Meet Our Team

Hepatologists/Gastroenterologists

Scott A. Elisofon , MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Clinical Director, Center for Childhood Liver Disease; Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christine K. Lee , MD

Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program; Medical Director, Multivisceral and Intestine Transplant Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Silvia Nastasio , MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Katherine Sweeny , MD

Associate Director, Fatty Liver Interdisciplinary Program; Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Andrew Wehrman , MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Surgeons

Heung Bae Kim , MD

Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, & Intestine and Multi-visceral Transplant Programs; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center
Robert C. Shamberger Professorship in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Pete Kovatsis , MD

Director of Liver Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Transplant Coordinators

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Samantha Nuccio, RN, BSN, CPN

Samantha Nuccio, RN, BSN, CPN

Nurse Transplant Coordinator, Liver and Intestinal Transplant Program

Clinical Social Workers

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Laura Taylor, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Pediatric Transplant Center

Pharmacist

Psychologists/Psychiatrists

Imari-Ashley Isaksen , PhD

Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Instructor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Beth Logan, PhD

Beth Logan, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Pediatric Transplant Center

Chase Samsel , MD

Medical Director, Psychiatry Consultation Service; Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School​

Child Life Specialist

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Courtney Jonas, MS, CCLS

Courtney Jonas

Child Life Specialist, Pediatric Transplant Center

Dietitians

Infectious Diseases

Tanvi S. Sharma , MD, MPH

Clinical Director/Associate Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases; Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program; Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Service
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sandra Burchett , MD, MSc

Senior Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAP)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Administrative

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Chatia Hamilton

Senior Transplant Financial Coordinator, Pediatric Transplant Center
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Angela Ward, BS

Program Coordinator, Liver/Intestine Transplant Program