2019 American Transplant Congress
Paradoxical Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) Projections for Changes to Waitlist Mortality under Acuity Circle Distribution Model
1Emory, Atlanta, GA, 2Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: In December 2018, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) board voted to change liver transplant distribution from Donor Service Areas (DSAs) to a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Recipient Predictors of Post-Donation End Stage Renal Disease in Living Kidney Donors
1Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied associations between kidney transplant recipient diagnosis and other factors and development of ESRD among related living kidney donors (LKDs).*Methods: Using OPTN listing…2019 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donor Kidneys into Hepatitis C Negative Older Recipients
*Purpose: Patients awaiting transplantation are often at risk of developing life-threatening disease and complications. Older patients have a disproportionately higher risk of dropping out of…2019 American Transplant Congress
EBV+ PTLD in the Modern Immunosuppression Era: Role of EBV Serology and DNAemia-Preliminary Data from CTOT-C06
*Purpose: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) remains a serious problem in the pediatric transplant population. The Clinical Trials of Organ Transplantation in Children (CTOT-C)-06 is an…2019 American Transplant Congress
Specific Donor/Recipient HLA Disparities are Associated with Better Long-Term Kidney Allograft Survival among 4-, 5-, and 6-HLA (A/B/DR)-Mismatched Pairs
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
*Purpose: The vast majority of deceased donor kidneys are allocated without any consideration for the HLA disparities, which may improve or worsen the survival the…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Influential Yet Highly Variable Role of Biopsy Findings on Kidney Offer Acceptance Decisions: An Organ Offer Simulation Study
*Purpose: The use of procurement biopsies (Bx) to assess kidney quality is controversial. ‘Biopsy findings’ is an often cited discard reason, yet the association between…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Rapidly Aging Population of Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fastest rising cause of cancer-related mortality in the US and a leading indication for liver transplant (LT). Direct acting…2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Simultaneous Pancreas kidney Transplantation to Kidney Transplantation Alone for Type 2 Diabetes with End Stage Renal Disease
Kidney&Pancreas Transplant, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
*Purpose: To compare the clinic outcomes of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) with kidney transplantation alone (KTA) in Type 2 Diabetes patients with ESRD.*Methods: 97 type…2019 American Transplant Congress
Targeting Syk Signaling in Myeloid Cells Protects against Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocarcinogenesis
Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the mechanistic role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) signaling on the fibrosis - hepatocarcinogenesis axis and…2019 American Transplant Congress
Willingness to Acquire Donor-Derived Hepatitis C Infection May Reduce Waitlist Mortality for Heart Transplant Candidates
NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY
*Purpose: Hearts from deceased donors with hepatitis C infection (HCV+) are disproportionately discarded because most waitlist registrants are HCV negative (HCV-). For some with end-organ…
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