Our Team

Our multidisciplinary team works seamlessly to provide patient-centered, expert care.

Cardiac Surgeons

Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiologists

Heart Transplant Advanced Practice Providers

Kirby L. Baker, RN, MSN, AG-ACNP, DNP

Title: Thoracic Transplant & LVAD Surgery Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Transplant Surgery
Education: BSN Drexel University
Certifications: MSN Johns Hopkins University
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Tracey Fehr, RN, BSN

Title: Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Specialty: Heart Transplant and LVAD
Education: Towson University
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Rebecca Fioretti, R.N., B.S.N.

Title: VAD Coordinator
Specialty: Ventricular Assist Devices
Education: ADN Central Methodist College, BSN Widener University
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Kristin Freed, MSN, AGACNP, Family PMHNP

Title: Lead Nurse Practitioner of the Heart Transplant and LVAD team
Specialty: Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, LVAD, Cardiomyopathy
Education: University of Virginia School of Nursing MSN & Post-MSN, Yale University School of Nursing Healthcare Leadership, Systems, and Policy DNP
Certifications: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
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Laura Hartman, MSN, CRNP

Title: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
Specialties: Heart Transplant
Education: B.S.N. Carson-Newman College, M.S.N. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
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Brandi Hill, MSN, FNP-C, AG-ACNP-BC

Specialty: Heart and Lung Transplant, LVAD
Education: B.S. University of Central Oklahoma, M.S.N Graceland University, Post Masters Georgetown University
Certifications: FNP-C, AG-ACNP-BC
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Eric Hochberg, MPAS, PA-C

Title: Physician Assistant, Thoracic Transplant
Specialty: Pulmonary Transplant Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Education: Professional certificate from Community College of Baltimore County, Essex; Masters of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska
Certifications: National Commission on the Certification of Physician Associates (NCCPA)
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Nancy M. Klemans, BSN, RN

Title: Nurse Coordinator
Specialty: LVAD
Education: York College of Pennsylvania
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Gina Luciano, Ph.D., MSN, CRNP

Title: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart and Lung Transplant, LVAD, Pulmonary transplant Medicine
Education: B.S.N. University of Delaware, M.S.N. and PhD Case Western Reserve University
Certifications: ACNP-BC, Joint appointment in Surgery and Medicine
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Dawn M. Pappas, ACNP

Title: Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart & Lung Transplant, LVAD
Education: University of Maryland at Baltimore
Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
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