Meet the Advanced Heart Failure, VAD and Transplant Team
Your heart will be in good hands. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH)'s specialized cardiac and transplant team includes cardiologists and surgeons, nurses, administrators, financial coordinators, and pharmacists, as well as a registered dietitian and a social worker to manage your health holistically. RWJUH is an academic medical center, so all of our physicians are full-time and have faculty appointments at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and access to the latest medical research. Learn more about our Advanced Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant program.
Administrative Leadership
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Marci M. Daniel
Vice President, Transplant Service Line (Kidney, Pancreas, Heart)
Advanced Heart Failure, VAD Program
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Ester Caballero, APN, MSN, RN
Clinic Manager
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Daniel Pieloch
Operations Manager
Heart Failure and Transplant & Kidney and Transplant -
Emily Berls, BSN, RN
Transplant Center Outreach Coordinator / Physician Liaison
Cardiologists
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Maya Guglin, MD, PHD
Section Chief, Heart Failure, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Deepa B. Iyer, MD
Medical Director, Heart Transplant, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Chonyang Albert, MD
Medical Director, Left Ventricular Assist Device & Mechanical Circulatory Support, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Kenneth Dulnuan, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Jagpreet Grewal, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Transplant Surgeons
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Hirohisa Ikegami, MD
UNOS PRIMARY SURGEON
HEART TRANSPLANT TRANSPLANT/
VAD Surgeon -
Mark J. Russo, MD
TRANSPLANT SURGEON
CHIEF OF CARDIAC SURGERY -
Anthony Lemaire, MD
TRANSPLANT SURGEON
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Gengo Sunagawa, MD
Surgical Director, Cardiac ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) and Co-Director, Cardiac Shock Program
