Surgery - Transplant Division

Research output

Research output per year 1995 2009 2013 2014 2024

• 151 Article
• 11 Review article
• 3 Chapter
• 3 Comment/debate
• 6 More
  • 3 Editorial
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Letter
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2024

  Lupus nephritis and socioeconomic status: Findings from the Southern California lupus registry

  Sandhu, V. K., Haghshenas, A., Teh, P., He, E., Benitez, A., Salto, L. M. & Torralba, K., Mar 2024, In: Lupus. 33, 3, p. 241-247 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2022

  Combined coronary artery bypass graft and liver/kidney transplantation in a liver failure patient with acute on chronic kidney failure and antiphospholipid syndrome

  Lin, E., Bratton, C., Nguyen, M. T., Chung, J., De Vera, M. & Rakoski, M., Oct 2022, In: American Journal of Transplantation. 22, 10, p. 2464-2466 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2021

  Utility of Framingham Score for Optimizing Preoperative Evaluation Among Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Evaluation

  Doctorian, T., Nandkeolyar, S., Fearon, C., Nayak, S., Tryon, D., Sakr, A., Stoletniy, L., De Vera, M., Volk, M. & Abramov, D., Jun 2021, In: Transplantation Proceedings. 53, 5, p. 1616-1621 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2019

  90 Socioeconomic disparities in lupus nephritis: findings from the southern california lupus registry

  Haghshenas, A., Choi, K., Benitez, A., Salto, L. M., Torralba, K. & Sandhu, V. K., Apr 1 2019, In: Lupus science medicine. 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Belimumab alters transitional B-cell subset proportions in patients with stable systemic lupus erythematosus

  Benitez, A., Torralba, K., Ngo, M., Salto, L. M., Choi, K. S., De Vera, M. E. & Payne, K. J., Oct 1 2019, In: Lupus. 28, 11, p. 1337-1343 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• How a Donor Nephrectomy Population Can Help Give Perspective to the Effects of Renal Parenchymal Preservation during Partial Nephrectomy

  Shen, J., Ruckle, D., Li, R., Keheila, M., Alsyouf, M., Schober, J., Tryon, D., Stokes, P., Ruckle, H. C., Baron, P., De Vera, M. & Baldwin, D. D., May 2019, In: Journal of Endourology. 33, 5, p. 417-422 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus on pancreas transplant outcomes

  Rohan, V., Taber, D., Palanisamy, A., McGillicuddy, J., Chavin, K., Baliga, P. & Bratton, C., Dec 2019, In: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 17, 6, p. 796-802 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Long-standing diabetes mellitus and pancreas transplantation: An avenue to increase utilization of an ideal treatment modality

  Rohan, V. S., McGillicuddy, J. W., Taber, D. J., Nadig, S. N., Baliga, P. K. & Bratton, C. F., Oct 1 2019, In: Clinical Transplantation. 33, 10, e13695.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Predictors of Systolic Heart Failure and Mortality Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: a Single-Center Cohort

  Sakr, A. E., Fraser, G. E., Doctorian, T. P., Kim, H. B., Narasimha, D., Abudayyeh, I., Hilliard, A. D., Shih, W., de Vera, M. E., Baron, P. W., Volk, M. L. & Stoletniy, L. N., Jul 1 2019, In: Transplantation Proceedings. 51, 6, p. 1950-1955 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Safety of everolimus with reduced calcineurin inhibitor exposure in de novo kidney transplants: An analysis from the randomized transform study

  on behalf of the TRANSFORM Investigators, Sep 1 2019, In: Transplantation. 103, 9, p. 1953-1963 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Should donors who have used marijuana be considered candidates for living kidney donation?

