Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Surgery
·
2023 - Present
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Surgery
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The short end of the stick: Access to lung transplantation for short-statured patients in the composite allocation score era.
Journal Article Am J Transplant · May 12, 2025 Short-statured lung transplant candidates experience longer waitlist times than taller ones. The new composite allocation score (CAS) includes height to enhance allocation equity. We assessed the impact of CAS on waitlist outcomes for different height grou ... Full text Link to item CiteIdentification and validation of a threshold for early posttransplant bronchoalveolar fluid hyaluronan that distinguishes lung recipients at risk for chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
Journal Article J Heart Lung Transplant · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Few tools exist for the early identification of patients at risk for chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). We previously showed hyaluronan (HA), a matrix molecule that regulates lung inflammation and fibrosis, accumulates in bronchoalveola ... Full text Link to item CiteDonor and recipient factors associated with primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation: A donor management goal registry analysis.
Conference J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · November 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Current risk-adjusted models for predicting primary graft dysfunction (PGD) following lung transplantation (LTx) do not include bedside donor critical care data. Donor management goals (DMGs) represent predefined critical care endpoints aimed a ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Medical University of South Carolina ·
2019
Ph.D.
University of Virginia, School of Medicine ·
2013
M.D.
James Madison University ·
2008
B.S.