Kidney Transplant Program | Meet Our Team

Physicians

Nancy Rodig, MD

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

Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program; Surgical Director, Liver, Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Programs, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Khashayar Vakili, MD

Assistant, Department of Surgery, 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 Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAPS); Director, Immunocompromised Host Service, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Courtney Gidengil, MD, MPH

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

Julia R. Koehler, MD

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

Catherine Lachenauer, MD

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

Kristin Moffitt, MD

Associate Physician in Medicine, 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 Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program; Co-Director of Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Transplant Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jorge Velarde, MD, PhD

Associate Physician in Medicine, 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 in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School