Marissa Helen Kemp, MSN, DNP

Dr. Denise Gabrielle Sese is a pulmonary and critical care specialist. She sees patients both in the outpatient office as well as in the hospital and intensive care units. She has a subspecialty in pulmonary hypertension (PH) which is a cause of shortness of breath that goes undiagnosed in many patients that present with heart failure and some advanced lung and systemic diseases such as scleroderma, sarcoidosis, lung fibrosis, COPD and connective tissue diseases.Her research interests include patient centered outcomes such as looking at improving the quality of life advanced lung disease patients specifically with pulmonary hypertension. She has a special interest in palliative care and pulmonary medicine, improving systems of communication and improving access to supportive care for those with advanced lung disease. She finished her fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She went to medical school at the University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital and graduated from the internal medicine program of Cleveland Clinic Akron General where she was also the chief resident for internal medicine.

Morgan Roberts is a licensed and board-certified physician assistant practicing in the Department of Transplant Surgery. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston with a B.S. in Public Health and graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina with a master's degree in physician assistant studies. Prior to becoming a physician assistant, Morgan worked with a clinical research group on projects called Smartphone Medication Adherence Saves Kidneys (SMASK) and Smartphone Medication Adherence Stops Hypertension (SMASH). Her experience in research gave her a passion for working with the transplant population. Outside of work, her interests include volunteering with medical mission trips. She has gone to Belize multiple times and is excited about continuing to help in the future.

Dr. Kirsten Meenan is a fellowship-trained laryngologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of voice, swallowing, and airway disorders. Her expertise lies in the management of airway and breathing disorders, such as tracheal, subglottic, and posterior glottic scarring or narrowing. Dr. Meenan is also highly trained in the management of voice conditions, such as vocal fold paralysis, vocal fold polyps and cysts, early voice box cancers, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, and spasmodic dysphonia. She performs laryngeal reinnervation surgery when indicated for vocal fold paralysis and selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation (SLED-R) surgery for spasmodic dysphonia, the latter pioneered by her mentor at UCLA. Dr. Meenan also treats swallowing disorders such as Zenker’s diverticulum and is trained in transnasal esophagoscopy. Dr. Meenan received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Maryland. Her laryngology fellowship was completed at University of California, Los Angeles. She is a board-certified otolaryngologist and member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.