  Ruckle, D., Keheila, M., West, B., Baron, P., Villicana, R., Mattison, B., Thomas, A., Thomas, J., De Vera, M., Kore, A., Wai, P. & Baldwin, D. D., Jun 1 2019, In: Clinical Kidney Journal. 12, 3, p. 437-442 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2018

  Transplantation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive, nucleic acid test negative donor kidneys to HCV negative patients frequently results in seroconversion but not HCV viremia

  de Vera, M. E., Volk, M. L., Ncube, Z., Blais, S., Robinson, M., Allen, N., Evans, R., Weissman, J., Baron, P., Kore, A., Bratton, C., Garnett, G., Hoang, T., Wai, P. & Villicana, R., Oct 2018, In: American Journal of Transplantation. 18, 10, p. 2451-2456 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2017

  CMV感染のリスクが高い腹部臓器移植レシピエントにおけるバルガンシクロビル(VGCV)サイトメガロウイルス(CMV)免疫グロブリン200日間のVGCVとの比較:前向き無作為化パイロット研究【Powered by NICT】

  James, N. F., David, J. T., Nicole, A. W., Satish, N., John, W. M., Charles, F. B., Prabhakar, K. B., Kenneth, D. C. & Bratton, C. F., Jan 1 2017, In: Transplant Infectious Disease. 19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cytolytic Induction Therapy Improves Clinical Outcomes in African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients

  Taber, D. J., McGillicuddy, J. W., Bratton, C. F., Rohan, V. S., Nadig, S., Dubay, D. & Baliga, P. K., Sep 1 2017, In: Annals of Surgery. 266, 3, p. 450-456 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Perioperative Outcomes and Costs in Kidney Transplantation

  Taber, D. J., DuBay, D., McGillicuddy, J. W., Nadig, S., Bratton, C. F., Chavin, K. D. & Baliga, P. K., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 224, 4, p. 585-592 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• MP30-08 DOES MARIJUANA INTAKE AFFECT OUTCOMES IN LIVING RENAL DONORS AND THEIR RECIPIENTS?

  Ruckle, D., Keheila, M., West, B., Mattison, B., Thomas, J., Abourbih, S., De Vera, M., Kore, A., Baron, P., Baldwin, D. D. & Kore, A. H., Jan 4 2017, In: The Journal of Urology. 197

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Post-transplant diabetes mellitus after kidney transplant in hispanics and caucasians treated with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression

  Baron, P. W., Infante, S., Peters, R., Tilahun, J., Weissman, J., Delgado, L., Kore, A., Beeson, W. L. & De Vera, M., May 23 2017, In: Annals of Transplantation. 22, p. 309-314 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Transplanting sensitized kidney transplant patients with equivalent outcomes utilizing stringent hla crossmatching

  Rohan, V. S., Taber, D. J., Moussa, O., Pilch, N. A., Denmark, S., Meadows, H. B., McGillicuddy, J. W., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. K. & Bratton, C. F., Feb 2017, In: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 15, 1, p. 47-55 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Valganciclovir (VGCV) followed by cytomegalovirus (CMV) hyperimmune globulin compared to VGCV for 200 days in abdominal organ transplant recipients at high risk for CMV infection: A prospective, randomized pilot study

  Fleming, J. N., Taber, D. J., Weimert, N. A., Nadig, S., McGillicuddy, J. W., Bratton, C. F., Baliga, P. K. & Chavin, K. D., Dec 2017, In: Transplant Infectious Disease. 19, 6, e12779.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2016

  2016 comprehensive update of the Banff working group on liver allograft pathology: Introduction of antibody-mediated rejection

