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Heart Function Service: Heart Transplant Protocols

Children’s Medical Center Dallas – Cardiac Function Team Members

Physicians Cardiac Surgeons
Richard Kirk, MD –Medical Director Ryan Davies, MD – Surgical Director
Ryan Butts, MD – Associate Medical Director Robert Jaquiss, MD
David Sutcliffe, MD Timothy Pirolli, MD
Maria Bano, MD
Robert Morrow, MD

Director of Solid Organ Transplant Advanced Practice Nurses
Dev Desai, MD – Medical Director Nelia Soares, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC/PC
William Pelley – Service Line Director Kristin Anton, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC

VAD Coordinator Coordinators
Jodie Lantz, RN, MSN, CNS Susan Daneman, RN, BSN, CCTC
Leah Knox, RN, BSN, CCTC
Program Assistant Jodi McDermott, RN, MSN
Ernestina Flores Susan Riojas, RN, BSN

Members of the Heart Function Team can be reached through the Heart Center at 214-456-2333 or
Children’s Health hospital operator at 214-456-7000
Psychologists Social Worker
Kellie Triplett, PhD Jessica Roumillatt, MSW
Corinne Anton, PhD
Child Life
Dietician Kenzie Thrasher, CCLS
Lindsay Drew, MS, RD, LD
Financial Counselor
Pharmacist Kristina Gonzalez
Lindy Moore, Pharm D Erica Gill

Chaplain Palliative Care
Sarah “Vance” Goodman Heather Patterson, RN, MSN, CPNP

Members of the Multidisciplinary Heart Function Team can be reached through the Heart Center at
214-456-8600 or Children’s Health hospital operator at 214-456-7000

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