Kymberly D. Watt, M.D.

  1. Gastroenterologist
  2. Internist
  3. Transplant Hepatologist
  1. Chiu CY, Brumble LM, Vikram HR, Watt KD, Beam E. Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplantation: Incidence and Risk Analysis. Clin Transplant. 2024 Jul; 38 (7):e15389
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  2. Fipps DC, Nguyen T, Meyer R, Smith B, Roden R, Clark MM, Watt KD, Jowsey-Gregoire SG. The Frequency and Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Mood, Alcohol Relapse, and Outcomes in Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 26 Epub 2024 June 26
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  3. Watt KD, Rolak S, Foley DP, Plichta JK, Pruthi S, Farr D, Zwald FO, Carvajal RD, Dudek AZ, Sanger CB, Rocco R, Chang GJ, Dizon DS, Langstraat CL, Teoh D, Agarwal PK, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Kennedy CC, D'Cunha J, Mohindra NA, Stewart S, Habermann TH, Schuster S, Lunning M, Shah NN, Gertz MA, Mehta J, Suvannasankha A, Verna E, Farr M, Blosser CD, Hammel L, Al-Adra DP. Cancer Surveillance in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With a Pretransplant History of Malignancy: Multidisciplinary Collaborative Expert Opinion. Transplantation. 2024 May 21 [Epub ahead of print]
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  4. Rolak SC, Yetmar ZA, Lahr BD, Beam E, Razi S, Watt K, Yang L, Aqel BA, Mahmood M. Risk Factors for Surgical-site Infections After Liver Transplant: Does Perioperative Antibiotic Regimen Matter? Transplantation. 2024 May 1; 108 (5):1179-1188 Epub 2023 Dec 04
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  5. Rolak S, Elhawary A, Diwan T, Watt KD. Futility and poor outcomes are not the same thing: A clinical perspective of refined outcomes definitions in liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2024 Apr 1; 30 (4):421-430 Epub 2024 Jan 22
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  6. Busebee B, Watt KD, Dupuy-McCauley K, DuBrock H. Sleep disturbances in chronic liver disease. Liver Transpl. 2024 Mar 27 [Epub ahead of print]
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  7. Fipps DC, Meyer R, Woods J, Watt K, Schneekloth T, Gifford J, Kolla BP. Clinical Utility and Impact of Phosphatidylethanol Testing in Liver Transplantation Evaluations. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Mar-Apr; 65 (2):157-166 Epub 2023 Dec 01
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  8. Busebee B, Myhre L, Mara K, Aqel B, Taner T, Watt KD. De novo hepatitis B infection following liver transplantation with core antibody positive grafts: The role of surface antibody status in guiding long-term prophylaxis. Clin Transplant. 2024 Feb; 38 (2):e15263
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  9. Bazerbachi F, Baroud S, Levy MJ, Maselli DB, Vargas EJ, Bofill-Garcia A, Law RJ, Chandrasekhara V, Storm AC, Gleeson FC, Rajan E, Iyer PG, Watt KD, Abu Dayyeh BK. Celiac artery mesenteric fat measurement with endosonography (CAMEUS) reliably correlates with obesity and related comorbidities. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2024; 12:goae039 Epub 2024 Apr 26
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  10. Watt KD, Khan MQ. Reply: More on non-alcohol/non-metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 2023 Dec 26 [Epub ahead of print]
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  11. Siddiqui MS, Muthiah M, Satapathy SK, Patidar KR, Bhat M, Brandman D, Watt KD, Rinella M. Defining an approach for therapeutic strategies in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease after liver transplantation. Hepatology. 2023 Dec 13 [Epub ahead of print]
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  12. Schmidt K, Spann A, Khan MQ, Izzy M, Watt KD. Minimizing Metabolic and Cardiac Risk Factors to Maximize Outcomes After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2023 Dec 7 Epub 2023 Dec 07
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  13. Khan MQ, Hassan S, Lizaola-Mayo BC, Bhat M, Watt KD. Navigating the "specific etiology" steatohepatitis category: Evaluation and management of nonalcoholic/nonmetabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 2023 Nov 7 Epub 2023 Nov 07
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  14. Liu A, Angirekula M, Elhawary A, Mara K, Kulai T, Leise M, Watt KD. Progression of fibrosis in liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C before and after sustained virologic response. Clin Transplant. 2023 Oct; 37 (10):e15050 Epub 2023 June 17