  Demetris, A. J., Bellamy, C., Hübscher, S. G., O’Leary, J., Randhawa, P. S., Feng, S., Neil, D., Colvin, R. B., McCaughan, G., Fung, J. J., Del Bello, A., Reinholt, F. P., Haga, H., Adeyi, O., Czaja, A. J., Schiano, T., Fiel, M. I., Smith, M. L., Sebagh, M., Tanigawa, R. Y., & 57 othersYilmaz, F., Alexander, G., Baiocchi, L., Balasubramanian, M., Batal, I., Bhan, A. K., Bucuvalas, J., Cerski, C. T. S., Charlotte, F., De Vera, M. E., Elmonayeri, M., Fontes, P., Furth, E. E., Gouw, A. S. H., Hafezi-Bakhtiari, S., Hart, J., Honsova, E., Ismail, W., Itoh, T., Jhala, N. C., Khettry, U., Klintmalm, G. B., Knechtle, S., Koshiba, T., Kozlowski, T., Lassman, C. R., Lerut, J., Levitsky, J., Licini, L., Liotta, R., Mazariegos, G., Minervini, M. I., Misdraji, J., Mohanakumar, T., Mölne, J., Nasser, I., Neuberger, J., O’Neil, M., Pappo, O., Petrovic, L., Ruiz, P., Saǧol, Sanchez Fueyo, A., Sasatomi, E., Shaked, A., Shiller, M., Shimizu, T., Sis, B., Sonzogni, A., Stevenson, H. L., Thung, S. N., Tisone, G., Tsamandas, A. C., Wernerson, A., Wu, T., Zeevi, A. & Zen, Y., Oct 1 2016, In: American Journal of Transplantation. 16, 10, p. 2816-2835 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• A novel xenograft model to study the role of TSLP-induced CRLF2 signals in normal and malignant human B lymphopoiesis

  Francis, O. L., Milford, T. A. M., Martinez, S. R., Baez, I., Coats, J. S., Mayagoitia, K., Concepcion, K. R., Ginelli, E., Beldiman, C., Benitez, A., Weldon, A. J., Arogyaswamy, K., Shiraz, P., Fisher, R., Morris, C. L., Zhang, X. B., Filippov, V., van Handel, B., Ge, Z., Song, C., & 3 othersDovat, S., Su, R. J. & Payne, K. J., Mar 31 2016, In: Haematologica. 101, 4, p. 417-426 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• A randomized, prospective comparison of transition to sirolimus-based CNI-minimization or withdrawal in African American kidney transplant recipients

  Fleming, J. N., Taber, D. J., Pilch, N. A., McGillicuddy, J. W., Srinivas, T. R., Baliga, P. K., Chavin, K. D. & Bratton, C. F., 2016, In: Clinical Transplantation. 30, 5, p. 528-533 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Depression, resource utilization, and outcomes following liver transplant

  Sebaaly, J. C., Fleming, J., Pilch, N., Meadows, H., Finn, A., Chavin, K., Baliga, P., Bratton, C. F., McGillicuddy, J. W., Nadig, S. & Taber, D., Sep 2016, In: Progress in Transplantation. 26, 3, p. 270-276 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of opportunistic infections in pediatric renal transplant recipients

  Jordan, C. L., Taber, D. J., Kyle, M. O., Connelly, J., Pilch, N. W., Fleming, J., Meadows, H. B., Bratton, C. F., Nadig, S. N., McGillicuddy, J. W., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. K., Shatat, I. F. & Twombley, K., Feb 1 2016, In: Pediatric Transplantation. 20, 1, p. 44-48 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Liver Retransplantation in Patients with HIV-1 Infection: An International Multicenter Cohort Study

  The FIPSE/NIH HIVTR/ NEAT023 Investigators, Feb 1 2016, In: American Journal of Transplantation. 16, 2, p. 679-687 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Predicting and preventing readmissions in kidney transplant recipients

  Covert, K. L., Fleming, J. N., Staino, C., Casale, J. P., Boyle, K. M., Pilch, N. A., Meadows, H. B., Mardis, C. R., McGillicuddy, J. W., Nadig, S., Bratton, C. F., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. K. & Taber, D. J., Jul 1 2016, In: Clinical Transplantation. 30, 7, p. 779-786 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Proton Beam Radiation Therapy with Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of an Interim Analysis

  Bush, D. A., Smith, J. C., Slater, J. D., Volk, M. L., Reeves, M. E., Cheng, J., Grove, R. & De Vera, M. E., May 1 2016, In: International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 95, 1, p. 477-482 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Effect of Non-Invasive Goal Directed Fluid Administration on Graft Function in Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation: A Pilot Study

