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2007    
Developing organ offer and acceptance measures: when 'good' organs are turned down. American Journal of Transplantation Wolfe RA, LaPorte FB, Rodgers AM, Roys EC, Fant G, Leichtman AB.
Geographic variability in access to primary kidney transplantation in the United States, 1996-2005. American Journal of Transplantation Ashby VB, Kalbfleisch JD, Wolfe RA, Lin MJ, Port FK, Leichtman AB.
Renal transplantation in elderly patients older than 70 years of age: results from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. Transplantation Rao PS, Merion RM, Ashby VB, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Kayler LK.
Risk factors for urinary complications after renal transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Englesbe MJ, Dubay DA, Gillespie BW, Moyer AS, Pelletier SJ, Sung RS, Magee JC, Punch JD, Campbell DA Jr, Merion RM.
2006    
2005 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Analytical Methods and Database Design: Implications for Transplant Researchers, 2005 American Journal of Transplantation Levine GN, McCullough K, Rodgers AM, Dickinson DM, Ashby VB, Schaubel DE
2005 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Development of the New Lung Allocation System in the United States American Journal of Transplantation Egan TM, Murray S, Bustami RT, Shearon TH, McCullough K, Edwards L, Coke MA, Garrity E, Sweet SC, Heiney DA, Grover FL
2005 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Recent Trends and Results for Organ Donation and Transplantation in the United States, 2005 American Journal of Transplantation Port FK, Merion RM, Goodrich NP, Wolfe RA
2005 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: SRTR Center-Specific Reporting Tools: Posttransplant Outcomes American Journal of Transplantation Dickinson DM, Shearon TH, O'Keefe J, Wong HH, Berg CL, Rosendale JD, Delmonico FL, Webb RL, Wolfe RA
2005 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Thoracic Organ Transplantation In The United States, 1995-2004 American Journal of Kidney Diseases Orens JB, Shearon TH, Freudenburger RS, Conte JV, Bhorade SM, Ardehali A
Analytical methods and database design: implications for transplant researchers, 2005. American Journal of Transplantation Levine GN, McCullough KP, Rodgers AM, Dickinson DM, Ashby VB, Schaubel DE.
Characteristics associated with liver graft failure: the concept of a donor risk index American Journal of Transplantation Feng S, Goodrich NP, Bragg-Gresham JL, Dykstra DM, Punch JD, Debroy M, Greenstein SM, Merion RM
Development and current status of ECD kidney transplantation. Clinical Transplants 2005 Sung RS, Guidinger MK, Christensen LL, Ashby VB, Merion RM, Leichtman AB, Port FK
Donation after cardiac death as a strategy to increase deceased donor liver availability. Annals of Surgery Merion RM, Pelletier SJ, Goodrich NP, Englesbe MJ, Delmonico FL
Geographic differences in event rates by Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score. American Journal of Transplantation Roberts JP, Dykstra DM, Goodrich NP, Rush SH, Merion RM, Port FK
Recovery and utilization of deceased donor kidneys from small pediatric donors. American Journal of Transplantation Pelletier SJ, Guidinger MK, Merion RM, Englesbe MJ, Wolfe RA, Magee JC, Sollinger HW.
SRTR center-specific reporting tools: Posttransplant outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation Dickinson DM, Shearon TH, O'Keefe J, Wong HH, Berg CL, Rosendale JD, Delmonico FL, Webb RL, Wolfe RA.
Transplant center quality assessment using a continuously updatable, risk-adjusted technique (CUSUM). American Journal of Transplantation Axelrod DA, Guidinger MK, Metzger RA, Wiesner RH, Webb RL, Merion RM
2005    
2004 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Analytical approaches for transplant research, 2004 American Journal of Transplantation Schaubel DE, Dykstra DM, Murray S, Ashby VB, McCullough K, Dickinson DM, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Webb RL, Wolfe RA
2004 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Thoracic organ transplantation in the United Sates, 1994-2003 American Journal of Transplantation Hulbert-Shearon TE, Merion RM, Barr ML, Bourge RC, Orens JB, McCurry KR, Ring WS
2004 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Transplant Data: Sources, Collection and research considerations, 2004 American Journal of Transplantation Dickinson DM, Dykstra DM, Levine GN, Li S, Welch JC, Webb RL
2004 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Trends and results for organ donation and transplantation in the United States, 2004 American Journal of Transplantation Port FK, Dykstra DM, Merion RM, Wolfe RA
Analytical approaches for transplant research, 2004. American Journal of Transplantation Schaubel DE, Dykstra DM, Murray S, Ashby VB, McCullough KP, Dickinson DM, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Webb RL, Wolfe RA.
Analytical methods and database design: implications for transplant researchers, 2005. American Journal of Transplantation Levine GN, McCullough KP, Rodgers AM, Dickinson DM, Ashby VB, Schaubel DE.
