Our nationally recognized liver transplant team includes surgeons, liver transplant nurse coordinators, social workers, nutritionists, hepatologists, pharmacists and financial coordinators. The University of Chicago was the first program in the nation to perform a living donor liver transplant.

Liver transplant is for those patients with end stage liver disease. At the University of Chicago, we perform several types of liver transplantation including whole and split liver transplants and living donor transplants.

For anyone interested in liver transplant, please call 866-904-1600.

Our Liver Transplant Team

Transplant Surgeons:
Marc 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:
Donald Jensen, MD, Director, Center for Liver Diseases
Helen Te, MD, Medical Director, Liver Transplant
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Nancy Reau, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gautham Reddy, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rohit Satoskar, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Pre-Transplant Nurse Coordinators:
Elizabeth Greco, RN
Cathie Solcani, RN, MSN

Post-Transplant Nurse Coordinators:
Kathy Dasgupta, RN, MSN
Kathleen Shortridge, RN

Liver Transplant Social Worker:
Matthew Wolff, LCSW

Living Donor Liver Advocate Team:
Jeanine Elkin, RN, Living Liver Donor Advocate Nurse
Sondra Cohen, Living Donor Advocate Social Worker
John Schumann, MD, Living Donor Advocate Physician

Pediatric Liver Nurse Coordinator:
Pamela Boone, RN, MSN

Financial Coordinators:
Debra Patterson
Marsha Pruitt