  Whiteley, J. R., Taylor, J. M., Freely, J. J., Epperson, T. I., Bell, L., Murray, J. L., Bratton, C. F. & Hand, W. R., Aug 31 2016, In: Open Journal of Organ Transplant Surgery. 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2015

  Alcohol inhibits osteopontin-dependent transforming growth factor-β1 expression in human mesenchymal stem cells

  Driver, J., Weber, C. E., Callaci, J. J., Kothari, A. N., Zapf, M. A., Roper, P. M., Borys, D., Franzen, C. A., Gupta, G. N., Wai, P. Y., Zhang, J., Denning, M. F., Kuo, P. C. & Mi, Z., Apr 17 2015, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290, 16, p. 9959-9973 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Doing well by doing good: Linking access with quality

  Chang, V., Kuo, P. C. & Wai, P. Y., Mar 1 2015, In: The American Journal of Surgery. 209, 3, p. 457-462 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Green tea component epigallocatechin-3-gallate decreases expression of osteopontin via a decrease in mRNA half-life in cell lines of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

  Zapf, M. A. C., Kothari, A. N., Weber, C. E., Arffa, M. L., Wai, P. Y., Driver, J., Gupta, G. N., Kuo, P. C. & Mi, Z., Oct 1 2015, In: Surgery. 158, 4, p. 1039-1048 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Osteopontin mediates an MZF1-TGF-β1-dependent transformation of mesenchymal stem cells into cancer-associated fibroblasts in breast cancer

  Weber, C. E., Kothari, A. N., Wai, P. Y., Li, N. Y., Driver, J., Zapf, M. A. C., Franzen, C. A., Gupta, G. N., Osipo, C., Zlobin, A., Syn, W. K., Zhang, J., Kuo, P. C. & Mi, Z., Sep 10 2015, In: Oncogene. 34, 37, p. 4821-4833 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Racial disparity outcomes in patients undergoing hepatectomy: Is baseline kidney function a potential explanation?

  Palanisamy, A. P., Dowden, J. E., Al Manasra, A. R., Rohan, V. S., Bratton, C. F., McGillicuddy, J. W., Baliga, P. K., Chavin, K. D. & Taber, D. J., 2015, In: Progress in Transplantation. 25, 3, p. 257-262 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Surface April is elevated on myeloid cells and is associated with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

  Weldon, A. J., Moldovan, I., Cabling, M. G., Hernandez, E. A., Hsu, S., Gonzalez, J., Parra, A., Benitez, A., Daoud, N., Colburn, K. & Payne, K. J., May 1 2015, In: Journal of Rheumatology. 42, 5, p. 749-759 11 p.

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  Open Access

• The weekend effect in urgent general operative procedures

  Zapf, M. A. C., Kothari, A. N., Markossian, T., Gupta, G. N., Blackwell, R. H., Wai, P. Y., Weber, C. E., Driver, J. & Kuo, P. C., Aug 1 2015, In: Surgery. 158, 2, p. 508-514 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2014

  Clinical and economic outcomes associated with medication errors in kidney transplantation

  Taber, D. J., Spivey, J. R., Tsurutis, V. M., Pilch, N. A., Meadows, H. B., Fleming, J. N., McGillicuddy, J. W., Bratton, C. F., Treiber, F. A., Baliga, P. K. & Chavin, K. D., 2014, In: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 9, 5, p. 960-966 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Clinical Outcomes and Cardiometabolic Indices Post Kidney Transplant in Gastric Bypass Patients: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.: Abstract# 2149

  Salazar, M., Taber, D., Salas, M., Chavin, K., Bratton, C., Baliga, P., Srinivas, T. & Bratton, C. F., Jul 1 2014, In: Transplantation. 98

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Clinical outcomes associated with the early postoperative use of heparin in pancreas transplantation

  Scheffert, J. L., Taber, D. J., Pilch, N. A., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. K. & Bratton, C. F., Mar 27 2014, In: Transplantation. 97, 6, p. 681-685 5 p.

