CENTERS

Study Chairs

Peter G. Stock, M.D.
Division of Transplant Surgery
University of CA, Moffitt Hospital
Room M-884
505 Parnassus Avenue.
San Francisco, CA 94143

Michelle Roland, M.D.
Email: Michelle.Roland@cdph.ca.gov

Project Managers

For general project questions, please contact:
UCSF Project Manager
Rodney Rogers
(415) 514-2194
Email: Rodney.Rogers@ucsfmedctr.org
NIAID Project Manager
Helena Diop
(301) 402-7257
Email: dioph@niaid.nih.gov

Participating Sites

(K=Kidney, L=Liver, Peds=Pediatric Centers)

If you are interested in transplantation for yourself or someone you know, please contact the study coordinator at the closest center listed below.
Georgetown Medical Center
(Washington, DC)
(K, L; Peds K, Peds L)

Lynt Johnson, Principal Investigator

Shea Mertens, Coordinator
(202)-444-1769
Email: Shea.Mertens@gunet.georgetown.edu

University of California, San Francisco
(San Francisco, CA)
(K, L; Peds K, Peds L)
Peter Stock, Principal Investigator
Michelle Roland Co-Principal Investigator

Laurie Carlson, Coordinator
(415) 353-8892
Email: Laurie.Carlson@ucsfmedctr.org

Annette Klemme, Coordinator
(415) 353-8592
Email: Annette.Klemme@ucsfmedctr.org
University of Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, PA)
(K, L)
Kim Olthoff, Principal Investigator
Emily Blumberg, Co-Principal Investigator

Maryann Najdzinowicz, Coordinator
(215) 662-4007
Email: maryann.najdzinowicz@uphs.upenn.edu
University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, VA)
(K, L)

Timothy Pruett, Principal Investigator

Courtney Garbee, Coordinator
 (434) 243-6156
 Email: CFG2P@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

Claire McKinley, Coordinator
(434)-982-3665
Email: cw9ne@virginia.edu

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
(Los Angeles, CA)
(L)

Fred Poordad, Principal Investigator
Nicholas Nissen, Co-Principal Investigator

Sandy Leong, Coordinator
(310) 423-5453
Email: leongs@cshs.org

Anush Arakelyan
 (310) 423-2743
 Email: Anush.Arakelyan@cshs.org

University of Maryland
(Baltimore, MD)
(K)

Robert R. Redfield, Principal Investigator
Stephen Bartlett, Co-Principal Investigator

Jane Hannon, RN, BSN, MPH, Research Nurse Coordinator

(410) 706-8927
Email:jhannon@ihv.umaryland.edu
Drexel
(Philadelphia, PA)
(K, L)
Anil Kumar, Principal Investigator (K)
Burkhardt Ringe, Principal Investigator (L)
William Short, Co-Principal Investigator

Cynthia Gifford-Hollingsworth, Coordinator
(215) 762-8189
Email: cgiffor1@drexelmed.edu
University of Pittsburgh
(Pittsburgh, PA)
(K, L)
Margaret Ragni, Principal Investigator
Ron Shapiro, Co-Principal Investigator

Laurie Hope, Coordinator
(412) 692-2208
Email: hopelk@upmc.edu
Washington Hospital Center
(Washington, DC)
(K)
Jimmy Light, Principal Investigator

Marvin J. Tucker, Coordinator
(202) 877-8946
Email: Marvin.J.Tucker@Medstar.net

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
(New York, NY)
(K, L; Peds K)

Barbara Murphy, Principal Investigator
Thomas Dominic Schiano, Co-Principal Investigator

Juliane Locker-Olesker, Coordinator
(212) 659-8049
Email: Juliane.Locker-Olesker@mountsinai.org

Columbia University
(New York, NY)
(L; Peds L)
Lorna Dove, Principal Investigator

Jane Cho, Coordinator
(212) 305-3839
Email: jc2050@columbia.edu

University of Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
(K, L; Peds K, L)
Robert Harland, Principal Investigator

Sara Rosenkoetter, Coordinator
(773) 834-9796
Email: srosenko@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
University of Cincinnati
(Cincinnati, OH)
(K, L)
Kenneth Sherman, Principal Investigator
Judith Feinberg, Co-Principal Investigator
Rita Alloway, Pharmacologist

Mike Alonzo, Coordinator
(513) 475-8550
Email: mike.alonzo@uc.edu
University of Miami
(Miami, FL)
(K, L)

Jorge Diego, Principal Investigator (K)
Dave Roth, Co-Principal Investigator (K)

Lois Hanson, Coordinator (Post-Kidney)
(305) 355-5048
Email: lhanson2@med.miami.edu

Andreas Tzakis, Principal Investigator (L)
Arie Regev, Co-Principal Investigator (L)

Debbie Weppler, Coordinator (L)
(305) 585-6092
Email: dweppler@med.miami.edu

Takis Tryphonopoulos
(305) 355-5315
Email: PTryphonopoulos@med.miami.edu

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
(Boston, MA)
(K, L)
Douglas W. Hanto, Principal Investigator
Michael Wong, Co-Principal Investigator

Louise Riemer, Coordinator
(617) 632-9817
Email: lriemer@bidmc.harvard.edu
Emory University
(Atlanta, GA)
(K)
Tom Pearson, Principal Investigator

Beth Begley, Coordinator
(404) 712-7168
Email: beth_begley@emoryhealthcare.org
Tulane University
(New Orleans, LA)
(K, L; Peds K, Peds L)
Sander Florman, Principal Investigator
Douglas Slakey, Co-Principal Investigator

Susan Staulcup, Coordinator
(504) 988-3312
Email: Susan.Staulcup@HCAHealthcare.com

Brandy Haydel, Coordinator
(504) 988-8260
Email: brandy.haydel@hcahealthcare.com
Rush University
(Chicago, IL)
(K, L)

David Simon, Principal Investigator
(312) 942-8266
Email: David_M_Simon@rush.edu

Cleveland Clinic
(Cleveland, OH)
(K, L)

John Fung, Principal Investigator

Susan Curtis, Coordinator
(216) 444-5930
Email: curtass@ccf.org

Nancy Luciano, Coordinator
(216) 445-4639
Email: Luciann@ccf.org

Johns Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD)
(K, L)
Aruna Subramanian, Principal Investigator

Cynthia Cohen, Coordinator
(410) 502-3895
Email: ccohen@jhmi.edu
Northwestern University
(Chicago, IL)
(K, L)
Tina Stosor, Principal Investigator
Richard Green, Co-Principal Investigator

Sarah P. Chesler, Coordinator
(312) 503-1056
Email: sphively@northwestern.edu
The EMMES Corporation Don Stablein, Principal Investigator
Burc Barin, Statistician
Roe Wright, Data Manager