Interim Division Chief, Transplant Surgery
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Publications
Ureteral avulsion after ureteroscopy treated with renal auto-transplantation.
Urology case reports
Abdominal lymphocele following multi-level anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) managed with a laparoscopic peritoneal window: case report and review of the literature.
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
Peritoneal dialysis catheter complications after insertion by surgeons, radiologists, or nephrologists.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
DCD liver transplant in patients with a MELD over 35.
Frontiers in immunology
Advantages and Limitations of Clinical Scores for Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation.
Frontiers in surgery
Motivations and outcomes of compatible living donor-recipient pairs in paired exchange.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Retransplantation After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Data from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study (A2ALL).
Transplantation
Biliary obstruction following ureteral revision of a transplanted kidney.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Setting rules for the sandbox: A response to "Successfully sharing the sandbox: A perspective on combined DCD liver and heart donor procurement".
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Treatment of Immunocompromised COVID-19 patients with Convalescent Plasma.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
Opioid use prior to liver transplant is associated with increased risk of death after transplant.
American journal of surgery
Molecular Insights in Transmission of Cancer From an Organ Donor to Four Transplant Recipients.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
Contemporary Management of Hepatic Cyst Disease: Techniques and Outcomes at a Tertiary Hepatobiliary Center.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Impact of Sarcopenia on Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.
Transplantation direct
Inferior Long-Term Graft Survival of Suboptimal Kidneys After Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings
Rapid Modification of Workflows and Fellow Staffing at a Single Transplant Center to Address the COVID-19 Crisis.
Transplantation proceedings
Living Donor Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Liver Disease: Data from the Adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study.
Transplantation
Bi-organ paired exchange-Sentinel case of a liver-kidney swap.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Fatigue, Pain, and Other Physical Symptoms of Living Liver Donors in the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Splenic Vein Thrombosis Following Pancreas Transplantation: Identification of Factors That Support Conservative Management.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Collagen XIV and a related recombinant fragment protect human vascular smooth muscle cells from calcium-/phosphate-induced osteochondrocytic transdifferentiation.
Experimental cell research
Pancreas-After-Islet Transplantation in Nonuremic Type 1 Diabetes: A Strategy for Restoring Durable Insulin Independence.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Vascular complication rates in living donor liver transplantation: How low can we go?
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
A Single Perioperative Injection of Dexamethasone Decreases Nausea, Vomiting, and Pain after Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy.
Journal of transplantation
De novo thyroid cancer following solid organ transplantation-A 25-year experience at a high-volume institution with a review of the literature.
Journal of surgical oncology
Social and Financial Outcomes of Living Liver Donation: A Prospective Investigation Within the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study 2 (A2ALL-2).
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Early Postoperative Pain and its Predictors in the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study.
Transplantation
Impact of Graft Selection on Donor and Recipient Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Transplantation
Psychosocial Outcomes 3 to 10 Years After Donation in the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study.
Transplantation
Complications and Their Resolution in Recipients of Deceased and Living Donor Liver Transplants: Findings From the A2ALL Cohort Study.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Defining long-term outcomes with living donor liver transplantation in North America.
Annals of surgery
Laparoscopic Nephrectomy with Autotransplantation: Safety, Efficacy and Long-Term Durability.
The Journal of urology
Liver regeneration after living donor transplantation: adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Long-term quality of life after liver donation in the adult to adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study (A2ALL).
Journal of hepatology
Restricting liver transplant recipients to younger donors does not increase the wait-list time or the dropout rate: the hepatitis C experience.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Emesis following laparoscopic left donor nephrectomy.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Wideband MRE and static mechanical indentation of human liver specimen: sensitivity of viscoelastic constants to the alteration of tissue structure in hepatic fibrosis.
Journal of biomechanics
Ex vivo split-liver transplantation: the true right/left split.
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association
Outcomes of living and deceased donor liver transplant recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma: results of the A2ALL cohort.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Risk factors for liver transplant waitlist dropout in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Clinical transplantation
Complications of living donor hepatic lobectomy--a comprehensive report.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Use of living donor liver transplantation varies with the availability of deceased donor liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Outcomes with split liver transplantation in 106 recipients: the University of California, San Francisco, experience from 1993 to 2010.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Liver transplantation for giant hepatic angiomyolipoma.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Experience with laparoscopic donor nephrectomy among more than 1000 cases: low complication rates, despite more challenging cases.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Ten-year retrospective analysis of incisional herniorrhaphy following renal transplantation.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Fibrin plug.
Kidney international
Outcomes of surgical repair of bile leaks and strictures after adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant.
Clinical transplantation
Comparison of biliary complications in adult living-donor liver transplants performed at two busy transplant centers.
Clinical transplantation
Inguinal herniation of a transplant ureter.
Kidney international
Emergent orthotopic liver transplantation for hemorrhage from a giant cavernous hepatic hemangioma: case report and review.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Left lobe adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation: small grafts and hemiportocaval shunts in the prevention of small-for-size syndrome.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Open incisional hernia repair at an academic tertiary care medical center.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Prostate cancer screening and treatment in the transplant population: current status and recommendations.
The Journal of urology
Genes involved in viral carcinogenesis and tumor initiation in hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)
Recipient morbidity after living and deceased donor liver transplantation: findings from the A2ALL Retrospective Cohort Study.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Excellent outcome following down-staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation: an intention-to-treat analysis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
Outcomes of living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure: the adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Donor morbidity after living donation for liver transplantation.
