Transplantation Surgery

Deepak Mital, MD, FRCS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Transplantation
Department of General Surgery

Dr. Mital is the pancreas transplant surgeon and director of the Pancreas Transplant Program at Rush. He received his surgical training in New Delhi, India, and England. He then completed a two-year fellowship in abdominal transplantation at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. After a year as a senior fellow in liver transplantation at Rush, he joined the faculty in 1994.

Stephen C. Jensik, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Transplantation
Department of General Surgery

Dr. Jensik is associate director of the Rush Renal Transplant Program. He attended Brown University in Rhode Island for his undergraduate training and received his MD degree at the University of Illinois. He received his surgery residency training at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and his formal transplant training during a fellowship at the University of Minnesota. He has been involved with kidney and pancreas transplantation since his return to Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in 1979.

Cardiology

Ramesh Chhablani, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiology

Dr. Chhablani provides invasive and noninvasive evaluation and treatment of coronary artery disease prevalent in this patient population. Noninvasive testing like Persantine or Dobutamine stress thallium test, stress echocardiography or invasive testing with coronary angiogram is crucial in the diagnosis of occult or clinical coronary artery disease. Due to an increased prevalence of more diffuse calcified disease, "lesion specific" coronary intervention approach with balloon angioplasty, stent, rotational or directional atherectomy will be provided.

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Robert March, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

William Piccione, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
In coordination with Dr. Chhablani, Dr. March and Dr. Piccione provide the evaluation and management of vascular complications of diabetes. They also offer surgical management of coronary artery and valvular disease. Dr. Piccione is a cardiac and vascular surgeon. He provides all aspects of evaluation and treatment of vascular disease. His training includes involvement in the Joslin Diabetic Center in Boston. Following evaluation, patients requiring treatment of their vascular disease are evaluated for operative therapy as well as less invasive modes of therapy such as angioplasty and stenting.

Endocrinology

David Baldwin, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor, Section of Endocrinology
Department of Internal Medicine

Dr. Baldwin is the transplant endocrinologist for the Pancreas Transplant Program. He has extensive experience in the management of diabetes as well as its complications. He is active in clinical research on diabetes and provides patients with intensive management of diabetes.

Infectious Diseases

David Simon, MD
Associate Professor, Section of Infectious Disease
Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Simon offers assessment and treatment of osteomyelitis and infectious complications of diabetes. He also applies innovative antimicrobial therapies for difficult infection complications.

Nephrology

Janis M. Orlowski, MD
Associate Professor, Section of Nephrology
Department of Internal Medicine

Dr. Orlowski is the transplant nephrologist for the Pancreas Transplant Program. She provides expertise in the management and prevention of end-stage renal disease secondary to diabetes. This division has made world-recognized contributions to the field of diabetes nephropathy.

Orthopedic Surgery

George Holmes, MD
Attending Orthopedic Surgeon
Department of Orthopedics

Dr. Holmes specializes in the management of foot and ankle problems. He is instrumental in managing patients’ rehabilitation following limb amputations.

Dean Scott S. Stern, DPM
Assistant Scientist, Podiatry Section
Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Dr. Stern provides conservative palliative care, in-hospital surgery and treatment of diabetic complications involving the lower leg and foot. Both office-based care and aggressive in-hospital treatments are important to diabetics because of the high percentage of lower extremity complications in this patient population.

Urology

Jerome Hoeksema, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology

Dr. Hoeksema is a leader in treating urological complications of diabetes. He is expert in the treatment of impotence secondary to diabetes.

Ophthalmology

Jack Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology

Dr. Cohen offers care to patients with diabetic retinopathy and associated complications.

Neurology

Matthew Meriggioli, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

Dr. Meriggioli evaluates and treats diabetic neuropathy. He performs electrodiagnostic testing consisting of nerve conduction studies and electromyography (including single fiber EMG and quantitative EMG), which may aid in the diagnosis and characterization of an underyling neuropathy. Dr. Meriggioli is head of the Section of Neuromuscular Disease in the Department of Neurology and director of the Electromyography Laboratory.