
Transplant Center: Meet the Team
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
- Juan Aranda, Jr., MD
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant - Mustafa Ahmed, MD
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support - Mohammad Ahmad Zaki Ali-Ani
Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology - Juan Vilaro, MD
Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology - Alex Parker, MD
Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology
Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Coordinators
- Lacey Coleman, APRN
- Shelley Beldock, APRN
- Laureen Meece, APRN
Ventricular Assist Device Coordinator - Tony Calkins, APRN
- Sara Kolp, APRN
- Natalie Chaiser, APRN
Heart Failure Assistants
- Mary Adams
- Kiara Cray
- Tequila Wilson
VAD Assistant
- Kim Feezell
- Kaelyn Smith
Heart Transplant Coordinators
- Maisara Bledsoe, BSN
- Renee Rogers APRN, MSN, ANP-BC, CCTC
- Bonnie Scribner, BSN
Heart Transplant Assistants
- Christine Carr-Freidin
- Lydia Torres-Miller
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
Social Worker
- Inéz Rios, MSW
Pharmacist
- Taylor Paisley, PharmD
Financial Representative
- Sam Cerrato
- 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
- Stephan Moore: Director, UF Health Shands Transplant Center
Transplant Programs & Practices
Browse our locations directory for practices related to pre- and post-transplant medicine.
Transplant Physicians
Browse our directory to find UF Health Physicians and other health care providers offering pre- and post-transplant care.
Make a Gift
You can make a gift to help enhance the care of transplant patients.
Sign Up to Be an Organ Donor
This Web site gives you the opportunity to join Florida’s organ, tissue and eye donor registry by signing up online.