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Meet our Heart Failure and Transplant Team

Leadership

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Dr. Ryan is a specially-trained pediatric cardiologist with advanced training in cardiomyopathy, heart failure and heart transplant care. She completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Heart Institute. She is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty.

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Dr. Mettler is the co-director of the Heart Institute, professor and chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and The Susan and Alan Graf Endowed Chair in Pediatric Heart Surgery at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. He specializes in the surgical repair of complex congenital heart disease, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. His research interests include insights into complex congenital heart defects and the development of an artificial pulmonary valve using stem cells.

Jane Hanafin
Jane Hanafin

Senior Director, Le Bonheur Heart Institute

Cardiovascular Surgery

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Dr. Gottlieb Sen is a pediatric cardiac surgeon and an associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed her Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital and her Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowships at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital. Gottlieb Sen is certified by the American Board of Surgery in general, thoracic and congenital heart surgery.

Transplant Surgery

Cardiology

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Dr. Absi is medical director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, which includes ventricular assist devices (VADs), at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. Dr. Absi is a dual-specialty trained pediatric cardiologist and cardiac intensive care physician who trained at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. More recently, he received expert training in cardiomyopathy and mechanical circulation support (ventricular assist devices; VADs) at Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Absi is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty and is a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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Dr. Ikeda is an assistant professor of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure/Heart Transplant at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Advocate Children’s Hospital.

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Dr. Kramer is a dual-trained, triple-boarded cardiac critical care intensivist who is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatrics, with a cardiology subspecialty and a critical care subspecialty. She is the Associate Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship program and is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Kramer completed fellowships in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland before joining the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.

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Dr. Miller is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and in Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Electrophysiology

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Dr. Guerrier is director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP) Program and also directs the cardiac rhythm device management, pacemakers and automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) at Le Bonheur. She also is an interventional electrophysiologist with advanced training in this subspecialty. She completed her training in pediatric cardiology and pediatric electrophysiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Guerrier is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with a cardiology subspecialty. She is an associate professor with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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Dr. Gutierrez is a pediatric cardiologist with special training in Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology. She is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She completed fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Electrophysiology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital.

Infectious Disease

Psychology

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Dr. Logan, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, joined the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in July 2024. Dr. Logan received her B.A., M.S., and PhD at Mississippi State University. She completed an APA accredited internship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Dr. Logan has held several research and faculty positions since completing her training, including an appointment at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology. Previous experience includes a faculty position at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), a research fellowship at the University of Georgia, and serving on the Executive Board of the Georgia Association of School Psychologists.

Dr. Logan has expertise working with a wide spectrum of patients, including children and adolescents with congenital cardiac defects and comorbid social and emotional regulation difficulties. In addition to being a currently licensed psychologist in Tennessee and Georgia, Dr. Logan is recognized as a Health Service Psychologist by the National Register.

Physician Assistant

Nurse Practitioner

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Jenny Strelsin is a pediatric acute care nurse practitioner in the Heart Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital with clinical expertise in the care of infants, children, teens and young adults with cardiomyopathy, heart failure, mechanical circulatory support/ventricular assist devices (MCS/VADs) and heart transplantation. Streslin is an associate instructor at the University of Tennessee Health Science College of Nursing. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing and Pediatric Acute Care -BC from the University of South Alabama.

Pharmacy

Johanna Norman
Johanna Norman, PharmD, BCPPS

Clinical Pharmacist Rotation: Critical Care Operations - Longitudinal Pharmacy Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center Post Graduate Training: PGY1 and PGY2- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Coordinators

Amber Merrit
Amber Merrit, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, RN-BC

Tiffany Street
Tiffany Street

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