“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

—Kahlil Gibran

When Rolf Barth, MD, moved to Chicago, Illinois, to pursue new challenges, opportunities and growth, he was eager to be fully invested in the University of Chicago. Dr. Barth, a devoted family man, his wife and five children are all intertwined within the University network and the Hyde Park neighborhood. He and his wife, Carrie, walk their children to school as often as they can—as they find great pleasure in the quality time spent doing the simple things, particularly strolling through a picturesque, charming and robustly diverse community such as Hyde Park.

When we sat down with Dr. Barth, we were exposed to the harsh reality of transplantation. There are a vast number of patients who need vital organs; however, inopportunely, there are not nearly enough organs to give to those who need them. Discussions with patients can sometimes be severely hard-hitting, and the effects of morbid outcomes prove even tougher; while prosperous conclusions, conversely, are plentiful because of the (healthily) competitive and determined souls that make up Dr. Barth’s transplant team, which we witnessed firsthand during the living donor surgery we attended—a bittersweet wife-to-husband husband kidney transplantation. With great precision and care, Dr. Barth’s expertly tailored the kidney for the recipient, and implanted it in its new, yet familiar, home.

So, how does Dr. Barth balance the demanding life of being a transplant surgeon? He leans on the strength of his family, his colleagues and his trainees. He holds a strong team-focused mentality when he steps into the office, clinic or operating room. He envisions his vibrant bunch of children when times get tough. Although a dissimilar form of empathy, his children reinforce the importance of caring for people that he may not wholly know initially, but to whom he gives his all to ensure their safekeeping.

Dr. Barth sees the operating room like a stage and hopes to put on the best performance of his life for each fragile patient who lays before him. “As the surgeon, I am the greatest advocate for the patient,” he said of his duty to the patient. As a dedicated surgeon-scientist, he spends his time conducting research on new and novel ideas in the field of transplant surgery that help to generate better outcomes, such as xenotransplantation. He has been particularly interested in this unique area and sees an extremely bright future for the field in coming years.

Behind Dr. Barth’s mask and piercing cobalt blue eyes, is a patriarch, patient advocate and esteemed surgeon-scientist.

This is Rolf Barth, Behind the Mask.

Transplant Surgery

In the Department of Surgery, Section of Transplant, we have expertise in the areas of heart, kidney, liver, lung, and pancreas transplantation as well as complex surgical procedures involving multi-organ transplants. The University of Chicago has a long standing history of firsts in transplantation and we are continually seeking out new and creative ways to advance the science of transplantation. We also have full unconditional accreditation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for all of our solid organ programs.

John Fung, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Transplant Surgery
Co-Director, Transplant Institute
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faculty listing

Professor of Surgery
Rolf Barth, MD, Professor of Surgery; Director, Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplantation; Associate Director, Transplant Institute
Anita S. Chong, PhD, Professor of Surgery; Committee on Immunology
John Fung, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery; Chief, Section of Transplant Surgery; Co-Director, Transplant Institute

Associate Professor of Surgery
Diego di Sabato, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery; Co-Director, Living Donor Liver Transplant Program
John LaMattina, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Pancreatic Islet Transplant and Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Programs

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Arielle Cimeno, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
R. Angelica Perez Gutierrez, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Research Associate Professor of Surgery
Dengping Yin, MD, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Animal Microsurgery Center

faculty honors

John Fung, MD, PhD, ranked No. 615 in the world and No. 370 in United States in the 2022 Edition of “Top 1,000 Scientists in the Field of Medicine” released recently on Research.com. He was a 2022 recipient of the University of Chicago Medical & Biological Sciences Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Fung was selected as President-Elect of the Transplantation Society, the oldest and largest society dedicated to transplantation in the world.

John Fung MD, PhD, and Piotr Witkowski MD, PhD, launched a phase 1/2 multicenter trial testing pancreatic islets manufactured from embryonic stem cells transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (sponsored by Vertex).

Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD, Fellowship Program was accredited for liver in addition to kidney transplantation.

faculty promotions

Diego di Sabato, MD, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, effective October 1, 2022

R. Angelica Perez Gutierrez, MD, Clinical Associate to Assistant Professor, effective May 1, 2022

select publications

Anita S. Chong, PhD

Beyond Adaptive Alloreactivity: Contribution of Innate B Cells to Allograft Inflammation and Rejection. Sayin I, Chong AS. Transplantation. 2022 Nov 21. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004377. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36404414

Transcriptionally Distinct B Cells Infiltrate Allografts After Kidney Transplantation.

Zhang H, Cavazzoni CB, Hanson BL, Bechu ED, Podestà MA, Azzi J, Blazar BR, Chong AS, Kreisel D, Alessandrini A, Sage PT. Transplantation. 2022 Nov 11. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004398. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36398326

Sugar-coated Antigens Generated During Pregnancy Mediate Fetomaternal Tolerance. Sayin I, Durgam SS, Chong AS. Transplantation. 2022 Nov 1;106(11):2099-2100. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004283. Epub 2022 Oct 21. PMID: 36279556 No abstract available.

A multi-faceted approach to sex and gender equity in solid organ transplantation: The Women in Transplantation Initiative of The Transplantation Society. Mannon RB, Reed EF, Melk A, Vinson A, Wong G, Ahn C, Davidson B, Foster B, West LJ, Tait K, Chong AS. Front Immunol. 2022 Sep 26;13:1006855. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1006855. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36263043 Free PMC article.

Reduced Satb1 expression predisposes CD4+ T conventional cells to Treg suppression and promotes transplant survival. Gupta PK, Allocco JB, Fraipont JM, McKeague ML, Wang P, Andrade MS, McIntosh C, Chen L, Wang Y, Li Y, Andrade J, Conejo-Garcia JR, Chong AS, Alegre ML. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Oct 4;119(40):e2205062119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2205062119. Epub 2022 Sep 26. PMID: 36161903 Free PMC article.

Tissue specificity drives protective immunity against Staphylococcus aureus infection. Beesetty P, Si Y, Li Z, Yang C, Zhao F, Chong AS, Montgomery CP. Front Immunol. 2022 Aug 2;13:795792. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.795792. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35983063 Free PMC article.

From bench to bedside: reversing established antibody responses and desensitization. Chong AS, Habal MV. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2022 Oct 1;27(5):376-384. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000001009. Epub 2022 Aug 3. PMID: 35950890 Review.

Host-versus-commensal immune responses participate in the rejection of colonized solid organ transplants. Pirozzolo I, Sepulveda M, Chen L, Wang Y, Lei YM, Li Z, Li R, Sattar H, Theriault B, Belkaid Y, Chong AS, Alegre ML. J Clin Invest. 2022 Sep 1;132(17):e153403. doi: 10.1172/JCI153403. PMID: 35834335 Free PMC article.

Linked sensitization by memory CD4+ T cells prevents costimulation blockade-induced transplantation tolerance. Andrade MS, Young JS, Pollard JM, Yin D, Alegre ML, Chong AS. JCI Insight. 2022 Jun 8;7(11):e159205. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.159205. PMID: 35674134 Free PMC article.

Oral alloantigen exposure promotes donor-specific tolerance in a mouse model of minor- mismatched skin transplantation. Wang P, Chen L, McIntosh CM, Lane JI, Li R, Xie SZ, Sattar H, Esterhazy D, Chong AS, Alegre ML. Am J Transplant. 2022 Oct;22(10):2348-2359. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17107. Epub 2022 Jun 16. PMID: 35633180 Free PMC article.

Semiallogeneic Pregnancy: A Paradigm Change for T-cell Transplantation Tolerance. Pollard JM, Chong AS. Transplantation. 2022 Jun 1;106(6):1098-1100. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004139. Epub 2022 May 23. PMID: 35616909 No abstract available.

The Women of FOCIS: Promoting Equality and Inclusiveness in a Professional Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies. Reed EF, Chong AS, Levings MK, Mutrie C, Laufer TM, Roncarolo MG, Sykes M. Front Immunol. 2022 Apr 4;13:816535. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.816535. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35444663 Free PMC article.