Deceased-donor characteristics and the survival benefit of kidney transplantation. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association  Merion RM, Ashby VB, Wolfe RA, Distant DA, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Metzger RA, Ojo AO, Port FK.
Development and current status of ECD kidney transplantation. Clinical Transplants Sung RS, Guidinger MK, Christensen LL, Ashby VB, Merion RM, Leichtman AB, Port FK.
Impact of the expanded criteria donor allocation system on the use of expanded criteria donor kidneys. Transplantation Sung RS, Guidinger MK, Lake CD, McBride MA, Greenstein SM, Delmonico FL, Port FK, Merion RM, Leichtman AB
Kidney transplantation and wait-listing rates from the international Dialysis Outcomes and Practices Patterns Study (DOPPS) Kidney International Satayathum S, Pisoni RL, McCullough K, Merion RM, Wikstrom B, Levin NW, Chen K, Wolfe RA, Goodkin DA, Piera L, Asano Y, Kurokawa K, Fukuhara S, Held PJ, Port FK
Review of transplantation in HIV patients during the HAART era Clinical Transplants 2004 Pelletier SJ, Norman SP, Christensen LL, Stock PG, Port FK, Merion RM
2004    
2003 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Analytical Approaches for Transplant Research American Journal of Transplantation Wolfe RA, Schaubel DE, Webb RL, Dickinson DM, Ashby VB, Dykstra DM, Hulbert-Shearon TE, McCullough K
2003 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Improving Liver Allocation: MELD and PELD American Journal of Transplantation Freeman RB, Wiesner RH, Roberts JP, McDiarmid SV, Dykstra DM, Merion RM
2003 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Wynn JJ, Distant DA, Pirsch JD, Norman D, Gaber AO, Ashby VB, Leichtman AB
2003 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Organ Donation and Transplantation Trends in the USA, 2001 American Journal of Transplantation Port FK, Dykstra DM, Merion RM, Wolfe RA
2003 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Transplant Data: Sources, Collection and Caveats American Journal of Transplantation Dickinson DM, Bryant PC, Williams MC, Levine GN, Li S, Welch JC, Keck BM, Webb RL
Analytical approaches for transplant research American Journal of Transplantation Schaubel DE, Dykstra DM, Murray S, Ashby VB, McCullough KP, Dickinson DM, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Webb RL, Wolfe RA.
Association of center volume with outcome after liver and kidney transplantion American Journal of Transplantation Axelrod DA, Guidinger MK, McCullough K, Leichtman AB, Punch JD, Merion RM
Effect of Changing the Priority for HLA Matching on the Rates and Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation Rates in Minority Groups  New England Journal of Medicine Roberts JP, Wolfe RA, Bragg-Gresham JL, Rush SH, Wynn JJ, Distant DA, Ashby VB, Held PJ, Port FK
Immunosuppression and the Risk of Post-Transplant Malignancy Among Cadaveric First Kidney Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation Bustami RT, Ojo AO, Wolfe RA, Merion RM, Bennett W, McDiarmid SV, Leichtman AB, Held PJ, Port FK
Influence of Graft Type on Outcomes After Pediatric Liver Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Roberts JP, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Merion RM, Wolfe RA, Port FK
Kidney and pancreas transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation Wynn JJ, Distant DA, Pirsch JD, Norman D, Gaber AO, Ashby VB, Leichtman AB.
Predicted Lifetimes for Adult and Pediatric Split Liver versus Adult Whole Liver Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation Merion RM, Rush SH, Dykstra DM, Goodrich NP, Freeman RB, Wolfe RA
Prevalence and Outcomes of Multiple Listing for Cadaveric Kidney and Liver Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Merion RM, Guidinger MK, Newman JM, Ellison MD, Port FK, Wolfe RA
Simulating the allocation of organs for transplantation. Health care management science Thompson D, Waisanen L, Wolfe RA, Merion RM, McCullough K, Rodgers AM
Survival benefit of kidney and liver transplantation for obese patients on the waiting list Clinical Transplants 2003 Pelletier SJ, Maraschio MA, Schaubel DE, Dykstra DM, Punch JD, Wolfe RA, Port FK
2003    
2002 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Analytical Approaches for Transplant Research American Journal of Transplantation Wolfe RA, Webb RL, Dickinson DM, Ashby VB, Dykstra DM, Hulbert-Shearon TE, McCullough K
2002 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Data Sources and Structure  American Journal of Transplantation Dickinson DM, Ellison MD, Webb RL
2002 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Expanded Criteria Donors for Kidney Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Metzger RA, Delmonico FL, Feng S, Port FK, Wynn JJ, Merion RM
2002 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation: Liver and Intestine Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Roberts JP, Brown Jr. , Edwards EB, Farmer DG, Freeman RB, Wiesner RH, Merion RM
Chronic Renal Failure After Transplantation of a Nonrenal Organ New England Journal of Medicine Ojo AO, Held PJ, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Leichtman AB, Young EW, Arndorfer J, Christensen L, Merion RM.
