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Articles tagged "Hispanic"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Noninferiority Outcomes Among Undocumented Immigrant Kidney Transplant Recipients in California

    H. Ichii1, N. Eguchi1, E. Tantisattamo2, U. Reddy2, A. Ferrey2, D. Dafoe1

    1Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, 2Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA

    *Purpose: There are over 2 million undocumented immigrants (UI) in California, where currently, all individuals regardless of immigration status have equal access to kidney transplant(KT).…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Variation in Next of Kin Authorization for Research in Deceased Donor Organ Transplantation: Experience at One Organ Procurement Organization

    K. L. Lentine1, C. Jones1, W. Cheungpasitporn2, R. Rothweiler3, H. Xiao1, M. Ortigosa-Goggins4, G. Marklin3, R. B. Mannon5

    1Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Mid-America Transplant, St. Louis, MO, 4University of Miami, Miami, FL, 5University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE

    *Purpose: Research related to deceased donor interventions seeks to address diverse questions to improve the use and outcomes of organ gifts for transplantation. Consent for…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Providing Equitable Access: Language and Literacy Levels of Kidney Transplant Center Websites

    R. Olmeda Barrientos1, C. E. Jacobson2, V. S. Valbuena3, M. S. Anderson3, M. J. Englesbe3, S. A. Waits3, J. R. Santos-Parker2

    1University Of California – Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, 2University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Health disparities exist for access to kidney transplantation. Accessibility of patient-facing transplant center resources can contribute to these disparities. Patients interact with transplant centers…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Gray on the Border: A Closer Look at the Gap in Access to Kidney Transplantation for Hispanic Americans

    A. Padilla, M. Mujtaba, R. Samper-Ternent, S. Al Snih, N. Perez, J. Fair, R. Kulkarni, E. Polychronopoulou, M. Kueht

    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

    *Purpose: Hispanic Americans have disproportionately reduced access to kidney transplantation that is significantly affected by longstanding cultural and geographical disparities. These disparities are multifactorial and…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Seeing is Believing: Efficacy of a Video-based Intervention in Improving Awareness of Skin Cancer Risk for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    E. Shah1, S. Michalak1, R. Haughton1, B. Fernandez1, I. Ahronowitz2

    1Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Our research focuses on the efficacy of using a novel video-based intervention to educate solid organ transplant recipients on their increased risk of skin…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    A NASHional Crisis: Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Female Hispanics

    R. A. Sosa1, A. Q. Terry1, M. Rossetti1, F. M. Kaldas2, B. V. Naini1, J. Nevarez-Mejia1, V. M. Groysberg1, S. Younan2, R. W. Busuttil2, D. W. Gjertson1, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski2, E. F. Reed1

    1Pathology and Lab Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Obesity and metabolic syndrome have recently become an epidemic with Hispanics bearing a disproportionate burden. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe immune-mediated stage of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Time is Now: Improving Waiting Times in Minority Populations

    L. Mendez-Castaner, L. Preczewski, M. Muldoon, A. Harshman, M. Goble, G. Guerra

    Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: A significant limiting factor to transplantation resides on waiting time based on blood type. Historically candidates in blood groups B and O experience higher…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Liver Transplantation in the United States

    A. Zarrinpar, C. Warren, K. Andreoni, M. Johnson, N. Battula

    Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

    *Purpose: Despite research into the effects of race, ethnicity, and insurance status in liver transplantation, disparities persist. Access to care even in insured populations endures…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    New Onset Diabetes after Transplant (NODAT) in Hispanic Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Study

    R. Alsheikh1, L. Kodali2, O. Alfayez3, M. Alshibani1, A. Basilim1, M. Fazel4

    1King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 3Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, 4University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

    *Purpose: Hispanic ethnicity is one of the reported risk factors for NODAT in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The purpose of our study is to determine…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Unresolved Disparities: Sex, Racial, Ethnic, and Insurance Differences in Performance Status at Listing for Liver Transplant

    R. Rosenblatt, B. Fortune, A. Jesudian, C. Lucero, R. S. Brown, B. Samstein, J. Emond, E. Verna, K. Halazun

    Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Cirrhosis is a chronic disease characterized by progressive worsening in physical functioning. We hypothesized that poor performance status at time of listing was an…
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