Toward an understanding of allogeneic conflict in pregnancy and transplantation. Durgam SS, Alegre ML, Chong AS. J Exp Med. 2022 May 2;219(5):e20211493. doi: 10.1084/jem.20211493. Epub 2022 Apr 13. PMID: 35416935 Free PMC article. Review.

Incorporation of Sex and Gender Guidelines Into Transplantation Literature. Vinson AJ, Chong AS, Clegg D, Falk C, Foster BJ, Halpin A, Mannon RB, Oertelt-Prigione S, Palmer BF, Sapir-Pichhadze R, West LJ, Wong G. Transplantation. 2021 Nov 1;105(11):e261- e262. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003967. PMID: 34593746 No abstract available.

Impaired T-Lymphocyte Responses During Childhood Staphylococcus aureus Infection. Li Z, Beesetty P, Gerges G, Kleinhenz M, Moore-Clingenpeel M, Yang C, Ahmed LB, Hensley J, Steele L, Chong AS, Montgomery CP. J Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 5;225(1):177-185. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab326. PMID: 34145461 Free PMC article.

Diego di Sabato, MD

Cotter TG, Wang J, Peeraphatdit T, Sandıkçı B, Ayoub F, Kim G, Te H, Jeevanandam V, di Sabato D, Charlton M: Simultaneous Heart-Liver Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease in the USA: Rapidly Increasing with Acceptable Outcomes Hepatology. 2021 Apr;73(4):1464-1477. doi: 10.1002/hep.31426.

Cotter TG, Sandıkçı B, Paul S, Gampa A, Wang J, Te H, Pillai A, Reddy KG, di Sabato D, Little EC, Sundaram V, Fung J, Lucey MR, Charlton M. Liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis in the United States: Excellent outcomes with profound temporal and geographic variation in frequency. Am J Transplant. 2021 Mar;21(3):1039-1055. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16143. Epub 2020 Aug 13. PMID: 32531107.

Madariaga MLL, Guthmiller JJ, Schrantz S, Jansen MO, Christensen C, Kumar M, Prochaska M, Wool G, Durkin-Celauro A, Oh WH, Trockman L, Vigneswaran J, Keskey R, Shaw DG, Dugan H, Zheng NY, Cobb M, Utset H, Wang J, Stovicek O, Bethel C, Matushek S, Giurcanu M, Beavis KG, di Sabato D, Meltzer D, Ferguson MK, Kress JP, Shanmugarajah K, Matthews JB, Fung JF, Wilson PC, Alverdy JC, Donington JS. Clinical predictors of donor antibody titre and correlation with recipient antibody response in a COVID-19 convalescent plasma clinical trial. J Intern Med. 2021 Apr;289(4):559-573. doi: 10.1111/joim.13185. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PMID: 33034095; PMCID: PMC7675325.

Jayant K, Reccia I, Virdis F, Pyda JS, Bachul PJ, di Sabato D, Barth RN, Fung J, Baker T, Witkowski P. COVID-19 in hospitalized liver transplant recipients: An early systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Transplant. 2021 Apr;35(4):e14246. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14246. Epub 2021 Feb 25. PMID: 33555058; PMCID: PMC7995098.

Cotter TG, Minhem M, Wang J, Peeraphatdit T, Ayoub F, Pillai A, Hernandez-Alejandro R, di Sabato D, Charlton M. Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Evolution of Frequency, Outcomes, Center Volumes, and Factors Associated With Outcomes. Liver Transpl. 2021 Jul;27(7):1019-1031. doi: 10.1002/lt.26029. Epub 2021 Jun 24. PMID: 33619854.

Jayant K, Reccia I, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Pyda JS, Podda M, Perez-Gutierrez A, Dor FJMF, Becker Y, di Sabato D, LaMattina J, Barth R, Fung J, Witkowski P. The Impact of COVID-19 on Kidney Transplant Recipients in Pre-Vaccination and Delta Strain Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 30;10(19):4533. doi: 10.3390/jcm10194533. PMID: 34640552; PMCID: PMC8509345.

Perez-Gutierrez A, Nguyen A, di Sabato D, Baker, T: Left Ventricular Aneurysm Penetrating Through the Diaphragm in a Patient with Heart Failure. . Am J Transplant. 2022;22:315-317.

