Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Surgery
·
2025 - Present
Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery,
Surgery
Associate Professor in Integrative Immunobiology
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2019 - Present
Integrative Immunobiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Major histocompatibility complex Matchmaker: An in silico based algorithm to analyze cross-species nonhuman primate, pig, and human major histocompatibility complex compatibility at the amino acid level.
Journal Article Am J Transplant · November 4, 2025 Xenotransplantation received US Food and Drug Administration approval for clinical trials in humans, and highly sensitized patients-those with antibodies against major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-are among the groups that stand to benefit. There is no ... Full text Link to item CiteContemporary Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation: JACC: Heart Failure Position Statement.
Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · October 2025 Heart transplantation remains the definitive therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. Acute and chronic rejection affect both short- and long-term outcomes. Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) remains a leading cause of graft failure and mortality. ... Full text Link to item CiteOff-label use of alemtuzumab, belatacept, and rapamycin in kidney transplantation-Long-term real-world experience.
Journal Article Am J Transplant · September 12, 2025 Conventional immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation continue to pose significant challenges, largely due to their reliance on calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) and corticosteroids. These challenges have driven the search for alternative regimens ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2029Targeting the B Cell Response to Treat Antibody-Mediated Rejection
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2028Lung Transplant Clinical Trial Network (LT-CTN)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2028View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
2005
Ph.D.
Bemidji State University ·
1986
B.S.