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  15. Kow AWC, Liu J, Patel MS, De Martin E, Reddy MS, Soejima Y, Syn N, Watt K, Xia Q, Saraf N, Kamel R, Nasralla D, McKenna G, Srinvasan P, Elsabbagh AM, Pamecha V, Palaniappan K, Mas V, Tokat Y, Asthana S, Cherukuru R, Egawa H, Lerut J, Broering D, Berenguer M, Cattral M, Clavien PA, Chen CL, Shah S, Zhu ZJ, Emond J, Ascher N, Rammohan A, Bhangui P, Rela M, Kim DS, Ikegami T, ILTS-iLDLT-LTSI SFSS Working Group. Post Living Donor Liver Transplantation Small-for-size Syndrome: Definitions, Timelines, Biochemical, and Clinical Factors for Diagnosis: Guidelines From the ILTS-iLDLT-LTSI Consensus Conference. Transplantation. 2023 Oct 1; 107 (10):2226-2237 Epub 2023 Sept 25
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  16. Watt KD, Paul S, Khan MQ, Siddiqui M, Lam J, Diwan TS, Camilleri M. Obesity management for the hepatologist-What to do, how to do it and why? Hepatology. 2023 Sep 19 Epub 2023 Sept 19
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  17. Cho J, Johnson BD, Watt KD, Niven AS, Shin J, Kim CH. Alterations in pulmonary vasomotor modulators post aerobic exercise training in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2023 Aug; 314:104089 Epub 2023 June 01
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  18. Tsochatzis EA, Watt KD, VanWagner LB, Verna EC, Berzigotti A. Evaluation of recipients with significant comorbidity - Patients with cardiovascular disease. J Hepatol. 2023 Jun; 78 (6):1089-1104
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  19. Rinella ME, Satapathy SK, Brandman D, Smith C, Elwir S, Xia J, Gibson M, Figueredo C, Angirekula M, Vanatta JM, Sarwar R, Jiang Y, Gregory D, Agostini T, Ko J, Podila P, Gallo G, Watt KD, Siddiqui MS. Factors Impacting Survival in Those Transplanted for NASH Cirrhosis: Data From the NailNASH Consortium. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Feb; 21 (2):445-455.e2 Epub 2022 Feb 18
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  20. Robateau Colon A, Higgins E, Boire N, Cummins N, Watt KD. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess. IDCases. 2023; 31:e01722 Epub 2023 Feb 17
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  21. Cajigas HR, Burger CD, Cartin-Ceba R, DuBrock H, Swanson K, Vargas HE, Keaveny AP, Watt KD, Krowka M. Portopulmonary Hypertension in Nontransplanted Patients: Results of the Largest US Single-Institution Registry. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Dec; 97 (12):2236-2247 Epub 2022 Nov 03
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  22. Cho J, Johnson BD, Watt KD, Niven AS, Yeo D, Kim CH. Exercise training attenuates pulmonary inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction in a mouse model of high-fat high-carbohydrate-induced NAFLD. BMC Med. 2022 Nov 8; 20 (1):429 Epub 2022 Nov 08
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  23. Gong P, Huang C, Lok UW, Tang S, Ling W, Zhou C, Yang L, Watt KD, Callstrom M, Chen S. Improved Ultrasound Attenuation Estimation with Non-uniform Structure Detection and Removal. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2022 Nov; 48 (11):2292-2301 Epub 2022 Aug 26
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  24. Mercado LA, Bhangu HK, Calderon E, Mathur AK, Aqel B, Musto KR, Watt KD, Rosen CB, Bolan C, LeGout JD, Taner CB, Harnois DM, Croome KP. DCD Liver Grafts Can Safely Be Used for Recipients With Grade I-II Portal Vein Thrombosis: A Multicenter Analysis. Transplant Direct. 2022 Nov; 8 (11):e1392 Epub 2022 Oct 07
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  25. de Rosner-van Rosmalen M, Adelmann D, Berlakovich GA, Francoz C, Selzner N, Berenguer M, Watt KD, Man NK, Burra P, Pai SL. Women Leadership in Liver Transplantation-Results of an International Survey. Transplantation 2022 Sep 1; 106 (9):1699-1702 Epub 2022 Aug 19
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  26. Doycheva I, Erickson D, Watt KD. Growth hormone deficiency and NAFLD: An overlooked and underrecognized link. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Sep; 6 (9):2227-2237 Epub 2022 June 28
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  27. Singh N, Watt KD, Bhanji RA. The fundamentals of sex-based disparity in liver transplantation: Understanding can lead to change. Liver Transpl. 2022 Aug; 28 (8):1367-1375 Epub 2022 Apr 25