Rela M, Quintero J, Kasahara M, Muiesan P, Hernández-Oliveros F, Rajalingam R, Shankar S, Sayed BA, di Sabato D, Rammohan A, Fung J, Bilbao I: Nonhepatic Cancer in the Pediatric Liver Transplant Population: Guidelines From the ILTS-SETH Consensus Conference. Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1;106(1):e46-e51. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003996. PMID: 34905761.

Lee ACH, Edobor A, Wigakumar T, Lysandrou M, Johnston LK, McMullen P, Mirle V, Diaz A, Piech R, Rose R, Jendrisak M, di Sabato D, Shanmugarajah K, Fung J, Donington J, Madariaga ML. Donor leukocyte trafficking during human ex vivo lung perfusion. Clin Transplant. 2022 Apr 9:e14670. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14670. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35396887.

Cotter TG, Odenwald MA, Perez-Gutierrez A, Jayant K, DiSabato D, Charlton M, Fung J. Preservation solutions for static cold storage in donation after circulatory death and donation after brain death liver transplantation in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2022 Mar 21. doi: 10.1002/lt.26457. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35313073.

Lee ACH, Edobor A, Lysandrou M, Mirle V, Sadek A, Johnston L, Piech R, Rose R, Hart J, Amundsen B, Jendrisak M, Millis JM, Donington J, Madariaga ML, Barth R, Di Sabato D, Shanmugarajah K, Fung J: The Effect of Normothermic Machine Perfusion on the Immune Profile of Donor Liver. Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, accepted.

Jamil OK, Sandıkçı B, Faust N, Cotter TG; Paul S, di Sabato D, Fung J, Charlton M: Relatively Poor Long Term Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation for NASH in the United States. 2022, Accepted for publication in Transplantation.

R. Angelica Perez Gutierrez, MD

Cotter TG, Odenwald MA, Perez-Gutierrez A, Jayant K, DiSabato D, Charlton M, Fung J. Preservation solutions for static cold storage in liver transplantation in the United States: Evolution of frequency and graft outcomes. Liver transplantation, Liver Transpl. 2022;10.1002.

Perez-Gutierrez A, Siddiqi U, Kim G, Rangrass G, Kacha A, Jeevanandam V, Potter L, Becker Y, Fung J, Baker T. Combined heart-liver-kidney transplant: The University of Chicago Medicine experience. Clin Transplant, Clin Transplant. 2022;36(4):e14586

Perez-Gutierrez A, Nguyen A, DiSabato D, Baker TB. Left ventricular aneurysm penetrating through the diaphragm in a patient with heart failure. Am J Transplant, 2022; 22: 315-317.

Witkowski P, Philipson LH, Buse JB, Robertson PR, Alejandro R, Bellin M, Kandeel F, Baidal D, Gaglia J, Posselt A, Anteby R, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Kumar J, Perez-Gutierrez A, Barth RN, Fung J, Ricordi C. Islets Transplantation at a Crossroads – Need for Urgent Regulatory Update in the United States: Perspective Presented During the Scientific Sessions 2021 at the American Diabetes Association Congress. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022;12:789526.

Kumar J, Reccia I, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Pyda J, Podda M, Perez-Gutierrez A, Dor F, Becker Y, DiSabato D, LaMattina J, Barth R, Fung J, Witkowski P. The impact of COVID-19 on kidney transplant recipients in pre-vaccination and delta strain era: a systematic review and meta- analysis. J Clin Med. 2021 Sep 30;10(19):4533.

Grybowski D, Bachul P, Pyda J, Kijek M, Filman N, Perez-Gutierrez A, Basto L, Azzam R, Fung J, Mathews J, Nagpal S, Witkowski P, Slidell M. Pain resolution and glucose control in pediatric patients with chronic pancreatitis after total pancreatectomy with Islet Auto-transplantation. Pediatr Surg Int. 2021 Oct;37(10):1383-1392.

