Chris has spent over 25 years working in healthcare. During the first 11 years of his career, he worked in the decision support department for various health systems in NJ and PA performing cost accounting and financial analysis. Beginning in 2010, Chris began working at UPMC in transplant. During his time at UPMC, Chris helped plan and implement multiple satellite clinics for UPMC’s flagship transplant program at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital. One of the initial satellite clinics was so successful that it turned into what is now the kidney transplant program at UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA.
Chris worked continuously to find cost savings throughout UPMC’s transplant programs in western PA (UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Children’s, and UPMC Hamot). He presented a poster on one initiative at the 2019 Transplant Management Forum and won first place in the Finance category. Chris also managed the Transplant Guardian Angel program at UPMC Presbyterian which hires college students preparing for careers in healthcare to greet transplant recipients and their caregivers when they arrive at the hospital for transplant. He worked on expanding the Transplant Guardian Angel program to provide guidance to patients and their care partners during the evaluation process.
Chris now works for the WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance where he will focus on the financial management of the transplant program.
