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Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative

Publications & Presentations

Read about the latest discoveries collaborators have published.

Browse a comprehensive list of publications from our collaborators starting in 2008: NUTORC Bibliography (NCBI)
  1. Personality Traits in Patients With Cirrhosis Are Different From Those of the General Population and Impact Likelihood of Liver Transplantation
    A. J. Thuluvath, O. Siddiqui, J. C. Lai, J. Peipert, J. Levitsky, A. Daud, N. Mazumder, AM. Flores, D. Borja-Cacho, JC. Caicedo, C. Loftus, R. Wong, D. Mroczek, DP. Ladner.
    2022 Transplantation
  2. Factors Underlying Racial Disparity in Utilization of Hepatitis C-Viremic Kidneys in the United States 
    K. Atiemo, R. Baudier, R. Craig-Schapiro, K. Guo, N. Mazumder, A. Anderson, L. Zhao, D. Ladner
    2022 J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
  3. Describing Predictors Of Regimen Nonadherence Among Kidney Recipients Using Multiple Measures
    A. Balakrishnan, S. Bailey, D. Mroczek, M. Serper, D. Ladner, M. Wolf  
    2022 Prog Transplant 
  4. A scoping review of inequities in access to organ transplant in the United States
    C. Park, M. Jones, S.Kaplan, F. Koller, J.Wilder, L. Boulware, L. McElroy
    2022 Int J Equity Health
  5. Resolution of Disseminated Angiosarcoma in a Kidney Transplant Recipient After Treatment With Sirolimus: A Case Report
    J. K. Friedman, M. Atari, K. Atiemo, A. Vijay, H. Jeon, M. T. Killackey, et al.
    2022 Transplant Proc.
  6. Falls are an underappreciated driver of morbidity and mortality in cirrhosis
    A. Ha, Z. M. Saleh, M. Serper, E. B. Tapper
    2022 Clin Liver Dis
  7. Association of Frailty With Health-Related Quality of Life in Liver Transplant Recipients
    J. C. Lai, A. M. Shui, A. Duarte-Rojo, R. S. Rahimi, D. R. Ganger, E. C. Verna, D. Ladner, et al.
    2022 JAMA Surg.
  8. Are cultural or psychosocial factors associated with patient-reported outcomes at the conclusion of kidney transplant evaluation
    S. L. Swift, Y. Leyva, S. Wang, C. H. Chang, M. A. Dew, R. Shapiro, JD Peipert, et al.
    2022 Clin Liver Dis
  9. HLA-DQ Mismatches Lead to More Unacceptable Antigens, Greater Sensitization, and Increased Disparities in Repeat Transplant Candidates
    D. Isaacson, J. D. Schold, M. W. Gmeiner, H. C. Copley, V. Kosmoliaptsis, A. R. Tambur
    2022 J Am Soc Nephrol. 
  10. Clinical outcomes of patients with Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System 3 or Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System 4 observations in patients with cirrhosis: A systematic review
    M. Kanneganti, J. A. Marrero, N. D. Parikh, F. Kanwal, T. Yokoo, M. Mendiratta-Lala, et al.
    2022 Liver Transpl.
  11. Financial burden in adults with chronic liver disease: A scoping review
    N. N. Ufere, N. Satapathy, L. Philpotts, J. C. Lai, M. Serper
    2022 Liver Transpl.
  12. Development of de novo donor specigic antibodies in renal transplant recipients with BK viremia managed with immunosuppression reduction
    R. Hod-Dvorai, R. Lee, P. Muluhngwi, M. Raijmakers, A. Shetty, A. R. Tambur, Ison MG
    2022 Transpl Infec Dis.
  13. What to do about hepatocellular carcinoma: Recommendations for health authorities from the International Liver Cancer Association
    M. Allaire, J. Bruix, M. Korenjak, S. Manes, Z. Maravic, H. Reeves, R. Salem, et al.
    2022 JHEP Rep.
  14. Connexins in endothelial cells as a therapeutic target for solid organ transplantation
    D. Jaishankar, K.M Quinn, J. Sanders, L. Plumblee, T.A. Morinelli, S.N. Nadig
    2022 Am J Transplant.
  15. Management of cardiac diseases in liver transplant recipients: Comprehensive review and multidisciplinary practice-based recommendations
    M. Izzy, B. E. Fortune, M. Serper, N. Bhave, A. deLemos, J. F. Gallegos-Orozco, LB VanWagner, et al.
    2022 AM J Transplant
  16. Financial Impact of a Culturally Senseitive Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program on Increasing Living Donation
    A. Wang, J. C. Caicedo, A. K. Mathur, R. M. Ruiz, E. J. Gordon
    2022 Transplantation. 
  17. Selective decrease of donor-reactive Tregs after liver transplantation limits Treg therapy for promoting allograft tolerance in humans
    Q. Tang, J. Leung, Y. Peng, A. Sanchez-Fueyo, J. J. Lozano, A. Lam, J. Levitsky, et al.
    2022 Sci Transl Med.
  18. Module of Acute Liver Failure in an Isolated Perfused Porcine Liver-Challenges and Lessons Learned
    J. Hefler, S. Hatami, A. Thiesen, C. Olafson, K. Durand, J. Acker, K. Carvellas, etc. 
    2022 Biomedicines. 
  19. Black and White adults With CKD Hospitalized with Acute Kidney Injury: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study
    A. N. Muiru, J. Yang, V. K. Derebail, K. D. Liu, H. I. Feldman, A. Srivastava, et al.
    2022 Am J Kidney Dis. 
  20. Patient Perspectives on the Use of Frailty, Cognitive Function, and Age in Kidney Transplant Evaluation 
    P. Shrestha, S. E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen, M. Fazal, N. M. Chu, J. M. Garonzik-Wang, E. J. Gordon, et al.
    2022 AJOB Empir Bioeth
  21. Shared Decision Making Among Older Adults With Advanced CKD
    R. Frazier, S. Levine, T. Porteny, H. Tighiouart, J. B. Wong, T. Isakova, S. Koch-Weser, E. J. Gordon, et al.
    2022 Am J Kidney Dis.
  22. Baseline risk markers and visit-to-visit variability in relation to kidney outcomes - a post-hoc analysis of the PERL Study
    V. Rotbain Curovic, N. Roy, T. W. Hansen, M. Luiza Caramori, D. Z. Cherney, D. E. B. IH, A. Wallia, et al. 
    2022 Diabetes Res Clin Pract.
  23. Intensive care managment of liver transplant recipients
    J. C. Olson, R. Subramanian, C. J. Karvellas 
    2022 Curr Opin Crit Care. 
  24. Achieving tolerance modifies cancer susceptibility profiles in liver transplant recipients
    M. Bhat, E. Pasini, P. Patel, J. Yu, C. Baciu, S. M. Kurian, J. Levitsky 
    2022 Cancer Med
  25. Social determinants of health data in solid organ transplantation: National data sources and future directions
    N. W. Chan, M. Moya-Mendez, J. B. Henson, H. Zaribafzadeh, M. P. Sendak, N. A. Bhavsar, S. Balu, A. Kirk. L. McElroy
    2022 Am J Transplant
  26. The emotional burden of caregiving for patients with cirrhosis
    Z. M. Saleh, N. E. Salim, S. Nikirk, M. Serper, E. B. Tapper
    2022 Br J Radiol. 
  27. Feasibility and Acceptability of a mHealth Self-Management Intervention for Pediatric Transplant Families
    S. M. Lerret, R. Schiffman, R. White-Traut, B. Medoff-Cooper, S. I. Ahamed, R. Adib, M. Liegl, E. Alonso, et al. 
    2022 West J Nurs Res.
  28. Patterns of Care Utilization and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surviellance: Tracking Care Across the Pandemic 
    M. Serper, E. B. Tapper, D. E. Kaplan, T. H. Tadde, N. Mahmud
    2022 Am J Gastroenterol. 
  29. Geospatial Analysis of Organ Tranwsplant Referral Regions
    T. Schappe, S. Peskoe, N. Bhavsar, L. E. Boulware, J. Pendergast, L. M. McElroy
    2022 JAMA Netw Open 
  30. Two-step screening for depressive symptoms in patients treated with kidney replacement therapies -cross-sectional analysis
    S. Dano, H. H. Lan, S. Macanovic, S. Bartlett, D. Howell, M. Li, J. Hanmer, JD. Peipert, et al
    2022 Nephrol Dial Transplant
  31. Assessment of mental health in patients with chronic liver disease
    M. P. Whitsett, A. Goswami Banerjee, M. Serper
    2022 Clin Liver Dis 
  32. Health Disparities in Chronic Liver Disease 
    A. Kardashian, M. Serper, N. Terrault and L. D. Nephew
    2022 Hepatology
  33. A novel Method Using the Levels of Mobility to Predict Mortality in Patients Admitted for Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Prospective Study
    A. J. Groff, M. Serper, S. Y. Tao, P. M. Bloomer, M. A. Dunn, A. Duarte-Rojo
    2022 Liver Transpl.
  34. Navigating medication-taking after kidney transplant 
    A. Balakrishnan, R. Weinmeyer, M. Serper, S. C. Bailey, K. Kaiser, M. Wolf
    2022 Res Social Adm Pharm.
  35. Outcomes of patients with acute liver failure listed for liver transplantation: A multicenter prospective cohort analysis
    C. J. Karvellas, T. M. Leventhal, J. L. Rakela, J. Zhang, V. Durkalski, K. R. Reddy, et al.
    2022 Liver Transpl.
  36. Patient Preferences for Waiting Time and Kidney Quality 
    S. Mehrotra, J. M. Gonzalez, K. Schantz, J. C. Yang, J. J. Friedewald, R. Knight.
    2022 Clin J Am Soc Nephrol.
  37. Are cultural or psychosocial factors associated with patient-reported outcomes at the concluson of kidney transplant evaluation? 
