Conference Faculty

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Mark L. Barr, MD
Planning Consultant
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Judith B. Braslow, MA
Planning Consultant, Preconference A
Planning Consultant, Transplantation
Rockville, Maryland

Suzanne Chillcott, BSN, RN
Lead, Mechanical Assist Device Program
Cardiac Transplantation
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, California

Raymond Y. Chinn, MD, FACP
Hospital Epidemiologist Sharp
Memorial Hospital
San Diego, California

Darlene Christiansen, MBA, RN, LNHA Executive Director
Division of Accreditation
The Joint Commission
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

Dean Collier, PharmD
Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Daniel Cook, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
One Lambda
Canoga Park, California
Director, Allogen Laboratories Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Ohio

Gabriel Danovitch, MD
Director, Kidney & Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Program
UCLA Medical Center
Professor, The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Mary J. Douglas, MSN, RN, CCTC
Planning Committee Member
Senior Clinical Transplant Coordinator
Division of Transplantation
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Hans Albin Gritsch, MD
Surgical Director, Renal Transplantation,
Kidney & Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Program
Department of Surgery
UCLA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Urology
The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Rose Healy, MS, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Diabetes Education
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

R. Michael Hofmann, MD
Medical Director, Acute Dialysis Services
Medflight Physician
Assistant Professor
Section of Nephrology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Stanley Jordan, MD
Director, Nephrology & Transplant
Immunology Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Los Angeles, California

Andrew Klein, MD, MBA
Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Chair, UNOS Living Donor Transplant Committee
Los Angeles, California

Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Medical Director, UCLA
Heart Transplant Program
Clinical Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Chief, Division of Clinical Faculty Medicine
The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Arlene La Rose, BSN, RN, CNN, CCTC
Donor Call Coordinator
Kidney & Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Program
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Nancy P. Lee, PharmD, CDE
Clinical Pharmacist, Diabetes Education
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Gerald S. Lipshutz, MD, MS
Pancreas, Kidney and Liver Transplant Surgeon
Departments of Surgery and Urology
UCLA Medical Center
Assistant Professor
The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

David Magnus, PhD
Co-Chair, Ethics Committee
Transplant Psychiatrists
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Rhonda K. Martin, MS, RN, MLT (ASCP) CCRN, CNS/ACNP-C
Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hepatology and Abdominal Organ Transplant
University of California San Diego Medical Center
Lecturer, School of Medicine
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

Vicki McCalmont, MS, RN, ANP/GNP APRN-BC, CNS, CCTC
Cardiac Transplant Nurse Practitioner
Department of Surgery
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, California

Suzanne McGuire, BSN, RN, CCTC
Living Donor Kidney Transplant Coordinator
Division of Kidney & Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jeannie Miller, MPH, RN
Director, Division of Institutional Quality Standards
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Center for Medicare and Medicaide Services
Baltimore, Maryland

Thomas Mone, MS
Chief Executive Officer
One Legacy
Los Angeles, California

Hossein Nabai, MD
Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist
San Diego, California

Marian O’Rourke, RN, CCTC
Director, Transplant Administration
Tulane University Hospital & Clinic
New Orleans, Louisiana

Linda Ohler, MSN, RN, CCTC, FAAN
Planning Committee Member
Editor: Progress in Transplantation
Program Manager CHF and Heart/Lung Transplant
Pauley Heart Center
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia

Wayne Paris, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery
The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Daniel R. Salomon, MD
Co-Director, Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
San Diego, California

Anne Sanford, BSN, RN, CCTC
Planning Committee Member
Nurse Manager, Kidney & Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Program
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Robert Steiner, MD
Director, Transplant Nephrology
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
UCSD Medical Center
Medical Director, Life Sharing of San Diego
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Nephrology School of Medicine
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

Ashley A. Vo, PharmD
Administrative Director, Transplant Immunotherapy Program
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Alan H. Wilkinson, MD, FRCP
Director, Division of Kidney & Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
The David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California