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Equity in access to kidney transplants by race/ethnicity in the COVID-19 era

Stewart D, Robinson A, Bradbrook K, Wilk A, Klassen D. Equity in Access to Kidney Transplants by Race/ethnicity in the Covid-19 Era [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2021; 21 (suppl 3). Read in focus

Changes to allocation of en bloc deceased donor kidneys to low Epts patients

Robinson A, Pavlakis M, Casingal V. Changes to Allocation of En Bloc Deceased Donor Kidneys to Low Epts Patients [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2021; 21 (suppl 3). Read in focus

Center effects substantially explain disparities in access to kidney transplants, yet DSA effects remain

Stewart D, Robinson A, Klassen D, Wilk A. Center Effects Substantially Explain Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplants, Yet DSA Effects Remain [abstract]American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). Read in focus

Machine learning to predict deceased donor kidney biopsy results

Martinez C, Placona A. Machine Learning to Predict Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsy Results [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). Read in focus

Recipient and donor factors associated with post-donation ESRD in related white living kidney donors

Wainright J, Robinson A, Wilk A, Klassen D, Cherikh W, Cartwright L, Stewart D. Recipient and Donor Factors Associated with Post-Donation ESRD in Related White Living Kidney Donors [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). Read in focus

An international comparison of deceased donor kidney utilization: What can the United States and the United Kingdom learn from each other?

Ibrahim, Maria; Vece, Gabe; Mehew, Jenny; Johnson, Rachel; Forsythe, John; Klassen, David; Callaghan, Chris; Stewart, Darren. American Journal of Transplantation, 2020 May; v 20 (5); 1309-1322. Read more

Can donor narratives yield insights? A natural language processing proof of concept to facilitate kidney allocation

Placona, Andrew M.; Martinez, Carlos; McGehee, Harrison; Carrico, Bob; Klassen, David K.; Stewart, Darren. American Journal of Transplantation, 2020 Apr; v 20 (4); 1095-1104. Read more

KAS Turns Four: The State of Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation in the U.S.

Stewart, Darren E., Wilk, Amber R., Klassen, David K. KAS Turns Four: The State of Deceased Donor Kidney Allocation in the U.S.. OBM Transplantation. Jan 23, 2019.

Measuring and monitoring equity in access to deceased donor kidney transplantation

Stewart DE, Wilk AR, Toll AE, Harper AM, Lehman RR, Robinson AM, Noreen SA, Edwards EB, Klassen DK. Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2018 May 7.

C‐peptide levels do not correlate with pancreas allograft failure: Multicenter retrospective analysis and discussion of the new OPT definition of pancreas allograft failure

Niederhaus SV, Carrico RJ, Prentice MA, et al. C-peptide levels do not correlate with pancreas allograft failure: Multicenter retrospective analysis and discussion of the new OPT definition of pancreas allograft failure. American Journal of Transplantation. 2018;00:1–9.

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Improving the transplant system through research and analytics

UNOS scientists present research on the impact of COVID-19 on organ donation and transplant, DCD heart utilization, and improving equity in access at the American Transplant Congress

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An international comparison of deceased donor kidney utilization: What can the United States and the United Kingdom learn from each other?

Research findings published in the May 2020 issue of American Journal of Transplantation (Vol 20, Issue 5)

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Heart and lung

A revealed preference analysis to develop composite scores approximating lung allocation policy in the U.S.

Stewart, Darren, Wood, Dallas W., Alcorn, James B., Lease, Erika D., Hayes, Michael, Hauber, Brett, Goff, Rebecca E. A revealed preference analysis to develop composite scores approximating lung allocation policy in the U.S. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. (2021) 21:8. doi: 0.1186/s12911-020-01377-7. Read featured article

Do organizational characteristics of lung procurement operations matter: The association between transplant center centrality and volume with total ischemic time

Placona, A, Shay P, Goff RR, Carrico B. Do Organizational Characteristics of Lung Procurement Operations Matter: The Association Between Transplant Center Centrality and Volume With Total Ischemic Time [abstract]. Transplantation. 2021 April 8.

Measuring and monitoring equity in access to deceased donor lung transplants among lung registrations

Goff RR, Lease ED, Sweet S, Robinson A, Stewart D. Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Lung Transplants among Lung Registrations [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). Read in focus

Thirty-fifth Adult Heart Transplantation Report-2018; Focus Theme: Multiorgan Transplantation

K Khush K, Cherikh WS, Chambers DC, Goldfarb S, Hayes D Jr., Kucheryavaya AY, Levvey BJ, Meiser B, Rossano JW, Stehlik J; The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-fifth Adult Heart Transplantation Report-2018; Focus Theme: Multiorgan Transplantation.The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018 Oct;37(10):1155-1168.

