25 of the Best Transplant Surgeons Near Me in Easton, MD

Dr. Benjamin Philosophe is the surgical director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. He also serves as the lead transplant surgeon at Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Hepatology Multidisciplinary Center. Dr. Philosophe was the first physician to perform robotic total right and total left hepatic resections in the state of Maryland. He has expanded the application of minimally invasive surgical approaches to other hepatobiliary diseases and has improved outcomes and reduced effects of surgery on these patients. Dr. Philosophe practices out of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., as well as Johns Hopkins Community Physician locations in Bethesda, Md. and Lutherville, Md. He is also affiliated with Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Philosophe has a wide range of expertise, including cirrhosis; hepatic surgery, hepatitis, hepatobiliary conditions and surgeries; biliary tract surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery; laparoscopic surgeries; vascular surgery; and robotic surgeries. He also has an expertise in various kinds of transplant surgeries, such as kidney, live donor liver, liver and pancreas, as well as various kinds of cancer, such as bile duct, gallbladder, hepatocellular, liver and pancreatic. Dr. Philosophe earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, followed by a liver transplantation fellowship at the University of Toronto. Dr. Philosophe also completed a transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Maryland, where he went on to work as a professor of surgery and the head of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Philosophe is a member of the American Board of Surgery, the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Transplantation Society and the International Liver Transplantation Society. He has earned a Super Doctors Award in general surgery from the Washington Post Magazine, as well as a Top Doctor Award for hepatobiliary surgery and transplant specialists from Baltimore Magazine. Dr. Philosophe has also been repeatedly named one of America’s Top Doctors and one of America’s Top Doctors for Cancer by Castle Connolly. Dr. Philosophe has contributed to numerous publications and presentations. His research interests include uncovering the mechanisms that contribute to transplant rejection and determining characteristics that can be used to better predict donor organ function. He has completed pioneering work in developing a scoring system called the Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI), which is used by transplant surgeons worldwide to assess the likelihood of a deceased donor’s kidney function after transplantation. MAPI has increased the utilization of donor kidneys and saved many lives. Dr. Philosophe is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Philosophe is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Philosophe is currently accepting new patients.

Ahmet Kilic is a cardiac surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an associate professor of surgery at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also serves as director of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Kilic's areas of clinical expertise include adult cardiac surgery with a special interest in heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Kilic served as associate professor of surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and was the director of the heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support programs. He was co-director of the advanced heart failure program as well as the vice director of clinical and academic affairs in the division of cardiac surgery. Although a recognized leader in the field of heart failure, Dr. Kilic’s expertise runs the spectrum of cardiac surgery. Dr. Kilic is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Tumor, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM), Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Kilic is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Kilic is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Merlo is an internist who specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Merlo also has clinical expertise in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis as well as clinical expertise in the care of patients with advanced lung disease who may require or have undergone lung transplantation. Dr. Merlo holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Merlo attended the College of the Holy Cross and completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at Georgetown University. He completed both clinical and research fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins, and earned his M.P.H. at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include outcomes in lung transplantation and cystic fibrosis, HIV-related pulmonary disease, and outcomes in Osler Weber Rendu. Dr. Merlo serves as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship for the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. He has contributed numerous scientific papers and book chapters related to cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation, and his awards include the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Merlo is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), Arteriovenous Malformation, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Merlo is currently accepting new patients.

Christine Lau is a Thoracic Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Lau is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Fibrosing Mediastinitis, Lung Cancer, Lung Transplant, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Lau is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery), 2003 and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery, 2007. Dr. Lau is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Cameron is the director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cameron was born at Johns Hopkins and raised in Baltimore. He attended Harvard College and returned to Johns Hopkins where he obtained his M.D.. and Ph.D. degrees. His surgical training was spent at the Massachusetts General Hospital and then at UCLA for Liver Transplantation. He returned to Hopkins as Head of the Liver Transplant Program in 2006. His laboratory studies stem cells and the liver to promote drug-free transplantation and other pursuits include the use of social media to increase organ donation. He is married to Lisa, a lawyer, and has two children, Charlotte and John. Dr. Cameron is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Cameron is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Cameron is currently accepting new patients.

Niti Dham, MD, joined the Division of Cardiology at Children's National Hospital as a full-time attending in July 2009. She completed a non-invasive cardiac imaging fellowship at Children’s National. Dr. Dham is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Prior to this, her cardiology fellowship included training at Children’s National, Columbia University and Tulane University. Dr. Dham's clinical focus includes heart failure, transplant, cardiomyopathy, cardiology-oncology, pulmonary hypertension and echocardiography. She is a key member of the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Team (Heart Failure and Transplant) and is the director of the Cardio-Oncology Program in Cardiology. In addition, she is the lead physician of the cardiomyopathy cardiogenetics clinic. She has experience in multiple forms of cardiac imaging including transthoracic, transesophageal and fetal echocardiography. Her research interests involve early cardiac detection in cancer survivors, evaluation of pulmonary hypertension with non-invasive cardiac modalities, heart failure and cardiogenetics. Dr. Dham is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypochondroplasia, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Pediatric Myocarditis, and Myocarditis. Dr. Dham is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2008 and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2012. Dr. Dham is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Jonathan Orens is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pulmonary and critical care medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in lung transplantation. Dr. Orens received his M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Hospitals. Dr. Orens joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1998. His research interests include clinical outcomes of lung transplantation, chronic allograft rejection and ischemic reperfusion injury. Dr. Orens is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Pulmonary Fibrosis, Emphysema, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Orens is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Orens is currently accepting new patients.

