UT San Antonio

Professor of Surgery and Director, Valero President’s Distinguished Chair in Transplantation, Malú & Carlos Alvarez Center for Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Surgery & Innovation: Gregory A. Abrahamian, MD, LtCol USA (ret) |
210-567-3384 | 
acostavd@uthscsa.edu
Department Administrator, Senior Program Manager:  Laura Stone | 210-567-5767 | stonel2@uthscsa.edu
Assistant to the Chair: Veronica (Ronni) Acosta | 210-567-3384 | acostavd@uthscsa.edu


Clinical Administration:
Vice President Organ Transplant & Donation Services: Patricia Andrade-Jones, DNP, RN, NEA-BC | 210-743-4342 | samantha.garcia@uhtx.com


Transplant Leadership:
Executive Director Transplant, Elsie Rojas-Duarte, RN, BSN:  210-743-4364 | elsie.rojasduarte@uhtx.com
Director Transplant Operations, Amanda Rea, RN, BSN: 210-743-4356 | Amanda.rea@uhtx.com
Kidney Transplant, Assistant Director, LaTosha Kelley, BSN, RN, CCTC: 210-743-9722 | latosha.kelley@uhtx.com
Liver Transplant, Assistant Director, Jayme Bricker, MSN,RN: 210-743-9772 jayme.bricker@uhtx.com
Live Liver Donation, Assistant Director, Melissa Baker, MSN,RN, CCTC: 210-743-9705 | melissa.baker@uhtx.com
Lung Transplant, Assistant Director, Lillian Espinosa, BSN, RN-BC: 210-743-4256 | Lillian.espinosa@uhtx.com
Inpatient Care Coordination, Assistant Director, Randee Blakemore BSN, RN, CVRN: 210-743-0416 | randee.blakemore@uhtx.com


Organ Recovery Services and Organ Perfusion
Steven Romero, BS, FA/ ST, Director – Office: 512-787-4952 | romeros3@uthscsa.edu
Misty Bergeron CPT – Office: 210-743-4315 | bergeronm@uthscsa.edu
Juana Rios, Office Manager – Office: 210-743-4341 | riosj6@uthscsa.edu
Email: procurement@uthscsa.edu

Surgical First Assist
Andrea Guevara, BS, LSA, CSFA/CST – guevaraa4@uthscsa.edu

Organ Procurement Specialist – Office Phone: 210-743-4341
Kayla Bray, BSN, RN – dietertk@uthscsa.edu
Isla Diaz, BS – diazi4@uthscsa.edu
Steven Stacy – stacys1@uthscsa.edu
David Garcia – garciad32@uthscsa.edu
Felipe Saenz, BS – saenzf1@uthscsa.edu
Ruben Carrion II, Organ Proc. Sp. Sr. – CTP, BS – carrionr@uthscsa.ed
Michael Downing – downingm1@uthscsa.edu
Crystal Jeanne Harmon, MS – harmonc1@uthscsa.edu
Moni Villanueva, LVN – villanuevam6@uthscsa.edu

Organ Recovery Specialist – Office Phone: 210-743-4341
Alex Cruz – cruza11@uthscsa.edu
Jessica Higa, CST – higa@uthscsa.edu
Rod Davis – davisg@uthscsa.edu
Minoza Minoza, MBS –  minoza@uthscsa.edu
Karla Diaz – diazk11@uthscsa.edu
Daniel Negrete, EMT.B – negreted@uthscsa.edu 
Wafa Alsadoon, MS – alsadoonw@uthscsa.edu
Matt Carlin – carlinm@uthscsa.edu
Desiree Cano, AA, SPT – canod2@uthscsa.edu


Texas Liver Tumor Center:
Director, Irma V. Infante, RN, MSN: 210-743-4320 | irma.infante@uhtx.com
Texas Liver Tumor Center clinic: 210-743-4306, Fax: 210-702-4233
Katherine Crow, PA: 210-743-4310 | crowks@uthscsa.edu


Hepatobiliary:
Liver and Pancreas Surgery Coordinator, Gabriela Rodriguez, BSN, RN: 210.743.9745 | gabriela.rodriguez@uhtx.com


Hepatology:
Nurse Coordinator, Mariana Guzman, BSN, RN: 210.743.4264mariana.guzman2@uhtx.com


Pediatric Transplant:
Pediatric Transplant Assistant Director – Irma Ayroso-Guardiola, BSN, RN, Office: 210-743-4387 | irma.ayroso-guardiola@uhtx.com
Pediatric Transplant Liver and Kidney Office: 210-743-4330, Fax: 210-702-4143  |  Office hours: M-F, 8:00am – 4:30pm 


Research:
Manager – Research Operations, Jillian Woodworth, MBS: 210-358-0478woodworthj@uthscsa.edu
Research Coordinator, Renee Walruff  |  walruff@uthscsa.edu
Research Area Specialist – Assoc, Alejandro Pena |  penaa15@uthscsa.edu
Research Area Specialist – Assoc, Luree McCann  |  mccannl@uthscsa.edu
Research Area Specialist – Senior, Sanjana Parthasarathy | parthasarats@uthscsa.edu


University Transplant Institute:
Main number: 210-567-5777
Toll free number: 1-888-336-9633
www.universitytransplantcenter.com
Referral hotline: 210-567-1617
Referral fax: 210-702-4146 or 210-358-8529
Referral email: transplantreferralteam@uhtx.com
Transplant Self-Referral | Organ Transplant Program | University Health