Thirty-fifth adult lung and heart-lung transplant report-2018; Focus theme: Multiorgan Transplantation

Chambers DC, Cherikh WS, Goldfarb SB, Hayes D Jr, Kucheryavaya AY, Toll AE, K Khush K, Levvey BJ, Meiser B, Rossano JW, Stehlik J; The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-fifth adult lung and heart-lung transplant report-2018; Focus theme: Multiorgan Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Oct;37(10):1169-1183.

Influence of lung donor agonal and warm ischemic times on early mortality: Analyses from the ISHLT DCD Lung Transplant Registry

Levvey B, Keshavjee S, Cypel M, Robinson A, Erasmus M, Glanville A, Hopkins P, Musk M, Hertz M, McCurry K, Van Raemdonck D. Influence of Lung Donor Agonal and Warm Ischemic Times on Early Mortality: Analyses from the ISHLT DCD Lung Transplant Registry. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018 Aug 11.

Duration of corticosteroid use and long-term outcomes after adult heart transplantation: A contemporary analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry

Goldraich L.A., Stehlik J., Cherikh WS,  Edwards LB, Urban R, Dipchand A, Ross H. Duration of Corticosteroid Use and Long‐term Outcomes after Adult Heart Transplantation: a Contemporary Analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry. Clinical Transplantation. 2018 Jun 28:e13340. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13340.

Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart Transplantation

Youn JC, Stehlik J, Wilk AR, Cherikh W, Kim IC, Park GH, Lund LH, Eisen HJ, Kim DY, Lee SK, Choi SW, Han S, Ryu KH, Kang SM, Kobashigawa JA. Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart Transplantation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Jan 2;71(1).

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Vascularized Composite Allograft

OPTN Vascularized Composite Allograft Waiting List: Current Status and Trends in the United States

Wainright, JL; Wholley, CL; Cherikh, WS; Musick, JM; Klassen, DK. OPTN Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Waiting List: Current Status and Trends in the United States. Transplantation. 2018 Nov; 102(11):1885-1890. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002232.

Vascularized composite allotransplantation in the United States

Cherikh WS, Cendales LC, Wholley CL, et al. Vascularized composite allotransplantation in the United States: A descriptive analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Data. American Journal of Transplantation. 2018 Aug 09;00:1–11

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Living donation

Transplant center experiences with social media campaigns for living donation

Booker SE, King L, Spiers J, Hunt H, Schaffer RL. Transplant Center Experiences with Social Media Campaigns for Living Donation [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). Read in focus

Risk of ESRD in prior living kidney donors

Wainright JL, Robinson AM, Wilk AR, Klassen DK, Cherikh WS, Stewart DE. Risk of ESRD in prior living kidney donors. American Journal of Transplantation. 02 Feb 2018; doi: 10.1111/ajt.14678

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Donation after circulatory death (DCD)

DCD heart donation: Impact on organ yield

Gauntt K, Carrico B, Klassen D. DCD Heart Donation: Impact on Organ Yield [abstract]American Journal of Transplantation. 2021; 21 (suppl 3). Read in focus

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Collaborative improvement

One year of COIIN outcomes: Did cohorts A and B maintain graft survival?

Foutz J, Carrico RJ, Sisaithong K, Tosoc-Haskell H, Klassen D. One Year of COIIN Outcomes: Did Cohorts A and B Maintain Graft Survival? [abstract]. American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20 (suppl 3). Read in focus

The Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network project to drive quality improvement

Tosoc-Haskell, Henrisa; Sisaithong, Kristen; Carrico, Robert. Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2019 Feb; v 224 (1); 73-81.

Preliminary findings from the first pilot phase of the Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network

Sisaithong, N., Kristen ; Carrico, J., Robert ; Reddy, S., Kunam. Preliminary Findings From the First Pilot Phase of the Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network. Transplantation, 2018, Vol.102(10), p.1590-1592.

A look into a new approach to transplant program evaluation—the COIIN project

Klassen, David K.; McBride, Maureen A.; Tosoc-Haskell, Henrisa. A Look into a New Approach to Transplant Program Evaluation—the COIIN Project. Current Transplantation Reports, 2017 March; v 4 (1); 59-66.

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