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  28. Nasser-Ghodsi N, Mara K, Allen AM, Watt KD. Increasing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis overlap in liver transplant recipients: Additive risk for de novo malignancy. Clin Transplant. 2022 Aug; 36 (8):e14714 Epub 2022 June 02
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  29. Chesdachai S, Udompap P, Yetmar ZA, Watt KD, Aqel BA, Yang L, Beam E. Infectious complications in acute graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Aug; 24 (4):e13843 Epub 2022 June 01
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  30. Cho J, Johnson BD, Watt KD, Kim CH. Greater Muscular Strength Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Pulmonary Dysfunction in Individuals with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 17; 11 (14) Epub 2022 July 17
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  31. Richardson B, Khan MQ, Brown SA, Watt KD, Izzy M. Personalizing Diabetes Management in Liver Transplant Recipients: The New Era for Optimizing Risk Management. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Jun; 6 (6):1250-1261 Epub 2021 Dec 17
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  32. Thompson SM, Suman G, Torbenson MS, Chen ZE, Jondal DE, Patra A, Ehman EC, Andrews JC, Fleming CJ, Welch BT, Kurup AN, Roberts LR, Watt KD, Truty MJ, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Heimbach JK, Tran NH, Mahipal A, Yin J, Zemla T, Wang C, Fogarty Z, Jacobson M, Kemp BJ, Venkatesh SK, Johnson GB, Woodrum DA, Goenka AH. PSMA as a Theranostic Target in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Immunohistochemistry and (68) Ga-PSMA-11 PET Using Cyclotron-Produced (68) Ga. Hepatol Commun. 2022 May; 6 (5):1172-1185 Epub 2021 Nov 15
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  33. Lok UW, Gong P, Huang C, Tang S, Zhou C, Yang L, Watt KD, Callstrom M, Trzasko JD, Chen S. Reverberation clutter signal suppression in ultrasound attenuation estimation using wavelet-based robust principal component analysis. Phys Med Biol. 2022 Apr 28; 67 (9)
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  34. Cheung AC, Juran BD, Schlicht EM, McCauley BM, Atkinson EJ, Moore R, Heimbach JK, Watt KD, Wu TT, LaRusso NF, Gores GJ, Sun Z, Lazaridis KN. DNA methylation profile of liver tissue in end-stage cholestatic liver disease. Epigenomics. 2022 Apr; 14 (8):481-497 Epub 2022 Apr 27
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  35. Pai SL, Chadha RM, Logvinov II, Brigham TJ, Watt KD, Li Z, Palmer WC, Blackshear JL, Aniskevich S. Preoperative echocardiography as a prognostic tool for liver transplant in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Clin Transplant. 2022 Feb; 36 (2):e14538 Epub 2021 Nov 29
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  36. Colmenero J, Berenguer M, Watt KD. The ILTS-SETH Consensus Conference on Extrahepatic Cancer and Liver Transplantation: Paving the Way. Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1; 106 (1):e1-e2
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  37. Colmenero J, Tabrizian P, Bhangui P, Pinato DJ, Rodriguez-Peralvarez ML, Sapisochin G, Bhoori S, Pascual S, Senzolo M, Al-Adra D, Herrero JI, Petrowsky H, Dawson LA, Hosni A, Kutzke JL, Gastaca M, Watt KD. De Novo Malignancy After Liver Transplantation: Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Management-Guidelines From the ILTS-SETH Consensus Conference. Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1; 106 (1):e30-e45
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  38. Lok UW, Gong P, Huang C, Tang S, Zhou C, Yang L, Watt KD, Callstrom M, Trzasko JD, Chen S. Robust principal component analysis with wavelet-based sparsity promotion to mitigate reverberation clutters for ultrasound attenuation estimation. IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS. 2022; 2022-October:9957606
  39. Mendoza YP, Becchetti C, Watt KD, Berzigotti A. Risks and Rewards of Bariatric Surgery in Advanced Chronic Liver Diseases. Semin Liver Dis. 2021 Nov; 41 (4):448-460 Epub 2021 July 09
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  40. King RL, Khurana A, Mwangi R, Fama A, Ristow KM, Maurer MJ, Macon WR, Ansell SM, Bennani NN, Kudva YC, Walker RC, Watt KD, Schwab TR, Kushwaha SS, Cerhan JR, Habermann TM. Clinicopathologic Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes of Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders: A Single-institution Experience Using 2017 WHO Diagnostic Criteria. Hemasphere. 2021 Oct; 5 (10):e640 Epub 2021 Sept 06
