Administrative and Support Staff

Find your care

We have one of the highest volume kidney transplant programs in the country, with outstanding patient outcomes. To learn more, call 310-825-6836.

If you are a kidney donor, please contact the Living Donor Line at 866-672-5333.

Adult Kidney Transplant Coordinators

Sheila Alcantara, RN, BSN, CCTC
Living Donor Coordinator

Ilana Berg, RN, MPA, CNN
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Lisa Carroll, RN, CPTC
On-Call Transplant Coordinator

Krystle Fernandez, RN
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Chasity Franco, RN, BSN, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Maha Grissom, RN
Inpatient Coordinator

R. Mary Gonzalez, RN, ADN
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Bethany Hale-Durbin, MSN, RN, CPTC, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Elisabeth Hands, RN, CCTC
Inpatient Coordinator

Rhonda Hutley, RN, BSN, CCTC
Living Donor Transplant Coordinator

Villy Hwang, RN, CPNP, CCTC
On-Call Transplant Coordinator

JP Kuba, RN, BSN
Living Donor Coordinator

Arlene LaRose, RN, BSN, CNN, CCTC
On-Call Transplant Coordinator

Christine Lee, RN, BSN, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Edward Lynn, RN, MSN, CCRN, NE-BC
Living Donor Transplant Coordinator

Joanne Martinez, BSN, RN, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Melissa Perukkonil, RN, BSN, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Fishell Prewitt, RN
On-Call Transplant Coordinator
  
Veronica Sills, RN, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Jill Strejc, RN, MSN, MS, RD, CCTC
Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Jennifer Terenzini, RN, MSN, CCTC
Living Donor Transplant Coordinator
 
Simone VanHarte, RN, BS

On-Call Transplant Coordinator

Nurse Practitioners

Michele Pena, NP
Natalie Bjelajac, NP
Meena Parakkal, NP

In-House Nurse Practitioners

Arta Dervishi, NP
Jeanmarie Mcneely, NP

Other Specialists

Ellen Anifantis, MSW
Marci Coleman, MSW
Dianica Davis, MSW

Mara Hersh-Rifkin, MSW, LCSW
Grace Lien, MS, RD, CSR, CDE, CNSC
Lorena Mocorro, MSW, ILDA
Theodore Sievers, Pharm.D.

Affiliated Faculty

Melissa Dunbar-Forrest, RN, BSN, CPTC
Nurse Manager

Pediatric Kidney Transplant Coordinators

Michelle Rivera, RN, MSN
Transplant Coordinator
 
Yolanda Tejedor, RN

Transplant Coordinator

Affiliated Faculty

Melissa Dunbar-Forrest, RN, BSN, CPTC
Nurse Manager

Social Work

Meghan Ruby, MSW
Social Worker