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  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data

    H. Sharma1, A. Sharma2

    1Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2Data Analytics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    High Levels of Sars-cov-2 Detected in Immunosuppressed Covid-19 Patient Environments Weeks Following Initial Positive Test

    C. E. Kuschner1, Z. Brune2, L. B. Becker1, L. Teperman1

    1North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, 2Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY

    *Purpose: COVID-19 is a novel viral illness associated with significantly worse mortality, prolonged disease course, and extended periods of viral shedding in transplant patients on…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Systematic Evaluation of Immunosuppressant Drug Tolerability in Lung Transplant Recipients with Short Telomere Syndrome

    R. Patolia1, R. Guzy2, L. Potter1

    1Department of Pharmacy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Lung transplant recipients with short telomere syndrome are at high risk of hematologic complications. Consequently, patients with short telomere syndrome may require more frequent…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Attitudes Regarding Transplantation During the Pandemic: Give Me My Kidney Now!

    T. Menser1, M. Hobeika2, A. Gaber2, H. Ibrahim2

    1Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 2Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The transplant community faces ongoing challenges regarding the conduct of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient treatment preferences during the pandemic require…
  • 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

    Short Term Outcomes in Previously Covid Positive Living Kidney Donors and Their Recipients

    R. Prashar, N. J. Khoury, M. Ramesh, A. K. Patel

    Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Study short term outcomes of living kidney donors (LKD) who were previously infected with COVID 19, and in their recipients.*Methods: After a brief hiatus…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Use of Organs from Donors That Do Not Meet Eligibility Criteria in the United States

    L. Deroos, M. Lavieri, D. Hutton, W. Marrero, N. Parikh

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Increasing the number of organs available for transplantation could reduce waitlist morbidity and mortality for patients with end organ failure. Most transplanted organs come…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Electronic Donor Referral Technology on Deceased Donor Referrals

    B. Boyarsky1, J. R. DiRito2, K. Vanterpool1, J. Piano3, W. Liu3, J. Hewlett4, C. Trahan4, D. Segev1, M. Levan1, A. Massie1, P. Niles4

    1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2Yale, New Haven, CT, 3Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA, 4Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Hospitals likely fail to refer many medically eligible potential deceased donors to OPOs. As such, increasing eligible referrals may increase the donor pool. We…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Covid-19 Severity within One Year of Liver, Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation

    H. Sarumi, J. Fisher, B. Johnson, T. Pruett

    Solid Organ Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: The current pandemic has created uncertainty in the severity of COVID-19 in transplant recipients, especially those given lymphocyte depleting therapy within a year prior…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Dual Liver and Kidney Donors, What Makes Them Decide to Do It?

    H. Al Harakeh, B. Emmanuel, C. Hughes, A. Tevar, J. Steel, A. F. DiMartini, S. Ganesh, A. Humar

    Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: There is incongruity between the transplant waiting list and the number of deceased donors available, therefore there is an enduring challenge to increase the…
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