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UI Health Transplant Program is comprised of a highly-skilled and innovative team of transplant surgeons and support staff. Our surgeons have been trained in the best programs in the field of transplantation. Being culturally diverse and multilingual, our team treats everyone with respect, dignity, and compassion. Our team works to meet our patients’ overall needs and to honor their cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity.
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UI Health is leading center for both solid organ and cell transplantation procedures.
Our Transplantation Services
Kidney Transplant
The Kidney Transplant Program's team of experts work closely with you through every stage of your journey and are committed to providing patients personalized treatment options for the best surgical outcomes.
Liver Transplant
The Liver Transplant Program consists of the top doctors in the United States with the best surgery outcomes in organ transplantation with the lowest complication rates.
Pancreas Transplant
The Pancreas Transplant team consists of surgeons, endocrinologists, social workers, nurses, dietitians and financial counselors and will be involved with you from the very first step of the process.
Small Bowel Transplant
The Small Bowel Transplant Program has performed more than two-thirds of all living-donor small bowel transplants in the U.S., and is the only hospital in the country to offer the procedure.
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
The Bone Marrow Transplantation Program performs autologous and allogenic transplants in patients with cancers of the bone marrow, specific solid tumorous cancers, and non-neoplastic blood disorders, such as aplastic anemia or sickle cell disease.
Islet Cell Transplantation
Islet Cell Transplantation Program has performed over 250 human islet isolations and is a federally funded islet cell resource center and provides islet preparation for researchers around the world.
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Herand Abcarian, MD
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Mohammad Abuzeineh, MD
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Ibrahim Al Dasoqi, APRN, MSN, ANP-BC, OCN, CCRP
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Jorge Almario Alvarez, MD
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Sajid Ansari, MD
Kidney Transplantation
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Stephen Bartlett, MD
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Enrico Benedetti, MD
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Jamie Berkes, MD
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Wadih Chacra, MD
Hepatology (Liver Disease)
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Kimberly Czech, MD/PhD
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Pierpaolo Di Cocco, MD, PhD
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Lorenzo Gallon, MD
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Zahraa Hajjiri, MD
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Kyle Jennette, PhD, MA
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Catalina LaVerne, MPH, RD, LDN, CDCES, CCTD
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Cynthia Meza, BSN, RN
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Deepak Mital, MD, MBA, FACS
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Ruchi Naik, MD, PhD
Nephrology
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Sarah Oh, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Transplantation Surgery
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Mario Spaggiari, MD, FACS
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Amy Stringfellow, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
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Ignatius Tang, MD, PharmD
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Veronica Thompson, MPH, RD, LDN
Transplantation Program
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Ivo Tzvetanov, MD, FACS
Transplant
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Jennifer Wang, MD
Hepatology
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Jane Wong, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
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