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