Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, University of California at Los Angeles 2004 - 2007
  • Residency: Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, Children's Hospital 2002 - 2004
  • Internship: Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, Children's Hospital 2001 - 2002
  • M.D., Oregon Health and Science University 2001
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Acoustic Device to Prevent Antibody Mediated Organ Transplant Failure 2019 - 2022
  • The impact of Epstein Barr virus infection on the immune response in pediatric transplant recipients awarded by Stanford University 2018 - 2019
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Pelletier, Jonathan H., Karan R. Kumar, Rachel Engen, Adam Bensimhon, Jennifer D. Varner, Michelle N. Rheault, Tarak Srivastava, et al. “Correction to: Recurrence of nephrotic syndrome following kidney transplantation is associated with initial native kidney biopsy findings : A Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC) study..” Pediatr Nephrol 34, no. 3 (March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-4103-3.
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    • Freischlag, Kyle W., Vivian Chen, Shashi K. Nagaraj, Annabelle N. Chua, Dongfeng Chen, Delbert R. Wigfall, John W. Foreman, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Deepak Vikraman, and Eileen T. Chambers. “Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) Score Identifies High Risk Patients in Pediatric Renal Transplantation..” Front Pediatr 7 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00102.
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    • Pelletier, Jonathan H., Karan R. Kumar, Rachel Engen, Adam Bensimhon, Jennifer D. Varner, Michelle N. Rheault, Tarak Srivastava, et al. “Recurrence of nephrotic syndrome following kidney transplantation is associated with initial native kidney biopsy findings..” Pediatr Nephrol 33, no. 10 (October 2018): 1773–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-3994-3.
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    • Pearl, Meghan H., Qiuheng Zhang, Miguel Fernando Palma Diaz, Jonathan Grotts, Maura Rossetti, David Elashoff, David W. Gjertson, Patricia Weng, Elaine F. Reed, and Eileen Tsai Chambers. “Angiotensin II Type 1 receptor antibodies are associated with inflammatory cytokines and poor clinical outcomes in pediatric kidney transplantation..” Kidney International 93, no. 1 (January 2018): 260–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.06.034.
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    • Weng, Patricia L., Juan Carlos Alejos, Nancy Halnon, Qiuheng Zhang, Elaine F. Reed, and Eileen Tsai Chambers. “Long-term outcomes of simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation in pediatric recipients..” Pediatr Transplant 21, no. 7 (November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13023.
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    • Ettenger, R., H. Chin, K. Kesler, N. Bridges, P. Grimm, E. F. Reed, M. Sarwal, et al. “Relationship Among Viremia/Viral Infection, Alloimmunity, and Nutritional Parameters in the First Year After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation..” Am J Transplant 17, no. 6 (June 2017): 1549–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14169.
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    • Hickey, Michelle J., Ying Zheng, Nicole Valenzuela, Qiuheng Zhang, Carolyn Krystal, Erik Lum, Eileen W. Tsai, et al. “New priorities: Analysis of the New Kidney Allocation System on UCLA patients transplanted from the deceased donor waitlist.” Human Immunology 78, no. 1 (January 2017): 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humimm.2016.10.020.
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    • Pizzo, Helen P., Robert B. Ettenger, David W. Gjertson, Elaine F. Reed, Jennifer Zhang, H Albin Gritsch, and Eileen W. Tsai. “Sirolimus and tacrolimus coefficient of variation is associated with rejection, donor-specific antibodies, and nonadherence.” Pediatric Nephrology 31, no. 12 (December 2016): 2345–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-016-3422-5.
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    • Freischlag, Kyle, Meghan H. Pearl, and Eileen T. Chambers. “The Clinical Impact of Non-HLA Antibodies in Solid Organ Transplantation..” Clin Transpl 32 (2016): 31–43.
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    • Tsai, Eileen W., Pornpimol Rianthavorn, David W. Gjertson, William D. Wallace, Elaine F. Reed, and Robert B. Ettenger. “CD20+ Lymphocytes in Renal Allografts Are Associated with Poor Graft Survival in Pediatric Patients.” Transplantation 82, no. 12 (December 2006): 1769–73. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.tp.0000250572.46679.45.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Shaw, B. I., D. K. Cheng, Q. Cheng, C. R. Acharya, A. D. Kirk, and E. T. Chambers. “A Novel Genomic Approach for Acute Rejection across All Age Groups in Kidney Transplantation..” In American Journal of Transplantation, 19:519–519. WILEY, 2019.
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    • Chambers, E. T., R. Ettenger, H. -. J. Lee, C. Chan, L. Stempora, B. Warshaw, P. Grimm, E. F. Reed, M. Sarwal, and A. Kirk. “T cell Phenotypes Predict Infectious Risk in Transplanted Children..” In American Journal of Transplantation, 18:476–476. WILEY, 2018.
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    • Pearl, M., J. Grotts, M. Rossetti, Q. Zhang, P. Weng, E. Reed, and E Tsai Chambers. “Endothelin-1 Type A Receptor Antibodies Are Associated with Elevated Il-8, Arteritis and Decline in Renal Function in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 18:268–268. WILEY, 2018.
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