Ezzelarab MB, Zhang H, Sasaki K, Lu L, Zahorchak AF, Van Der Windt D, Dai H, Perez-Gutierrez A, Bhama JK, Thomson AW. Ex vivo expanded donor alloreactive regulatory T cells loose immunoregulatory, proliferation and anti-apoptotic markers after infusion into ATG- lymphodepleted, nonhuman primate heart allograft recipients. Transplantation 2021, 105 (9): 1965-1979.

Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD

Witkowski P, Philipson LH, Buse JB, Robertson RP, Alejandro R, Bellin M, Kandeel F, Baidal D, Gaglia J, Posselt AM, Anteby R, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Jayant K, Perez-Gutierrez A, Barth R, Fung J, Camilo Ricordi. Islet Transplantation at a Crossroads – Need for Urgent Regulatory Update in the United States: Perspective Presented During the Scientific Sessions 2021 at the American Diabetes Association Congress” Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022. Jan 6;12:789526. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.789526. PMID: 35069442

Nathan JD, Yang Y, Eaton A, Witkowski P, Wijkstrom M, Walsh M, Trikudanathan G, Singh VK, Schwarzenberg SJ, Pruett TL, Posselt A, Naziruddin B, Mokshagundam SP, Morgan K, Lara LF, Kirchner V, He J, Gardner TB, Freeman ML, Ellery K, Conwell DL, Chinnakotla S, Beilman GJ, Ahmad S, MaisamAbu-El-Haija M, Hodges JS, Melena D.Bellin MD. Surgical approach and short-term outcomes in adults and children undergoing total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation: A report from the Prospective Observational Study of TPIAT. Pancreatology, 2022 Jan;22(1):1-8. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID: 34620552 doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2021.09.011.

Jayant K, Reccia I, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Pyda JS, Podda M, Perez-Gutierrez A, Dor F, Becker Y, Sabato D, LaMattina J, Barth R, Fung J, Witkowski P. The impact of COVID-19 on kidney transplant recipients in pre-vaccination and delta strain era: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Med 2021 Sep 30;10(19):4533. PMID: 34640552. doi: 10.3390/jcm10194533.

Lara LF, Wastvedt S, Hodges JS, Witkowski P, Wijkstrom M, Walsh RM, Singh VK, Schwarzenberg SJ, Pruett TL, Posselt A, Naziruddin B, Nathan JD, Morgan KA, Mitchell R, Kirchner VA, Mokshagundam SL, Hatipoglu B, Gardner TB, Freeman ML, Chinnakotla S, Beilman GJ, Abu-El-Haija M, Conwell DL, Bellin MD; POST study consortium. The Association of Smoking and Alcohol Abuse on Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Recurrent Acute or Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation: A Report From the Prospective Observational Study of TPIAT (POST) Cohort. Pancreas. 2021, Jul 1;50(6):852-858 PMID: 34347725 doi: 10.1097/MPA 0000000000001850.

Witkowski P, R Anteby, OK Olaitan, Forbes RC, Niederhaus S, Ricordi C, Fair J, Harland RC. on behalf of “Islets for US” Collaborative and Cellular Transplantation Committee of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Pancreatic Islets Quality and Potency Cannot be Verified as Required for Drugs: Reflection on the FDA Review of a Biological License Application for Human Islets. Transplantation 2021. Dec 1;105(12):e409-e410. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003880. PMID: 34231527.

Grybowski D, Bachul PJ, Pyda JS, Kijek M, Fillman N, Parez-Guattierez A, Basto L, Golab K, Wang LJ, Tibudan M, Lucander A, Azzam R, Chrzanowski J, Fendler W, Fung J, Matthews JB, Sajan N, Witkowski P, Slidell MB. Pain resolution and glucose control in pediatric patients with chronic pancreatitis after total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation. Pediatric Surgery International, 2021 Oct;37(10):1383-1392, doi.org/10.1007/s00383-021-04956-5.

Witkowski P, Martin Wijkstrom M, Bachul PJ, Morgan KA, Levy M, Onaca N, Chaidarun SS, Gardner T, Daffonchio L, Shapiro AMJ, Posselt A, Pier A. Ruffini PA, Bellin MD. Targeting CXCR1/2 in the First Multicenter, Double-Blinded, Randomized Trial in Autologous Islet Transplant Recipients. Am J Surg, 2021, Nov;21(11):3714-3724. PMID: 34033222 doi: 10.1111/ajt.16695.

