Meet the OPL team. We are surgeons, perfusionists, engineers and scientists.

Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD
Lung Transplant and General Thoracic Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Diego DiSabato, MD
Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Kumaran Shanmugarajah, MD PhD
Scientific Director OPL, General Surgery Resident

John Fung, MD PhD
Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Transplantation, Co-Director of Transplant Institute

Ryan Piech, MS MBA CCP
Chief of Perfusion

Rebecca Rose, BA, RRT-NPS
AMCS/ECMO Manager

Edward Garrity, MD MBA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Transplantation Services

Marek Niekrasz, DVM ACLAM Diplomate
Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgery & Large Animal Services

Vikranth Mirle, BS
Medical Student

Andy Lee, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & General Surgery Resident

Mohamed Awad, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Candidate

Arianna Edobor
Pre-med candidate, Lab Manager
Collaborators

Sebastian Michel, MD
Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, Co-Director Munich Lung Transplant Group, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

Phillip J. Spencer, MD
Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College