Transplant Services Team Surgery Michael R. Marvin, M.D. Director, Transplantation and Liver Surgery Board Certification: Surgery Clinical Interests: Hepatobiliary surgery, treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer,

liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, live donor nephrectomies, pancreas transplantation, bile duct surgery and liver resection Medical School: Columbia University Residency: The Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York Fellowship: The Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York

Christine W. Du, M.D.

Board Certification: Surgery Clinical Interests: Hepatobiliary surgery, treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer,

liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, live donor nephrectomies, pancreas transplantation, bile duct surgery and liver resection Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine Residency: Lehigh Valley Health Network Fellowship: Columbia University (Accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons)

Anil Kotru, M.D.

Board Certification: Surgery Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation, vascular access, liver resections Medical School: Indira Gandhi Medical College Residency: St. James University Hospital Fellowship: Washington University Medical School (Accredited by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons)

Paula Scolamacchia, PA-C

Board Certification: Physician Assistant Education: Pennsylvania College of Technology – P.A. Program Clinical Interests: Liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation,

hepatobiliary surgery, liver resection, chemoembolization Education: Pennsylvania College of Technology

Nephrology Michael Schultz, M.D.

Board Certification: Nephrology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine Residency: Wilford Hall U.S.A.F. Medical Center Fellowship: University of Colorado Hospital

Rajesh Govindasamy, M.D. Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Board Certification: Nephrology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Madras Medical College Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Fellowship: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Stony Brook University Hospital

Maria Camila Bermudez, M.D.

Board Certification: Nephrology Clinical Interests: Transplantation services, early detection Medical School: Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud Residency: Geisinger Medical Center Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Pediatric Nephrology Dianne Muchant, M.D.

Board Certification: Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Interests: Renal failure, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, congenital renal diseases, kidney

failure, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, cystic kidney disease, polycystic kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, dialysis, kidney transplant, renal insufficiency Medical School: West Virginia University, School of Medicine Residency: West Virginia University Hospitals Fellowship: University of Virginia Medical Center

Valeriya Feygina, M.D.

Board Certification: Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Russian State Medical University Residency: Richmond University Medical Center Fellowship: SUNY Downstate at Brooklyn, School of Medicine

Hepatology Robert Smith, M.D. Medical Director, Liver Transplantation

Board Certification: Hepatology Clinical Interests: Diseases of the liver and biliary tract, liver transplantation Medical School: Temple University, School of Medicine Residency: Geisinger Medical Center Fellowship: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Nina Ahuja, M.D.

Board Certification: Hepatology Clinical Interests: Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, primary biliary cirrhosis, fatty liver (NASH), liver masses Medical School: George Washington University, School of Medicine Residency: UPMC - Presbyterian University Hospital Fellowships: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - University Hospital

Nihar Shah, M.D.

Board Certification: Hepatology Clinical Interests: Hepatitis C, NASH/NAFLD (fatty liver disease), FibroScan, cirrhosis and portal hypertension, autoimmune liver diseases, alcoholic liver disease

Medical School: Terna Medical College and Hospital Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Fellowship: Virginia Mason Medical Center

Cardiology Terry Bauch, M.D.

Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Interest: Transplant cardiology Medical School: SUNY Downstate at Brooklyn, School of Medicine Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center Fellowship: Brooke Army Medical Center

Thomas Scott, D.O.

Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Internal Medicine Clinical Interest: Transplant cardiology Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: Geisinger Medical Center Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center

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Vernon Mascarenhas, M.D.

Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Interest: Transplant cardiology Medical School: M.P. Shah Medical College Residency: Pinnacle Health at Harrisburg Hospital Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center

Eileen Rattigan, M.D.

Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Interest: Transplant cardiology Medical School: New York University School of Medicine Residency: Bellevue Hospital Center Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center

Anesthesiology Yuri Kuras, M.D. Director, Transplant Anesthesia

Board Certification: Anesthesiology Clinical Interest: Transplant anesthesia Medical School: Tyumen State Medical Academy Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Center

William Loder, M.D.

Board Certification: Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia, critical care medicine, neurotrauma Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

Charles Steen, M.D.

Board Certification: Anesthesiology Clinical Interests: Transplant anesthesia, cardiac anesthesia Medical School: Queens University Faculty of Medicine Residency: University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine

Radiology Ashok Bhanushali, M.D., MBA Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Geisinger Health System

Board Certifications: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Mumbai University Fellowship: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

Aalpen Patel, M.D., FSIR Vice Chair of Informatics and Quality Radiology, Geisinger Health System

Board Certifications: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Residency: Temple University Hospital Fellowship: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Luis Nadal, M.D. Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Geisinger Health System

Board Certifications: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Escuela De Medicina, Universidad Iberoamericana Residency: Jacobi Medical Center Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Tariq Rahman, M.D. Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Geisinger Health System

Board Certification: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Albany Medical College Residency: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Fellowship: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Radiology continued Gregory Pierce, M.D. Associate, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Geisinger Health System

Board Certification: Radiology; Vascular and Interventional Radiology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Temple University Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Shivam Patel, M.D.

Board Certification: Radiology Clinical Interest: Transplantation services Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Residency: Christiana Care Health System Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

For more information about Geisinger Health System’s transplantation services, call 877-821-8613.

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