    S. L. Swift, Y. Leyva, S. Wang, C. H. Chang, M. A. Dew, R. Shapiro, M Unruh, K Kendall, E Croswell, JD Peipert, L Myaskovsky
    2022 Clin Transplant  
  38. Expression of unfolded protein response genes in post-transplantation liver biopsies
    X. Liu, S. A. Taylor, S. Celaj, J. Levitsky and R. M. Green  
    2022 BMC Gastroenterol 
  39. An Update on Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Emerging Understanding of the Impact of Immune Dysregulation and Novel Opportunities for Intervention
    S. Kulkarni, C. A. Chapin, E. M. Alonso, D. A. Rudnick  
    2022 Clin Liver Dis
  40. Single Center Experience with Incidence, Impact and Predictors of Biliary Complications in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation
    O. Bushara, J. Alhalel, J. Sanders, H. Azad, T. Cerri, S. Zafer, K. Guo, L. Zhao, A. Daud, D. Borja-Cacho, J.C. Caicedo 
    2022 Prog Transplant
  41. Implications of Accumulated Cold Time for US Kidney Transplantational Offer Acceptance
    M. Barah, V. Kilambi, J. Friedewald, S. Mehrotra   
    2022 Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
  42. Alloimmune versus autoimmune hepatitis following liver transplantation 
    C. R. Harrington, J. Levitsky 
    2022 Clin Liver Dis  
  43. An Assessment of Ineligible Donor Use in Solid Organ Transplantation 
    L. J. DeRoos, E. B. Tapper, M. S. Lavieri, D. W. Hutton, N. D. Parikh  
    2022 Transplantation
  44. Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Variants in HLA Class II Genes Associated With Transplant-free Survival of Indeterminate Acute Liver Failure
    T. J. Liao, B. Pan, H. Hong, P. Hayashi, J. A. Rule, D. Ganger, et al. 
    2022 Clin Transl Gastroenterol  
  45. Defining the ethical considerations surrounding kidney transplantation for frail and cognitively impaired patients: a Delphi study of geriatric transplant experts 
    P. Shrestha, S. E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen, E. A. King, E.J. Gordon, R. R. Faden, D. L. Segev, et al.
    2022 BMC Geriatr.
  46. Liver transplantation in the era of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/metabolic (dysfunction) associated fatty liver disease: the dilemma of the steatotic liver graft on transplantation and recipient survival 
    S. M. Gedallovich, D. P. Ladner, L.B. VanWagner  
    2022 Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr
  47. Impact of having potential living donors on ethnic/racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation 
    E.J. Gordon, J. Lee, R. Kang, J.C. Caicedo 
    2022 Am J Transplant 
  48. Treatment Decision Making for Older Kidney Patients during COVID-19 
    Porteny T, Gonzales KM, Aufort KE, Levine S, Wong JB, Isakova T, Rifkin DE, Gordon E.J., et al.
    2022 Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
  49. Sustainment of a complex culturally competent care intervention for Hispanic living donor kidney transplantation: A longitudinal analysis of adaptations 
    E.J. Gordon, J.J. Uriarte, N. Anderson, J.D. Smith, J. C. Caicedo, M. Shumate  
    2022 J Clin Transl Sci 
  50. Impact of Donor and Recipient Clinical Characteristics and Hepatic Histology on Steatosis/Fibrosis Following Liver Transplantation 
