Our Team - Division of Abdominal Transplantation

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Division of Abdominal Transplantation

Attending Faculty

Esteban Calderon, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Melissa Chen, MD

Assistant Professor
Chirag Desai, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery
Division Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Emmanouil Giorgakis, MD, FACS

Clinical Associate Professor
Sorabh Kapoor, MD

Assistant Professor of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Living Donor Liver Transplant Program Surgical Director
Alexander H. Toledo, MD

Professor
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program

Advanced Patient Providers

Matthew Van Staden, NP

Advanced Practice Provider
Ramadevi “Rama” Boppana, RN

Advanced Practice Provider

Division Administration

Marshane “Shane” McCollum

Admin Coordinator

Nurse Coordinator

Ken Norman

Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Madeline Wheeley

Nurse Coordinator

Research Staff

Arianne Ferrer

Social/Clinical Research Specialist
Paula Steele

Research Navigation Manager
Xianwen Yi, PhD

Assistant Professor

UNC Comprehensive Transplant Center