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The Kidney Transplant program is using a "steroid-free" protocol to prevent rejection in the vast majority of kidney transplant recipients
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Expert Medical Consultants: The Harper University Hospital Transplant Program is proud to have talented and dedicated specialists to assist with the complex care of transplant patients:

Coordinators and Support Staff

Transplant Administrator

Pre-Transplant Coordinators: Coordinate all activities leading up to surgery including pre-transplant testing, living donor evaluation and compatibility testing.

Pre-Transplant Assistant

Post-Transplant Coordinators

Data Manager/Coordinator: Maintains transplant center database, serves as the resource for information requests, is the liaison with the United Network for Organ Sharing and the Renal Network by providing scientific registry and related data, is the liaison with the Gift of Life Foundation (Michigan's organ procurement organization), monitors all financial information related to the transplant program and assists the Transplant Administrator with program activities.

Transplant Social Worker: Conducts pre-transplant assessments of end-stage renal disease patients and their potential donors. Educates patients, family members and loved ones about the transplant process and provides the transplant patient with emotional support as well as resources for medications, information about lifestyle changes following transplant and transplant care.

Transplant Nutritionist: Establishes a personalized diet for the transplant recipient to help keep them healthy after surgery.

Medical Office Assistant

  • Rhonda Cottongim

Transplant Financial Coordinator

Medical Administrative Secretary

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Contact the Harper University Hospital Organ Transplant Program at
313-966-4931 or email us at

harpertransplant@dmc.org