Our Surgeons
Dr. Brian Cook, MD
Dr. Cook grew up in California where he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He then attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cook completed both his general surgery residency and abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle and is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He relocated to Salt Lake City with his wife and daughter where he practices and is passionate about transplant, hepatobiliary, and general surgery. 
Dr. Alan Contreras, MD
Dr. Contreras was born in Mexico City and earned his medical degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He then completed his postdoctoral studies at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. During that time, he received a Fellowship Award in Transplantation from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He completed his fellowship as abdominal transplant surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and then joined as Faculty to the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute for several years until his return to Mexico, when he joined National Autonomous University of Mexico and helped to build what is now the largest liver transplantation center in the country. He and his wife Maria have three girls and are excited to be here in Utah. 
Dr. Ivan Zendejas, MD
Dr. Zendejas earned his medical degree from the medical school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. He then completed his general surgery residency training in Mexico City at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas and a transplant clerkship at the University of Alabama in 2006. His general surgery chief residency and an abdominal multi-organ transplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship were completed at the UF College of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Zendejas was an assistant professor of surgery in the division of transplantation surgery at the University of Flordia College of Medicine. He is Board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and the Mexican Board of Surgery. He also is certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and is a member of multiple surgical societies.
Dr. Andrew Gagnon, MD
In loving memory of our Transplant family member, Surgeon, Colleague and Friend. You will be missed.
Dr. Brian Cook, MD
Dr. Cook grew up in California where he earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He then attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cook completed both his general surgery residency and abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle and is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He relocated to Salt Lake City with his wife and daughter where he practices and is passionate about transplant, hepatobiliary, and general surgery.
Dr. Alan Contreras, MD
Dr. Contreras was born in Mexico City and earned his medical degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He then completed his postdoctoral studies at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. During that time, he received a Fellowship Award in Transplantation from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He completed his fellowship as abdominal transplant surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and then joined as Faculty to the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute for several years until his return to Mexico, when he joined National Autonomous University of Mexico and helped to build what is now the largest liver transplantation center in the country. He and his wife Maria have three girls and are excited to be here in Utah.
Dr. Ivan Zendejas, MD
Dr. Zendejas earned his medical degree from the medical school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. He then completed his general surgery residency training in Mexico City at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas and a transplant clerkship at the University of Alabama in 2006. His general surgery chief residency and an abdominal multi-organ transplant and hepatobiliary surgery fellowship were completed at the UF College of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Zendejas was an assistant professor of surgery in the division of transplantation surgery at the University of Flordia College of Medicine. He is Board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery and the Mexican Board of Surgery. He also is certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and is a member of multiple surgical societies.
Dr. Andrew Gagnon, MD
In loving memory of our Transplant family member, Surgeon, Colleague and Friend. You will be missed.Our STAFF
Melanie Jacobsen – Practice Manager
Kambrai Wall – Office Supervisor
Whitney Houtz – Administrative Assistant
Tristi Meservy – Administrative Assistant
Stephanie Whimpey – Billing Manager