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Pediatric Transplant Surgeons & Specialists

The medical leadership of the Siragusa Transplantation Center includes medical specialists and surgeons with a wealth of experience in the area of transplantation

Transplant Surgical Leadership

Riccardo A. Superina, MD

Division Head, Transplant Surgery; Co-Director, Siragusa Transplantation Center; Surgical Director, Kidney and Liver Transplant Programs; Robert E. Schneider Chair in Transplantation; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation

Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Caroline Lemoine, MD

Surgical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Transplant Surgery & Surgery (General Pediatric); Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Michael C. Mongé, MD

Surgical Director, Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Transplant Medical Leadership

Estella M. Alonso, MD

Medical Director, The Siragusa Transplantation Center; Sally Burnett Searle Professorship in Pediatric Transplantation

Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Valeria C. Cohran, MD

Medical Director, Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation; Attending Physician, Gastroenterology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Priya Verghese, MD, MPH

Division Head, Nephrology (Kidney Diseases); Interim Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program; Isaac A. Abt, MD Professorship in Kidney Diseases

Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Catherine A. Chapin, MD

Medical Director, Hepatology & Liver Transplant; Attending Physician, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine