Transplant Center: Meet the Team
Strong results reflect a multidisciplinary approach to patient care that draws on the combined talents and experience of transplant physicians, transplant surgeons, nurse coordinators, transplant assistants, social workers, financial counselors and psychologists.
UF Health Shands Transplant Center team members offer state of the art immunosuppression protocols to improve patient and graft survival rates.
Transplant Center Director
Transplant Surgeons
- Thiago Beduschi, M.D.
Chief, Division of Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery - Georgios Vrakas, M.D.
Director, Adult Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program - Ashraf El-Hinnawi, M.D.
Director, Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program; Associate Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Program - Mark Johnson, M.D.
- Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D.
- Daiki Soma, M.D., Ph.D.
- Wen Y Xie
- Alp Demirag
Transplant Physicians
- Alfonso Santos, Jr., M.D.
Medical Director, Adult Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program - Muhanned Leghrouz, MD
- Hisham Ibrahim, MD
- Rohan Mehta, MD
Physician Extenders
- Nicole Gazzola, PA-C
- Amber Mauldin, DNP-BC
- Samantha Folsom, MSN, FNP-C
- Ashley Booe, PA-C
Manager of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant and the Living Donor Programs
- Sandra Demasters-Reynolds, MSN, RN, CCTC
Living Donor Team
- Stephanie Sharpe, RN, BSN – Coordinator
- Sophia Perez – Social work & ILDA
- Vickie Connell – Transplant Assistant
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Coordinators and Assistants
Pre-transplant Coordinators
- Mojdeh Bannister BSN, RN
- Goldwyn Rahman BSN, RN, CCTC, CCRN
- Heather Lucher, RN
- Lourdes Andujar-Rivera, BSN, RN
Post-transplant Coordinators
- Ke'van Brown, RN, BSN
- Alex Saveland, BSN, RN
- Jessica King, BSN, RN
- Gena Johns, RN, BSN
Pre-Transplant Assistants
- Phyllis Mitchell
- Maria Oxendine
- Stephanie Mitchell
- Trisha Eccles
Post-Transplant Assistants
- Viva Brown
- Tiera Sermons
- Kathy Henderson
- Latosha Williams
Financial Coordinators
UF Health is contracted with most transplant networks. Check with your employer or insurer for more information about accessing UF Health for transplant services or our call financial coordinators with any questions.
- Stephanie Achour, 352.265.0358
- Katina Rees, 352.265.0359
- Samathan Cerrato, 352.594.6951
Social Worker, Kidney Transplant
- Jennifer Adams, LCSW
Dietician
- Clancy Bryant
Pharmacist
- Danielle McKimmy