Our Team
The faculty and staff at the Hume-Lee Transplant Center is dedicated to education and ongoing research to promote the most outstanding outcomes and continued quality of life for our patients that we are able to continually achieve.
Our multi-disciplinary team is comprised of many transplant and internal medicine industry experts who collaborate to provide our patients the highest quality of care before, during and after transplantation. Our teams also include pre
Transplant Surgery Team
Kidney Transplant Team
Liver Transplant Team
Transplant Infectious Diseases Team
Richmond VA Medical Center
Transplant Administrative Team
| Program Director | Caitlin Winkler, MSN, RN, NE-BC |
| Nursing Director | Brett Neville, DNP, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC |
| Transplant Program Manager | Allison Lewis, MSN, RN |
Transplant Clinical Team
| Transplant Psychologist | Stephan Weinland, PhD |
| HLA Laboratory Director | Pamela Kimball, PhD |
| Islet Cell Laboratory Director | Mazhar Kanak, PhD |
| Islet Cell Laboratory Assistant Director | Prathab Balaji Saravanan, PhD |
| Transplant Research | Mary Baldecchi, RN |
| Transplant Pharmacist | Idris Yakubu, PharmD |
| Transplant Pharmacist | Ryan Winstead, PharmD, BCPS |
| Transplant Pharmacist | Chelsey (Chenxi) Song, PharmD, BCPS |
| Transplant Pharmacist | Andrew Brown, PharmD |
| Transplant Pharmacist | Sara Sterling, PharmD |
Other clinical and administrative team members include:
- Dedicated ambulatory and inpatient Social Workers who work with each patient to enhance quality of life and outcomes.
- Transplant Dieticians who provide transplant-specific education and nutritional support to patients and their families pre- and post-transplant.
- Financial Coordinators who are available to help guide our patients through the insurance process and provide education on the financial aspects of transplant – from evaluation to life after transplant.
- Outreach Coordinators who assist with transplant education for patients with end-stage renal disease, provide outreach and support for community health care providers, and facilitate ongoing communications between Hume-Lee and referring providers.