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  41. Watt KD, Heimbach JK, Rizk M, Jaruvongvanich P, Sanchez W, Port J, Venkatesh SK, Bamlet H, Tiedtke K, Malhi H, Acosta Cardenas A, Grothe K, Clark M, Mundi MS, Abu Dayyeh BK. Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Balloon Placement for Weight Loss in Patients With Cirrhosis Awaiting Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2021 Sep; 27 (9):1239-1247 Epub 2021 July 26
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  42. Nasser-Ghodsi N, Mara K, Watt KD. De Novo Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer in Liver-Transplant Recipients: Identifying the Higher-Risk Populations. Hepatology. 2021 Aug; 74 (2):1003-1013 Epub 2021 June 21
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  43. Gong P, Song P, Huang C, Lok UW, Tang S, Zhou C, Yang L, Watt KD, Callstrom M, Chen S. Noise Suppression for Ultrasound Attenuation Coefficient Estimation Based on Spectrum Normalization. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2021 Aug; 68 (8):2667-2674 Epub 2021 July 26
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  44. Fipps DC, Goetze RE, Clark MM, Mara K, Watt KD, Jowsey-Gregoire SG, Heimbach JK, Grothe K. Liver Transplantation After Bariatric Surgery: a Clinical Cohort Study. Obes Surg. 2021 Aug; 31 (8):3700-3706 Epub 2021 May 22
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  45. Yohanathan L, Corsini Campioli C, Campioli CC, Mousa OY, Friedman DZP, Shah V, Ramkissoon R, Hines AS, Kamath PS, Razonable RR, Badley AD, DeMartino ES, Joyner MJ, Graham R, Vergidis P, Simonetto DA, Sanchez W, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Beam E, Leise MD. Liver transplantation for acute liver failure in a SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive patient. Am J Transplant. 2021 Aug; 21 (8):2890-2894 Epub 2021 May 05
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  46. Haffar S, Izzy M, Habib H, Sugihara T, Li DK, Sharma A, Wang Z, Murad MH, Watt KD, Bazerbachi F. Liver chemistries in glycogenic hepatopathy associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and pooled analysis. Liver Int. 2021 Jul; 41 (7):1545-1555 Epub 2021 Feb 28
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  47. Abu Rmilah A, Fencl R, Watt K, Krowka M, Wiesner R, Murray D, Nyberg S, Leise M. Association of alpha 1 Antitrypsin Phenotype and Development of Advanced Liver Disease and Pulmonary Complications Before and After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2021 Jul 1; 105 (7):1576-1584
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  48. Bhanji RA, Watt KD. Physiologic Reserve Assessment and Application in Clinical and Research Settings in Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2021 Jul; 27 (7):1041-1053
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  49. Izzy M, Angirekula M, Abu Dayyeh BK, Bazerbachi F, Watt KD. Bariatric surgery proves long-term benefit in patients with cirrhosis. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2021 Jun; 9 (3):252-256 Epub 2020 Nov 24
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  50. Izzy M, Soldatova A, Sun X, Angirekula M, Mara K, Lin G, Watt KD. Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy Predicts Posttransplant Cardiovascular Disease: Revelations of the New Diagnostic Criteria. Liver Transpl. 2021 Jun; 27 (6):876-886
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  51. Nitski O, Azhie A, Qazi-Arisar FA, Wang X, Ma S, Lilly L, Watt KD, Levitsky J, Asrani SK, Lee DS, Rubin BB, Bhat M, Wang B. Long-term mortality risk stratification of liver transplant recipients: real-time application of deep learning algorithms on longitudinal data. Lancet Digit Health. 2021 May; 3 (5):e295-e305 Epub 2021 Apr 12
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  52. Brown SA, Izzy M, Watt KD. Pharmacotherapy for Weight Loss in Cirrhosis and Liver Transplantation: Translating the Data and Underused Potential. Hepatology. 2021 May; 73 (5):2051-2062
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  53. Yohanathan L, Corsini CG, Ramkissoon R, Mousa O, Watt KD, Friedman DZP, Shah VH, Hines AS, Kamath PS, Razonable RR, Badley AD, DeMartino ES, Joyner MJ, Vergidis P, Simonetto DA, Sanchez W, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Beam E, Leise MD. Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure in a Patient with COVID-19 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 PCR Positivity American Journal of Transplantation. 2021.