Publications—Book Chapters

DiSabato D, LaMattina J, Barth R, Fung J: Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure. In: Grussner R: Living Donor Liver Transplantation. 2022, in press.

Madariaga MLL, Guthmiller JJ, Schrantz S, Jansen MO, Christensen C, Kumar M, Prochaska M, Wool G, Durkin-Celauro A, Oh WH, Trockman L, Vigneswaran J, Keskey R, Shaw DG, Dugan H, Zheng NY, Cobb M, Utset H, Wang J, Stovicek O, Bethel C, Matushek S, Giurcanu M, Beavis KG, di Sabato D, Meltzer D, Ferguson MK, Kress JP, Shanmugarajah K, Matthews JB, Fung JF, Wilson PC, Alverdy JC, Donington JS.: Clinical predictors of donor antibody titre and correlation with recipient antibody response in a COVID- 19 convalescent plasma clinical trial. J Intern Med. 2021 Apr;289(4):559-573. doi: 10.1111/joim.13185. Epub 2020 Nov 3.

Cotter TG, Sandıkçı B, Paul S, Gampa A, Wang J, Te H, Pillai A, Reddy KG, di Sabato D, Little EC, Sundaram V, Fung J, Lucey MR, Charlton M.: Liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis in the United States: Excellent outcomes with profound temporal and geographic variation in frequency. Am J Transplant. 2021 Mar;21(3):1039-1055. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16143. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Bachul PJ, Golab K, Basto L, Zangan S, Pyda JS, Perez-Gutierrez A, Borek P, Wang LJ, Tibudan M, Tran DK, Anteby R, Generette GS, Chrzanowski J, Fendler W, Perea L, Jayant K, Lucander A, Thomas C, Philipson L, Millis JM, Fung J, Witkowski P.: Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized, Double Blind, Prospective Study at the University of Chicago: Additional Standardizations of Trial Protocol are Needed to Evaluate the Effect of a CXCR1/2 Inhibitor in Islet Allotransplantation. Cell Transplant. 2021 Jan-Dec;30:9636897211001774. doi: 10.1177/09636897211001774.

Chen M, Rosenberg J, Cai X, Hsuan Lee AC, Shi J, Nguyen M, Wignakumar T, Mirle V, Edobor AJ, Fung J, Donington JS, Shanmugarajah K, Lin Y, Chang E, Randall G, Penaloza-MacMaster P, Tian B, Madariaga ML, Huang J.: Nanotraps for the containment and clearance of SARS-CoV-2. Matter. 2021 Apr 22. doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.04.005.

Jamil O, Fung J, Kelly D, Azzam R.: Perioperative fatal pulmonary embolism in a pediatric liver transplant recipient. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Mar 27:e14017. doi: 10.1111/petr.14017. Online ahead of print.

Perez-Gutierrez A, Danz D, Chang A, Sekar P, Cummings R, Bachul PJ, Becker Y, Fung J.: Arterial Intimal Fibrosis in Reperfusion Biopsy Correlates with Graft Function after Kidney Transplant. Nephron. 2021;145(2):150-156. doi: 10.1159/000513120. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

Witkowski P, Philipson LH, Kaufman DB, Ratner LE, Abouljoud MS, Bellin MD, Buse JB, Kandeel F, Stock PG, Mulligan DC, Markmann JF, Kozlowski T, Andreoni KA, Alejandro R, Baidal DA, Hardy MA, Wickrema A, Mirmira RG, Fung J, Becker YT, Josephson MA, Bachul PJ, Pyda JS, Charlton M, Millis JM, Gaglia JL, Stratta RJ, Fridell JA, Niederhaus SV, Forbes RC, Jayant K, Robertson RP, Odorico JS, Levy MF, Harland RC, Abrams PL, Olaitan OK, Kandaswamy R, Wellen JR, Japour AJ, Desai CS, Naziruddin B, Balamurugan AN, Barth RN, Ricordi C; “Islets for US” Collaborative: The demise of islet allotransplantation in the United States: A call for an urgent regulatory update. Am J Transplant. 2021 Apr;21(4):1365-1375. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16397. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Generette GS, Bachul PJ, Boylan KE, Yassan LJ, Hart J, Pyda JS, Matthews JB, Fung J, Witkowski P.: Neither amyloid depositions nor hepatic steatosis are associated with marginal islet mass early after autotransplantation. Am J Transplant. 2021 May;21(5):1985-1987. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16406. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

