Our experienced kidney transplant team includes surgeons, kidney transplant nurse coordinators, social workers, nutritionists, nephrologists, pharmacists and financial coordinators. Together they have many years of experience and have conducted and coordinated thousands of surgeries.

We offer kidney transplants as well as combined kidney/pancreas transplants at the University of Chicago. Those patients who are considered for kidney only transplants are in end stage renal failure. Those patients who are considered for kidney/pancreas transplant are type 1 diabetics in addition to being in end stage renal failure. Transplant will eliminate the need for dialysis and help these patients live a more active lifestyle.

For anyone interested in kidney transplant, please contact Kelly Weems at 773-702-9287.

Our Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Team

Transplant Surgeons:
Marc R. Garfinkel, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Robert Harland, MD, Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
J. Michael Millis, MD, Medical Director Transplant Center
Giuliano Testa, MD, Director Liver Transplant
J. Richard Thistlethwaite, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery

Transplant Physicians:
Michelle Josephson, MD, Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplant
Pradeep Kadambi, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Transplant Pharmacist:
Adam Cochrane

Organ Procurement Coordinators:
Richard Cummings
Jesus Rodriguez

Pre-Transplant Nurse Coordinators:
Nancy Grzesiak, RN, BSN
Katrina Harmon, RN, BSN
Jacqueline Pippens, RN, MSN

Post-Transplant Nurse Coordinators:
Mary Beth McNamara, RN, MSN
Roseann Sweda, RN, BSN
Josefa Sutor, RN, BSN

Living Donor Kidney Advocate Team:
Kathy Davis, RN, BSN, Living Kidney Donor Advocate Nurse
Sondra Cohen, Living Donor Advocate Social Worker
John Schumann, MD, Living Donor Advocate Physician

Pediatric Transplant Nurse Coordinator:
Karen Kasinger, NP

Kidney & Pancreas Social Worker:
Dominic Adducci, LCSW

Financial Coordinators:
Debra Patterson
Marsha Pruitt