25 of the Best Transplant Surgeons Near Me

Brian Nguyen, MD, is an attending transplant surgeon at Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute and Children’s National Hospital. He completed his undergraduate education at University of California at Los Angeles. He attended medical school at St. Louis University School of Medicine. He did his residency in general surgery at University of Southern California, and came to Washington, D.C., for his fellowship training in multi-organ abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary and pancreas surgery at Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute. He stayed on as faculty after completion of his fellowship. His clinical interests include adult and pediatric liver, kidney, pancreas and intestinal transplantation. Additionally, he performs non-transplant liver, pancreas and biliary surgeries utilizing minimally invasive, robotically-assisted approaches. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Nguyen is board certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery: American Board Of Surgery, 2019 and Surgery (General Surgery): American Board Of Surgery, 2019.

Nicholas Herrera is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Wichita, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 16 years. His clinical expertise encompasses Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Herrera is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology - 2020 , American Board Of Internal Medicine, Nephrology - 2018 , American Board Of Pediatrics, Pediatrics - 2017 , and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - 2014. Dr. Herrera is currently accepting new patients.

Zunirah Ahmed is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. She has been practicing medicine for over 11 years. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hepatitis, Crohn's Disease, Viral Gastroenteritis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Ahmed is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology - 2023 and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - 2019. Dr. Ahmed is currently accepting new patients.

Adam Kahle is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 8 years. His clinical expertise encompasses Chylous Ascites. Dr. Kahle is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, Surgery (General Surgery) - 2024. Dr. Kahle is currently accepting new patients.

Melissa Meyers is a Pediatric Nephrologist and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Frederick, Maryland. She has been practicing medicine for over 14 years. Her clinical expertise encompasses Nephrotic Syndrome, Posterior Urethral Valves, Wildervanck Syndrome, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Meyers is board certified in Pediatric Nephrology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2022 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2015.

Speaks: English, Spanish, French. Her clinical expertise encompasses Visceromegaly, Enlarged Liver, Hepatitis, and Cirrhosis. Dr. Willet is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Sonia Compton is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. She has been practicing medicine for over 21 years. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Pulmonary Hypertension. Dr. Compton is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - 2011 , American Board Of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - 2010 , and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - 2008. Dr. Compton is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Leslie Seijo is a pulmonologist who cares for patients undergoing lung transplantation. She also cares for patients with pulmonary needs at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Seijo's research focuses on increasing access to pulmonary services, such as pulmonary rehabilitation, for people who live in underserved communities. She also studies implementation science, investigating ways for research findings and proven treatment methods to b be systematically incorporated into everyday patient care. Seijo earned her medical degree at the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, where she served an additional year as chief resident. She completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCSF, where she trained in advanced lung disease and lung transplantation. In 2022, Seijo earned a UCSF Exceptional Physician Award for her outstanding patient care. She belongs to the American Thoracic Society and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cholesterol Pneumonia, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Lung Metastases, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Seijo is board certified in American Board Of Internal Med/Critical Care Med, Critical Care Medicine, American Board Of Internal Med/Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Disease, and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine.

Clay King is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 11 years. His clinical expertise encompasses Bile Duct Cysts, Chylous Ascites, Hernia, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. King is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, Surgery (General Surgery) - 2021. Dr. King is currently accepting new patients.

Praveena Narayanan is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist practicing medicine in Madison, Wisconsin. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gaucher Disease, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Narayanan is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.

Marissa Mayor, MD is a thoracic surgeon specializing in disorders of the lung, esophagus, chest wall, stomach, and mediastinum. She integrates minimally invasive and robotic approaches into her practice to provide personalized, patient-centered surgical plans. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Mayor is dedicated to resident education and advancing quality in thoracic surgery. Dr. Mayor earned her medical degree from Boston University and completed her general surgery residency at Inova Fairfax in Virginia. She is board certified in general surgery and served for four years as a U.S. Navy general surgeon in austere and operational environments. Following her military service she completed a thoracic surgery fellowship at University of Virginia, developing expertise in benign and malignant diseases of the chest. Her clinical expertise encompasses Mesothelioma, Lung Adenocarcinoma, Lung Cancer, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), and Endoscopy.