Nair A, Coromina Hernandez L, Shah S, Zervos X, Zimmerman M, Sasaki K, Diago T, Hashimoto K, Fujiki M, Aucejo F, Bollinger J, Kaiser TL, Miller CM, Quintini C, Fung JJ, Eghtesad B. Induction Therapy With Antithymocyte Globulin and Delayed Calcineurin Inhibitor Initiation for Renal Protection in Liver Transplantation: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Phase II-B Trial. Transplantation. 2021 Jul 27. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003904. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34319926.

Grybowski D, Bachul PJ, Pyda JS, Kijek M, Fillman N, Perez-Gutierrez A, Basto L, Golab K, Wang LJ, Tibudan M, Lucander A, Azzam R, Chrzanowski J, Fendler W, Fung J, Matthews JB, Nagpal S, Witkowski P, Slidell MB. Pain resolution and glucose control in pediatric patients with chronic pancreatitis after total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation. Pediatr Surg Int. 2021 Oct;37(10):1383-1392. doi: 10.1007/s00383-021-04956-5. Epub 2021 Jul 10. PMID: 34245339.

Anteby R, Lucander A, Bachul PJ, Pyda J, Grybowski D, Basto L, Generette GS, Perea L, Golab K, Wang LJ, Tibudan M, Thomas C, Fung J, Witkowski P. Evaluating the Prognostic Value of Islet Autoantibody Monitoring in Islet Transplant Recipients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. J Clin Med. 2021 Jun 19;10(12):2708. doi: 10.3390/jcm10122708. PMID: 34205321; PMCID: PMC8233942.

Cotter TG, Wang J, Lieber SR, Odenwald MA, Rich NE, Marrero JA, Singal AG, Mitchell MC, Aronsohn A, Charlton M, Fung J. “Raising HOPE”: Improved Outcomes for HIV/HCV-coinfected Liver Transplant Recipients in the Direct-acting Antiviral Era. Transplant Direct. 2021 Jun 8;7(7):e707. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001154. PMID: 34124343; PMCID: PMC8191686.

Chen M, Rosenberg J, Cai X, Hsuan Lee AC, Shi J, Nguyen M, Wignakumar T, Mirle V, Edobor AJ, Fung J, Donington JS, Shanmugarajah K, Lin Y, Chang E, Randall G, Penaloza-MacMaster P, Tian B, Madariaga ML, Huang J. Nanotraps for the containment and clearance of SARS-CoV-2. Matter. 2021 Jun 2;4(6):2059-2082. doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.04.005. Epub 2021 Apr 22. PMID: 33907732; PMCID: PMC8062026.

Fung JJ. The Sky Is Not Falling. Liver Transpl. 2022 Mar;28(3):353-354. doi: 10.1002/lt.26382. Epub 2021 Dec 16. PMID: 34860456.

Tasoudis PT, Ziogas IA, Alexopoulos SP, Fung JJ, Tsoulfas G. Role of liver transplantation in the management of colorectal liver metastases: Challenges and opportunities. World J Clin Oncol. 2021 Dec 24;12(12):1193-1201. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v12.i12.1193. PMID: 35070738; PMCID: PMC8716993.

Cai X, Chen M, Prominski A, Lin Y, Ankenbruck N, Rosenberg J, Nguyen M, Shi J, Tomatsidou A, Randall G, Missiakas D, Fung J, Chang EB, Penaloza-MacMaster P, Tian B, Huang J. A Multifunctional Neutralizing Antibody-Conjugated Nanoparticle Inhibits and Inactivates SARS-CoV-2. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2022 Jan;9(2):e2103240. doi: 10.1002/advs.202103240. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 34761549; PMCID: PMC8646742.

