Meet Your Team

The Reconstructive Pelvic Medicine Program brings together many different healthcare experts to care for all your child’s needs. Each team member is specially trained in treatments and services that children, adolescents and young adults need for pelvic conditions. These range from complex surgery to bowel management to emotional and nutritional support. Our team-based approach, often called multidisciplinary care, focuses on the best possible quality of life for your child.

Leadership

• Paul Merguerian, MD, MS, co-director
• Caitlin Smith, MD, co-director

Physicians

• Jennifer Ahn, MD, urology 
• Lusine Ambartsumyan, MD, gastroenterology
• Anne-Marie Amies-Oelschlager, MD, pediatric and adolescent gynecology
• Jeffrey R. Avansino, MD, general and thoracic surgery, reconstructive pelvic medicine
• Jason Hauptman, MD, PhD, neurosurgery
• Raj P. Kapur, MD, pathology
• Paul Merguerian, MD, MS, urology
• Samuel E. Rice-Townsend, MD, general and thoracic surgery
• Margarett Shnorhavorian, MD, urology
• Caitlin Smith, MD, general and thoracic surgery, reconstructive pelvic medicine

Nurse practitioner

• Jennifer L. Kreiss, ARNP, general and thoracic surgery

Nurses 

• Amber Heberling, RN, urology
• Connie Mantel, RN, outreach and education, reconstructive pelvic medicine
• Lindsay Taylor, RN, general and thoracic surgery 

Registered dietitian 

• Jenny Stevens, RDN, CD, CNSC 

Social worker 

• Alicia Adiele, LSWAIC, MSW 

Coordinator 

• Dani Rose 

Business director 

• Whitney Murphy, MHA 

Program manager 

• Jennifer Doepping