The Heart Transplant Team
Patients may be referred to the Heart Transplant Office at 410-614-5869 (option 1) or 888-304-5069 (option 1).
Surgeons
John V. Conte, MD - Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Duke Cameron ,MD - Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Ashish Shah, M.D. - Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Luca A. Vricella, MD - Cardiac Surgeon
David D. Yuh, MD - Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Cardiologists
Stuart D. Russell, MD - Clinical Chief Heart Failure and Transplantation
Lili A. Barouch, MD
Hunter Champion, MD
Daniel P. Judge, MD
Samer S. Najjar, MD
James Mudd, MD
Ilan Wittstein, MD
Janet Scheel, MD - pediatric
Administrative Director
Brigitte Reeb | breeb1@jhmi.edu |
Mechanical Circulartory Support (MCS) Coordination Team
Susan Ullrich, MS, CRNP - Nurse Practitioner | sullrich@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu |
Pam Meyer, RN - Nurse Coordinator | pmeye1@jhmi.edu |
Dennis Rivard - Program Coordinator | drivard@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu |
Lisa Smith - Patient Services Coordinator | lsmith58@jhmi.edu |
Dzifa Dordunoo, RN - MSC Research Coordinator | edordun1@jhmi.edu |
Tamara Bubb - Research Assistant | tbubb1@jhmi.edu |
Heart Transplant Coordination Team
Debra Carter, MS, CRNP, CCTC | carter@jhmi.edu |
Diane Skojec, MS, CRNP | dskojec@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu |
Kate Shagena MS, CRNP | kshagena@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu |
Linda Dewberry, RN, BSN | ldewber@jhmi.edu |
Nancy Cuomo | ncuomo@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu |
Patricia Kane CRNP - pediatric | pkane1@jhmi.edu |
Nutritionist
Zeny Regalado, RD, LD
Social Workers
Helen Michalisko, MSW, LCSW-C – Adult Heart Transplant Social Worker
Psychologist
David Edwin, PhD
Financial Coordination
Rose Guerra - Transplant Financial Advocate | rguerra1@jhmi.edu |
Angela Hoban - Transplant Financial Coordinator | ahoban1@jhmi.edu |
Outreach and Education
Amy Schmidt | aschmi14@jhmi.edu |
Data Coordinator/Information Systems Team Member
Jennifer Neeley




