Ho Chong Gilles, RN, MS, FNP

The Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center is one of four VA liver transplant centers in the United States. The team of Dr. Douglas Heuman, Ho Chong Gilles, Nurse Practioner, and Wendy Cales, transplant coordinator, evaluates and coordinates the care of patients with End Stage Liver Disease for liver transplantation. The liver transplant surgery is performed at the Hume-Lee Transplant Center of VCU Medical Center. See link below:

http;//www.va.gov/transplant/

The transplant nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has additional education to become a certified nurse practitioner. She performs history and physical examinations on the pre and post transplant patients. The transplant nurse practitioner follows patients in the outpatient clinic and helps to coordinate their medical care under the supervision of the attending hepatologist. She monitors patients' conditions and provides other members of the transplant team with appropriate patient information and test results. Nurse practitioners are able to diagnose and treat certain illnesses. They have the ability to write prescriptions for certain medications.

Ho Chong Gilles, RN, MS, FNP

Phone: 804-675-5054
Email: hochong.gilles@va.gov