Nicolae Leca, M.D.Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Specialties: Kidney Care
(Nephrology), kidney and pancreas transplantation, long-term follow-up of kidney transplantation,
post-
transplant bone disease, and conditions related to transplantation.
Research interests: BK virus and kidney disease and HLA sensitization and antibody-mediated
rejection after transplantation.
Christopher Blosser, M.D.Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Specialties: Glomerular disease,
including post transplant, cardiovascular disease in pre-and post-transplant patients.
Research interests: Understanding the role of complement pathways in vascular disease involving
the kidney.
Christopher Johnson, M.D.Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Specialties: Onco-nephrology, including risk of recurrent and de novo cancer in renal transplantation, monoclonal gammopathies of renal significance diabetes mellitus after renal transplantation.
Research interests: The clinical course of monoclonal gammopathies after renal transplantation, radiology and acute and chronic kidney disease, novel immunosuppression strategies in renal transplantation.
Iris De Castro, MDClinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Specialties: Kidney disease in solid organ transplant recipients, Reproductive health in solid organ transplantation.
Research interests: Indications and outcome of
multi-organ transplantation.
Ramasamy Bakthvatsalam, M.B.Bs., M.S., F.R.C.S.(G.)Associate Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery
Specialties: Kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation, complex uro-onology and dialysis access.
Research interests: Outcome research in transplantation.
Martin I. Montenovo, M.D.Assistant Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery
Specialties: Abdominal transplant surgeon
Research interests: Identifying genomic patterns of hepatocellular carcinoma that will help predict recurrence following liver transplantation.
Stephen Rayhill, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Specialties: Multi-organ transplantation (kidney, liver, pancreas, and intestine) in adults and in children, living donor surgery, hepatic and biliary surgery, liver cancer, pancreatic surgery, general abdominal surgery, hernia repair and dialysis access.
Research interests: Outcomes research in liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation; hepatitis C, hepatocellular cancer, hepatic steatosis, issues in living related donation and organ allocation.
Lena Sibulesky, M.D.Assistant Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery
Specialties: Abdominal transplant surgeon.
Research interests: Ischemic cholangiopathy and donation after cardiac death.
Vanessa Richards, ARNPKidney Care & Tranplantation
Specialties: Nephrology, kidney transplant, focus on preventative health challenges following surgery and immunosuppression.