Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Program

Meet Our Team

Attending Staff

• H. Jorge Baluarte, MD
• Lawrence Copelovitch, MD
• Bernard S. Kaplan, MBBCh, FAAP
• Mary B. Leonard, MD, MSCE
• Kevin E.C. Meyers, MBBCh
• Madhura Pradhan, MD, MBBS

Surgical Staff

• Peter L. Abt, MD
• Matthew Levine, MD, PhD
• Kim Olthoff, MD, FACS

Nephrology Fellows

• Michelle Denburg, MD

Renal Transplant Coordinators

• Sonya Lopez, RN, MSN, CRNP, CCTC
• Jo Ann Palmer, CRNP, MSN, CCTC

Nurse Practitioner

• Cathy Laney, MEd, MSN, CRNP

Psychologists

• Debra Lefkowitz, PsyD

Social Workers

• Caryle Glah, MSW, LSW, MEd
• Peter L. Abt, MD
• Kimberly Sterner, MSW, LCSW

Dialysis Nurse Manager

• Linda McNellis, RN, CNN

Dialysis Nurses

• Chris Breen, BSN, RN, CNN

Clinical Pharmacist

• Krisha Palma, PharmD

Dialysis Secretary

• Kristin Beelis

Operations Manager

• Lisa Maiale-Howell, MSS, LCSW

Transplant Financial Counselor

• Marianne Rolland

Other Staff

• Susan Furth, MD, PhD
• Benjamin Laskin, MD, MS
• Maria Neff