Wendy Cales, RN, CCTC

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 coordinator is a registered nurse who has training and experience in caring for transplant patients. The Transplant coordinator assists and guides patients and their families through the transplant process, from evaluation through postoperative outpatient care. Transplant coordinators follow all living donors through their donor experience.

The transplant coordinator provides instruction and education about transplantation to patients and their families. She monitors patients' conditions and provides other members of the transplant team with appropriate patient information and test results. The coordinator also communicates valuable information to each patient's local physician and serves as a link that connects all health care professionals involved in a patient's care.

Contact information: 804-675-5000, ext.2991
Email: wendy.cales@med.va.gov