Submissions from 2019
A Financial Analysis of Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients, A Yaldo, I Bajjoka, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan Abouljoud
How Much Does Graft Function Cost Us? A Financial Analysis of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients, A Yaldo, I Bajjoka, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan Abouljoud
Pre-Transplant Transcriptomic Signature in Peripheral Blood Predicts Early Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplant, W Zhang, Z Yi, C Wei, K Keung, Z Sun, C Xi, C Woytovich, S Farouk, L Gallon, M Menon, C Magee, N Najafan, Milagros Samaniego-Picota, A Djamali, S Alexander, I Rosales, R Smith, P O'Connell, R Colvin, P Cravedi, and B Murphy
Submissions from 2018
Occurrence and risk factors for endothermal heat induced thrombosis after endovenous varicose vein ablation, Z Al Adas, Judith C. Lin, Mitchell R. Weaver, Nicole Kennedy, Syed Ahsan, Alexander D. Shepard, and Loay S Kabbani
Does preoperative anemia affect outcomes after lower extremity open bypass?, Z Al Adas, Mitchell R. Weaver, Timothy Nypaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Dragos Galusca, and Loay S. Kabbani
Left ventricular assist devices complicated by gastrointestinal bleeding and outcomes on transplant, Lindsey Aurora, Omar Sadiq, Hassan Nemeh, and Celeste Williams
Decreased long-term survival with antithymocyte globulin induction in elderly kidney transplant recipients, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Ethnic disparities in elderly patients receiving kidney transplantation, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Long-term outcomes of graft function in elderly kidney transplant recipients, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Baseline cognitive functioning in LVAD patients and anticoagulation time in range, Kelly Bryce, Edward L. Peterson, Jennifer A. Cowger, Bin Liu, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, and David E. Lanfear
Regional variation in the outcomes of MELD-Na based liver allocation, Lucy Chau, D Moonka, K. Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Breast and prostate cancers harbor common somatic copy number alterations that consistently differ by race-ethnicity, Yalei Chen, Jia Li, Sudha Sadasivan, Ruicong She, Indrani Datta, Dhananjay A. Chitale, Nilesh S. Gupta, Melissa B. Davis, Craig G. Rogers, Lisa A. Newman, P L. Parris, Benjamin A. Rybicki, and Albert M. Levin
An enhanced educational program for kidney transplant candidates and their supports: Knowledge gained but room for improvement, E Clifton, Anne Eshelman, Dean Kim, Anita Patel, Patrick Williams, Dayna Nicholson, Kathleen Hogan, Elizabeth Rubinstein, Daisy Ramirez, Naddin Sadik, and Michelle T. Jesse
Systolic blood pressure and outcomes in patients on continuous flow LVAD support: An INTERMACS analysis, Jennifer A Cowger, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, J Borgi, Gillian Grafton, Yelena Selektor, Hassan Nemeh, Celeste Williams, Cristina Tita, and David Lanfear
Neoadjuvant phase II trial of chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) in patients with resectable (R) and borderline resectable (BR) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA)., V Damarla, Irina Dobrosotskaya, Farzan Siddiqui, Ira Wollner, Mohammad Raoufi, Jia Li, David Kwon, and Gazala Khan
Superficial femoral artery balloon angioplasty stent implantation-outcome stratified by type of follow-up evaluation: Arterial duplex imaging versus ankle-brachial index only, M S. Draxler, Ziad Al Adas, Daniyal Abbas, Yasaman Kavousi, Judith C Lin, Loay S. Kabbani, Alexander D. Shepard, and Timothy Nypaver
The ratio of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide to high sensitivity cardiac troponin to distinguish type 1 from type 2 acute myocardial infarction, Joseph J Gibbs, James McCord, Michael Hudson, Michele Moyer, Gordon Jacobsen, R Trupp, and Richard M. Nowak
Rates of anticoagulation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with atrial fibrillation, Sarah Gorgis, Elsheikh Abdelrahim, Dee Dee Wang, Janet F. Wyman, Gaetano Paone, A Greenbaum, B Kendall, William O'Neill, and W Eng
