Heart Transplant Program | Meet Our Team
Cardiologists
Elizabeth Blume, MD
Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapies; Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Medical Director, Heart Failure Program Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Kevin P. Daly, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Paul Esteso, MD, PhD
Medical Co-Director, Cardiac Antithrombosis Management Program (CAMP); Attending, Department of Cardiology Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Tajinder (TP) Singh, MD, MSc
Attending, Department of Cardiology Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Christina J. VanderPluym, MD
Co-Director, Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center; Medical Director, Cardiac Antithrombosis Management and Monitoring Program (CAMP); Medical Director, Ventricular Assistive Device Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolSurgeons
Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD
Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program; Co-Director, Center for Airway Disorders Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
David Hoganson, MD
Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Computational 3D Visualization Program Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolTransplant Coordinators
Heather Bastardi, RN, MSN, CPNP
Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Coordinator, Department of Cardiology
Simone Urbach, MSN, RN, CPNP
Heart Transplant Coordinator, Department of Cardiology
Shira Warren, RN
Registered Nurse, Preventive Cardiology ClinicCardiovascular Perfusionists
Justine Graham, CCP, LP
Cardiovascular Perfusionist, Department of Cardiac SurgerySocial Workers
Emily Holman, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Department of Cardiac SurgeryPharmacist
Alanna Wong, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacist, Division of Pulmonary and Respiratory DiseasesDietitians
Tina Sun, MS, RD, LDN, CCTD
Clinical Nutritional Specialist I, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Emily Finnan, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC
Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionPsychologists/Psychiatrists
Chase Samsel, MD
Medical Director, Psychiatry Consultation Service; Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Kristine McKenna, PhD
Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolChild Life Specialists
Katharine (Kate) Antommaria, MS
Child Life Specialist, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Erin Connelly, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Department of Cardiology
Michelle Kerns, MS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Cardiac Intensive Care UnitInfectious Diseases
Sandra Burchett, MD, MSc
Senior Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Co-Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Service; Co-Director, Immunocompromised Host Service; Director, Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAP) Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Tanvi S. Sharma, MD, MPH
Clinical Director/Associate Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases; Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program; Co-Director of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Immunocompromised Host Service Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