  54. Sehrawat TS, Arab JP, Liu M, Amrollahi P, Wan M, Fan J, Nakao Y, Pose E, Navarro-Corcuera A, Dasgupta D, Liao CY, He L, Mauer AS, Avitabile E, Ventura-Cots M, Bataller RA, Sanyal AJ, Chalasani NP, Heimbach JK, Watt KD, Gores GJ, Gines P, Kamath PS, Simonetto DA, Hu TY, Shah VH, Malhi H. Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Sphingolipid Cargo for the Diagnosis and Dynamic Risk Profiling of Alcoholic Hepatitis. Hepatology. 2021 Feb; 73 (2):571-585 Epub 2020 Oct 30
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  55. Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD. Pretransplant solid organ malignancy and organ transplant candidacy: A consensus expert opinion statement. Am J Transplant. 2021 Feb; 21 (2):460-474 Epub 2020 Oct 23
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  56. Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD. Preexisting melanoma and hematological malignancies, prognosis, and timing to solid organ transplantation: A consensus expert opinion statement. Am J Transplant. 2021 Feb; 21 (2):475-483 Epub 2020 Oct 10
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  57. Bazerbachi F, Vargas EJ, Rizk M, Maselli DB, Mounajjed T, Venkatesh SK, Watt KD, Port JD, Basu R, Acosta A, Hanouneh I, Gara N, Shah M, Mundi M, Clark M, Grothe K, Storm AC, Levy MJ, Abu Dayyeh BK. Intragastric Balloon Placement Induces Significant Metabolic and Histologic Improvement in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jan; 19 (1):146-154.e4 Epub 2020 Apr 30
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  58. Bhanji RA, Saiman Y, Watt KD. Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, Sarcopenia, and Liver Transplantation. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2021 Jan; 17 (1):2-5 Epub 2021 Feb 01
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  59. Tse CS, Yang JD, Mousa OY, Nelson KM, Pungpapong S, Keaveny A, Aqel BA, Vargas H, Dickson RC, Watt K, Gores GJ, Roberts LR, Leise MD. Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Liver Transplant Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis C. Transplant Direct. 2021 Jan; 7(1):e635. Epub 2020 Dec 08.
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  60. Gong P, Zhou C, Song P, Huang C, Lok UW, Tang S, Watt K, Callstrom M, Chen S. Ultrasound Attenuation Estimation in Harmonic Imaging for Robust Fatty Liver Detection. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2020 Nov; 46 (11):3080-3087 Epub 2020 Aug 06
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  61. Sivaraj S, Chan A, Pasini E, Chen E, Lawendy B, Verna E, Watt K, Bhat M. Enteric dysbiosis in liver and kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review. Transpl Int. 2020 Oct; 33 (10):1163-1176 Epub 2020 Aug 05
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  62. Nasser-Ghodsi N, Plevak MF, Dierkhising RA, Angirekula M, Izzy M, Lerman A, Watt KD. Peripheral Endothelial Function as a Marker of Systemic Vasodilation in End-stage Liver Disease: Results of a Pilot Study. Transplant Direct. 2020 May; 6 (5):e546 Epub 2020 Apr 09
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  63. Spann A, Yasodhara A, Kang J, Watt K, Wang B, Goldenberg A, Bhat M. Applying Machine Learning in Liver Disease and Transplantation: A Comprehensive Review. Hepatology. 2020 Mar; 71 (3):1093-1105 Epub 2020 Mar 06
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  64. Izzy M, VanWagner LB, Lin G, Altieri M, Findlay JY, Oh JK, Watt KD, Lee SS, Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy Consortium. Redefining Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy for the Modern Era. Hepatology. 2020 Jan; 71 (1):334-345 Epub 2019 Oct 11
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  65. Bhat M, Pasini E, Das A, Baciu C, Angeli M, Humar A, Watt KD, Allard J. Diabetogenic Effects of Immunosuppression: An Integrative Analysis. Transplantation. 2020 Jan; 104 (1):211-221
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  66. Bhanji RA, Montano-Loza AJ, Watt KD. Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis: Looking Beyond the Skeletal Muscle Loss to See the Systemic Disease. Hepatology. 2019 Dec; 70 (6):2193-2203
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  67. Allen AM, Therneau TM, Mara KC, Larson JJ, Watt KD, Hayes SN, Kamath PS. Women With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Lose Protection Against Cardiovascular Disease: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Nov; 114 (11):1764-1771
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  68. Schneider S, Diaz Jaime F, Mara K, Dierkhising R, Heimbach J, Watt KD, Berenguer M. Long-term outcomes of the octogenarian donor liver recipient: The era of the new centurion. Clin Transplant. 2019 Aug; 33 (8):e13629 Epub 2019 July 04
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  69. Iyer VN, Saberi B, Heimbach JK, Larson JJ, Raghavaiah S, Ditah I, Swanson K, Kamath PS, Watt KD, Taner T, Krowka MJ, Leise MD. