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
Michael A. Ferguson, MD
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 SchoolNurses
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 NephrologyPsychology/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 SchoolSocial Workers
Roberta Hoffman, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Nephrology
Kathryn LaFrance, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Kidney Transplant Program
Matthew Jared Paek, LICSW, CCTSW
Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Social Worker, Division of NephrologyChild Life Specialist
Pharmacist
Jennifer Gilarde, PharmD
Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Transplant CenterAdministration
