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Glenn Whitman, MD
- Director of Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Our Team
Cardiac Surgeons
Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiologists
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William Ravekes, MD
- Medical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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Joban Vaishnav, MD
- Director, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Amyloidosis Center
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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
Specialty: Transplant Surgery
Education: BSN Drexel University
Certifications: MSN Johns Hopkins University
Tracey Fehr, RN, BSN
Title: Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Specialty: Heart Transplant and LVAD
Education: Towson University
Specialty: Heart Transplant and LVAD
Education: Towson University
Rebecca Fioretti, R.N., B.S.N.
Title: VAD Coordinator
Specialty: Ventricular Assist Devices
Education: ADN Central Methodist College, BSN Widener University
Specialty: Ventricular Assist Devices
Education: ADN Central Methodist College, BSN Widener University
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)
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)
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
Specialties: Heart Transplant
Education: B.S.N. Carson-Newman College, M.S.N. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
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
Education: B.S. University of Central Oklahoma, M.S.N Graceland University, Post Masters Georgetown University
Certifications: FNP-C, AG-ACNP-BC
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)
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)
Nancy M. Klemans, BSN, RN
Title: Nurse Coordinator
Specialty: LVAD
Education: York College of Pennsylvania
Specialty: LVAD
Education: York College of Pennsylvania
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
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
Dawn M. Pappas, ACNP
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart & Lung Transplant, LVAD
Education: University of Maryland at Baltimore
Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Specialty: Heart & Lung Transplant, LVAD
Education: University of Maryland at Baltimore
Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner