Kidney Transplant Program | Meet Our Team

Physicians

Nancy Rodig, MD

Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program; Attending, Division of Nephrology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Heung Bae Kim, MD

Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Khashayar Vakili, MD

Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, and Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Programs Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program; Director, Renal Hypertension Program; Co-Director, Center for Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension; Attending, Division of Nephrology Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Michael J.G. Somers, MD

Attending, Division of Nephrology; Director, Clinical Services, Division of Nephrology; Medical Director, Renal Dialysis Unit Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Richard N. Yu, MD, PhD

Director, Robotic Surgery Program; Director, Transplant Urology; Director, Fertility Preservation Program; Associate, Department of Urology Assistant Professor in Surgery (Urology), Harvard Medical School

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

Courtney Gidengil, MD, MPH

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Part-Time), Harvard Medical School

Julia R. Koehler, MD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Catherine Lachenauer, MD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Infectious Diseases Outpatient Practice Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ofer Levy, MD, PhD

Director, Precision Vaccines Program; Senior Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kristin Moffitt, MD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant 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

Jorge Velarde, MD, PhD

Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nurses

Molly Brosnan, RN

Renal Transplant Nurse, Division of Nephrology

JoAnn Morey, MS, RN, CPNP, CCTC

Kidney Transplant Coordinator/ Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Nephrology

Courtney Loper Risley, MSN, RN, CPNP, CCTC

Kidney Transplant Coordinator, Division of Nephrology

Leslie Spaneas, MPH, RN, CCRP

Research Staff Nurse, Division of Nephrology

Psychology/Psychiatry

Kristine McKenna, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry; Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Chase Samsel, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry; Associate Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School