H. Stephen Fletcher, MD Transplant Surgeon Barnabas Health, Director of Applied Clinical Technology, and Co-Chairman of the Intensive Care Unit, Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Dr. Fletcher received his undergraduate degree at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, MD, and received his medical degree at The George Washington University School of Medicine, in Washington, D.C., where he also completed his surgical residency. He has been a member of the surgical staff at Saint Barnabas Medical Center since 1972 and has been performing kidney transplant operations since 1978. Currently, he is clinical associate professor of surgery at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark. Dr. Fletcher is board certified in surgery and has published widely on a variety of surgery topics.
Navdeep Dhillon, MBBS
Transplant Physician
Dr. Dhillon, board certified in internal medicine and nephrology, joined the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 2010. She completed nephrology and general fellowships at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, and her internal medicine residency and internship at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. Dr. Dhillon’s published research has addressed the effect of functional genetic variants of the innate immune system on ischemia reperfusion injury and allograft survival in human kidney and liver transplantation and changes in T cell phenotype following depleting and non-depleting therapies in kidney transplant recipients.
Ryan J. Goldberg, MD Transplant Physician
Dr. Goldberg, board certified in internal medicine and nephrology, joined the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 2010 from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO. While there, he completed two fellowships, both in AST/ASN renal transplant and general nephrology, and a residency in internal medicine. He received a post-baccalaureate degree from the University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, and an undergraduate from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. His research includes “Dysregulation of the alternative pathway of complement activation within the glomerulus and development of thrombotic microangiopathy.”
Kim Nguyen, MD
Transplant Physician
Dr. Nguyen joined the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 2008 from University of Michigan, University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she completed a transplant nephrology fellowship and served as a clinical lecturer in the department of medicine. Prior to that, she spent several years on staff in the department of nephrology at Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Nguyen completed a general nephrology fellowship and an internal medicine residency and internship at New York Medical College, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center of Manhattan. Dr. Nguyen is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology. Her clinical research interests include anemia in chronic kidney disease, malignancy after kidney transplantation and clinical outcomes in transplant. She has recently presented research at the 2008 American Transplant Congress
Anup M. Patel, MD Transplant Physician
Dr. Patel received his undergraduate degree from Rice University and his medical degree with A.O.A. distinction from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School. He joined the Saint Barnabas Transplant Department in 2004 after completing an internal medicine residency and fellowships in nephrology and transplant nephrology at the University of Michigan. An active researcher, Dr. Patel has published articles addressing infection prophylaxis and transplantation of the immunologically high risk patient in major transplant journals. Dr. Patel is the Director of Alternative Programs for Living Donation.
Harry Sun, MD Transplant Surgeon, Barnabas Health
Dr. Sun joined Associates in Transplant and General Surgery in 2007 following a two-year fellowship in multi-organ transplant at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Previously, Dr. Sun spent five years at Saint Barnabas Medical Center completing his General Surgery Internship and Residency. He served as Chief Resident during his final year. He received a medical degree from Saint George’s University School of Medicine and an undergraduate degree in Biology from Muhlenberg College. Dr. Sun is board certified in surgery and has presented his original research at several national conventions.
Francis L. Weng, MD, MSCE Transplant Physician
Dr. Weng received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and his residency training in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. He also completed clinical and research fellowships in nephrology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. During his fellowship, Dr. Weng received additional training in transplant nephrology and earned his master of science degree in Clinical Epidemiology from Penn’s Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. His clinical research interests include post-transplant infections and outcomes, medication adherence and health disparities and access to transplantation. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and published in leading nephrology and transplant journals.
