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Nurses Claudia Praglin, nurse practitionerClaudia Praglin is an nurse practitioner for the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation and Liver Transplant programs at UCSF Medical Center. She specializes in the care of intestinal and liver transplant patients before and after their procedures. Before joining UCSF, Praglin worked as a nurse practitioner and transplant coordinator for Stanford University Medical Center's Liver Transplant program. Praglin graduated with honors from University of San Francisco where she earned her undergraduate degree in nursing. She earned a master's degree, with specialty preparation as an adult nurse practitioner at UCSF. She is a member of several professional organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization and California Association of Nurse Practitioners. Other Experts Wendy Kahn, social workerWendy Kahn serves as the living donor social worker for liver and kidney patients, as well as the clinical social worker for adult and pediatric patients of the UCSF Intestinal Transplant and Rehabilitation Program. Kahn is particularly interested in the ethical, quality of life and psychosocial issues organ transplant patients and their families face, both before and after transplant.
Prior to working with organ transplant patients, Kahn has extensive experience as an oncology social worker, HIV social worker and hospice social worker. She received her graduate degree in social work at the University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and completed a fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health. Kahn is a member of numerous professional organizations, such as the Society for Transplant Social Workers, North American Liver Transplant Social Workers Association and Bay Area Social Workers in Health Care. She is also a member of the UCSF Transplant Professional Practice Committee, Education Sub Committee.
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