Comparison of outcome in liver transplant patients who underwent intraoperative CVVH in elective and unplanned settings, J Gosnell, M Safwan, K Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, M Abouljoud, and S Nagai
Comparison of outcome in liver transplant patients with renal insufficiency and intraoperative CVVH, J Gosnell, M Safwan, K Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, M Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Factors impacting return to employment after liver transplantation, M Hassan, Marwan Abouljoud, Naddin Sadik, A Mazur, A Elbanna, Atsushi Yoshida, and Michelle T. Jesse
Generation of chemoresistant PDXs in the era of modern neoadjuvant therapy, M Hernandez, L Yang, J Leiting, J Bergquist, Tommy Ivanics, and M Truty
Frequency of sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) versus non-TNBC, Tommy Ivanics, Lindsay Petersen, S David Nathanson, Melissa B. Davis, Laura Susick, Anna Lehrberg, Ilya Rakitin, Jessica Bensenhaver, Erica Proctor, and Lisa A. Newman
Androgen receptor and ALDH1 expression among internationally diverse patient populations, E M. Jiagge, A Jibri, Jessica Bensenhaver, M Wicha, B Awuah, S Merajver, and Lisa A. Newman
Multi-disciplinary clinic discussion associated with decreased performance of breast MRI and increased eligibility for breast conservation, Pridvi Kandagatla, Samfee Doe, Shariska S Petersen, Myah Bell, Lisa A. Newman, Monique Swain, and Lindsay Petersen
Intravascular volume assessment by sonography (VAS) score, Keith Killu, M Al-Jubouri, Mohanad Baldawi, Jenna Watson, Darlene Dereczyk, Greta Wenk, Victor Coba, and Dionne J. Blyden
Sacral area complete sonographic assessment to identify pressure ulcers: SACS study, Keith Killu, Jenna Watson, M Al-Jubouri, Mohanad Baldawi, Victor Coba, Darlene Dereczyk, Greta Wenk, and Dionne J. Blyden
Side effect profile of everolimus in liver transplant patients, Fitsum Kumssa, Omar Sadiq, Maryam Alimirah, Randeep Kaur, A Patel, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiation in borderline resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, Joon K Lee, Ahmed I. Ghanem, Charlotte Burmeister, Hayan Jaratli, Mohammad Raoufi, Gazala Khan, Irina Dobrosotskaya, David Kwon, and Farzan Siddiqui
Outcome of African American (AA) compared to white American (WA) patients with early-stage breast cancer, stratified by phenotype, Anna Lehrberg, S David Nathanson, Fadi Baidoun, Lindsay Petersen, Laura Susick, Melissa B. Davis, Tommy Ivanics, Ilya Rakitin, Jessica Bensenhaver, Erica Proctor, and Lisa A. Newman
Correlation of age with patient reported symptoms and venous clinical severity score for patients with varicose veins, Shravan Leonard-Murali, D McLaughlin, Loay S. Kabbani, Mitchell R Weaver, Nicole Kennedy, Syed Ahsan, and Judith C Lin
Potential barriers to renal patient care: Perspectives of dialysis and transplant social workers, D Lim, Anita Patel, Nadeen J. Khoury, and Rohini Prashar
Recovery of bowel function after liver transplant surgery, Adhnan Mohamed, M Safwan, Francis Tinney Jr., Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
C4D staining and graft survival in renal transplant recipients, Naushaba Mohiuddin, S Agarwal, Anita Patel, and Rohini Prashar
The impact of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis on patient outcomes after liver transplantation using the scientific registry of transplant recipient (SRTR) database, D Moonka, George Divine, and Shunji Nagai
Survival benefit of liver transplantation in the MELD-Na era, Shunji Nagai, Lucy Chau, M Safwan, R Schilke, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and D Moonka
MELD-Na score based liver allocation: Hyponatremia is no longer a risk factor for waitlist mortality, Shunji Nagai, Lucy Chau, M Safwan, R Schilke, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Dilip Moonka
Comparison of induction and maintenance immunosuppression regimens in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation: an analysis of the UNOS registry, Shunji Nagai, Michael Rizzari, Yakir Muszkat, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Syed-Mohammed Jafri, and Marwan Abouljoud
Hidden risk of liver transplantation for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A propensity score matched study, Shunji Nagai, R Schilke, M Safwan, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Dilip Moonka
Delayed early lactate clearance after liver transplantation: A propensity score matching study, Shunji Nagai, K Takahashi, M Safwan, Marwan Abouljoud, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Robotic assisted live donor kidney transplantation - Technique and outcomes, H Pahari, B Waldman, Joel Stracke, Lauren Malinzak, Jason E. Denny, Dean Kim, Wooju Jeong, Mani Menon, and Atsushi Yoshida
A comparison of robotic and open living donor kidney transplantation -The minimally invasive option and its outcomes, H Pahari, B Waldman, Joel Stracke, Lauren Malinzak, Jason E. Denny, Dean Kim, Wooju Jeong, and Atsushi Yoshida
Implementation of outpatient telemedicine program in vascular surgery reduces patients' travel time, cost, and environmental pollutant emissions, S Paquette and Judith C Lin
Transplant outcomes in female African American recipients, Anita Patel, Rohini Prashar, and D Lim
Impact of national comprehensive cancer network (NCCN) genetic testing guidelines on genetic counseling referral patterns for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients, Ilya Rakitin, M Quigg, Mary Nyhuis, Lindsay Petersen, S David Nathanson, Melissa B. Davis, Laura Susick, Erica Proctor, Jessica Bensenhaver, and Lisa A. Newman
Post reperfusion portal flow rate impacts liver allograft and patient survival in patients with pre transplant portal vein thrombosis, Michael Rizzari, M Safwan, Michael Sobolic, Shunji Nagai, R Schilke, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan Abouljoud
Gracilis muscle flap for exposed prosthetic graft in the groin of a patient with previous sartorius myoplasty, Kaitlyn M Rountree, J W. Maendel, Vidyavathi Reddy, and Sachinder S. Han
Immediate post-operative extubation decreases pulmonary complications in liver transplantation recipients, M Safwan, Christine Acho, Yoshihisa Morita, Valeria Fernandez, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Liver transplant patients with MELD>50 at listing have poor waitlist outcomes and similar post transplant survival to status 1a patients, M Safwan, R Schilke, Uche Nwagu, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
The grade of pre-transplant portal vein thrombosis in liver transplant recipients impacts graft and patient survival, M Safwan, Michael Sobolic, Shunji Nagai, R Schilke, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Michael Rizzari
Incidence trends among deceased liver transplant recipients in the United States, 2011-2016: A propensity score-matched study, R Schilke, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Liver transplants from older donors have worse outcomes in elderly recipients with renal dysfunction, R Schilke, M Safwan, Shunji Nagai, Marwan Abouljoud, and Anita Patel
Hazard ratio trends among deceased liver transplant recipients in the United States, 2011-2016: A propensity score-matched study, R Schilke, M Safwan, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Shunji Nagai, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Chronic narcotic use increases mortality rates in heart transplantation, Ginger St. John, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Hassan Nemeh, Cristina Tita, Yelena Selektor, David Lanfear, and Celeste Williams
Effects of sarcopenia on patients undergoing liver re-transplantation, Joel Stracke, M S. Ilias, and Shunji Nagai
Effects of sarcopenia on patients undergoing liver re-transplantation, Joel Stracke, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Does the implementation of pneumonia prevention practices reduce risk of pneumonia following cardiac surgery?, R J. Strobel, Steven D Harrington, C Hill, M P. Thompson, L Cabrera, P Wilton, D Gandhi, A DeLucia, Gaetano Paone, M Zhang, R L. Prager, and D S. Likosky
Effects of medication education pilot program in living versus deceased donor kidney transplant recipients, Nimisha Sulejmani, Hasenia Albanna, Bryant B. Summers, Arin Jantz, Rohini Prashar, and Anita K. Patel
Lactate/platelet ratio after liver transplantation; A novel predictor for short-term graft failure, K Takahashi, S Nagai, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, N Ohkohchi, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Cardiac surgery episode expenditures associated with healthcare-associated pneumonia, M P. Thompson, Steven D Harrington, R J. Strobel, L Cabrera, M Zhang, P Wilton, D Gandhi, A DeLucia, Gaetano Paone, R L. Prager, and D S. Likosky