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• Depression Management, Resource Utilization and Outcomes Following Liver Transplant.: Abstract# 1497

  Sebaaly, J., Fleming, J., Pilch, N., Finn, A., McGillicuddy, J., Baliga, P., Bratton, C., Chavin, K., Lin, A., Nadig, S., Taber, D. & Bratton, C. F., Jul 1 2014, In: Transplantation. 98

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Differences in BK Viral Clearance Kinetics across Recipient Race.: Abstract# B1013

  Taber, D., Pilch, N., Posadas, A., Bratton, C., McGillicuddy, J., Chavin, K., Baliga, P., Srinivas, T. & Bratton, C. F., Jul 1 2014, In: Transplantation. 98

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• Differences in mouse and human nonmemory B cell pools

  Benitez, A., Weldon, A. J., Tatosyan, L., Velkuru, V., Lee, S., Milford, T. A., Francis, O. L., Hsu, S., Nazeri, K., Casiano, C. M., Schneider, R., Gonzalez, J., Su, R. J., Baez, I., Colburn, K., Moldovan, I. & Payne, K. J., May 15 2014, In: Journal of Immunology. 192, 10, p. 4610-4619 10 p.

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  Open Access

• Diffuse Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma Developed in a Patient with Hepatitis C Cirrhosis

  Baron, P. W., Amankonah, T., Cubas, R. F., Kore, A. H., Elihu, A., de Vera, M. E., Perez, M. C. N. & Perez, M. N., Jan 1 2014, In: Case reports in transplantation. 2014

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• Donor, but not Recipient Age, is a Risk Factor for the Development of Post-Operative Surgical Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients

  Shealy, J. A., Taber, D. J., Bratton, C. F., McGillicuddy, J. W., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. & Bratton, C. F., Feb 1 2014, In: Journal of Surgical Research. 186

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Early Graft Loss, Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control and African-American Disparities in Kidney Transplantation.: Abstract# 733

  Taber, D., Douglass, K., Srinivas, T., Pilch, N., McGillicuddy, J., Bratton, C., Chavin, K., Baliga, P., Egede, L. & Bratton, C. F., Jul 1 2014, In: Transplantation. 98

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• Engagement, workplace satisfaction, and retention of surgical specialists in academic medicine in the United States

  Wai, P. Y., Dandar, V., Radosevich, D. M., Brubaker, L. & Kuo, P. C., Jul 2014, In: Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 219, 1, p. 31-42.e12

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• Perioperative Albumin vs. HES Products in Orthotopic Liver Transplant.: Abstract# C2001

  Mardis, A., Pilch, N., Taber, D., Hand, W., Bratton, C., McGillicuddy, J., Baliga, P., Chavin, K. & Bratton, C. F., Jul 1 2014, In: Transplantation. 98

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• Predictability of a 30-Day Readmission Risk Model in Kidney Transplant Recipients.: Abstract# 637

  Taber, D., Pilch, N., Bratton, C., McGillicuddy, J., Srinivas, T., Chavin, K., Baliga, P. & Bratton, C. F., Jul 1 2014, In: Transplantation. 98

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• Protocol Based Induction Therapy Improves Rejection Rates, Complications, and Transplant Event Costs in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

  Vandivort, C. S., Taber, D., McGillicuddy, J. W., Bratton, C., Chavin, K., Baliga, P. & Bratton, C. F., Feb 1 2014, In: Journal of Surgical Research. 186

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• Racial Differences in the Risks Associated with Early Graft Loss in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

  Douglass, K., Taber, D., Bratton, C. F., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. K. & Bratton, C. F., Feb 1 2014, In: Journal of Surgical Research. 186

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• Significant racial differences in the key factors associated with early graft loss in kidney transplant recipients

  Taber, D. J., Douglass, K., Srinivas, T., Mcgillicuddy, J. W., Bratton, C. F., Chavin, K. D., Baliga, P. K. & Egede, L. E., Aug 2014, In: American Journal of Nephrology. 40, 1, p. 19-28 10 p.

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