Chandra Bhati is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bhati is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Bhati is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery), 2016. Dr. Bhati is currently accepting new patients.

Daniel Maluf is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Maluf is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatic Ischemia, Liver Failure, Hepatitis C, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Maluf is currently accepting new patients.

Jonathan Bromberg is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bromberg is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Polycystic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant. Dr. Bromberg is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery), 1989. Dr. Bromberg is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Urrunagas special interests include:ulliAcute liver failure/liliLiving-donor liver transplantation/liliCirrhosis/liliComplications of portal hypertension/li/ul. Dr. Urrunaga is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Urrunaga is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, 2015, American Board Of Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology, 2020, and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2011. Dr. Urrunaga is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Karantanos graduated from the School of Health Sciences at the University of Athens, Greece and received a Ph.D. in cancer biology. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in molecular oncology and cancer therapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas. He did his internal medicine residency and Chief residency training at Boston University and his medical oncology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. As a research fellow at Johns Hopkins he studied malignant hematopoiesis and his work led to the identification of CCRL2, as an inducer of MDS/sAML cells growth and a mediator of azacitidine resistance. Dr. Karantanos is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Karantanos is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Karantanos is currently accepting new patients.

Hugo Bonatti is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bonatti is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Malnutrition, Hernia, Rectal Prolapse, Appendectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Bonatti is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery), 2014 and American Board Of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care, 2019. Dr. Bonatti is currently accepting new patients.

Steven Hsu, M.D., is a member of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Cardiology, specializing in heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Hsu received his undergraduate degree from Yale College followed by his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed intern and residency training in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he also served as an Assistant Chief of Service for the Osler Medical Service. He then completed a clinical fellowship in cardiology and a post-doctoral fellowship in advanced heart failure/transplant at Hopkins. He is a faculty member of the American College of Cardiology. He sees patients with heart failure, mechanical circulatory support devices such as left ventricular assist devices, and cardiac transplants. In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Hsu runs an NIH R01-funded research lab studying the hemodynamic and cellular changes related to right ventricular failure in the setting of pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. Dr. Hsu is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiomyopathy, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Heart Transplant. Dr. Hsu is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hsu is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Pali Dedhiya Shah is a pulmonary and critical care physician. She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of advanced lung disease and lung transplantation. She is the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Lung Transplant program. She is a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung transplantation and provides teaching to medical students, residents and fellows at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah joined the Johns Hopkins faculty as an assistant professor of medicine in 2011. Dr. Shah is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Emphysema, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Shah is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Po-Hung (Victor) Chen is a transplant hepatology and addiction medicine physician. He is jointly appointed by the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Division of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Chen's clinical focus is to care for patients with general or transplant-related liver conditions, including alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, hemochromatosis, and other diagnoses. He directed the creation of a Johns Hopkins Medicine informational webpage on ALD. He is also a frequent consultant for other Johns Hopkins clinicians regarding inquiries about ALD, including biomarker interpretation, acute hepatitis management, and addiction treatment delivery. Dr. Chen is a member of multiple professional medical and public health organizations (see below). He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Chen is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis C, and Endoscopy. Dr. Chen is board certified in American Board Of Preventive Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Chen is currently accepting new patients.

Dr Paul-Thuluvath is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Paul-Thuluvath is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Autoimmune Hepatitis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Paul-Thuluvath is currently accepting new patients.

Roberta Lilly is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Easton, Maryland. Dr. Lilly is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Intraductal Papilloma, and Angiosarcoma.

Arul Thomas is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Annapolis, Maryland. He has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Thomas is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Endoscopy, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Thomas is currently accepting new patients.

Kirti Shetty is a Gastroenterologist and a Hepatologist practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Shetty is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Ascites, Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Shetty is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, 2000 and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology, 2006. Dr. Shetty is currently accepting new patients.

Neha Jakhete is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jakhete is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Visceromegaly, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Jakhete is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, 2018, American Board Of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2015, and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology, 2020. Dr. Jakhete is currently accepting new patients.

Raphael Meier is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Meier is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Liver Failure, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Rhizarthrosis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Meier is currently accepting new patients.

Silke Niederhaus is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Easton, Maryland. Dr. Niederhaus is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Pancreas Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Niederhaus is board certified in American Board Of Surgery - Surgery (General Surgery), 2011. Dr. Niederhaus is currently accepting new patients.

Anju Yadav is a Transplant Surgeon and a Nephrologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Yadav is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Chronic Kidney Disease, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Dr. Yadav is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Yadav is currently accepting new patients.

Abdolreza Haririan is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Haririan is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Polycystic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant. Dr. Haririan is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Nephrology, 2001. Dr. Haririan is currently accepting new patients.