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Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Faculty

Paul J. Pearson, MD, PhD

Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery

G. Hossein Almassi, MD

Professor

Nilto De Oliveira, MD

Professor

Lucian A. Durham III, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Mario Gasparri, MD

Professor

David W. Johnstone, MD

Professor

David L. Joyce, MD, MBA

Associate Professor

Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD

Professor; Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery

Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD, MBA

Professor of Surgery; Surgical Director, Heart Transplant

R. Eric Lilly, MD

Assistant Professor

Paul L. Linsky, MD

Assistant Professor

Advanced Practice Providers

Rachel A. Hansen, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Melissa Kaske, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Sarah Lai, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Rebecca Miller, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Gina Muscato, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Chelsea Nettesheim, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Tony Sanders, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Dawn Schmidt, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Craig Schutta, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Meg Shannon-Stone, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Allison Stone, MPAP, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Heather Sutter, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Mary Theisen, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Lisa Thomas, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Trisha L. Wilcox, RN, MSN, APNP

Nurse Practitioner Surgical

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionists

David Koerten, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist, Manager

Warren Anderson, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Michael Bergemann, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Christopher Candek, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Flavio Cavallari, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Tom Grulkowski, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Katelyn Herrmann, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Kirsten Kallies, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Nicholas LaRue, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Andja Potkonjak, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Kyle Schilling, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Brett Wagner, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist

Marguerite Wellstein, CCP

Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist