Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Abdominal Transplant Fellow, Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2017 - 2019
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin 2014 - 2017
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin 2009 - 2017
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University 2012 - 2014
  • MR, Northwestern University 2014
  • M.D., Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 2009
  • B.S., Evergreen State College 2002
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Shaw, Brian I., Debra L. Sudan, L Ebony Boulware, and Lisa M. McElroy. “Striking a Balance in Simultaneous Heart Kidney Transplant: Optimizing Outcomes for All Wait-Listed Patients.” J Am Soc Nephrol, June 4, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2020030336.
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    • Moris, Dimitrios, Brian I. Shaw, Jared Gloria, Samuel J. Kesseli, Mariya L. Samoylova, Robin Schmitz, Miriam Manook, et al. “Textbook Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.” World J Surg, June 2, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05625-9.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Debra L. Sudan, and L Ebony Boulware. “Ensuring long-term equity after pediatric liver transplantation.” Am J Transplant 20, no. 6 (June 2020): 1480–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.15818.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Alisa Likhitsup, Gerald Scott Winder, Naba Saeed, Ammar Hassan, Christopher J. Sonnenday, Robert J. Fontana, and Jessica Mellinger. “Gender Disparities in Patients With Alcoholic Liver Disease Evaluated for Liver Transplantation.” Transplantation 104, no. 2 (February 2020): 293–98. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002843.
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    • McElroy, Lisa, Alisa Likhitsup, Nana Sabeed, Ammar Hassan, G Scott Winder, Christopher J. Sonnenday, Robert J. Fontana, and Jessica L. Mellinger. “Re: Distinguishing Between Sex and Gender Is Critical for Research in Transplantation.” Transplantation 104, no. 2 (February 2020): e58. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000002946.
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    • Montgomery, John R., Alexandra Highet, Mark J. Hobeika, Michael J. Englesbe, and Lisa M. McElroy. “Going the distance for procurement of donation after circulatory death livers for transplantation-Does reimbursement reflect reality?” Clin Transplant 34, no. 2 (February 2020): e13780. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.13780.
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    • Samstein, Benjamin, and Lisa M. McElroy. “Agree on much, except it is time for change.” Am J Transplant 19, no. 7 (July 2019): 1912–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.15362.
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    • Dua, Anahita, Lisa McElroy, Abby Wochinski, Johnny C. Hong, and David C. Cronin. “Portal Steal Syndrome After Full-Size Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation.” Wmj 115, no. 3 (June 2016): 147–50.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Rebeca Khorzad, Anna P. Nannicelli, Alexandra R. Brown, Daniela P. Ladner, and Jane L. Holl. “Failure mode and effects analysis: a comparison of two common risk prioritisation methods.” Bmj Qual Saf 25, no. 5 (May 2016): 329–36. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004130.
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    • McElroy, L. M., D. M. Woods, A. F. Yanes, A. I. Skaro, A. Daud, T. Curtis, E. Wymore, J. L. Holl, M. M. Abecassis, and D. P. Ladner. “Applying the WHO conceptual framework for the International Classification for Patient Safety to a surgical population.” Int J Qual Health Care 28, no. 2 (April 2016): 166–74. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzw001.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Kathryn A. Schmidt, Christopher T. Richards, Megan C. McHugh, Jane L. Holl, James G. Adams, and Daniela P. Ladner. “Reducing Hospital Readmissions via Optimization of Emergency Department Care.” Transplantation 100, no. 4 (April 2016): 886–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000000988.
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    • Mcelroy, L. M., E. Z. Gillett, C. Nguyen, J. L. Holl, M. M. Abecassis, and D. P. Ladner. “The hospital pager: Out with the old or here to stay?” Clinical Liver Disease 7, no. 2 (February 1, 2016): 29–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/cld.529.
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    • Yanes, Arianna F., Lisa M. McElroy, Zachary A. Abecassis, Jane Holl, Donna Woods, and Daniela P. Ladner. “Observation for assessment of clinician performance: a narrative review.” Bmj Qual Saf 25, no. 1 (January 2016): 46–55. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004171.
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    • Rowe, T. A., J. Huded, L. McElroy, D. P. Ladner, and L. A. Lindquist. “The Evolution of Living Kidney Donation and Transplantation in Older Adults.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 63, no. 12 (December 1, 2015): 2616–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13832.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Kathryn R. Macapagal, Kelly M. Collins, Michael M. Abecassis, Jane L. Holl, Daniela P. Ladner, and Elisa J. Gordon. “Clinician perceptions of operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and implications for patient safety: a qualitative study.” Am J Surg 210, no. 4 (October 2015): 629–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.05.008.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Kathryn A. Schmidt, Christopher T. Richards, Brittany Lapin, Michael M. Abecassis, Jane L. Holl, James Adams, and Daniela P. Ladner. “Early Postoperative Emergency Department Care of Abdominal Transplant Recipients.” Transplantation 99, no. 8 (August 2015): 1652–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000000781.
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    • Nguyen, Cristina, Lisa M. McElroy, Michael M. Abecassis, Jane L. Holl, and Daniela P. Ladner. “The use of technology for urgent clinician to clinician communications: a systematic review of the literature.” Int J Med Inform 84, no. 2 (February 2015): 101–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.11.003.
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    • Abecassis, Zachary A., Lisa M. McElroy, Ronak M. Patel, Rebeca Khorzad, Charles Carroll, and Sanjay Mehrotra. “Applying fault tree analysis to the prevention of wrong-site surgery.” J Surg Res 193, no. 1 (January 2015): 88–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.062.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Amna Daud, Brittany Lapin, Olivia Ross, Donna M. Woods, Anton I. Skaro, Jane L. Holl, and Daniela P. Ladner. “Detection of medical errors in kidney transplantation: a pilot study comparing proactive clinician debriefings to a hospital-wide incident reporting system.” Surgery 156, no. 5 (November 2014): 1106–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2014.05.013.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Amna Daud, Ashley E. Davis, Brittany Lapin, Talia Baker, Michael M. Abecassis, Josh Levitsky, Jane L. Holl, and Daniela P. Ladner. “A meta-analysis of complications following deceased donor liver transplant.” Am J Surg 208, no. 4 (October 2014): 605–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.06.006.
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    • Davis, Ashley E., Sanjay Mehrotra, Vikram Kilambi, Joseph Kang, Lisa McElroy, Brittany Lapin, Jane Holl, Michael Abecassis, John J. Friedewald, and Daniela P. Ladner. “The effect of the Statewide Sharing variance on geographic disparity in kidney transplantation in the United States.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 9, no. 8 (August 7, 2014): 1449–60. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.05350513.
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    • Davis, Ashley E., Sanjay Mehrotra, Lisa M. McElroy, John J. Friedewald, Anton I. Skaro, Brittany Lapin, Raymond Kang, Jane L. Holl, Michael M. Abecassis, and Daniela P. Ladner. “The extent and predictors of waiting time geographic disparity in kidney transplantation in the United States.” Transplantation 97, no. 10 (May 27, 2014): 1049–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.tp.0000438623.89310.dc.
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    • Dorschner, P., L. M. McElroy, and M. G. Ison. “Nosocomial infections within the first month of solid organ transplantation.” Transpl Infect Dis 16, no. 2 (April 2014): 171–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.12203.
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    • Pappas, Sam G., Kathleen K. Christians, Parag P. Tolat, Alan P. Mautz, Alysandra Lal, Lisa McElroy, T Clark Gamblin, et al. “Staging chest computed tomography and positron emission tomography in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: utility or futility?” Hpb (Oxford) 16, no. 1 (January 2014): 70–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/hpb.12074.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Daniela P. Ladner, and Jane L. Holl. “The role of technology in clinician-to-clinician communication.” Bmj Qual Saf 22, no. 12 (December 2013): 981–83. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002191.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Jeremy J. Juern, Annette Bertleson, Qun Xiang, Aniko Szabo, and John Weigelt. “A single urban center experience with adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles.” Wmj 112, no. 3 (June 2013): 117–22.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Panna A. Codner, and Karen J. Brasel. “A pilot study to explore the safety of perioperative postpyloric enteral nutrition.” Nutr Clin Pract 27, no. 6 (December 2012): 777–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/0884533612464656.
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    • Ogle, Karen S., Lisa McElroy, and Brian Mavis. “No relief in sight: postgraduate training in pain management.” Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25, no. 4 (August 2008): 292–97. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909108315915.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Rebeca Khorzad, Theresa A. Rowe, Zachary A. Abecassis, Daniel W. Apley, Cynthia Barnard, and Jane L. Holl. “Fault Tree Analysis.” Am J Med Qual 32, no. 1 (n.d.): 80–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860615614944.
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  • Book Sections

    • Woods, D. M., and L. M. McElroy. “Patient transitions and handovers across the continuum of surgical care.” In Surgical Patient Care: Improving Safety, Quality and Value, 623–34, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44010-1_36.
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  • Conference Papers

    • McElroy, L., and K. Sanders. “Abdominal Wall Function Following Ventral Incisional Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review.” In British Journal of Surgery, 106:79–80, 2019.
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    • Montgomery, John, Michael Englesbe, and Lisa McElroy. “Surgeon Time Expenditure for Procurement of Donation after Circulatory Death Livers for Transplant.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 19:63–63, 2019.
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    • Likhitsup, Alisa, Jessica L. Mellinger, Lisa M. McElroy, Naba Saeed, Ammar Hassan, Gerald S. Winder, Christopher J. Sonnenday, and Robert J. Fontana. “Alcoholic Liver Disease Has Rapidly Emerged As the Leading Indication for Liver Transplant Evaluation.” In Hepatology, 68:804A-804A, 2018.
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    • Likhitsup, Alisa, Lisa M. McElroy, Jessica L. Mellinger, Naba Saeed, Ammar Hassan, Gerald S. Winder, Christopher J. Sonnenday, and Robert J. Fontana. “Women with Alcoholic Liver Disease Are Less Likely to be Listed for Liver Transplantation.” In Hepatology, 68:803A-804A, 2018.
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    • McElroy, Lisa M., Kelly M. Collins, Felicitas L. Koller, Rebeca Khorzad, Michael M. Abecassis, Jane L. Holl, and Daniela P. Ladner. “Operating room to intensive care unit handoffs and the risks of patient harm.” In Surgery, 158:588–94, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.061.
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    • Abecassis, Z., L. McElroy, B. Lapin, A. Daud, A. Chokechanachaisakul, and D. Ladner. “Seasonal Variation in Outcomes After Liver Transplantation.” In Transplantation, 98:741–741, 2014.
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    • Abecassis, Z., L. McElroy, R. Khorzad, M. Ison, S. Mehothra, and D. Ladner. “System-Level Risks of Postoperative Pneumonia in Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients.” In Transplantation, 98:747–747, 2014.
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    • Dorschner, P., L. McElroy, D. Ladner, and M. Ison. “A Retrospective Study of Early Post-Transplant Nosocomial Infections.” In Transplantation, 98:776–776, 2014.
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    • Khorzad, R., L. McElroy, Z. Abecassis, M. Ison, S. Mehothra, J. Holl, and D. Ladner. “Fault Tree Analysis: A System-Based Approach to Assessing the Risks of Surgical Complications After Liver Transplantation.” In Transplantation, 98:745–46, 2014.
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    • McElroy, L., A. Yanes, J. Joseph, A. Skaro, A. Daud, J. Holl, M. Abecassis, D. Woods, and D. Ladner. “Towards a More Uniform Classification of Patient Safety Events in Solid Organ Transplantation: Applying the World Health Organization International Classification for Patient Safety.” In Transplantation, 98:833–833, 2014.
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    • McElroy, L., B. Lapin, B. Lovasik, A. Skaro, J. Levitsky, M. Abecassis, J. Holl, and D. Ladner. “Longer Cold Ischemic Time in Nighttime Procurements Results in Worse Outcomes for Liver Transplant Recipients.” In Transplantation, 98:738–39, 2014.
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    • Abecassis, Z., L. McElroy, B. Lapin, A. Daud, A. Chokechanachaisakul, and D. Ladner. “Seasonal Variation in Outcomes After Liver Transplantation.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:741–741, 2014.
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    • Abecassis, Z., L. McElroy, R. Khorzad, M. Ison, S. Mehothra, and D. Ladner. “System-Level Risks of Postoperative Pneumonia in Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:747–747, 2014.
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    • Dorschner, P., L. McElroy, D. Ladner, and M. Ison. “A Retrospective Study of Early Post-Transplant Nosocomial Infections.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:776–776, 2014.
