Transplant Manitoba - Gift of Life's team of doctors, nurses and professional staff is dedicated to providing care to patients pre- and post-transplant in Manitoba.
Dr. Julie Ho, FRCPC
(Interim) Medical Director, Transplant Manitoba
Krista Maxwell, RN, BN, BSc, MSc
Manager, Transplant Manitoba
Stephanie Haywood
Administrative Assistant
Nancy Dodd, P.Eng
Process Quality Engineer
Roberta Koscielny
Communications Specialist, Transplant Manitoba - Gift of Life Program
Transplant Manitoba - Gift of Life's team of doctors, nurses and professional staff is dedicated to providing care to organ donors and promoting organ donation awareness in Manitoba.
Dr. Owen Mooney, FRCPC
Medical Director
Dr. Heather Smith, Dr. Marcus Blouw, Dr. Faisal Siddiqui, FRCSC, Dr. Carmen Hrymak, Dr. Murdoch Leeies and Dr. Gloria Vasquez-Grande
Donor Physicians
Dr. Leroy Storsley, FRCPC
Director, Living Kidney Donation
Dr. Juliano Offerni, DRCPSC
Living Donor surgeon
Mark Barrett, RN, BN and Tricia Carta, RN, MN
Donor Coordinators
Michelle Taylor, RN, BN
Living Kidney Donor Coordinator
Camille Boucher, RN, BSc, MScN
Living Kidney Donor Coordinator, On-call Donor Coordinator
Miranda Lindsay, RN BN, Alannah Ziesmann, RN, BN, Julie Gratton Edwards, RN, BN and Jacqueline Thiele, RN, BN
On-call Donor Coordinators
Beverley Veldkamp
Living Kidney Donor Program Unit Clerk
Dr. Shelley Zieroth, FRCP(C)
Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinics
Dr. N. Ghorpade, FRCSC and Dr. Mike Yamashita, FRCSC
Surgical Heart Failure Program Heads
Dr. Allan Schaffer, FRCP(C)
Transplant Physician
Shari Barker, RN, BSN
Heart Transplant/VAD Coordinator
Derrick Hibbert, CCP, CPC
Perfusion/VAD Coordinator
Tannis Podheiser, MSW, RSW and Stephanie Baron, BSW, RSW
Social Workers
Dr. James Shaw, FRCPC
Medical Director
Dr. Martin Karpinski, FRCPC, Dr. Peter Nickerson, FRCPC, Dr. Chris Wiebe, FRCPC, Dr. Aaron Trachtenberg, FRCPC and Dr. Julie Ho, FRCPC
Transplant Nephrologists
Dr. Joshua Koulack, FRCPC
Director, Renal Transplant Surgery
Dr. Gregory Harding, FRCSC
Transplant Surgeon
Julie Gratton Edwards, RN, BN, Miranda Lindsay, RN, BN, Jacqueline Thiele, RN, BN and Alannah Ziesmann, RN, BN
Renal Recipient Coordinators
Cheryl Kalupar, RN, Brenda Gawryluk, RN, Michele Couture, RN, BN, Angela Roy, RN, BN and Christine Dandan, RN, BN
Clinic Nurses
Kristin Vincent, BA, BSW, RSW
Social Worker
Siyao Sun, BSPharm and Kathryn Peterson, BSPharm, ACPR
Pharmacists
Renee Schettler, RD
Clinical Dietitian
Devon Peters and Stephanie Yalung
Post-transplant Unit Clerks
Denielle Lopez
Clerk II
Vanessa Yalung
Pre-transplant Unit Clerk
Dr. David Peretz, Msc, Bsc, FRCP(c), FACP
Medical Director, Manitoba Liver Transplant Program
Dr. Nabiha Faisal
Liver Transplant Hepatologist
Dr. Manna Zhang and Dr. Eleonora Bakalets
Clinical Assistants
Vicki Strick, RN and Hilda Dayanghirang, RN
Pre and Post-Transplant Clinic Nurses
Dami Odelola, RN, BN and Carly Roper, RN, BN
Liver Recipient Coordinators
Alia Rarama
Unit Clerk
Dr. Nancy Porhownik
Medical Director, Manitoba Lung Transplant Program
Dr. Musawir Ahmed, Dr. Zoheir Bshouty and Dr. Steven Grocholski
Transplant Respirologists
Rhiza Lam
Dietitian
Patty Phrakonkham-Ali
Social Worker
Greg Hodges
Physiotherapist
Dami Odelola, RN, BN and Carly Roper, RN, BN
Lung Recipient Coordinators
Alia Rarama
Unit Clerk
Dr. Shelley Zieroth, FRCP(C)
Cardiologist
Jody Hainstock-Beavis, RN, BN
Post-Lung Transplant Clinic Nurse
Dr. Patricia Birk, FRCP(C)
Medical Director and Transplant Physician
Dr. Aviva Goldberg, FRCP(C) and Dr. Maury Pinsk, FRCP (C)
Transplant Physicians
Dr. Joshua Koulack, FRCP (C)
Transplant Surgeon
Dr. Allison Dart, FRCP(C) and Dr. Kristen Pederson, FRCP(C)
Dialysis Physicians
Dr. Nafisa Dharamsi, FSCS(C) and Dr. Karen Psooy, FRCS(C)
Urologists
Kayla Cruz, RN, BN
Pediatric Recipient Kidney Transplant Coordinator
Jackie Boguski, RN and Marnie Gretsinger, RN, BN
Clinic Nurses
Dot Molchan, RN, cNeph(C)
Post-Transplant Nurse Clinician
Leslie Zachanowich, RN, BN
CKD/Dialysis Nurse Clinician
Dr. Polina Anang
Psychiatrist, Renal
Michelle Huot, BSW, RSW and Kristin Vincent, BA, BSW, RSW
Social Workers
Kathryn Peterson, BSPharm, ACPR
Pharmacist
Lisa Wilson
Dietitian
Pauline Mohamed
Administration and Support Staff Team Member
Mariel Potente and Regine Opena
Nursing Assistants
Nancy Dodd, PEng
Process Engineer, Transplant Manitoba
Transplant patients are at greater risk for infection. Infectious diseases physicians work to help lessen this risk.
Dr. Armelle Perez Cortes Villalobos , MD, MSc
Transplant Infectious Diseases Physician
