The University of Queensland

Safety and outcomes in 100 consecutive donation after circulatory death liver transplants using a protocol that includes thrombolytic therapy

Bohorquez, H., Seal, J.B., Cohen, A.J., Kressel, A., Bugeaud, E., Bruce, D.S., Carmody, I.C., Reichman, T.W., Battula, N., Alsaggaf, M., Therapondos, G., Bzowej, N., Tyson, G., Joshi, S., Nicolau-Raducu, R., Girgrah, N. and Loss, G.E. (2017) Safety and outcomes in 100 consecutive donation after circulatory death liver transplants using a protocol that includes thrombolytic therapy. American Journal of Transplantation, 17 8: 2155-2164. doi:10.1111/ajt.14261

Balloon-Occlusion Technique for Managing Portal Vein Hemorrhage in Liver Transplantation

Seal, John B., Bohorquez, Humberto, Battula, Naren, DeGregorio, Lucia, Bugeaud, Emily, Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J. and Loss, George E. (2017) Balloon-Occlusion Technique for Managing Portal Vein Hemorrhage in Liver Transplantation. Ochsner Journal, 17 1: 76-79.

Novel biliary reconstruction techniques during liver transplantation

Carmody I.C., Romano J., Bohorquez H., Bugeaud E., Bruce D.S., Cohen A.J., Seal J., Reichman T.W. and Loss G.E. (2017) Novel biliary reconstruction techniques during liver transplantation. Ochsner Journal, 17 1: 42-45. doi:10.1043/1524-5012-17.1.42

Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Increases Mortality and Length of Stay

Oliver, Nathan, Bohorquez, Humberto, Anders, Stephanie, Freeman, Andrew, Fine, Kerry, Ahmed, Emily, Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Seal, John, Reichman, Trevor W. and Loss, George E. (2017) Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Increases Mortality and Length of Stay. Ochsner Journal, 17 1: 25-30.

Role of special coagulation studies for preoperative screening of thrombotic complications in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation

Moiz, Abdul, Javed, Tariq, Bohorquez, Humberto, Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Staffeld-Coit, Catherine, Luo, Qingyang, Loss, George E. and Garces, Jorge (2015) Role of special coagulation studies for preoperative screening of thrombotic complications in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. Ochsner Journal, 15 3: 272-276.

Calciphylaxis in simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation

Bohorquez, H.E., Chamorro, N., Garces, J., Cohen, A.J., Reichman, T.W., Davis, N.K., Vincent, B., Bruce, D.A., Carmody, I.C., Moiz, A., Staffeld, C. and Loss, G.E. (2015) Calciphylaxis in simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation, 15 4: 1105-1109. doi:10.1111/ajt.13082

Thrombolytic protocol minimizes ischemic-type biliary complications in liver transplantation from donation after circulatory death donors

Seal, John B., Bohorquez, Humberto, Reichman, Trevor, Kressel, Adam, Ghanekar, Anand, Cohen, Ari, McGilvray, Ian D., Cattral, Mark S., Bruce, David, Greig, Paul, Carmody, Ian, Grant, David, Selzner, Markus and Loss, George (2015) Thrombolytic protocol minimizes ischemic-type biliary complications in liver transplantation from donation after circulatory death donors. Liver Transplantation, 21 3: 321-328. doi:10.1002/lt.24071

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: Decreasing length of stay

Cohen, Ari J., Williams, Darin S., Bohorquez, Humberto, Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Reichman, Trevor and Loss, George E. (2015) Robotic-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: Decreasing length of stay. Ochsner Journal, 15 1: 19-24.

Impaired expression of type i and type II interferon receptors in HCV-associated chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis

Chandra, Partha K., Gunduz, Feyza, Hazari, Sidhartha, Kurt, Ramazan, Panigrahi, Rajesh, Poat, Bret, Bruce, David, Cohen, Ari J., Behorquez, Humberto E., Carmody, Ian, Loss, George, Balart, Luis A., Wu, Tong and Dash, Srikanta (2014) Impaired expression of type i and type II interferon receptors in HCV-associated chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis. PLoS ONE, 9 9: e108616. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108616

Liver transplantation in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Bohorquez, Humberto E., Gomez, Daniel, Cohen, Ari J., Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Reichman, Trevor W. and Loss, George E. (2013) Liver transplantation in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Liver Transplantation, 19 5: 565-566. doi:10.1002/lt.23627

Excellent liver retransplantation outcomes in hepatitis C-infected recipients

Kressel, A., Therapondos, G., Bohorquez, H., Borg, B., Bruce, D., Carmody, I., Cohen, A., Girgrah, N., Joshi, S., Reichman, T. and Loss, G.E. (2013) Excellent liver retransplantation outcomes in hepatitis C-infected recipients. Clinical Transplantation, 27 4: E512-E520. doi:10.1111/ctr.12182

Liver transplantation at the ochsner clinic: Quality and outcomes improvement

Therapondos, George, Bohorquez, Humberto, Bruce, David S., Bzowej, Natalie H., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Girgrah, Nigel, Joshi, Shobha, Reichman, Trevor W. and Loss, George E. (2013) Liver transplantation at the ochsner clinic: Quality and outcomes improvement. Ochsner Journal, 13 3: 413-418.

Liver transplantation in hepatitis B core-negative recipients using livers from hepatitis B core-positive donors: A 13-year experience

Bohorquez, Humberto E., Cohen, Ari J., Girgrah, Nigel, Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Joshi, Shoba, Reichman, Trevor W., Therapondos, George, Mason, Andrew L. and Loss, George E. (2013) Liver transplantation in hepatitis B core-negative recipients using livers from hepatitis B core-positive donors: A 13-year experience. Liver Transplantation, 19 6: 611-618. doi:10.1002/lt.23644

TIMP-3 ameliorates hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury through inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme activity in rats

Tang, Zhen-Ya, Loss, George, Carmody, Ian and Cohen, Ari J. (2006) TIMP-3 ameliorates hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury through inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme activity in rats. Transplantation, 82 11: 1518-1523. doi:10.1097/01.tp.0000243381.41777.c7

Disruption of P-selectin signaling modulates cell trafficking and results in improved outcomes after mouse warm intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury

Farmer, Douglas G., Anselmo, Dean, Shen, Xiu Da, Ke, Bibo, Carmody, Ian C., Gao, Feng, Lassman, Charles, McDiarmid, Sue V., Shaw, Grey, Busuttil, Ronald W. and Kupiec-Weglinski, Jerzy W. (2005) Disruption of P-selectin signaling modulates cell trafficking and results in improved outcomes after mouse warm intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury. Transplantation, 80 6: 828-835. doi:10.1097/01.TP.0000174337.53658.B0

Predictors of survival after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis C

Shimoda, Mitsugi, Ghobrial, Rafik M., Carmody, Ian C., Anselmo, Dean M., Farmer, Douglas G., Yersiz, Hasan, Chen, Pauline, Dawson, Sherfield, Durazo, Francisco, Han, Steve, Goldstein, Leonard I., Saab, Sammy, Hiatt, Jonathan and Busuttil, Ronald W. (2004) Predictors of survival after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis C. Liver Transplantation, 10 12: 1478-1486. doi:10.1002/lt.20303

Visceral vascular injuries

Asensio, Juan A., Forno, Walter, Roldan, Gustov, Petrone, Patrizio, Rojo, Esther, Ceballos, Jose, Wang, Cecilia, Costaglioli, Bruno, Romero, Javier, Tillou, Areti, Carmody, Ian, Shoemaker, William C. and Berne, Thomas V. (2002) Visceral vascular injuries. Surgical Clinics of North America, 82 1: 1-20. doi:10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00138-5

Expanding the donor pool: Comparison of outcomes in DCD vs. living donor liver transplantation

Sapisochin, Gonzalo, Seal, John, Goldaracena, Nicolas, Reichman, Trevor, Laurence, Jerome, Bohorquez, Humberto, McGilvray, Ian, Bruce, David, Greig, Paul, Carmody, Ian, Cattral, Marc, Cohen, Ari, Ghanekar, Anand, Grant, David, Loss, George and Selzner, Markus (2015). Expanding the donor pool: Comparison of outcomes in DCD vs. living donor liver transplantation. In: 15th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), Miami, Florida, USA, (93-93). January 15-18 2015. doi:10.1111/ajt.13164

Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation From Donation After Circulatory Death: The Role of Thrombolytic Therapy. A Single Institution Experience

Bohorquez, H., Kressel, A., Cohen, A., Bruce, D., Carmody, I., Reichman, T. and Loss, G. (2014). Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation From Donation After Circulatory Death: The Role of Thrombolytic Therapy. A Single Institution Experience. In: World Transplant Congress, San Francisco Ca, (728-728). Jul 26-31, 2014.

Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)

Bohorquez, Humberto, Cohen, Ari J., Bruce, David, Carmody, Ian, Reichman, Trevor and Loss, George E. (2014). Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD). In: Liver Transplantation. Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE, London England, (S165-S165). Jun 04-07, 2014.

Role of Special Coagulation Studies for Pre-Operative Screening in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation

Javed, T., Bohorquez, H., Cohen, A., Bruce, D., Carmody, I., Moiz, A., Staffeld, C., Reichman, T., Loss, G. and Garces, J. (2014). Role of Special Coagulation Studies for Pre-Operative Screening in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation. In: American Journal of Transplantation. World Transplant Congress, San Francisco Ca, (863-863). Jul 26-31, 2014.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Recipients Achieved Excellent Outcomes in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Despite High Post-Operative Weight Gain.

Freeman, A., Bohorquez, H., Larson, J., Anders, S., Garces, J., Cohen, A., Bruce, D., Carmody, I., Moiz, A., Staffeld, C., Reichman, T. and Loss, G. (2014). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Recipients Achieved Excellent Outcomes in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Despite High Post-Operative Weight Gain.. In: American Journal of Transplantation. World Transplant Congress, San Francisco Ca, (857-858). Jul 26-31, 2014.

DCD procurements: low incidence of ischemic cholangiopathy and improving outcomes in liver transplantation (LT) from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)

Loss Jr., George E., Bohorquez, Humberto, Kressel, Adam, Cohen, Ari J., Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Reichman, Trevor and Loss Jr., George E. (2014). DCD procurements: low incidence of ischemic cholangiopathy and improving outcomes in liver transplantation (LT) from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD). In: ASTS 14th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium: Abstracts. ASTS 14th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami Fl, (56-57). Jan 23-26, 2014. doi:10.1111/ajt.12617

Impaired expression of Type I and Type II interferon-receptors in HCV infected chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis

Chandra, Partha K., Gunduz, Feyza, Hazari, Sidhartha, Kurt, Ramazan, Panigrahi, Rajesh, Poat, Bret, Bruce, David S., Cohen, Ari J., Bohorquez, Humberto E., Carmody, Ian C., Loss, George E., Wu, Tong, Balart, Luis A. and Dash, Srikanta (2014). Impaired expression of Type I and Type II interferon-receptors in HCV infected chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis. In: 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases, Boston Ma, (1084A-1084A). Nov 07-11, 2014.

Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death

Kressel, Adam, Bohorquez, Humberto, Cohen, Ari, Bruce, David, Carmody, Ian, Reichman, Trevor and Loss, George (2014). Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death. In: American Journal of Transplantation. 14th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeons (ASTS), Miami Fl, (95-95). Jan 23-26, 2014.

Thrombolytic Protocol Minimizes Ischemic-type Biliary Complications in Liver Transplantation from Donation-After-Cardiac Death Donors

Seal, John, Kressel, Adam, Ghanekar, Anand, Cohen, Ari, McGilvray, Ian, Bohorquez, Humberto, Cattral, Mark, Bruce, David, Greig, Paul, Carmody, Ian, Grant, David, Reichman, Trevor, Selzner, Markus and Loss, George (2014). Thrombolytic Protocol Minimizes Ischemic-type Biliary Complications in Liver Transplantation from Donation-After-Cardiac Death Donors. In: American Journal of Transplantation. 14th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeons (ASTS), Miami Fl, (65-65). Jan 23-26, 2014.

Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Utilizing Donation After Cardiac Deaht: a Single Center Experience

Bohorquez, Humberto, Kressel, Adam, Cohen, Ari, Bruce, David, Carmody, Ian, Reichman, Trevor and Loss, George (2013). Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation Utilizing Donation After Cardiac Deaht: a Single Center Experience. In: Transplant International. , , (53-53). .

Liver transplantation in the morbidly obese: Do the outcomes justify the use of scarce organs?

Therapondos, George, Bruce, David S., Bohorquez, Humberto E., Bzowej, Natalie H., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Girgrah, Nigel, Joshi, Shobha, Reichman, Trevor W. and Loss, George E. (2013). Liver transplantation in the morbidly obese: Do the outcomes justify the use of scarce organs?. In: Hepatology. 64th Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases, Washington Dc, (1031A-1031A). Nov 01-05, 2013.

Liver Transplantation (OLT) Utilizing Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Allografts: A Single Center Experience

Kressel, Adam, Bohorquez, Humberto E., Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Girgrah, Nigel, Joshi, Shobha, Reichman, Trevor W., Therapondos, George and Loss, George E. (2013). Liver Transplantation (OLT) Utilizing Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Allografts: A Single Center Experience. In: 13th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeons (ASTS) Held in Conjunction with the NATCO Symposium for Advanced Transplant Professionals, Miami Fl, (87-87). Jan 31-Feb 03, 2013. doi:10.1111/ajt.12085

Late Liver Retransplantation: A Single Center Experience

Kressel, Adam M., Bohorquez, Humberto E., Borg, Brian B., Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Girgrah, Nigel, Joshi, Shobha, Reichman, Trevor W. and Loss, George E., Jr. (2012). Late Liver Retransplantation: A Single Center Experience. In: American Journal of Transplantation. American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeons (ASTS) 12th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium/North-American-Transplant-Coordinators-Organization (NATCO) Symposium for Advanced Transplant Professionals, Miami Fl, (86-86). Jan 12-15, 2012.

Peer Review, Performance Improvement and the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee: One Center's Experience

Loss, George E., Jr., Bohorquez, Humberto E., Borg, Brian B., Bruce, David S., Carmody, Ian C., Cohen, Ari J., Joshi, Shobha, Reichman, Trevor W. and Girgrah, Nigel (2012). Peer Review, Performance Improvement and the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee: One Center's Experience. In: American Journal of Transplantation. American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeons (ASTS) 12th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium/North-American-Transplant-Coordinators-Organization (NATCO) Symposium for Advanced Transplant Professionals, Miami Fl, (87-87). Jan 12-15, 2012.

Emergence of Ymdd Lamivudine Resistance After Transplantation of Anti-Hbc Positive Donor Livers Into Anti-Hbc Negative Recipients Using Lamivudine Monotherapy Prophylaxis

Bohorquez, Humberto E., Cohen, Ari J., Carmody, Ian C., Bruce, David S., Joshi, Shobha, Borg, Brian B., Girgrah, Nigel and Loss, George E. (2011). Emergence of Ymdd Lamivudine Resistance After Transplantation of Anti-Hbc Positive Donor Livers Into Anti-Hbc Negative Recipients Using Lamivudine Monotherapy Prophylaxis. In: Hepatology. 62nd Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases (AASLD), San Francisco Ca, (631A-631A). Nov 04-08, 2011.

Liver Transplant Biliary Mismatch: Biliary Transposition Vs Ductoplasty

Carmody, Ian C., Bohorquez, Humberto, Bruce, David, Cohen, Ari and Loss, George E. (2011). Liver Transplant Biliary Mismatch: Biliary Transposition Vs Ductoplasty. In: Transplant International. , , (309-309). .

Anti-HBc Positive Donor Livers in Naive Hepatitis B Recipients: 10 Years Experience in a Single Center

Heidt, AC, Loss, GE, Cohen, AJ, Carmody, IC, Bruce, DS, Nigel, G, Joshi, S, Borg, B and Bohorquez, HE (2011). Anti-HBc Positive Donor Livers in Naive Hepatitis B Recipients: 10 Years Experience in a Single Center. In: American Journal of Transplantation. American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia Pa, (202-202). 2011.

Lessons Learned from the Introduction of a Robotic Assisted Donor Nephrectomy Program

Cohen, AJ, Bohorquez, H, Bruce, D, Carmody, I and Loss, GE (2011). Lessons Learned from the Introduction of a Robotic Assisted Donor Nephrectomy Program. In: American Journal of Transplantation. Congress of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeons, San Diego Ca, (73-73). May 01-05, 2010.

Effect of nonviral factors on hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation

Cameron, Andrew M., Ghobrial, Rafik M., Hiatt, Jonathan R., Carmody, Ian C., Gordon, Sherilyn A., Farmer, Douglas G., Yersiz, Hasan, Zimmerman, Michael A., Durazo, Francisco, Han, Steve H., Saab, Sammy, Gornbein, Jeffrey and Busuttil, Ronald W. (2006). Effect of nonviral factors on hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation. In: Annals of Surgery. 126th Annual Meeting of the American Surgical Association, Boston, MA, United States, (563-571). 20-22 April 2006. doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000237648.90600.e9

Split liver transplantation

Yersiz, H., Cameron, A. M., Carmody, I., Zimmerman, M. A., Kelly, B. S., Ghobrial, R. M., Farmer, D. G. and Busuttil, R. W. (2006). Split liver transplantation. In: Mehmet A. Haberal, 8th Meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society, Ankara, Turkey, (602-603). Jun 22-24 2005. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.12.064

Should we expand the criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma with living-donor liver transplantation? No, never

Hiatt, Jonathan R., Carmody, Ian C. and Busuttil, Ronald W. (2005). Should we expand the criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma with living-donor liver transplantation? No, never. In: Journal of Hepatology. Conference on Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Molecular Profiling of Clinical Mangement, Barcelona, Spain, (573-577). 10-12 June 2005. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2005.07.017

Laparoscopic bile duct injuries: Management at a tertiary liver center

Savar, A., Carmody, I., Hiatt, J. R. and Busuttil, R. W. (2004). Laparoscopic bile duct injuries: Management at a tertiary liver center. In: Annual Meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara Ca, (906-909). 16-18 January 2004.

P-selectin knockout mice have improved outcomes with both warm ischemia and small bowel transplantation

Carmody, I. C., Meng, L., Shen, X. D., Anselmo, D., Ma, J. P., Kupiec-Weglinski, J. W., Busuttil, R. W. and Farmer, D. G. (2004). P-selectin knockout mice have improved outcomes with both warm ischemia and small bowel transplantation. In: 8th International Small Bowel Transplant Symposium, Miami Fl, (263-264). 10-13 September 2003. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.12.014

Biliverdin protects rat livers from ischemia/reperfusion injury

Fondevila, C., Katori, M., Lassman, C., Carmody, I., Busuttil, R. W., Bach, F. H. and Kupiec-Weglinski, J. W. (2003). Biliverdin protects rat livers from ischemia/reperfusion injury. In: 7th Congress of the Catalan Transplantation Society, Barcelona Spain, (1798-1799). 2-5 February 2003. doi:10.1016/S0041-1345(03)00720-6

Day for night: Should we staff a trauma center like a nightclub?

Carmody, I. C., Romero, J. and Velmahos, G. C. (2002). Day for night: Should we staff a trauma center like a nightclub?. In: Annual Meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American-College-of-Surgeons, Santa Barbara California, (1048-1051). 18-20 January 2002.