Gender Imbalance and Outcomes in Living Donor Renal Transplantation in the United States American Journal of Transplantation Kayler LK, Rasmussen CS, Dykstra DM, Ojo AO, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Merion RM
The report of a national conference on the wait list for kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation Gaston RS, Danovitch GM, Adams PL, Wynn JJ, Merion RM, Deierhoi MH, Metzger RA, Cecka JM, Harmon WE, Leichtman AB, Spital A, Blumberg E, Herzog CA, Wolfe RA, Tyan DB, Roberts J, Rohrer R, Port FK, Delmonico FL.
Trends in Cadaveric Organ Donation in the United States: 1990-1999 Clinical Transplants 2002 Ojo AO, Held PJ, Wolfe RA, Merion RM, Leichtman AB, Young EW, Guidinger MK, Christensen LL, Port FK
2002    
Donor Characteristics Associated with Reduced Graft Survival: An Approach to Expanding the Pool of Kidney Donors Transplantation Wolfe RA, Held PJ, Bragg-Gresham JL, Metzger RA, Dykstra DM, Gillespie BW, Young EW, Delmonico FL, Wynn JJ, Merion RM
Lack of correlation between facility-based standardized rates of transplantation and mortality. American Journal of Kidney Diseases Okechukwu CN, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Wiggins RC, Wolfe RA, Port FK.
2001    
Survival in recipients of marginal cadaveric donor kidneys compared with other recipients and wait-listed transplant candidates. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Ojo AO, Hanson JA, Meier-Kriesche H, Okechukwu CN, Wolfe RA, Leichtman AB, Agodoa LY, Kaplan B, Port FK.
The impact of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation on long-term patient survival. Transplantation Ojo AO, Meier-Kriesche HU, Hanson JA, Leichtman A, Magee JC, Cibrik D, Wolfe RA, Port FK, Agodoa L, Kaufman DB, Kaplan B.
2000    
Differences in access to cadaveric renal transplantation in the United States. American Journal of Kidney Diseases Wolfe RA, Ashby VB, Milford EL, Bloembergen WE, Agodoa LY, Held PJ, Port FK.
Impact of pre-existing donor hypertension and diabetes mellitus on cadaveric renal transplant outcomes. American Journal of Kidney Diseases Ojo AO, Leichtman AB, Punch JD, Hanson JA, Dickinson DM, Wolfe RA, Port FK, Agodoa LY.
Long-term survival in renal transplant recipients with graft function. Kidney International Ojo AO, Hanson JA, Wolfe RA, Leichtman AB, Agodoa LY, Port FK.
1999    
A practical approach to evaluate the potential donor pool and trends in cadaveric kidney donation. Transplantation Ojo AO, Wolfe RA, Leichtman AB, Dickinson DM, Port FK, Young EW.
Comparison of mortality in all patients on dialysis, patients on dialysis awaiting transplantation, and recipients of a first cadaveric transplant. New England Journal of Medicine Wolfe RA, Ashby VB, Milford EL, Ojo AO, Ettenger RE, Agodoa LY, Held PJ, Port FK.
Renal transplantation in end-stage sickle cell nephropathy. Transplantation Ojo AO, Govaerts TC, Schmouder RL, Leichtman AB, Leavey SF, Wolfe RA, Held PJ, Port FK, Agodoa LY.
1998    
Prognosis after primary renal transplant failure and the beneficial effects of repeat transplantation: multivariate analyses from the United States Renal Data System. Transplantation Ojo A, Wolfe RA, Agodoa LY, Held PJ, Port FK, Leavey SF, Callard SE, Dickinson DM, Schmouder RL, Leichtman AB.
1995    
Inferior outcome of two-haplotype matched renal transplants in blacks: role of early rejection. Kidney International Ojo AO, Port FK, Held PJ, Wolfe RA, Turenne MN, Chung E, Mauger EA, Leichtman AB.
Relative impact of donor type on renal allograft survival in black and white recipients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases Ojo AO, Port FK, Mauger EA, Wolfe RA, Leichtman AB.
1994    
Comparative mortality risks of chronic dialysis and cadaveric transplantation in black end-stage renal disease patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases Ojo AO, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Mauger EA, Williams L, Berling DP.
The impact of HLA mismatches on the survival of first cadaveric kidney transplants New England Journal of Medicine Held PJ, Kahan BD, Hunsicker LG, Liska D, Wolfe RA, Port FK, Gaylin DS, Garcia JR, Agodoa LY, Krakauer H.
1993    
Comparison of survival probabilities for dialysis patients vs cadaveric renal transplant recipients. The Journal of the American Medical Association Port FK, Wolfe RA, Mauger EA, Berling DP, Jiang K.
The impact of comorbid and sociodemographic factors on access to renal transplantation. The Journal of the American Medical Association Gaylin DS, Held PJ, Port FK, Hunsicker LG, Wolfe RA, Kahan BD, Jones CA, Agodoa LY.