Hepatitis C, NASH/NAFLD (fatty liver disease), FibroScan, cirrhosis and portal hypertension, autoimmune liver diseases, alcoholic liver disease Medical School: Terna Medical College and Hospital Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Fellowship: Virginia Mason Medical Center Cardiology Terry Bauch, M.D. Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease Medical School: SUNY Downstate at Brooklyn, School of Medicine Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center Fellowship: Brooke Army Medical Center Thomas Scott, D.O. Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Internal Medicine Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center
Cardiology continued Vernon Mascarenhas, M.D. Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease Medical School: M.P. Shah Medical College Residency: Pinnacle Health at Harrisburg Hospital Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center Eileen Rattigan, M.D. Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease Medical School: New York University School of Medicine Residency: Bellevue Hospital Center Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center Anesthesiology Yuri Kuras, M.D. Director, Transplant Anesthesia Board Certification: Anesthesiology Clinical Interest: Transplant anesthesia Medical School: Tyumen State Medical Academy Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Center William Loder, M.D. Board Certification: Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia, critical care medicine, neurotrauma Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine Charles Steen, M.D. Board Certification: Anesthesiology Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia, cardiac anesthesia Medical School: Queens University Faculty of Medicine Residency: University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine
Radiology Ashok Bhanushali, M.D., MBA Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Board Certifications: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Medical School: Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Mumbai University Fellowship: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Aalpen Patel, M.D., FSIR Vice Chair of Informatics and Quality Radiology, Board Certifications: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Residency: Temple University Hospital Fellowship: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Luis Nadal, M.D. Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Board Certifications: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Medical School: Escuela De Medicina, Universidad Iberoamericana Residency: Jacobi Medical Center Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center Tariq Rahman, M.D. Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Board Certification: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Medical School: Albany Medical College Residency: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Fellowship: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Radiology continued Gregory Pierce, M.D. Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Board Certification: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Medical School: Temple University Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Shivam Patel, M.D. Board Certification: Radiology Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Residency: Christiana Care Health System Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania For more information about s transplantation services, call 877-821-8613. 82636-1-11/15-TG/DS