Center variation in 90-day episode expenditures for cardiac surgery-the role of healthcare-associated pnuemonia, M P. Thompson, Steven D Harrington, R J. Strobel, L Cabrera, M Zhang, P Wilton, D Gandhi, A DeLucia, Gaetano Paone, R L. Prager, and D S. Likosky
The implications of impaired glucose tolerance after kidney transplantation, Francis Tinney Jr., S Norman, A Naik, D Cibrik, R Sung, D Frietze, M Stegall, M Samaniego, and C Jay
Identifying optimal techniques for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy based on outcomes of surgeons ranked by safety and efficacy, O Varban, J F. Finks, Arthur M. Carlin, P Kemmeter, and J Dimick
Standard-versus low-dose valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in intermediate-risk kidney transplant recipients, N Wilson, Nimisha Sulejmani, Arin Jantz, Anita K. Patel, and Bryant B. Summers
Association of body mass index of kidney transplant recipients with graft function post-transplant, A Yaldo, I Bajjoka, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model for estimating long-term risk of aging kidney transplant recipients, A Yaldo, I Bajjoka, X Han, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Liposomal bupivacaine: Friend or foe in kidney donation?, Y Yang, Arin Jantz, Bryant B. Summers, Anita Patel, Lauren Malinzak, and Nimisha Sulejmani
Submissions from 2017
Natural history of progression of carotid artery stenosis, Ziad Al Adas, Judith Lin, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Lucy Chau, Daniel J Miller, and Loay S Kabbani
Cerebrovascular Injuries Are Commonly Found in Acute Type B Aortic Dissections and Are Associated With Blood Pressure Derangements and Poor Outcome, Ziad Al Adas, Daniel J Miller, Mitchell R Weaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Khaled Abdul-Nour, Praveen Balraj, and Loay S Kabbani
Kidney transplant increases the risk of ipsilateral critical limb ischemia, Ziad Al Adas, Timothy Nypaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R Weaver, Lauren Malinzak, Naushaba Khalid, Anita Patel, and Loay S Kabbani
Survival after AAA repair is affected by socioeconomic status, Ziad Al Adas, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy J Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, Praveen Balraj, Jordan Huang, Rob Harriz, and Loay S Kabbani
Long-term decline in renal function is more significant after endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms, Ziad Al Adas, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy J Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, T Maatman, L Yessayan, and Loay S Kabbani
Long-term outcomes among slow versus delayed or immediate graft function kidney transplant recipients: A single-center experience, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Long-term preservation of renal function in liver transplant recipients with rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin induction and delayed initiation of calcineurin inhibitors, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, Kimberly Ann Brown, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Variation in psychological well-being and body image in patients before and after bariatric surgery, Alirio J deMeireles, R Cassidy, R Ross, A Stricklen, Arthur M Carlin, J F. Finks, and AA Ghaferi
Safety of statin therapy after liver transplantation, M Glynn, Arin Jantz, Bryant B Summers, R Salgia, and Nimisha Sulejmani
Outcomes of component separation for ventral hernia repair in an emergent setting: Analysis of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) NSQIP, Tommy Ivanics, Efstathios Karamanos, Arielle H Gupta, Anthony Falvo, Joe H Patton, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Impact of extremes of BMI on perioperative complications in complex pancreatic resections, Tommy Ivanics, David Kwon, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Perioperative outcomes for the emergent Whipple operation in the United States: An analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Tommy Ivanics, Ilan Rubinfeld, and David Kwon
