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Transplant Services Team
Surgery
Nephrology/Pediatric Nephrology
Chintalapati R. Varma, MD, FRCS, FACS
Director, Transplantation Surgery
Board Certification: Surgery
Clinical Interests: Live donor liver and
kidney transplantation, complex hepatobiliary
surgery, pancreas transplantation
Medical School: Armed Forces Medical
College, University of Poona
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Anil Kotru, MD
Board Certification: Surgery
Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation,
vascular access, liver resections
Medical School: Indira Gandhi Medical
College
Residency: St. James University Hospital
Fellowship: Washington University Medical
School
Rajesh Govindasamy, MD
Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
Board Certification: Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Madras Medical College
Residency: University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey
Fellowship: University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey; Stony Brook
University Hospital
Michael Schultz, MD
Board Certification: Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: University of Washington
School of Medicine
Residency: Wilford Hall U.S.A.F. Medical
Center
Fellowship: University of Colorado Hospital
Marie Camila Bermudez, MD
Board Certification: Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services,
Marie Le, MD
Board Certification: Surgery
Clinical Interests: Treatment of primary
and metastatic liver cancer, liver
transplantation, kidney transplantation,
live donor nephrectomies, pancreas
transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, liver
resection, chemoembolization
Medical School: Penn State College of
Medicine
Internship: SUNY Brook University Hospital
& Medical Center
Residency: Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
early deatectuin
Medical School: Instituto Ciencias de la
Saulau
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Dianne Muchant, MD
Board Certification: Pediatric Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Renal failure,
hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria,
congenital renal diseases, kidney failure,
urinary tract infections, kidney stones,
hydronephrosis, vesico-ureteral reflux, cystic
kidney disease, poly-cystic kidney disease,
glomerulonephritis, dialysis, kidney transplant,
renal insufficiency
Medical School: West Virginia University,
School of Medicine
Residency: West Virginia University Hospitals
Fellowship: University of Virginia Medical
Center
Nephrology/Pediatric Nephrology(continued)
Valeriya Feygina, MD
Board Certification: Pediatric Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Russian State Medical
University
Residency: Richmond University Medical
Center
Fellowship: SUNY Downstate at Brooklyn,
School of Medicine
Hepatology
Robert Smith, MD
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Board Certification: Hepatology
Clinical Interests: Diseases of the liver
and biliary tract, liver transplantation
Medical School: Temple University, School
of Medicine
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center
Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical
Center
Nina Ahuja, MD
Board Certification: Hepatology
Clinical Interests: Hepatitis B & C, primary
biliary cirrhosis, fatty liver (NASH), liver masses
Medical School: George Washington
University, School of Medicine
Residency: UPMC - Presbyterian University
Hospital
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UMDNJ - U. Hospital
Nihar Shah, MD
Board Certification: Hepatology
Clinical Interests: Hepatitis C, NASH/
NAFLD (fatty liver disease), Fibroscan,
cirrhosis & portal hypertension, autoimmune
liver diseases, alcoholic liver disease
Medical School: Terna Medical College
and Hospital
Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center
Fellowship: Virginia Mason Medical Center
Cardiology
Thomas Scott, DO
Board Certification: Cardiovascular
Disease; Interventional Cardiology;
Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Transplant cardiology
Medical School: Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center
Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center
Terry Bauch, MD
Board Certification: Cardiovascular
Disease
Clinical Interests: Transplant cardiology
Medical School: SUNY Downstate at
Brooklyn, School of Medicine
Residency: William Beaumont Army
Medical Center
Fellowship: Brooke Army Medical Center
Vernon Mascarenhas, MD
Board Certification: Cardiovascular
Disease
Clinical Interests: Transplant cardiology
Medical School: M. P. Shah Medical
College
Residency: Pinnacle Health at Harrisburg
Hospital
Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center
Eileen Rattigan, MD
Board Certification: Cardiovascular
Disease
Clinical Interests: Transplant cardiology
Medical School: New York University
School of Medicine
Residency: Bellevue Hospital Center
Fellowship: Columbia University Medical
Center
Anesthesiology
Yuri Kuras, MD
Director, Transplant Anesthesia
Board Certification: Anesthesiology
Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia
Medical School: Tyumen State Medical
Academy
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Center
William Loder, MD
Board Certification: Anesthesiology;
Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia,
critical care medicine, neuro-trama
Medical School: University of Nebraska
College of Medicine
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center
Charles Steen, MD
Board Certification: Anesthesiology
Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia,
cardiac anesthesia
Medical School: Queens University Faculty
of Medicine
Residency: University of Calgary Faculty of
Medicine
Radiology
Ashok Bhanushali, MD
Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular- Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Dr. D Y Patil Med College,
Mumbai University
Fellowship: NY - Presbyterian Hospital/
Columbia University
Gerard Berry, MD
Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular- Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center; University of Hospitals Case Medical
Center Fellowship: University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC
Luis Nadal, MD
Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular- Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Escuela De Medicina,
Universidad Iberoamericana
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center
Aalpen Patel, MD, FSIR
Vice Chair of Informatics and Quality Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular- Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: University of Texas, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center
Shivam Patel, MD
Board Certification: Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Christiana Care Health System
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania
Gregory Pierce, MD
Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular- Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Temple University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Tariq Rahman, MD
Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular-Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center
Fellowship: Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center
Shengfu Wang, MD, PhD
Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology,
Geisinger Health System
Board Certification: Radiology;
Vascular- Interventional Radiology
Clinical Interests: Transplantation services
Medical School: Wayne State University,
School of Medicine
Residency: Wayne State University,
School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals
and Health Centers