Pediatric Kidney Transplant Team

Matthew J Hanlon, MD
315 464-7329
315 464-7329
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center, 2020, Transplant & Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 2018, General Surgery
- MD: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2013
- BA: Boston College, 2005, Biology
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Transplant
Dongmei Huang, MD
315 464-6340
315 464-6340
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2014, Pediatric Nephrology
- Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 2011, Pediatrics
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Pediatrics; Pediatric Nephrology; Acute Kidney Failure; Congenital Genitourinary Tract Abnormalities; Hypertension; Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones); more
Reza F Saidi, MD, FACS, FICS
315 464-8668
315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, 2009
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2009
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Surgery; Transplant; Bile Duct Cancer; Bile Duct Injuries; Diabetes; Gallbladder Cancer; moreResearch Interests
Ischemia reperfusion injury
Transplant outcomes
Clinical Interests
Solid Organ Transplantation (Liver, Kidney, Pancreas)
Hepatobiliary Surgery
General Surgery
Associations/Memberships
- American Society of Transplantation (AST)
- International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
- International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS)
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
- Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- Association for Academic Surgery
- Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Scott J Schurman, MD
315 464-6340
315 464-6340
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatric Nephrology
- Residency: Children's Mercy Hospital, Pediatrics
- MD: Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1987
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Pediatric Nephrology; Pediatric Nephrology; Nephrology; Acute Kidney Failure; Chronic Kidney Disease; Hypertension; moreAssociations/Memberships
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Rauf Shahbazov, MD, PhD
315 464-5413
315 464-5413
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University of Virginia Medical Center, 2017, Transplant Surgery
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Transplant; Acute Pancreatitis; Bile Duct Cancer; Bile Duct Injuries; Bile Duct Stricture; Chronic Pancreatitis; moreResearch Interests
Transplant immunology, clinical outcome studies in abdominal solid organ transplantation, islet cell transplantation research
Education Interests
Application of minimal invasive techniques in transplant and hepatobiliary surgery
Clinical Interests
Kidney, pancreas, islet and liver tranplant surgery
Hepato pancreato biliary sugery
Total pancreatectomy and auto islet transplantation
Associations/Memberships
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
- International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)
- Clinical Robotic Surgery Association
- Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (RCS ED)
- Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
- European Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Association (ELITA)
- European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
- Middle East Society of Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
- American Medical Association

Heather L Wasik, MD, MHS
315 464-6340
315 464-6340
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2019, Pediatric Nephrology
- MHS: Johns Hopkins University, 2018, Clinical epidemiology
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2016, Pediatrics
- MD: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Pediatric Nephrology; Pediatric Kidney Disease and TransplantPediatric RN Coordinator
Rebecca Pazzalia, MSN, RN, CPHON