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Specialists

The following is a list of Medical Center physicians and surgeons seeing patients under the University of Chicago Transplant Evaluation Program at NorthShore University HealthSystem at the Evanston Specialty Suites:

Heart
Valluvan Jeevanandam, M.D.
Chief, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Board Certified: Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery
Medical School: Columbia University School of Medicine
Residency: Surgical, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship: Transplantation and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Kidney
Woojin James Chon, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Medical School: New York University
Internship: University of Rochester Medical Center, NY
Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center, NY
Fellowships: New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NY and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

Michelle A. Josephson, M.D.
Medical Director, Kidney Transplant
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Internship: University of Chicago Medical Center
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

Pradeep Kadambi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Specialties: Nephrology, Transplant Surgery
Medical School: Bangalore Medical College, Bangalor
Residency: Yale University

Liver/Pancreas
Donald Jensen, M.D.
Director, Center for Liver Diseases
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Medical School: University of Illinois, Chicago
Internship: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Fellowships: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago and King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Rohit S. Satoskar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Medical School: Medical College of Ohio, Toledo
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

Helen S. Te, M.D.
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant Program
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
Medical School: University of the Philippines
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

Giuliano Testa, M.D.
Director, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Board Certified: Surgery
Medical School: University of Padova, Italy
Internship: University of Chicago Medical Center
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
Fellowship: Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX