Faculty

Greg Abrahamian, MD,LtCol USAFR (ret)

Interim Surgeon- in-Chief and Co-Director
Professor of Surgery
Valero President's Distinguished Chair in Transplantation
office- 210-567-5771
abrahamian@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Department of Surgery

Programs
M.D. in Doctor of Medicine

Ramon Coronado Schmilinisky, M.S. ,Ph.D

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery

Departments & Divisions
Department of Surgery

Programs
Ph.D

Katherine Crow, M.S., PA-C

Physician Assistant/Clinical Coordinator
Texas Liver Tumor Center
Pancreas Tumor Center
210-567-5771
CrowKS@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Department of Surgery

Kristen De La Garza, ACNP

Specialist/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
210-567-5771
delagarzak1@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Department of Medicine

Monica Esquivel, ACNP-BC

Specialist/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Lung Transplant
Office: 210-567-5771
esquivelmv@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Alvarez Transplant Center
Department of Surgery

Jason Gauthier, MD

Assistant Professor/Clinical
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
210-567-2878
gauthierj@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery

Programs
M.D. in Doctor of Medicine

Anthony Hartzler, MD

Associate Professor/Clinical, Medicine - Infectious Disease

Departments & Divisions
Department of Medicine

Programs
M.D. in Doctor of Medicine

Kelley Hitchman, MS, PhD, F(ACHI)

Section Chief, HLA
Director, University Hospital Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
hitchman@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Melissa Israel, PA-C

Specialist/Physician Assistant
Lung Transplant
Office: 210-567-5771
taylorm3@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Alvarez Transplant Center
Department of Surgery

Carmen Landaverde, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Transplant Hepatologist
Texas Liver Institute Hepatologist
landaverde@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Department of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Division of Gastroenterology

Eric Lawitz, MD

Clinical Professor
Transplant Hepatologist
Texas Liver Institute Hepatologist
lawitz@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology

Stephanie Levine, MD

Professor, Medicine Pulmonary Diseases

Departments & Divisions
Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine

Programs
M.D. in Doctor of Medicine

Christina Long, PharmD, BCPS

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery and Solid Organ Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Hannah Lovell, DNP, FNP-BC

Specialist/Abdominal APP
210-567-5771
lovellh@uthscsa.edu

Naveen Mittal, MD

Professor/ Clinical, Pediatrics – Gastroenterology
Greehey Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Office: 210-562-5383
mittaln@uthscsa.edu
Departments & Divisions
Alvarez Transplant Center
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Gastroenterology

Programs
M.D. in Doctor of Medicine