Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Nephrology, Medicine, Duke University 2005 - 2008
  • Resident, Medicine, Duke University 2002 - 2005
  • M.D., Duke University 2002
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2015 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2015 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2009 - 2015
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2009 - 2015
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2009
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • NOV 25, 2015

    WRAL

    Q&A: Transplants at Duke University Hospital

  • DEC 2, 2014

    Fox News, AP

    Changes coming to kidney transplant waiting list
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • RaDIANT Community Study to Reduce Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation awarded by Emory University 2016 - 2018
  • Transplant Social Worker Support for Live Kidney Donation in African Americans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
  • Longitudinal assessment of CMV and BK virus immunity in renal transplant patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Bashir, MR, Jaffe, TA, Brennan, TV, Patel, UD, and Ellis, MJ. "Re: Renal transplant imaging using magnetic resonance angiography with a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent." January 1, 2013.  Full Text
    • Ellis, MJ, Emani, SM, Colgrove, SL, Glower, DD, and Taylor, DA. "Cell dosage is critical for improved contractility following cellular cardiomyoplasty." October 23, 2001.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Abbes, S, Metjian, A, Gray, A, Martinu, T, Snyder, L, Chen, D-F, Ellis, M, Arepally, GM, and Onwuemene, O. "Human Leukocyte Antigen Sensitization in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Primer on Terminology, Testing, and Clinical Significance for the Apheresis Practitioner." Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy 21, no. 5 (October 2017): 441-450. (Review)  Full Text
    • Davis, B, Marin, D, Hurwitz, LM, Ronald, J, Ellis, MJ, Ravindra, KV, Collins, BH, and Kim, CY. "Application of a Novel CT-Based Iliac Artery Calcification Scoring System for Predicting Renal Transplant Outcomes." AJR. American journal of roentgenology 206, no. 2 (February 2016): 436-441.  Full Text
    • Strigo, TS, Ephraim, PL, Pounds, I, Hill-Briggs, F, Darrell, L, Ellis, M, Sudan, D, Rabb, H, Segev, D, Wang, N-Y, Kaiser, M, Falkovic, M, Lebov, JF, and Boulware, LE. "The TALKS study to improve communication, logistical, and financial barriers to live donor kidney transplantation in African Americans: protocol of a randomized clinical trial." Bmc Nephrology 16 (October 9, 2015): 160-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Englum, BR, Schechter, MA, Irish, WD, Ravindra, KV, Vikraman, DS, Sanoff, SL, Ellis, MJ, Sudan, DL, and Patel, UD. "Outcomes in kidney transplant recipients from older living donors." Transplantation 99, no. 2 (February 2015): 309-315.  Full Text
    • Englum, BR, Schechter, MA, Irish, WD, Ravindra, KV, Vikraman, DS, Sanoff, SL, Ellis, MJ, Sudan, DL, and Patel, UD. "Outcomes in kidney transplant recipients from older living donors." Transplantation 99, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 309-315.  Full Text
    • Beermann, KJ, Ellis, MJ, Sudan, DL, and Harris, MT. "Tacrolimus dose requirements in African-American and Caucasian kidney transplant recipients on mycophenolate and prednisone." Clinical transplantation 28, no. 7 (July 2014): 762-767.  Full Text
    • Phelan, PJ, Howell, DN, Smith, SR, and Ellis, MJ. "Late coexistent acute cellular and antibody-mediated rejection in non-sensitized renal transplant patients." Int Urol Nephrol 46, no. 5 (May 2014): 1031-1033. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Phelan, PJ, Howell, DN, Smith, SR, and Ellis, MJ. "Late coexistent acute cellular and antibody-mediated rejection in non-sensitized renal transplant patients." International Urology and Nephrology 46, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 1031-1033. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Bashir, MR, Jaffe, TA, Brennan, TV, Patel, UD, and Ellis, MJ. "Renal transplant imaging using magnetic resonance angiography with a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent." Transplantation 96, no. 1 (July 2013): 91-96.  Full Text
    • Barbas, AS, Rege, AS, Castleberry, AW, Gommer, J, Ellis, MJ, Brennan, TV, Collins, BH, Martin, AE, Ravindra, KV, Vikraman, DS, and Sudan, DL. "Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome independently associated with tacrolimus and sirolimus after multivisceral transplantation." American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 13, no. 3 (March 2013): 808-810.  Full Text
    • Bashir, MR, Jaffe, TA, Brennan, TV, Patel, UD, and Ellis, MJ. "Renal transplant imaging using magnetic resonance angiography with a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent." Transplantation 96, no. 1 (2013): 91-96.  Full Text
    • Wang, L, Ellis, MJ, Gomez, JA, Eisner, W, Fennell, W, Howell, DN, Ruiz, P, Fields, TA, and Spurney, RF. "Mechanisms of the proteinuria induced by Rho GTPases." Kidney International 81, no. 11 (June 2012): 1075-1085.  Full Text
    • Ellis, MJ, Parikh, CR, Inrig, JK, Kambay, M, and Patel, UD. "Erratum: Chronic kidney disease after hematopoietic cell transplantation: A systematic review (American Journal of Transplantation (2008) 8:11 (2378-2390) DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02408.x)." American Journal of Transplantation 9, no. 4 (2009): 865--.  Full Text
    • Ellis, MJ, Parikh, CR, Inrig, JK, Kanbay, M, and Patel, UD. "Chronic kidney disease after hematopoietic cell transplantation: a systematic review." Am J Transplant 8, no. 11 (November 2008): 2378-2390. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wang, L, Ellis, MJ, Fields, TA, Howell, DN, and Spurney, RF. "Beneficial effects of the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 in murine puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis." Kidney Blood Press Res 31, no. 2 (2008): 111-121.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Szczech, LA, Anderson, A, Ramers, C, Engeman, J, Ellis, M, Butterly, D, and Howell, DN. "The uncertain significance of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody among HIV-infected persons with kidney disease." Am J Kidney Dis 48, no. 4 (October 2006): e55-e59.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ellis, MJ, and Patel, UD. "Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation." N Engl J Med 355, no. 10 (September 7, 2006): 1070-. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Emani, SM, Ellis, MJ, Dibernardo, LR, Colgrove, S, Glower, DD, and Taylor, DA. "Systolic contraction within aneurysmal rabbit myocardium following transplantation of autologous skeletal myoblasts." J Surg Res 135, no. 1 (September 2006): 202-208.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Aston, AG, Emani, SM, Pineles, SL, Colgrove, SL, Ellis, MJ, and Taylor, DA. "Genetically engineered myoblasts survive allogeneic transplant into myocardium." CIRCULATION 104, no. 17 (October 23, 2001): 324-324.  Link to Item
    • Dressman, MA, Walz, TM, Lavedan, C, Barnes, L, Buchholtz, S, Kwon, I, Ellis, MJ, and Polymeropoulos, MH. "Genes that co-cluster with estrogen receptor alpha in microarray analysis of breast biopsies." The pharmacogenomics journal 1, no. 2 (January 2001): 135-141.  Full Text

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