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2015 American Transplant Congress
Rat Forelimb Allotransplantation: A Novel Microsurgical Model for Optimized Functional Assessment After Reconstructive Transplantation
B. Kern,¹ S. Tuffaha,¹ M. Khusheim,¹ S. Xiang,¹ G. Furtmueller,¹ K. Sarhane,¹ J. Park,² A. Hoke,² W. Lee,¹ G. Brandacher.¹
¹Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Neurology and NeuroSurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Functional outcomes following vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) have been promising, but there is still room for improvement. Studies to investigate strategies to overcome this obstacle…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Number of Organ Transplants in the United States by Optimizing Donor Authorization Rates
D. Goldberg,¹ B. French,² P. Abt,³ R. Gilroy.⁴
¹Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
Introduction: The highest priority in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Strategic Plan is to increase the number of transplants among patients with end-stage…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Predictors of Organ Donation Among African-American Men
C. Harris,¹ C. Modlin,¹ S. Olden,² A. Nowacki,³ T. Franklin,⁴ J. Canedy,¹ M. Tavaras,¹ A. Harris,¹ Y. Hamilton,⁵ C. Zaramo.¹
¹Glickman Urologic & Kidney Institute Minority Men's Health Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; ³Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ⁴College of Medicine, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA; ⁵Lifebanc of Ohio, Cleveland, OH.
Objective: The growth of the national transplant waiting list continues to far outpace the number of available organs, particularly among African Americans (AA). This study…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Organ Donation Attitudes of Hispanic College Students in the Rio Grande Valley: Analysis of Free Responses
Y. Tasnif,¹ S. Saladin,² A. Araya,¹ X. Wang.³
¹Cooperative Pharmacy Program, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; ²Department of Rehabilitation, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; ³Department of Mathematics, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX.
Purpose: To understand barriers in registering as an organ donor amongst students at a predominantly Hispanic institution.Methods: Self-identified adult (ages 18 and above) Hispanic students…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Experience and Kidney Transplant Outcomes in HIV-Infected Recipients
J. Locke,¹ R. Reed,¹ S. Mehta,¹ C. Durand,² R. Mannon,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ B. Shelton,¹ M. Martin,¹ H. Qu,¹ R. Shewchuk,¹ D. Segev.²
¹Comprehensive Transplant Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore.
Background: Excellent outcomes among HIV+ kidney transplant (KT) recipients have been reported by the NIH consortium, but it is unclear if experience with HIV+ KT…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Dramatic Improvements in Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the US
T. Purnell,¹ X. Luo,¹ L. Kucirka,¹ L. Cooper,¹ A. Massie,¹ D. Crews,¹ L. Boulware,² D. Segev.¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; ²Duke University, Durham.
Earlier studies reported inferior graft survival in black transplant recipients. We examined 20-year trends in outcomes to determine whether racial disparities improved over time. METHODS:…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Neighborhood Poverty Modifies Gender Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
T. Purnell, X. Luo, A. Massie, D. Crews, L. Cooper, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Earlier studies report mixed findings comparing transplant outcomes in women versus men, and little is known about the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with gender…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity in Infections After Kidney Transplantation
S. Bae, L. Kucirka, C. Durand, B. Orandi, R. Avery, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Female gender has been suggested as a risk factor for infection after kidney transplant (KT). Preliminary studies have reported that sex hormones such as…
2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 Risk Alleles in Live and Deceased Kidney Donors Are Associated With Shorter Renal Allograft Survival
M. Doshi,¹ M. Goggins,² S. Norman,³ S. Ho,⁴ C. Winkler,⁵ J. Kopp.⁶
¹Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; ²Medicine, Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI; ³Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁴Gift of Life, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁵NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD; ⁶NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
Kidneys from African American (AA) donors with two Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles may be at higher risk of allograft loss after transplant. We sought…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Glomerular Disease (GD) After Kidney Transplant (KTx): Etiologies, Risk Factors and Consequences
F. Cosio,¹ A. Grupper,¹ E. Lorenz,¹ M. Alexander,² L. Cornell.²
¹Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; ²Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Introduction. Recipients who develop KTx GD may have reduced function and higher risk of graft loss. Using protocol and clinical biopsies we sought to determine…