Team Members
Surgeons
Charles T. Van Buren, MD
Professor of Surgery and Director of the
Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Medical Director: LifeGift; Transplantation - Memorial Hermann - TMC.
Stephen M. Katz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Immunology and Organ Transplantation at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Jacqueline Lappin, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Pancreas Transplantation, Division of Immunology & Organ Transplantation at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Karoly Varga, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Immunology & Organ Transplantation at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Nephrologists
Kevin W. Finkel, MD, FACP, FASN
Professor of Medicine, Division & Program Director, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Michael C. Braun, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Biology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Bhamidipati V.R. Murthy, MBBS, MD, DM
Associate Professor, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Rita D. Swinford, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Director, End-Stage and Transplantation at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
John R. Foringer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertention at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Kanae Ishihara, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Amber S. Podoll, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertention at
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Scott Wenderfer MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases - Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine.
Transplant Care Coordinators / Allied Healthcare
Stephanie Anderson, RN, MSN
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Erin Darbonne, RN, BSN, CNN
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Jennifer L. Jeter, RN, ADN, CCTC
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Mary E. Jones, RN
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Sean Leonhardt, RN, BSN
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Barbara J. Alvarado, RN
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Susan Feliciano, RN
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Janelle Curry, RD, LD
Clinical Nutritionist, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Lisa Taylor, RN, BSN, CCTC
Care Coordinator, Memorial Hermann-TMC
Dialysis Staff
Cindie Gammon, SW, MSW
Social Worker, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Kim Tran, RN, CNN
Pediatric Nurse Manager, Memorial Hermann Hospital
Irene Javier RN, BSN, CNN
Pediatric Dialysis Nurse, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Diane Hirshkowitz RN, CNN
Pediatric Dialysis Nurse, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Leisha Jackson-Sanders RN, BSN
Pediatric Dialysis Nurse, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Sheila Thomas Grant RN, BSN, CNN
Pediatric Dialysis Nurse, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Loida Ybanez RN
Pediatric Dialysis Nurse, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Cindy Mogannam RD
Renal Dietician, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Leigh Ann Breen
Child Life Specialist, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Clora Sweet DCA
Patient Care Assistant, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 6.240
Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: 713-500-7400
Fax: 713-500-0785
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exists between the transplant surgeons
and the renal division. It is truly interdisciplinary and collegiate, so that patients are provided exemplary
care from both a surgical and medical perspective".
- Kevin W. Finkel, MD