Pilot study on acupuncture in living liver and kidney donors, Michelle T. Jesse, Mathew Kulas, Josephine Unitis, Nemie Beltran, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Substance abuse in acute liver failure: Time to talk about opiates, Michelle T. Jesse, Nicholas Rebhan, Atsushi Yoshida, Dillip Moonka, Anne Eshelman, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Michael D. Rizzari
Aldh expressing stem cells mediate tumor initiation and metastasis in triple negative breast cancers across different ethnicities, Evelyn Jiagge, Shukmei Wong, Rabia Gilani, Sean McDermott, Lisa A Newman, Jessica M. Bensenhaver, Max Wicha, John Carpten, and Sofia Merajver
Lower extremity ischemia, an ominous complication after elective EVAR, Richa Kalsi, Connor P. Oates, Sarah Olson, Charles B. Drucker, Donald G. Harris, Alexander D. Shepard, Robert S. Crawford, and Shahab S. Toursavadkohi
Crystalloid resuscitation strategies in patients undergoing emergent bowel resection and anastomosis: When enough is enough, Pridvi Kandagatla, CJ Fisher, Efstathios Karamanos, and Arielle H Gupta
Unplanned return to the operating room in the neurosurgical population: What drives this dreaded event?, Pridvi Kandagatla, Mohamed Macki, Arielle H Gupta, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Treating refractory liver allograft rejection with photopheresis, Ileana Lopez-Plaza, A Eisenbrey, Mohammad Raoufi, and D Moonka
36 hours of ex-vivo warm cellular perfusion of swine liver using the organ care system (OCS™) liver with excellent functional, metabolic and histological outcomes, J Magliocca, J Markmann, Marwan S. Abouljoud, M Ghobrial, and A Demetris
Results of the initial phase of the portable organ care system (OCS™) liver protect pivotal trial, J Markmann, M Ghobrial, J Magliocca, A Demetris, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Cryopreserved allograft in the management of native and prosthetic aortic infections 3, Khalil Masabni, P Balraj, Liang Liang, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, and Loay S Kabbani
Predictors of one-year follow-up patient survey completion after bariatric surgery, Khalil Masabni, A Carlin, O Varban, R Cassidy, A Bonham, A Stricklen, J Finks, and A Ghaferi
Incidence of endothermal heat-induced thrombosis: Comparison between radiofrequency ablation and laser ablation, Farah Mohammad, Loay S Kabbani, Nicole Kennedy, ZA Adas, and Mitchell R Weaver
New persistent opioid use after bariatric surgery, S Mohanty, JS Lee, RA Ross, A Stricklen, AM Carlin, and AA Ghaferi
The impact of the donor risk index on tumor free survival in patients undergoing liver transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma, D Moonka, Shunji Nagai, A Harper, and R Salgia
The relationship between reported exercise and medium term weight loss following laparoscopic bariatric surgery, S Munie, Arthur M Carlin, Steven J. Keteyian, and Dennis Kerrigan
An argument for expanding the simultaneous liver and kidney transplant criteria: Validity of the new UNOS allocation policy, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Dilip Moonka, Kimberly Brown, Anita Patel, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Rapid deterioration of pre-transplant kidney function requiring dialysis is a prognostic factor in liver transplant alone, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, K Collins, Michael Rizzari, Dilip Moonka, Anita Patel, Kimberly Brown, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Incidence and outcomes of immediate post-operative dialysis in liver transplantation, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, K. Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Risk factors and 2 year outcomes of low estimated glomerular filtration rate in the immediate post-operative period for living kidney donors, H Pahari, Shunji Nagai, K Takahashi, F Tinney, Jason E Denny, Lauren Malinzak, Michael Rizzari, K. Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Dean Kim
Clinicopathologic features and models predicting for high-risk 21-gene recurrence score (RS) are unreliable in predicting primary tumor downstaging with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), K Park, S Choi, Haythem Y. Ali, George Divine, Jessica Bensenhaver, S David Nathanson, Erica Proctor, Lindsay Petersen, and Lisa A. Newman
Emergency surgery in patients with prior mesh, Parth Y. Patel
