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Assessing the Impact of the New Liver Allocation Policy on Transplant Center and Organ Procurement Organization Logistics
*Purpose: In February 2020, a new policy for liver allocation was instituted in an effort to reduce geographic disparity in median MELD at transplant. To…2021 American Transplant Congress
Macrosteatosis in the US Pediatric Deceased Liver Donor Population, 2005-2018
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The pediatric obesity epidemic is associated with early signs of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) such as increased hepatic macrosteatosis and liver enzymes. In…2021 American Transplant Congress
Textbook Outcome: A Novel Metric in Lung Transplantation Outcomes
*Purpose: Lung transplant programs are typically assessed based on 1-/3-year survival, however other factors such as quality of life, freedom from rejection and oxygen, etc.,…2021 American Transplant Congress
Pd-1 Inhibitor Treatment in Solid Organ Transplant Patients with Metastatic Cancer
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant patients due to chronic immunosuppression have an increased risk of de novo cancer. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have been recently developed to…2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial/ethnic and Sex Disparities in Renal Transplant Waitlisting Accounting for Pre-Waitlist Mortality
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess racial/ethnic and sex differences in access to the renal transplant deceased donor waiting list among incident…2021 American Transplant Congress
Prostate Cancer Mortality is Not Worse Among Kidney Transplant Recipients Compared to Dialysis Patients
*Purpose: Recent recommendations from expert panel of American Society of Transplantation (AST) state that most patients with prostate cancer (PCa) do not need to wait…2021 American Transplant Congress
hlaR,” a Simplified Interface for the HLA Matchmaker Tool
1Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Functional epitopes, or eplets, represent a set of amino acids within three angstroms of one another that may not be sequentially contiguous but are…2021 American Transplant Congress
Dual-Agent Induction Therapy for Pancreas Transplantation: A Single-center Experience
*Purpose: The optimal induction strategy in pancreas transplantation has not been elucidated. Available evidence supports use of both basiliximab and lymphocyte depleting agents. Rabbit anti-thymocyte…2021 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Outcomes 1-year Post Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Cell Transplant
*Purpose: A paucity of research regarding the psychosocial outcomes after-total pancreatectomy and autologous islet cell transplantation exists. The aim of the study was to examine…2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial/ethnic Disparities Among Renal Transplant Recipients with Diabetes, Hypertension, and/or Dyslipidemia Due to Medicare Part D Star Ratings Criteria
*Purpose: Medication adherence is critical to positive outcomes in renal transplant recipients (RTRs), and policies have been designed encouraging adherence. For example, Medicare Part D…
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