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Ahmet Kilic, M.D.
- Director, Heart Transplantation
- Program Director, Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
- Associate Professor of Surgery
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Bret Allen Mettler, M.D.
- Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
- Associate Professor (PAR) of Surgery
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Glenn Joseph Robert Whitman, M.D.
- Director of Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Professor of Surgery
Our Team
Cardiac Surgeons
Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiologists
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Lili Ayala Barouch, M.D.
- Director, Sports Cardiology Program
- Director, Columbia Heart Failure Clinic
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Nisha Aggarwal Gilotra, M.D.
- Director, Cardiac Sarcoidosis Program
- Director, Heart Failure Bridge Clinic
- Medical Director, Heart Failure Disease Management
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Edward Kevin Kasper, M.D.
- E. Cowles Andrus Distinguished Professor in Cardiology
- Director, Outpatient Cardiology
- Professor of Medicine
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William John Ravekes, M.D.
- Medical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Kavita Sharma, M.D.
- Director, Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation
- Director, JHU Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Joban Dinesh Vaishnav, M.D.
- Director, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Amyloidosis Center
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Ilan Shor Wittstein, M.D.
- Director, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Heart Transplant Advanced Practice Providers
Brandi Hill MSN, FNP-C, AG-ACNP-BC
Specialty: Heart and Lung Transplant, LVAD
Education: B.S. University of Central Oklahoma, M.S.N Graceland University, Post Masters Georgetown University
Certifications: FNP-C, AG-ACNP-BC
Nancy M. Klemans BSN, RN
Title: Nurse Coordinator
Specialty: LVAD
Education: York College of Pennsylvania
Kristin Freed MSN, AGACNP, Family PMHNP
Title: Lead Nurse Practitioner of the Heart Transplant and LVAD team
Specialty: Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, LVAD, Cardiomyopathy
Education: University of Virginia School of Nursing MSN & Post-MSN, Yale University School of Nursing Healthcare Leadership, Systems, and Policy DNP
Certifications: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
Gina Luciano PhD, MSN, CRNP
Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart and Lung Transplant, LVAD, Pulmonary transplant Medicine
Education: B.S.N. University of Delaware, M.S.N. and PhD Case Western Reserve University
Certifications: ACNP-BC, Joint appointment in Surgery and Medicine
Tracey Fehr RN, BSN
Title: Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Specialty: Heart Transplant and LVAD
Education: Towson University
Kirby L. Baker RN MSN AG-ACNP
Title: Thoracic Transplant & LVAD Surgery Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Transplant Surgery
Education: BSN Drexel University
Certifications: MSN Johns Hopkins University
Patricia McLaughlin DNP, CRNP-AC
Title: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery, VAD, Pulmonary Transplant Medicine
Education and Training: B.S.N., Notre Dame of Maryland University, M.S., University of Maryland Baltimore, D.N.P., University
Laura Hartman, MSN, CRNP
Title: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
Specialties: Heart Transplant
Education: B.S.N. Carson-Newman College, M.S.N. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Rebecca Fioretti R.N., B.S.N.
Title: VAD Coordinator
Specialty: Ventricular Assist Devices
Education: ADN Central Methodist College, BSN Widener University
Dawn M. Pappas, ACNP
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart & Lung Transplant, LVAD
Education: University of Maryland at Baltimore
Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Deb Carter, CRNP
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart Transplant
Education: University of Rochester, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University