Dr. Veronica Nguyen is a specialty physician board certified in transplant hepatology and gastroenterology at Inova Health System. She joined Inova in 2022 and has been practicing since 2015. She was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia as well as named the Associate Program Director for the Inova Gastroenterology Fellowship. Additionally, Dr. Nguyen is a peer reviewer for the American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal and is a steering committee member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). She underwent medical training at Albany Medical College, Medstar Georgetown University and the University of Arizona. Dr. Nguyen returned to Medstar Georgetown University for a year of advanced clinical training in Transplant Hepatology. Dr. Nguyen’s areas of clinical interest include hepatocellular carcinoma, portal hypertension, cirrhosis and preventive liver care. She performs basic gastroenterological procedures such as endoscopy, variceal band ligation and colonoscopy. Dr. Nguyen has coauthored multiple clinical research articles on topics related to liver diseases. She enjoys working with patients who have chronic liver disease, and her patient care philosophy is to care for the patient in the context of the whole person. That care encompasses all aspects of the medical process and how it affects the patient’s life. Dr. Nguyen is committed to having open, two-way conversations with her patients. Dr. Nguyen’s patient care goal is to treat each patient with respect and care, just as she would like her own family members to be cared for. Outside the office, Dr. Nguyen enjoys hiking, yoga, bicycling, traveling and photography. Her clinical expertise encompasses Visceromegaly, Hepatitis, Enlarged Liver, and Alcoholic Cirrhosis.

Ussama Ghumman, MD is a board-certified gastroenterologist at Medical City Liver & Digestive Disease Specialists with advanced fellowship training in transplant hepatologyDr. Ghumman completed his medical degree at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, followed by an internal medicine residency at Bayhealth Medical Center. He went on to pursue a fellowship in transplant hepatology at UT Health San Antonio, where he developed expertise in managing complex liver diseases and caring for patients before and after liver transplantation. His clinical expertise encompasses Orbital Pseudotumor and Pleural Effusion. Dr. Ghumman is currently accepting new patients.

Muriel Labonte, MSN, RN, APRN, specializes in Transplant Nephrology. Her clinical expertise encompasses Febrile Neutropenia. Dr. Labonte is currently accepting new patients.

Cara J. Crone, NP, is a nurse practitioner, part of the abdominal transplant surgery team at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis, IN. She is part of a multispecialty organ transplant care team that diagnoses and treats kidney and other serious organ failure conditions. Her clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Dr. Crone is board certified in American Nurses Credentialing Center - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified (AGACNP-BC). Dr. Crone is currently accepting new patients.

Lauren Nicolosi is certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center as an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. She received her Master of Science degree from Hunter College Bellevue School of Nursing in New York, NY where she was named Valedictorian and received the Dean’s Award. Previously, she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.Lauren began her nursing career in 2012 as a registered nurse on the Liver Medicine and Solid Organ Transplant Unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, working directly with acutely ill patients with liver disease, as well as those who have received solid organ transplants. During her time there, she completed the Yale-New Haven Hospital Nurse Residency Program, which is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.In 2014, Lauren started at New York-Presbyterian Hospital as a registered nurse on the Comprehensive Solid Organ Transplant Unit, where she worked directly with acutely ill post-transplant patients. Over the next few years, she moved up the hospital’s clinical ladder program and was ultimately promoted to CN III, a charge nurse position and lead preceptor for newly hired nurses. She completed many performance improvement projects during this time, focusing on quality improvement using evidence based practice and research. She has presented her data at multiple conferences across the country, including at UCLA’s Annual Research and Evidence-Based Practice Conference and at NYP’s Research, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) & Innovation Symposium.As of September 2020, Lauren has been working at Columbia University’s Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation as an outpatient hepatology nurse practitioner. She sees patients with chronic liver disease as well as those who have received liver transplants.Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver. Her clinical expertise encompasses Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Nicolosi, NP is currently accepting new patients.

Stepan Akshelyan is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Peoria, Illinois. His clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Thrombophlebitis, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Akshelyan is board certified in Fellowship, Transplant Surgery , Medical Education , and Residency, General Surgery.

