Stuart D. Russell, M.D.
Clinical Chief, Heart Failure
and Transplantation
Joined CTC in June 2004
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Stuart D. Russell, M.D. |
Dr. Russell obtained his M.D. at the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed a fellowship in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center and served as a Transplant Fellow at the UCLA Medical Center. His clinical practice focuses in three areas: heart transplantation, heart failure, and a specific type of heart failure that affects women - a condition called peripartum cardiomyopathy. In addition to research on this topic, he has been involved in studies on the effects of exercise on heart failure patients and trials that examine the effects of transplant medications. "I am excited to work on continuing to build the heart failure and transplant program, so that when new and exciting therapies are available, we can use them in our patients."
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Carly Bhave R.N., M.S., |
Carly Bhave R.N., M.S., C.P.N.P.
Pediatric Transplant Coordinator
Joined CTC in July 2004
Mrs. Bhave earned her Master’s in Nursing Science at Texas Woman’s University in Houston. She has been a pediatric cardiology nurse practitioner for two and a half years at Texas Children’s Hospital and recently came to Baltimore with her husband, a resident here at Hopkins. "Having worked extensively with heart transplant patients, I can say that transplant is an exciting and growing field, and I am blessed to work with such wonderful families and patients."
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| Terri Achanzar, R.N., B.S.N. |
Terri Achanzar, R.N., B.S.N.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Coordinator
Joined CTC in April 2004
Ms. Achanzar is an experienced Urology and Renal Transplant Surgical Nurse, Renal Transplant Nurse Clinic Staff Nurse and Renal Transplant Clinical Coordinator. "Transplantation is one of the few ‘Happy Event’ departments in health care. Our patients come out winners. In working with them, it is reward enough for me to experience their victorious feeling of attaining their hope. I make it my mission to encourage the attitude of "winning daily." I count a patient’s positive outlook as a measure of cure."
