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  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    An Evaluation of Deceased Donor Eligibility and US Organ Donation Rates

    L. DeRoos1, Y. Zhou2, W. Marrero1, M. Lavieri1, D. Hutton3, N. Parikh4

    1Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 4Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) performance assessment is essential for identifying best practices and improvement opportunities. We aimed to evaluate OPO performance using the following…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Because That is Not How The Hierarchy Works: Primary Care Provider Perspectives on Liver Transplant Referral and Access to Transplant

    V. Madabhushi1, A. Murphy2, C. Reams3, R. Gedaly3, M. Shah3, N. Pope4, M. Gupta5

    1General Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 3Surgery, DIvision of Transplant Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 4University of Kentucky, College of Social Work, Lexington, KY, 5Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

    *Purpose: In rural America, the road to obtaining a liver transplant (LTX) often starts at the primary care provider’s (PCP) office. Patients in rural communities…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Perspectives of Nephrologists and Urologists on Financial Incentives for Altruistic Non-Directed Living Kidney Donors

    F. Aziz1, B. Hafeeq1, J. C. Gopinathan1, R. Narayanan1, A. Krishnakumar1, N. A. Uvais.2

    1Nephrology, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, India, 2Psychiatry, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, India

    *Purpose: Several strategies have been suggested to remove financial barriers that can arise from donating a kidney, including payment in the form of incentives, rewards…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Early Experience Transplanting Undocumented Immigrants with ESRD at a Single Institution: Outcomes and Challenges

    R. T. Christie1, R. M. Nygaard2, C. J. Richardson1, M. J. Hill1, T. Anderson-Haag3, A. Israni4, P. A. Stahler1

    1Transplant Surgery, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, 2Surgery, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, 3Transplant Pharmacy, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN, 4Nephrology, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN

    *Purpose: In July of 2016, Minnesota became the second state in the nation to provide coverage for kidney transplantation to patients, regardless of immigration status,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Transplant Blood Borne Infectious Disease Testing in Recipients of Increased Risk Donor Livers: A Single Center Experience

    J. Hendele

    University of Washington, Seatttle, WA

    *Purpose: Increasing the recovery and utilization of donor livers has become a key goal for transplant programs in the United States over the past decade.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Understanding the Relationship between Health Literacy, Education Level, and Transplant Actions among Low-Income and Black Patients

    A. Waterman1, S. L. Skelton2, O. N. Ranasinghe1, J. L. Beaumont3, L. Alvarez3

    1Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 3Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Limited health literacy in end stage kidney disease patients is associated with low transplant referral rates. We estimated the prevalence of low health literacy…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Traveling For Transplant: A Comparison of Singly Listed, Multiply Listed, and Non-Citizen Non-Resident Liver Transplant Candidates

    H. J. Braun1, D. Amara1, A. Shui1, C. Huang1, P. G. Stock1, R. Hirose1, F. L. Delmonico2, N. L. Ascher1

    1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Multiply listed (ML) and non-citizen non-resident (NCNR) patients comprise approximately 8% of the liver transplant (LT) waitlist (WL) and approximately 4% of LT recipients.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Importance of Annual Medicare Part D Plan Evaluation in Heart Transplantation

    L. M. Lourenco

    Pharmacy Services, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The Medicare open enrollment period is from Oct 15 to Dec 7, annually. The purpose of this project was to objectively measure the benefit…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Flagging of Transplant Centers Associated with Increased Waitlist Mortality among Liver Candidates

    R. L. Grant, B. A. Shelton, P. A. MacLennan, R. D. Reed, R. M. Cannon, B. J. Orandi, D. E. Eckhoff, J. E. Locke

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: Previous studies have demonstrated decreased transplant rates among poor performing transplant centers meeting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) flagging criteria. However, no…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of the 2015 LAS Revisions on Lung Candidates with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

    K. Lindblad1, R. Goff1, K. Chan2

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: On February 19, 2015 a major revision to the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) was implemented with the goal of more accurately reflecting waitlist urgency…
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