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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-322-3000Fax+1 615-936-0605
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Nephrology, 2001 - 2003
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
- University of Cincinnati College of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 2004 - 2026
- AL State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 1999 - 2004
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Disseminated Histoplasmosis Manifesting as Oral Lesions in a Kidney Transplant Patient.Sebastian Hinojosa, Kaitlyn Reasoner, Trey Richardson, Levan Gakhokidze, Alissa Ice
Transplant Infectious Disease. 2025-03-07 - 1 citationsA2/A2B to B kidney transplantation outcomes: A single center 7-year experience.Alissar El Chediak, Saed Shawar, Mohammad K Fallahzadeh, Rachel Forbes, Heidi M Schaefer
Clinical Transplantation. 2024-04-01 - Twelve-month kidney and liver outcomes of kidney transplantation from Hepatitis C Viremic deceased donors to aviremic recipients.Laura A Binari, Peter Thorne, Scott A Rega, Irene D Feurer, Saed Shawar
Transplant Infectious Disease. 2024-02-01
Journal Articles
- A Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled Phase I Trial of Live, Attenuated Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Subjects with End‐Stage Renal Disease Immunized Prior to Renal TransplantationSandra Yoder, David Klassen, Patricia Winokur, Geraldine Miller, Heidi Schaefer, Rachel Miller, Kathryn Edwards, Karen Kotloff, Transplant Infectious Disease
Press Mentions
- Vanderbilt Hospital Sets Record with 875 Transplants in 2024, 3rd Busiest in United StatesFebruary 20th, 2025
- Vanderbilt Transplant Center Reaches New Heights in 2024, Now the Nation’s Third BusiestFebruary 11th, 2025
- VUMC Performs Novel Reoperative Lung and Kidney TransplantSeptember 30th, 2023
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