The Liver Transplant Team

Transplant Surgeons Cataldo Doria, MD,PhD,FACS  Adam Frank, MD Warren Maley, MD Carlo G.B. Ramirez, MD,FACS Hepatologists Steven K. Herrine, MD Victor J. Navarro, MD Simona Rossi, MD Social Workers Joan Tannebaum, LCSW Carla Levins, Live Donor Social Worker Transplant Coordinators Allison Carow, RN, BSN Sarah Choi, RN Ursula Hobbs, RN,BSN,CCTC Karen Pine, RN Christine Schutz, RN, BSN Nurse Practitioner Tanya Wynder, MSN,CRNP,NP-C Transplant Pharmacist Mark Chaballa, PharmD Transplant Dietician Carlene Bowen Transplant Operations Manager Bessie Plummer Financial Coordinator Brenda Davis Medical Assistant Rosalina Gonzalez

Program Phone Number: 215-955-8900

Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD, FACS
Nicoletti Family Professor of Transplant Surgery
Director, Division of Transplantation
Dr. Doria is an internationally recognized expert in the field and has personally performed over 450 organ transplants. He also provides advanced surgical options for individuals with end-stage liver disease as well as benign and malignant diseases; options that have delayed or prevented the need for transplant.

Victor J. Navarro, MD
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Dr. Navarro has received numerous honors and awards in recognition of work in the area of liver disease, research and transplantation. Under Dr. Navarro's leadership, the Jefferson Liver Program has developed robust clinical and research programs in acute and chronic liver diseases.

Dr. Doria, Dr. Navarro and the Liver Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery Team offer patients a comprehensive approach to liver and biliary disease. Hepatologists from our well-regarded Jefferson Digestive Disease Institute in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology work in close collaboration with our team, as do Jefferson intensive care specialists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists, pharmacologists, interventional radiologists, transplant anesthesiologists, psychologists, pathologists, infectious disease specialists, nutritionists, physical therapy, and respiratory care therapists - each focused on the liver transplant patient's successful preparation for surgery and recovery.

Transplant nurse coordinators, social workers, a transplant pharmacist and a financial counselor are there to assist patients step-by-step, from the initial evaluation through surgery and recuperation.

Referring physicians are regularly kept informed of their patients' progress and are encouraged to actively participate in their patients' care before and after liver transplant.