Officers and Council

Officers

President

Lars Pape (2023-2025)

Specialty – Nephrologist
University Childrens Hospital
Essen, Germany
President-Elect

Katherine Twombley (2023-2025)

Specialty – Nephrologist
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
Secretary-Treasurer

Deirdre Hahn (2023-2025)

Specialty – Nephrologist
Children’s Hospital at Westmead
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Past President

Carlos Esquivel (2023-2025)

Specialty – Abdominal/Liver Surgeon
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, CA, USA

Councilors

Tom Blydt-Hansen (2021-2025)

Specialty – Nephrologist
BC Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jean Botha (2023-2027)

Specialty – Liver Surgeon
Intermountain, Canyon Surgical
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Vikas Dharnidharka (2023-2027)

Specialty – Nephrologist
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Andre Dick (2021-2025)

Specialty – Liver/Kidney Surgeon
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA, USA

Hayley Gans (2021-2025)

Specialty – Infectious Disease
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, CA, USA

Jonathan Johnson (2021-2025)

Specialty – Cardiologist
Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN, USA

Anette Melk (2021-2025)

Specialty – Nephrologist
Hannover Medical School
Hannover, Germany

Marta Monteverde (2023-2027)

Speciality – Nephrologist
Dr. Juan P. Garrahan Children’s Hospital
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rupesh Raina (2023-2027)

Speciality – Nephrologist
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, OH, USA

Jenny Wichart (2023-2027)

Specialty - Pharmacy
University of Alberta
Calgary, Canada

Social

Contact

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Address

International Pediatric Transplant Association
c/o The Transplantation Society
740 Notre-Dame Ouest
Suite 1245
Montréal, QC, H3C 3X6
Canada