Articles tagged "Hispanic"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Race Misclassification in Kidney Transplantation Research
A. Kernodle, V. Thompson, X. Chen, D. Segev, T. Purnell, M. McAdams-DeMarco
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Recently, the use of socially constructed “race” in kidney disease research has received national attention partly because of the research bias created when race…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program
J. Caicedo¹, A. Wang², A. Mathur³, R. Ruiz⁴, E. J. Gordon¹
¹Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Hispanic/Latinx patients receive disproportionately fewer living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs) than non-Hispanic Whites. [Institution name's] culturally targeted Hispanic Kidney Transplant Program (HKTP) was found…
2022 American Transplant Congress
HLA-DQ Mismatches Are More Likely to Be Listed as Unacceptable Antigens After Renal Graft Failure in African American Recipients as Compared to Other Racial/Ethnic Groups
D. Isaacson¹, M. W. Gmeiner², V. Kosmoliaptsis³, J. D. Schold⁴, A. R. Tambur¹
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, ³Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Growing evidence suggests that donor-recipient mismatches at the HLA-DQ locus are the most immunogenic and pathogenic, evidenced by generation of DQ donor-specific antibodies (DSA).…
2022 American Transplant Congress
A Qualitative Comparison of Declined Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Living Liver Donor Candidates at a High-Volume Urban Transplant Center
D. Toy¹, B. Horwich¹, A. Mulgaonkar¹, A. Padilla², J. L. Dodge³, N. Kaur⁴, H. Han³
¹Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²USC Transplant Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: To compare Hispanic and non-Hispanic living liver donor candidates who were declined by a multidisciplinary selection committee at a large urban transplant center.*Methods: The…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Phenotypes of Non-Citizen Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States by Machine Learning Consensus Clustering
P. Vaitla¹, C. Thongprayoon², C. Jadlowiec³, N. Leeaphorn⁴, S. Mao², M. Mao², A. Prakrati⁵, M. Cooper⁶, W. Cheungpasitporn²
¹University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochestor, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Saint Luke, Kansas City, MO, ⁵Texas Tech, El Paso, TX, ⁶Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Health care policies and coverage for non-US citizens vary significantly across the country. Kidney transplant outcomes in non-US citizens are at par or better…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Disparities in Access to First and Re-Kidney Transplantation Among Hispanic and Black Adults in the United States
S. Sandal¹, J. Ahn², V. Thompson³, T. Purnell⁴, M. Cantarovich⁵, D. Segev³, M. McAdams DeMarco³
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²SOM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵McGill University Health Ctr, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: There are significant racial/ethnic disparities in access to solid organ transplantation; lack of education and familiarity with the transplant process are postulated contributors. Among…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Improving Access and Equity for Transplant: A Single-Center Experience
S. Kodali¹, A. Lopez², C. Egwim², J. Alegria², S. Yi², H. Adrogue², M. Moaddab², H. Huang², I. Hussain², M. Kassi², J. Ontiveros², R. Guardiola², J. Alexander², D. Harvey², K. Maresh², S. Zylicz², L. Loza², J. Corkrean², A. O. Gaber², R. M. Ghobrial¹
¹Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Many Hispanic Americans have misconceptions about transplantation due to language and cultural differences, which can make them less likely to undergo liver transplant (LT)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Implication of Donor Race on the Post-Liver Transplant Prognosis of Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Analysis of UNOS Database
D. U. Lee¹, J. Han², J. Kwon², K. Chang², K. Lee², G. Fan², N. Urranaga¹, D. Maluf³, C. Bhati¹, K. Shetty¹
¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Prior studies have suggested liver transplant (LT) recipients who receive their grafts from minority donors may potentially suffer higher rates of graft complications. In…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of a Latinx Kidney Transplant Clinic
P. Serrano Rodriguez
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: To evaluate the impact of a Latinx clinic in our institution. With a growing increase of end stage renal disease (ESRD)in the Latino population…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor Service Area Characteristics Impacting Liver and Kidney Deceased Donor Population
C. O. Warren, A. Zarrinpar
Surgery, -University of Florida, Gaiinesville, FL
*Purpose: While there is ample evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in access to the waitlist, being transplanted, and post-transplant outcomes in liver and kidney…

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