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  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Attitudes Towards Covid-19 Vaccination in an Inner-city Population of Kidney Transplant Patients (Ktx)

    P. Kerner, A. Imas, G. Udod, L. Gruffi, M. Goldberg, A. Saleh, K. Cruickshank, M. Markell

    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are at high risk for complications from COVID-19 infection and prevention is important. We studied attitudes toward vaccines including willingness to…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Covid-19-related Knowledge, Health Behaviors and Attitudes Towards Telemedicine and Emergency Visits in a Population of Kidney Transplant (KTx) Recipients

    A. Lin, M. Saw-Aung, W. Yang, G. Udod, A. Imas, M. Markell

    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: We explored knowledge about COVID-19 and attitudes towards emergency care and telemedicine visits in a population of inner-city KTx pts.*Methods: A telephone survey was…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Characterizing Kidney Transplant Recipients with SARS-CoV-2: An Academic Single Center Experience

    S. Nahi, A. Shetty, S. Tanna, J. Leventhal

    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant (KTx) recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their immunosuppressed state and propensity for…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin Induction Dosing Strategies in a High-risk Kidney Transplant Population

    C. Nguyen, R. Yau, C. Tunwar

    Pharmacy, CHI Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The objective of this retrospective observational study is to compare the safety and efficacy of two dosing strategies, rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) at a…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Do Pretransplant C-peptide Levels Influence Outcomes in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation? A Matched Case-Control Study

    K. B. Gurung, V. Gurram, J. Rogers, A. C. Farney, G. Orlando, C. L. Jay, A. Reeves-Daniel, A. Mena-Gutierrez, N. Sakhovskaya, W. Doares, S. Kaczmorski, M. D. Gautreaux, R. J. Stratta

    Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: Experience with simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) in uremic patients (pts) with detectable pretransplant C-peptide (Cp) levels and a “type 2” diabetes mellitus (DM) phenotype…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Outcomes Stratified by Race with a Calcineurin and Steroid Free Regimen

    R. E. Scalzo, M. T. Harris, J. D. Morris, J. S. Byrns

    Pharmacy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: This study aimed to describe the outcomes, stratified by race, associated with belatacept and sirolimus immunosuppression after alemtuzumab induction.*Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome Disparities of Primary Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients by Payor, Ethnicity and Gender in the United States

    S. M. Riad1, S. Jackson2, A. Matas3, S. Chinnakotla3, P. Verghese4

    1Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, 3Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 4Pediatric, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: Racial disparity outcome in pediatric kidney recipients has been reported. We sought to assess other predictors of outcomes disparities.*Methods: Using the SRTR database, between…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Donor Race on Tacrolimus Dose Requirement for Liver Transplant Recipients

    N. Nesselhauf1, S. January1, J. Hagopian1, K. Progar1, A. Khan2

    1Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 2Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    *Purpose: It is well described that there is interpatient variability in tacrolimus dose requirements among transplant recipients. CYP3A5 plays a role in this variability. Black…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    American Muslims & Informed Organ Donation Decisions: Findings from a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Religiously-Tailored Education in Mosques

    A. I. Padela1, R. Duivenbode2, M. Quinn1, M. Craig3, M. Saunders1

    1Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Initiative on Islam and Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 3The National Kidney Foundation Illinois, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: American Muslims hold more negative attitudes towards organ donation than other American populations, and these attitudes are associated with gaps in biomedical and religious…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Supporting “The Decision Project:” Understanding Perceptions of Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation among Baltimore City Community Members

    M. Johnson1, A. Saha1, M. Waldram1, I. Johnson2, L. Price2, A. Coleman2, C. Alexander2, D. Segev1, M. Henderson1

    1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, Halethorpe, MD

    *Purpose: Using information provided by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), it was found that the zip code 21205 in Baltimore City had one of…
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