When your child has a kidney transplant

When you or someone in your family has kidney failure, the kidneys do not work well enough to clean the blood effectively. If the blood is not cleaned, toxins can build up, causing serious risks to the body.

Therefore, in order for you or your loved one to enjoy the best quality of life, the kidney transplant team may recommend a kidney transplant.

The team members are:

Surgical Director

Riccardo Superina, MD, Transplant Surgery

Medical Director

Richard A. Cohn, MD, Division of Kidney Diseases

Transplant Coordinators

Tresa E. Zielinski, RN, MS, PNP, PCCNP

Ashley Voit, RN, MS, APN

Transplant Surgeons

Riccardo Superina, MD, Pediatric Surgery

Anton Skaro, MD, Transplant Surgery

Juan Carlos Caicedo, MD, Transplant Surgery

Nephrologists

Craig B. Langman, MD, Head, Division of Kidney Diseases
Jerome C. Lane, MD
H. William Schnaper, MD
Amy Bobrowski, MD

Social Workers

Sergio Grejada, LSW, PhD, Transplant Social Services
Hugo Perales, LCSW, Dialysis Social Services

Financial Coordinator

Renee Shores, Transplant Financial Coordinator

Medical Psychologist

Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, Medical Psychology

Transplant Assistant

Laurie Gardner

Anesthesia

Steven Hall, MD, Director of Anesthesiology

Nutritionist

Marissa Bobbe, RD, LD, Clinical Nutrition

Organ Procurement Coordinators

Maurice Goodwin
Ryan Mitchell