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    • Khorzad, R., L. McElroy, Z. Abecassis, M. Ison, S. Mehothra, J. Holl, and D. Ladner. “Fault Tree Analysis: A System-Based Approach to Assessing the Risks of Surgical Complications After Liver Transplantation.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:745–46, 2014.
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    • McElroy, L., A. Yanes, J. Joseph, A. Skaro, A. Daud, J. Holl, M. Abecassis, D. Woods, and D. Ladner. “Towards a More Uniform Classification of Patient Safety Events in Solid Organ Transplantation: Applying the World Health Organization International Classification for Patient Safety.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:833–833, 2014.
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    • McElroy, L., B. Lapin, B. Lovasik, A. Skaro, J. Levitsky, M. Abecassis, J. Holl, and D. Ladner. “Longer Cold Ischemic Time in Nighttime Procurements Results in Worse Outcomes for Liver Transplant Recipients.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:738–39, 2014.
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    • Abecassis, Zachary, Lisa McElroy, Bittany Lapin, Amna Daud, Attasit Chokechanachaisakul, and Daniela Ladner. “Seasonal Variation in Liver Transplantation.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:88–88, 2014.
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    • Dorschner, Peter, Lisa McElroy, Daniela Ladner, and Michael Ison. “A Retrospective Study of Early Post-Transplant Nosocomial Infections.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:103–103, 2014.
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    • McElroy, Lisa, Brendan Lovasik, Brittany Lapin, Amna Daud, Anton Skaro, Donna Woods, Michael Abecassis, Jane Holl, and Daniela Ladner. “Increased Risk of Extended Cold Ischemic Time in Nighttime Procurements.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 14:96–97, 2014.
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    • Joseph, John R., Lisa McElroy, Amna Daud, Donna Woods, and Daniela Ladner. “Using In-person and Video Observations to Assess Safety Vulnerabilities in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.” In Hepatology, 58:1212A-1212A, 2013.
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    • McElroy, Lisa, Amna Daud, Ashley E. Davis, Brittany Lapin, Talia B. Baker, Michael M. Abecassis, Jane L. Holl, and Daniela Ladner. “Complications of Deceased Donor Liver Transplant: A Meta-Analysis of Reported Incidences.” In Hepatology, 58:1025A-1026A, 2013.
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    • Davis, A., S. Mehrotra, J. Friedewald, A. Skaro, L. McElroy, R. Kang, J. Holl, M. Abecassis, and D. Ladner. “The Extent and Drivers of Geographic Inequity in Kidney Transplantation in the United States.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:538–538, 2013.
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    • Davis, A., S. Mehrotra, L. McElroy, J. Friedewald, and D. Ladner. “Implications of the Statewide Sharing Variance on Kidney Transplantation Geographic Inequity and Allocation Efficiency.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:538–538, 2013.
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    • Davis, A., S. Mehrotra, L. McElroy, J. Friedewald, and D. Ladner. “What Is the Definition of Geographic Equity in Kidney Transplantation?” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:538–538, 2013.
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    • Ladner, D., T. Berzins, L. Pomfret, M. Simpson, R. Brown, R. Fisher, A. Daud, et al. “Safety Issues Identified by Proactive Liver Transplant Safety Debriefing.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:510–11, 2013.
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    • McElroy, L., J. Holl, A. Daud, M. Abecassis, D. Woods, and D. Ladner. “Significant Deficiencies in Postoperative Handoffs Revealed in a Comprehensive Assessment of Living Donor Liver Transplantation Systems and Processes of Care.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:73–73, 2013.
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    • Davis, Ashley, Sanjay Mehrotra, John Friedewald, Anton Skaro, Lisa McElroy, Raymond Kang, Edward Wang, Jane Holl, Michael Abecassis, and Daniela Ladner. “Predictors of Kidney Transplantation Waiting Time Inequity across the United States.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:73–73, 2013.
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    • McElroy, Lisa, Ashley Davis, John Friedewald, Lisa VanWagner, Anna Gonzales, Cathy Rigney, Martin Mozes, Sanjay Mehrotra, and Daniela Ladner. “Examining the Influence of Biopsy on Organ Utilization in a Single OPO.” In American Journal of Transplantation, 13:76–76, 2013.
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