Gastroenterology
Organ donation and utilization in the United States, 1997-2006.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
HIV-infected liver and kidney transplant recipients: 1- and 3-year outcomes.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Long-term outcomes and late complications of laparoscopic nephrectomy with renal autotransplantation.
The Journal of urology
Catheter-directed therapy for DVT after pancreas transplantation.
Clinical transplantation
Laparoscopic nephrectomy, ex vivo partial nephrectomy followed by allograft renal transplantation.
Urology
Improvement in survival associated with adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation.
Gastroenterology
Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence and death following living and deceased donor liver transplantation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Glutamine donor pretreatment in rat kidney transplants with severe preservation reperfusion injury.
The Journal of surgical research
Effect of mycophenolate mofetil on rat kidney grafts with prolonged cold preservation.
Kidney international
A prospective study on downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
End stage polycystic kidney disease: indications and timing of native nephrectomy relative to kidney transplantation.
The Journal of urology
More than 500 consecutive laparoscopic donor nephrectomies without conversion or repeated surgery.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Outcomes of 385 adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant recipients: a report from the A2ALL Consortium.
Annals of surgery
Laparoscopic procurement of kidneys with multiple renal arteries is associated with increased ureteral complications in the recipient.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
H-NMR-based metabolic signatures of mild and severe ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat kidney transplants.
Kidney international
BKV in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients: a leading cause of renal graft loss in first 2 years post-transplant.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Increased rejection in living unrelated versus living related kidney transplants does not affect short-term function and survival.
Transplantation
Laparoscopic nephrectomy, ex vivo excision and autotransplantation for complex renal tumors.
The Journal of urology
Early graft function after living donor kidney transplantation predicts rejection but not outcomes.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Laparoscopic-assisted upper pole ureterocalicostomy using renal inversion and autotransplantation.
Urology
Experience with steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings
Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant recipients: a single-center experience.
Transplantation proceedings
Technique, indications and outcomes of pure laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy.
The Journal of urology
Pure laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy: step-by-step approach.
Journal of endourology
Influence of donor pretreatment with N-acetylcysteine on ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat kidney grafts.
The Journal of urology
Sirolimus delays recovery of rat kidney transplants after ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Transplantation
Excellent short-term results with steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression in low-risk simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for suspected renal cell carcinoma in dialysis-dependent patients.
Urology
Kidney and liver transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a pilot safety and efficacy study.
Transplantation
Management of lymphoceles after renal transplantation: laparoscopic versus open drainage.
The Journal of urology
Sclerosing peritonitis.
Urology
Expanded experience with laparoscopic nephrectomy and autotransplantation for severe ureteral injury.
The Journal of urology
Successful long-term outcomes using pediatric en bloc kidneys for transplantation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
A calcineurin inhibitor-sparing regimen with sirolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and anti-CD25 mAb provides effective immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients with delayed or impaired graft function.
Clinical transplantation
Experience with the use of sirolimus in liver transplantation--use in patients for whom calcineurin inhibitors are contraindicated.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Prolonged cold ischemia time obviates the benefits of 0 HLA mismatches in renal transplantation.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
The effect of age and prolonged cold ischemia times on the national allocation of cadaveric renal allografts.
The Journal of surgical research
Flow cytometry crossmatching as a predictor of acute rejection in sensitized recipients of cadaveric renal transplants.
Clinical transplantation
Liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis: rejection and recurrence.
Transplantation proceedings
Effect of systemic cyclosporine on tumor recurrence after liver transplantation in a model of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Transplantation
Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: an overview of indications, complications, and outcomes.
The Western journal of medicine
Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm with hemobilia following angioplasty after liver transplantation.
Clinical transplantation
Risks associated with conversion of stable patients after liver transplantation to the microemulsion formulation of cyclosporine.
Transplantation
Increased morbidity and mortality of simultaneous pancreas-renal transplantation in patients over 49 years of age.
Transplantation proceedings
Liver transplantation improves survival of rats bearing hepatoma-3924A.
The Journal of surgical research
Hepatotoxins and liver transplantation decrease pulmonary metastases in rats with hepatoma.
The Journal of surgical research
Low postoperative wound infection rates are possible following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings
Increased efficacy of CSA following rearterialization in the rat OLTX model.
The Journal of surgical research
Maintenance immunosuppression with prednisone and RS-61443 alone following liver transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings
Isolation of functional MHC class I-deficient islet cells.
Transplantation proceedings
Orthotopic liver transplantation for end-stage alcoholic liver disease.
Transplantation proceedings
A modified vascular "sleeve" anastomosis for rearterialization in orthotopic liver transplantation in rats.
Transplantation
Similar clinical presentation of neurotoxicity following FK 506 and cyclosporine in a liver transplant recipient.
Transplantation proceedings
Wound healing after anorectal surgery in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Demonstration of local immunosuppression with methylprednisolone in the sponge matrix allograft model.
Transplantation
Characterization of a cyclosporine-containing liposome.
Transplantation proceedings
Comparison of three regimens for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in 147 liver transplant recipients.
Transplantation proceedings
MHC expression on human hepatocytes before and after isolation.
Transplantation proceedings