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Heart Transplant Team

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vaughn A. Starnes, M.D., Director
Robbin G. Cohen, M.D.
Ross M. Bremner, M.D., Ph.D.
Winfield J. Wells, M.D.
Mark J. Cunningham, M.D.
Michael A. Smith, M.D.

Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Tony N. Hodges, M.D.
Richard Barbers, M.D.
Janice Liebler, M.D.
Patricio Escalante, M.D.
Khaled Chan, M.D.

Transplant Coordinators
Brandi Mueller, R.N.
Christine Devine, R.N.

Clinical Social Work
Kristin Webber, M.S.W.

Financial Counseling
Portia Daughlash

Pharmacy
Kevin Forrester, Pharm D (Inpatient)
Sherry Cochran Kirk, R.P.H. (Outpatient)

Physical Therapy
Jeff Rodrigues, DPT, MS (Inpatient)
Ragen Agler, DPT, ATC (Inpatient)

Office Coordinator
Kathy Acosta-Mendoza

Clinical Assistant
Patricia Pulido
Julia Ridley

Photopheresis
Elizabeth Sales, R.N.




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