OPTN research presented at 2023 American Transplant Congress

Published on: Friday, September 29, 2023

Thirty-four research studies relating to OPTN topics were presented at the 2023 American Transplant Congress, which is the joint annual meeting of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. The meeting was held June 3-7 in San Diego, Calif.

NOTE: These studies were supported wholly or in part by Health Resources and Services Administration contract HHSH250-2019-00001C. However, the content of each study is the responsibility of the authors alone and does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

View a list of studies below.

Abstracts are available on the American Journal of Transplantation website.

Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) Trends and Challenges in the U.S. Through the Covid Era

J. Wainright, S. Booker, K. Laurie, K. Poff, W. Cherikh, D. Klassen

Offer Decision-Making with Predictive Analytics in DonorNet Mobile Pilot Project

J. Wainright, L. Cartwright, M. Stuart, C. McCharen, M. Ghaffari, L. Board, D. Klassen

VCA Graft Outcomes Have Improved Over Time

S. Booker, K.Laurie, K, Poff, W. Cherikh, D.Klassen, J. Wainright

Changes to Kidney-Pancreas Waiting Time Criteria Improved Equity without Adverse Impact on Post-Transplant Outcomes

S. Booker, J. White, D. Klassen, O. Olaitan, R. Forbes

Impact of Removing OPTN Region from VCA Allocation

A. Martinez, K. Lindblad, E. Schnellinger, K. Bradbrook, R. Daly, S. Hall, J. Menteer

Patient Level Social Determinants of Health Are Associated with Kidney Waitlist Outcomes in the United States

T. Mupfudze, R. Shean, , A. Zehner, T. Wilson, L. Cartwright

Time to Next Transplantable Deceased Donor Kidney Offer

M. Stuart, C. McCharen, C. Martinez, R. Shean1, D. Klassen, K. Andreoni

Characterizing Adult Heart Status 2 Exceptions with Risk Stratification Data

K. Bradbrook, K. Lindblad, A. Martinez, R. Daly, S. Hall

Impact of Offer Filters After 6 Months

A. Martinez, R. Shean, R. McTier, J. White, I. Hager, C. Curran, G. Abrahamian, J. Campbell, K. Koontz, A. Doyle

Usage of Offer Filters After 6 Months

C. Martinez, R. Shean, R. McTier, J. White, I. Hager, C. Curran, G. Abrahamian, J. Campbell, A. Doyle, K. Koontz

Center Practices for Submitting Adult Status 2 Heart Exceptions Vary Widely

K. Lindblad, K. Bradbrook, R. Daly, J. Menteer, S. Hall

Social Determinants of Health Help Explain Disparities in Access to Multiple Listing Among Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States

T. Mupfudze, T. Wilson, R. Shean, A. Zehner, L. Cartwright

Characteristics of Kidney Candidates with HLA DPB1 Unacceptable Antigen Assignment

T. Dolan, K. Linblad, J. Lunz, G. Morris, P. Lalli

Donor HLA Discrepancies Have Decreased with Time

T. Dolan, K. Linblad, P. Lalli

Donor Derived Transmissions 2021: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

S. Pouch, J. Anesi , G. Berry, K. Dunn, C. Fisher, J. Goldman, S. Ho, M. Kittleson, D. Lee, D. Levine, C. Marboe, G. Marklin, R. Razonable, M. Sellers, S. Taimur, H. Te, A. Trindade, R. Wood, A. Woolley, L. Zaffiri, C. Jett, S. Tlusty, J. Howell, T. Livelli, R. La Hoz, L. Danziger-Isakov

Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes Among Lung Transplant Patients with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Diagnoses in the United States

T. Mupfudze, A. Fritz, R. Goff, M. Valapour, J.Miller, M. Budev, E. Lease

Augmenting the US Transplant Registry with External Mortality Data: Impact of Enhanced Verification Process

S. Noreen, S. Verbeke, R. Patzer, J. Schold, J. Snyder, J. Miller, G. Lyden, D. Stewart, A. Fritz, M. McBride, S. Mohan

Predictive Ability of EPTS in Pediatric Renal Recipients

S. Weiss, C. Peterson, A. Fritz, K. Bradbrook, T. Dolan, R. Engen

How do Social Determinants Affect the Relationship Between County-Level Ckd Burden and the Number of Kidney Candidates Ever-Waiting?

A. Zehner, T. Wilson, L. Cartwright

Liver Acuity Circles Allocation: Impact on Children on the Waitlist

J. Foutz, S. Weiss, E. Hsu, ER Perito, J. Trotter, SW Biggins, J Pomposelli

Characteristics of Multiple Listed Kidney Candidates

J. Howell, K. Bradbrook, M. Anderson, D. Bearl, S. Kulkarni, K. Ladin, L. Schmitt, S. Wilson Sheehan, K. Gauntt

Waiting List Mortality Under the New Adult Heart System Suggests Potential Status Changes

K. Lindblad, E. Schnellinger, K. Bradbrook, R. Daly, J. Menteer, S. Hall

Growing Use of Perfusion for Heart, Liver, and Lung

R. Goff, K. Gauntt , W. Cherikh, E. Lease, D. Klassen

Impact of Transitioning to Lung Continuous Distribution

R. Goff, D. Handarova , J. Alcorn, T. Mupfudze, S. Weiss, M. Budev, E. Lease

The Impact of the Clarifying Multiple Organ Transplant Policy on Simultaneous Heart Kidney Transplants

K. Gauntt, E. Schnellinger, L. Stocks, J. Foutz, K. Shutterly

The Estimated Effect of Broader Sharing on Slk Transplants

K. Gauntt, E. Schnellinger, J. Foutz, J. Pomposelli, L. Stocks, A. Fritz

Impact of Removing DSA and OPTN Region from Pancreas Allocation

S. Booker, J. White, O. Olaitan, R. Forbes

Little Change in Pancreas Discard Reasons After Removal of DSA and OPTN Region from Pancreas Allocation

S. Booker, J. Howell, J. White, O. Olaitan, R. Forbes

What Are the Top Organ Refusal Reasons Under the 2021 Updated Refusal Codes

Sh. Kian, S. Noreen, A. Zehner, R. Shean; S. Mohan, J. Schold, R. E. Patzer

Reduced Access to Multivisceral Transplantation After Liver Acuity Circles Implementation

E. Schnellinger, J. Foutz, S. Nagai, A. Kwong, S. Biggins, J. Pomposelli, J. Trotter,

Powerful New Methods and Tools for Designing Allocation Policy for Deceased-Donor Organs

E. Pivo, N. Trichakis, D. Bertsimas, S. Booker, K. Bradbrook, J. White, L. Larkin, T. Dolan, J. Alcorn,

Provisional Acceptance Decline Rates

C. Martinez, J. White, I. Hager, C. Curran, G. Abrahamian, J. Campbell, K. Koontz, A. Doyle

Why is the OPTN HOPE Kidney Waiting List Shrinking Despite Short(er) Wait Times?

A. Fritz, C. Wolfe, D. Handarova, D. Klassen

Impact of Removing OPTN Region from Heart Transplant Allocation

A. Martinez, K. Lindblad, E. Schnellinger, K. Bradbrook, R. Daly, S. Hall, J. Menteer