Who's Who

Please call 800-333-9013 to reach our team.

Referral to Waitlist Team

Vicky Averhart, MSN, RN, CCTC
averhart@med.umich.edu


Lindsay Cizewski, BSN, RN
lcleghor@med.umich.edu


Trish First, BSN, RN, CCTC   pfirst@med.umich.edu


Pam Fritz, MA  
pamlyn@med.umich.edu



Terry Nolff, MA   davidsot@med.umich.edu


Julie Rathburn, BSN, RN   jrath@med.umich.edu



Marsha Steers, MA   steersm@med.umich.edu



Chelsea Sterling, BSN, RN   crjster@med.umich.edu


Waitlist to Transplant Team

Tammy Cavin, RN
tammypar@med.umich.edu


Mary Kay Downs, BSN, RN, CCM
mardowns@med.umich.edu



Barbara Edwards, BSN, RN
barchibab@med.umich.edu



Cathy Kolpacki, BSN, RN
ckolpack@med.umich.edu


Tre' Jones, MA
treljone@med.umich.edu


Tiffany Royster, MA
troyster@med.umich.edu

Kidney Donor Team

txp-donors@med.umich.edu

Chad Abbott, RN, CCTC
Chaz Church, RN, BS
Deb Czarnota, BSN, RN, CCTC
Kelly Wyatt, BSN, RN, CCTC
Rachel Zammit, Administrative Coordinator
Angela Johnson, Assistant

Kidney Financial Coordinators

A-E
Lauren McWilliams, CTFC
lkirsamm@med.umich.edu

F-K,   All Pediatrics
Cynthia Warren
csims@med.umich.edu

L-Q
Bianca Hall-McBryde
bnhall@med.umich.edu

R-Z
Liz Wheeler, CTFC
eliwheel@med.umich.edu

Financial Coordinator Supervisor
Paul Rzepecki, MBA
rzepecki@med.umich.edu

Transplant Clinic Financial Coordinator
Abby Muscott
amuscott@med.umich.edu

Karen Walker
walkerk@med.umich.edu

Kidney Transplant Social Workers

Darshit Bakhai, LMSW (Living Donor Advocate)
darshitb@med.umich.edu

Mansi Brahmbhatt, LLMSW
mbrahm@med.umich.edu

Laurie Dunn, LMSW
lauradun@med.umich.edu

Allison Rapaport, LMSW
allisrap@med.umich.edu

Ebony Rogers, LMSW (Inpatient Transplant Social Worker)
ebhartsf@med.umich.edu

Colleen Satarino, LMSW
collsata@med.umich.edu

Lauren Smitherman, LMSW
ltpaul@med.umich.edu

Post-Kidney Transplant Nurse Coordinators

Please contact the Transplant Center to be connected to your post-transplant coordinator.

Transplant Pharmacists

Jennifer Hagopian, PharmD


Haley Hixson, PharmD


Rachel Kuo, PharmD

Jamie Park, PharmD


Krysta Walter, PharmD


Elizabeth Wilpula, PharmD


Transplant Specialty Pharmacy

East Ann Arbor Pharmacy (Specialty Pharmacy)
866-946-7695
Specialty Pharmacy

Dietitian

Karen Greathouse, RD
greatkar@med.umich.edu

Outreach and Peer Mentor Program

Stacy Brand, MBA, Outreach Manager
transplantoutreach@med.umich.edu

Transplant Nephrologists

Sandiya Bindroo, MD

Mona Doshi, MD

Yee Lu, MD


Abhijit Naik, MD

Silas Norman, MD (Transplant ACU Director)

Raviprasenna Parasuraman, MD

Akhil Sharma, MD

Brian Stephany, MD

Transplant Surgeons

Meredith Barrett, MD

Ben Biesterveld, MD

Michael Englesbe, MD (Section Head, Transplant Surgery)

Danielle Haakinson, MD (Kidney and Pancreas Surgical Director)

John Magee, MD

Jeffrey Punch, MD

Kyle Sheetz, MD

Christopher Sonnenday, MD (Transplant Center Director)

Randall Sung, MD

Seth Waits, MD

Maia Anderson, MD (Fellow)

Devon Pace, MD (Fellow)

Nephrology Advance Practice Providers

Cara Goodrich, NP


Crystal Johnson, PA-C


Irina Sadovskaya, PA-C

Surgery Advance Practice Providers

Lauren Busk, MSN, APRN-CNP

Darren Freeland, PA-C

Emily Herriman, NP

Sue Mielock, NP

Lavinia Pacurar, NP

Shelly Riddell, PA-C

Jennifer Sharp, APRN