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  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donor-specific Anti-HLA Alloantibody in Kidney Transplant Recipients with COVID-19 Exhibit a Different Immunoglobulin Class and Subclass Profile When Compared to Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

    A. Girnita1, L. Wang1, M. Fernandez-Vina1, E. Woodle2, P. Ahearn1, T. Yalamarti1, M. Menon3, Y. Azzi4, M. Melcher1, R. Bray5, H. Gebel5, E. Akalin4, P. Cravedi3, J. S. Maltzman1

    1Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 3Icahn School of Medicine, NYC, NY, 4Einstein School of Medicine, NYC, NY, 5Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Both anti-HLA and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies target protein antigens. The aim of the present study was to compare the class and subclass profile of such…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Accounting for Survivor Bias in Transplant Benefit Models

    E. M. Schnellinger1, E. Cantu2, M. O. Harhay1, D. E. Schaubel1, S. E. Kimmel1, A. J. Stephens-Shields1

    1Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: The lung allocation system in the U.S. prioritizes lung transplant candidates based on estimated pre- and post-transplant survival. However, these models do not account…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Well-being for Heart Transplant Recipients: Implementation of a Patient Navigator Program

    K. Ramonas, K. Ramonas

    Health Navigator Foundation, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: When surveyed, heart transplant recipients cited managing all their healthcare needs as a primary concern 83% of the time (n=23). To respond to this…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Body Mass Index >35 Does Not Impact Kidney Transplant Outcomes or Health Related Quality of Life Despite BMI Class or Recipient Race

    D. A. Walczak1, E. Collins2, E. Benedetti1

    1Organ Transplant, University of Il Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL, 2College of Nursing, Dept of Bio-behavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant [KTx] in recipients with BMI > 35 remains controversial and has not often been studied in recipients with BMI >40. There is…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Needs of People with Kidney Transplantation During the Covid 19 Pandemic and Its Confinement, and the Role of Communication Technologies Through the “Patient Experience”

    I. Revuelta1, E. Palou2, R. Scandurra3, F. Oppenheimer1, F. Diekmann1, J. Escarrabill2, B. Bayés1

    1Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 2Chronic care program and patient experience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 3Department of Statistics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    *Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare services have focused on the care of acute processes and there is a risk of not meeting the needs…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Quantification of Multiple Isotypes of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    J. S. Maltzman1, L. Wang1, P. Ahearn1, T. Yalamarti1, M. Menon2, Y. Azzi3, M. Melcher1, M. Fernandez-Vina1, R. Bray4, H. Gebel4, E. Woodle5, E. Akalin3, A. Girnita1, P. Cravedi2

    1Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2Icahn School of Medicine, NYC, NY, 3Einstein School of Medicine, NYC, NY, 4Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 5University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

    *Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of severe outcomes with infection by SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19. Antibodies directed against the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Survey of Transplantation Providers to Assess for Implicit Bias at a Single Center

    C. Ramirez-Sanchez1, A. Cardenas2, S. Aslam1, F. Ferguson2, M. Vazquez2, T. Magee2, K. Mekeel2

    1Infectious Diseases, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    *Purpose: At our institution’s Center for Transplantation, the Implicit Bias Working Group (IBWG), was formed with the aim to comprehend how implicit biases impact the…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Covid-19 Infection on Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    K. Heagler, K. Tejani, S. Sanchez

    Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

    *Purpose: Immunocompromised patients are considered to be at high-risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). There have been observations within the transplant community that patients infected…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    SPK Transplantation in HIV-positive Recipients

    H. Resweber, k. nguyen, H. Curtis, J. Panichella, A. DI Carlo, S. Karhadkar

    Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: With the advent of anti-retroviral therapy in the treatment of HIV, mortality in HIV-infected individuals has become less due to complications from viral infection…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatches Between Donor-Recipient or Donor-Donor are Not Associated with Adverse Pancreas Outcomes in Pancreas After Kidney Transplant Recipients

    S. Parajuli, D. Kaufman, B. Welch, H. Sollinger, D. Mandelbrot, J. Odorico

    University of Wisconsin, MADISON, WI

    *Purpose: A greater degree of HLA mismatch has been previously associated with inferior graft survival in kidney and pancreas transplantation. Pancreas after kidney (PAK) recipients…
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