Dr. Tova Fuller is a psychiatrist who cares for organ transplant patients, including those receiving liver, lung, heart and kidney transplants. She also works with patients participating in living organ donor programs, as well as those with heart conditions participating in a program to improve their cardiovascular and general health. Her approach to treatment focuses on how physical and psychiatric illnesses interact. She has a special interest in hypnotherapy (using hypnosis to treat psychological conditions). Fuller earned her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a residency in psychiatry at the University of Washington. She also earned a master's degree in biomedical engineering and a doctorate in human genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Before coming to UCSF, she conducted research in cybernetics and bioinformatics, studying complex biological systems. Fuller's advocacy work focuses on reducing negative health effects related to nuclear weapons, militarism and the climate crisis. She serves on the local and national boards of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and is vice president of the San Francisco Bay Area PSR chapter. She is also a deputy international councilor for the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Her clinical expertise encompasses Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Major Depression. Dr. Fuller is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology., Psychiatry.

Taylor Hart is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). Dr. Hart is board certified in Family Nurse Practitioner: American Academy Of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board, 2017. Dr. Hart is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Peter Liou is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and an Attending Transplant Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is board-certified in general surgery and received specialty training in abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary surgery. His practice interests focus on the surgical management of adults and children with liver and bile duct disease including those with liver failure, cirrhosis, bile duct and gallbladder disease, as well as those with benign and malignant liver tumors and cysts. He is skilled in minimally invasive surgery and trained to perform both laparoscopic and robotic surgery whenever possible.Dr. Liou received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry and Music from Columbia College, and subsequently attended medical school at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was the recipient of a Doris Duke Translational Research Grant under the mentorship of Dr. Jessica Kandel. Dr. Liou then completed his general surgical residency at New York Presbyterian / Columbia, while receiving additional clinical training in Intestinal/Multivisceral transplant and Adult ECMO with Drs. Tomoaki Kato and Matthew Bacchetta during that time. He then continued with a surgical fellowship in Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at New York Presbyterian Columbia and Weill Cornell.Committed to providing compassionate and the latest comprehensive care, Dr. Liou routinely collaborates with an elite team of world-class providers in liver disease to achieve optimal outcomes and treatment success. He is also interested in international medicine, having participated in surgical outreaches and exchanges in China, Kenya, Swaziland, and Tanzania. His clinical expertise encompasses Hepatoblastoma, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Liou is board certified in Surgery - General Surgery. Dr. Liou is currently accepting new patients.

Speaks: English. His clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Dinesh is board certified in American Board Of Surgery: General Surgery.

Dr. Beckles is double-boarded by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is double fellowship trained in cardiac and thoracic surgery. His expertise is in minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgery, including off-pump CABG, hybrid coronary revascularization, robotic-assisted CABG, and minimally invasive valve repair and replacement. His thoracic surgery expertise is in minimally invasive lung surgery, VATS lobectomy, VATS Thymectomy, and VATS pneumonectomy. He also specializes in heart failure surgery, ventricular assist devices, and heart transplantation.Dr. Beckles earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry, a Master of Science degree in Chemistry, a Medical Degree, and a PhD Degree in Cardiac Molecular and Cellular Biology at the State University of New York. He completed his general surgery residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, his cardiovascular and thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, and an additional thoracic surgery fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital- Harvard Medical School. Dr. Beckles is a respected clinician and researcher with peer-reviewed publications, including articles and book chapters in cardiovascular surgery and cardiac molecular biology, along with numerous abstracts. He has been awarded U.S. and international patents for his research. His clinical expertise encompasses Coronary Heart Disease, Thymic Epithelial Tumor, Lung Cancer, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Beckles is board certified in American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Beckles is currently accepting new patients.

Megan Fraser is a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).

Dr. Llore is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and an Attending Transplant Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Llore received her undergraduate degree from Fordham University and her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. She completed general surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital and abdominal transplant/hepatobiliary fellowship training at New York Presbyterian Columbia and Weill Cornell. She received additional training on the immune response after a liver transplant and xenotransplantation with Dr. Megan Sykes at Columbia Center for Translational Immunology (CCTI).She is board-certified in general surgery and received specialty training in abdominal transplant and hepatobiliary surgery. Her practice interests focus on the surgical management of children and adults with liver and bile duct disease, including benign and malignant liver tumors. She practices minimally invasive surgical techniques in liver surgery to shorten recovery times and reduce post operative discomfort.Dr. Llore is interested in surgical education and is the Associate Program Director for the ASTS certified surgical fellowship program. Her clinical expertise encompasses Liver Cancer and Hepatectomy. Dr. Llore is currently accepting new patients.

Peter Marogil is a Cardiologist and a Transplant Surgeon practicing medicine in Madison, Wisconsin. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Marogil is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine.