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Meet the Team

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Here is a list of the staff members that you may encounter during your advanced heart, VAD or heart transplant experience.

Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Physician Team

Independent doctors are not employed by UF Health, but may provide medical care at one of our locations.

Cardiovascular Surgeons

Independent doctors are not employed by UF Health, but may provide medical care at one of our locations.

Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Coordinators

  • Sara Geiger, APRN
  • Shelley Beldock, APRN
  • Tony Calkins, APRN
  • Jessica Miesch, APRN
  • Amanda O'Shea, APRN

Heart Failure Assistants

  • Chrystal Williams
  • Olivia Summers
  • Sandra Glover

VAD Assistant

  • Shanisha Johnson
  • Venus Chery

Heart Transplant Coordinators

  • Maisara Bledsoe, APRN
  • Bonnie Scribner, BSN, RN
  • Vanessa Miller, APRN
  • Bridget Mossor, APRN

Heart Transplant Assistants

  • Christine Carr-Freidin
  • Lydia Torres-Miller

Social Worker

  • Inéz Rios, MSW
  • Sophia M. Cruz-Perez, MSW

Pharmacist

  • Melissa Murray, PharmD

Financial Representative

  • UF Health is contracted with most transplant networks. Check with your employer or insurer for more information about accessing UF Health for transplant services or call our finanical representative at 352.265.0359 or 352.265.0358 with any questions.

Administrative

  • Susan Learn: Manager, Adult Heart Failure, Adult Heart Transplant, Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant, UF Health Shands Transplant Center
  • Chad Rhoden, DNP, APRN-BC: Executive Director, UF Health Shands Transplant Center