The University of Chicago Medical Center is an internationally renowned transplant center where heart transplants have been performed for more than two decades. Our heart transplant program is the largest in Illinois and one of the largest in the Midwest. Our highly-skilled team has significant experience caring for patients who have found that other medical and surgical therapies are not enough.

For anyone interested in heart transplant, please contact 773-702-2273.

Our Heart Transplant Team

Transplant Physicians:
Allen Anderson, MD, Medical Director, Heart Transplant
Antony Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Savitri Fedson, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Transplant Surgeons:
Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD, Professor of Surgery
Wickii Vigneswaran, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Jai Raman, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery
Bassem Mora, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Shahab Akhter, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Transplant Nurse Coordinators:
Catherine Murks, NP
Rosalind Davis, RN

Transplant Pharmacist:
Adam Cochrane

Transplant Social Worker:
Rina Murao

Organ Procurement Specialist:
Jamie Bucio
Ozzie Rivero

Pediatric Transplant Nurse Coordinator:
Karen Kasinger, NP

Financial Coordinator
Claudia Webb

Administrative Assistant:
Coleman Evans