Chief, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Professor in Pediatrics
Office:
223 Hanes House, Durham, NC 27710
Campus Mail:
DUMC Box 3512 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
I am interested clinically in all abdominal organ transplants (kidney, liver, pancreas and intestine). I am specifically interested in intestine transplantation and improving intestine graft preservation and long-term graft function and patient survival. In addition, I am interested in monitoring of patients to improve our ability to determine the etiology of graft dysfunction when there are complex interacting issues such as infection and rejection as well as examining better immunosuppressive regimens to maintain excellent graft function. We have numerous research studies and trial to improve our knowledge in these areas and thereby contribute to improved patient outcomes!
Education and Training
- M.D., Wright State University, 1994
In the News
- A stranger donates part of her liver, giving the gift of life to infantDecember 28, 2015
- Duke Physicians Separate Conjoined TwinsJune 27, 2015
Selected Grants
- Paragonix LIVERguard
- Helping Patients Achieve Kidney Transplants through Health System Change
- Protara- THRIVE Study - Pro00108876
- Molecular Assessment and Profiling of Liver transplant rEcipients: The MAPLE Study - Pro00108291
- Novartis - CCFZ533A2202 - Liver Transplant Patients
- Clinical use of Teduglutide in children with short bowel syndrome: a multi-center post-marketing evaluation
- Novartis - CFZ533A2201 Study for Kidney Transplant Patients
- A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apraglutide in adult subjects with short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure (SBS-IF)
- International Intestinal Failure Registry - Pro00100987
- Sample Collection for Prospera Enhancement by Detecting dd-cfDNA Levels (PEDAL Study)
- A Phase 2a Randomized open label study to assess Bleselumab
- Short Bowel Syndrome Registry
- A multicenter randomized, controlled trial to compare the efficacy of ex-vivo normothermic machine perfusion with static cold storage in human liver transplantation
- Transplant Genomics - TruGraf testing
- A Prospective, Open-Label, Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Teduglutide
- Effects of storage method on intestinal allograft immune profile and viability
- BMS-EnList
- A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF QPI-1002 FOR PREVENTION OF DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION IN RECIPIENTS OF A DONATION AFTER BRAIN DEATH OLDER DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT (ReGIFT)
- Pharmacodynamic Study Investigating Two Doses of Teduglutide in Pediatric Subjects Through 17
- Transplant Social Worker Support for Live Kidney Donation in African Americans
- Evaluation of Acute Rejection Rates in de novo Renal Transplant Recipients Following
Thymoglobulin Induction, CNI-free, Nulojix (belatacept) -based Immunosuppression - A randomized, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study of eculizumab for the prevention of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation in adult subjects at increased risk of delayed graft function