UNOS staff members authored and will present numerous studies at the American Transplant Congress (ATC), held June 11-15 at the John B. Hynes Convention Center. UNOS staff members are primary authors of a total of 19 abstracts and are coauthors of an additional three abstracts.
Wida Cherikh, Ph.D., coauthored a peer-reviewed article led by Christopher Bryan, Ph.D., on kidney transplants from deceased donors with subtypes of blood type A into recipients with blood type B. Cherikh is UNOS’ Assistant Director of Business Development and Senior Research Scientist.
Three UNOS staff members contributed to a special article appearing online in the American Journal of Transplantation, addressing implications for transplant policy and practice based on the OPTN Deceased Donor Potential Study (DDPS).
A review of patient safety situations reported to the OPTN, summarized in the December 2015 edition of the American Journal of Transplantation, details the importance of such reporting for improvement of OPTN policies and processes, while noting that more frequent reporting of patient safety situations helps promote quality management throughout the transplant community.
A team of researchers report in the July 30, 2015 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine that modest body cooling of kidney donors after declaration of brain death may significantly reduce the risk of delayed graft function (need for dialysis within a week after transplantation) in recipients.
UNOS staff members authored and will present several studies at the American Transplant Congress (ATC), held May 2-6 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.