Lee ACH, Edobor A, Lysandrou M, Mirle V, Sadek A, Johnston L, Piech R, Rose R, Hart J, Amundsen B, Jendrisak M, Millis JM, Donington J, Madariaga ML, Barth RN, di Sabato D, Shanmugarajah K, Fung J. The Effect of Normothermic Machine Perfusion on the Immune Profile of Donor Liver. Front Immunol. 2022 Jun 2;13:788935. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.788935. PMID: 35720395; PMCID: PMC9201055.

Witkowski P, Philipson LH, Buse JB, Robertson RP, Alejandro R, Bellin MD, Kandeel F, Baidal D, Gaglia JL, Posselt AM, Anteby R, Bachul PJ, Al-Salmay Y, Jayant K, Perez-Gutierrez A, Barth RN, Fung JJ, Ricordi C. Islets Transplantation at a Crossroads – Need for Urgent Regulatory Update in the United States: Perspective Presented During the Scientific Sessions 2021 at the American Diabetes Association Congress. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Jan 6;12:789526. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.789526. PMID: 35069442; PMCID: PMC8772267.

Perez-Gutierrez A, Siddiqi U, Kim G, Rangrass G, Kacha A, Jeevanandam V, Becker Y, Potter L, Fung J, Baker TB. Combined heart-liver-kidney transplant: The university of Chicago medicine experience. Clin Transplant. 2022 Apr;36(4):e14586. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14586. Epub 2022 Feb 4. PMID: 35041226.

Rela M, Quintero J, Kasahara M, Muiesan P, Hernández-Oliveros F, Rajalingam R, Shankar S, Sayed BA, di Sabato D, Rammohan A, Fung J, Bilbao I. Nonhepatic Cancer in the Pediatric Liver Transplant Population: Guidelines From the ILTS-SETH Consensus Conference. Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1;106(1):e46-e51. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003996. PMID: 34905761.

Shaker TM, Eason JD, Davidson BR, Barth RN, Pirenne J, Imventarza O, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Fung J; ERAS4OLT.org Working Group. Which cava anastomotic techniques are optimal regarding immediate and short- term outcomes after liver transplantation – A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 May 14:e14681. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14681. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35567584.

Juloori A, Katipally RR, Lemons JM, Singh AK, Iyer R, Robbins JR, George B, Hall WA, Pitroda SP, Arif F, Fung J, Pillai A, Liao CY, Sharma M, Liauw SL. Phase I Randomized Trial of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Followed by Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab Alone in Advanced/Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Sep 12:S0360-3016(22)03344-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.09.052. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36108891.

Cotter TG, Odenwald MA, Perez-Gutierrez A, Jayant K, DiSabato D, Charlton M, Fung J. Preservation solutions for static cold storage in donation after circulatory death and donation after brain death liver transplantation in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2022 Sep;28(9):1454-1462. doi: 10.1002/lt.26457. Epub 2022 Apr 25. PMID: 35313073.

Lee ACH, Edobor A, Wigakumar T, Lysandrou M, Johnston LK, McMullen P, Mirle V, Diaz A, Piech R, Rose R, Jendrisak M, di Sabato D, Shanmugarajah K, Fung J, Donington J, Madariaga ML. Donor leukocyte trafficking during human ex vivo lung perfusion. Clin Transplant. 2022 Jul;36(7):e14670. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14670. Epub 2022 Apr 18. PMID: 35396887.

Fung J, DiSabato D, Liao CY, Ahmed O, Pillai A. Perspective: Advances in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma – A prototype for transplant oncology. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2022 Sep 9:S1499-3872(22)00204-1. doi: 10.1016/j.hbpd.2022.09.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36163102.

Jamil OK, Sandikçi B, Faust N, Cotter TG, Paul S, di Sabato D, Fung J, Charlton M. Relatively Poor Long- term Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation for NASH in the United States. Transplantation. 2022 Oct 1;106(10):2006-2018. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004208. Epub 2022 Jun 29. PMID: 35765128.

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