Heart Transplant Program
About Our Heart Transplant Program
The Beth Israel Lahey Health Heart Transplant Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center provides patients access to comprehensive, life-saving care.
The BILH Heart Transplant Program at BIDMC brings together an experienced team who are experts in all aspects of heart transplantation. Surgical Director Masashi Kai, MD, has performed over 300 heart transplants with outstanding results over the last decade. Dr. Kai works closely with the entire group of Heart Failure and Transplant Specialists at Beth Israel Lahey Health, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, social workers, and others.
Designed for optimal patient experience, the new Klarman Building at BIDMC is home to the Heart Transplant Program. The building has single-bed, family-friendly patient rooms and leading-edge technology. Patients receive around-the-clock medical care.
Requesting a Heart Transplant Evaluation
Our team offers a comprehensive evaluation to determine the best plan of care. Patients work with a transplant coordinator to schedule tests and specialist visits as a part of this process.
Receiving a Donor Heart
Once you have been accepted as a transplant candidate, you will be placed on a waiting list maintained by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a federal government contractor for the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network (OPTN) which oversees organ donation throughout the country.
Heart transplant centers in New England work with the New England Organ Bank (NEOB) and other organ procurement organizations to find a donor who matches the recipient’s requirements, such as similar age and matching blood type. The availability of organs is based on a priority system that considers medical urgency, time on the waiting list, and blood type compatibility. Learn more about the adult heart allocation system.
About Our Program
Hear from our experienced team about the BILH Heart Transplant Program at BIDMC.
Meet the Team
Physicians
Lisa Fleming, MD, MPH
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease
Philip Formica, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program; Cardiology
Amy French, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program; Cardiology
Arthur Reshad Garan, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program; Co-Director, HCM Clinic; Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Internal Medicine
Edward Wilson Grandin, MD, MPH
Medical Director, ECMO & Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support; Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology
Jennifer Ho, MD
Director, Research in Cardiovascular Medicine; Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology
Megan Krajewski, MD
Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Masashi Kai, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Feroze Mahmood, MD
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia; Director, Perioperative Echocardiography; Anesthesiology
Pablo Quintero Pinzon, MD
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Director, Latinx Clinic; Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease
Mark J. Robitaille, MD
Associate Program Director, Anesthesia Residency; Clinical Floor Manager, East and West Campus; Anesthesiology
Marwa Sabe, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program; Medical Director, VAD Program, Co-Director, Sarcoid Center; Cardiology; Advanced Heart Failure
Todd Sarge, MD
Vice Chair, Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology
Shahzad Shaefi, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Professional Affairs; Anesthesiology
Sachin Shah, MD, MBA
Vice Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure Program; Cardiology
Roy Sriwattanakomen, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology
David Venesy, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program, LHMC; Cardiology
Care Team
Shannon Frias, RN
Heart Transplant Program, Nurse Coordinator
Jessie Breed, MS, RN
Heart Transplant Program Director
Amanda Judge, RN
Heart Transplant Program, Nurse Coordinator
Amy DeNuzzio, LICSW
Heart Transplant Program, Social Worker
Cathy Lee, NP
Heart Transplant Program, Nurse Practitioner
Douglas Fuller, MPH
Heart Transplant Program, Manager
Dannya Pimentel, NP
Heart Transplant Program, Nurse Practitioner
Paige Green, RD, LDN, CNSC
Heart Transplant Program, Nutritionist
Ryan Vesper, PharmD, BCCP
Heart Transplant Program, Pharmacist