Transplant Center: Meet the Team

The UF Health Shands Transplant team members offer state of the art immunosuppression protocols to improve patient and graft survival rates. 

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.

Transplant Surgery

• Thiago Beduschi, M.D.
  Director, Abdominal Transplant Program
• Ashraf El-Hinnawi, MD
• Mark Johnson, M.D.
• Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D.
• Daiki Soma, M.D., Ph.D.

Transplant Hepatology

• Roniel Cabrera, M.D.
  Medical Director, Liver Transplant 
• Roberto Firpi-Morell, M.D., M.S.
• Consuelo Soldevila Pico M.D.
• Giuseppe Morelli, M.D.
• Amitabh Suman, M.D.
• Virginia Clark, M.D.
• Alpna Limaye, M.D.
• Andreas Zori, M.D.

Pre-Transplant Coordinators

• Maya Jordan BSN, RN-BC
• Carol Hubbard BSN, RN

Post-Transplant Coordinators

• Casey Dana, RN
• James Frank, RN
• Anna Angers, BSN, RN
• Elenora Bosman, DNP, APRN
• Kaitlyn Hurley, BSN, RN

Pediatric Liver/Kidney Transplant Coordinators

• Rachel Bush, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC
• Felicia Johns, RN

Pediatric Liver Transplant Assistant

• April Ellis

Adult Transplant Assistants

• Shelley Dampier-Moore
• Nixon Rosado Rodriguez
• Javonte Ross
• Taylor Reed
• Karen Beisel
• Kim Feezell

Director of Transplant

• Jaison Abraham

Program Manager

• Sandra Connell

Inpatient Coordinators

• Tiffany Merriex-Cook
• Toni Rich

Intestinal/Multivisceral Coordinator

• Michelle Klenk-Cohen

Resource Coordinator

• Amy Camire, BSN, RN