    O. Shaked, J. Demetris, J. Levitsky, S. Feng, B. L. Loza, J. Punch, et al. 
    2022 Transplantation
  51. A Multifaceted Medication Adherence Promotion System to Reduce Late Kidney Allograft Rejection in Children and Young Adults
    A. Benintende, M. Wolf, D. Ladner
    2022 Am J Kidney Dis
  52. Frailty and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients With Cirrhosis
    G. Cullaro, E. Verna, A. Duarte-Rojo, M. Kappus, D. Ganger, R. Rahimi, B. Boyarsky, D. Segev, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Ladner, M. Volk, V. Hsu, J. Lai
    2022 Hepatol Commun
  53. Loneliness in adults awaiting liver transplantation at 7 U.S. transplant centers
    K. Berry, D. Kent, S. Seetharaman, R. Wong, Y. Mohamad, F. Yao, M. Nunez-Duarte, S. Wadhwani, B. Boyarsky, R. Rahimi, A. Duarte-Rojo, M. Kappus, M. Volk, D. Ladner, D. Segev, M. McAdams-DeMarco, E. Verna, D. Ganger, J. Lai
    2022 Ann Hepatol
  54. Monitoring for Ascites in Cirrhosis Using Patient-Generated Health Data: No Longer a Remote Possibility
    M. Serper
    2022 Dig Dis Sci
  55. Monitoring Cardiovascular Risks Factors After Liver Transplantation May Improve Outcomes
    L.B. VanWagner, S. Lieber
    2022 Liver Transpl
  56. Not everything that counts can be counted: Tracking long-term outcomes in pediatric liver transplant recipients
    K. Cheng, S. Feng, J. Bucuvalas, J. Levitsky, E. Perito
    2022 Am J Transplant
  57. Dealing With the Kidney Discard Problem in the United States-One Potential Solution for a Difficult Problem
    J. Friedewald, K. Schantz, S. Mehrotra
    2022 Am J Kidney Dis
  58. The Role of Procurement Biopsies in Kidney Acceptance Decision Making and Kidney Discard: Perceptions of Physicians, Nurse Coordinators, and OPO Staff and Directors
    K.Schantz, E. Gordon, U. Lee, M. Rocha, J. Friedewald, D. Ladner, Y. Becker, R. Formica, P. Reese, D. Kaufman, M. Barah, M. Walker, O. Mehrotra, D. Viveros, S. Mehrotra
    2022 Transplant Direct
  59. An Electronic Decision Support Intervention Reduces Readmissions for Patients With Cirrhosis
    J. Louissaint, K. Grzyb, L. Bashaw, R. Mohammad, N. Parikh, E. Tapper 
    2022 Am J Gastroenterol
  60. Diversity in transplantation surgery and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons: Opportunity for a bold vision and positive change
    M. Abouljoud, D. Simpson, A. Dick
    2022 Am J Surg
  61. Cognitive Impairment and Physical Frailty in Patients With Cirrhosis
    K. Berry, A. Duarte-Rojo, J. Grab, M. Dunn, B. Boyarsky, E. Verna, M. Kappus, M. Volk, M. McAdams-DeMarco, D. Segev, D. Ganger, D. Ladner, A. Shui, M. Tincopa, R. Rahimi, J. Lai
    2022 Hepatol Commun
  62. Redefining Success After Liver Transplantation: From Mortality Toward Function and Fulfillment
    M. Serper, S. Asrani, L. VanWagner, P. Reese, M. Kim, M. Wolf 
    2022 Liver Transpl
  63. Cardiac Risk Assessment in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Survey of National Practice Patterns
    P. Barman, R. Chadha, L. VanWagner
    2022 Liver Transpl
  64. Biomarkers of rejection in liver transplantation
    G. Perottino, C. Harrington, J. Levitsky
    2022 Curr Opin Organ Transplant
  65. Poor Practitioner Adherence to Clinical Tobacco Use Guidelines in Liver Transplant Recipients
    C. Harrington, M. Kosirog, P. Campbell, D. Gregory, A. Daud, J. Levitsky, J. Holl, D. Lloyd-Jones, L. VanWagner
    2022 Transplant Direct
  66. Impact of race on pancreas transplant outcomes in the current era: It is not all Black and White
    L. McElroy, J. Fridell
    2022 Clin Transplant
  67. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in heart transplantation: What we do and do not know
    S. Aslam, M. Ison
    2022 J Heart Lung Transplant
  68. The Knowledge Assessment of Renal Transplantation (KART) 2.0: Development and Validation of CKD and Transplant Knowledge Scales
    A. Waterman, D. Nai, I. Purnajo, K. Cavanaugh, B. Mittman, J. Peipert
    2022 Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
  69. Long-Term Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation
    A. Agrawal, M. Ison, L. Danziger-Isakov
    2022 Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
  70. The answer at our fingertips: Volume status in cirrhosis determined by machine learning and pulse oximeter waveform
    N. Mazumder, A. Kazen, A. Carek, M. Etemadi, J. Levitsky
    2022 Physiol Rep
  71. Incidence of, Risk Factors for, and Outcomes After Ascites in a Population-Based Cohort of Older Americans
    E. Tapper, Z. Zhao, N. Mazumder, N. Parikh
    2022 Dig Dis Sci
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