Heart transplant team

Children's Memorial is the first hospital in Illinois to use the Berlin Heart. A breakthrough technology that helps children awaiting heart transplants. months while a child awaits a donor heart. Read more.

 Surgical Director, Carl L. Backer, MD
Medical Director, Elfriede Pahl, MD
Jeffrey Gossett, MD, Cardiology
Sunjay Kaushal, MD, Cardiovascular Surgery

Kerry Lazewski, RN, CPNP
Gina Jellen, RN, MSN, CPNP, CCTN
Kathleen Trier, RN, MSN, CPNP
Sherrie Rodgers, RN, MSN, CPNP
Sandy Rubovits, MSW

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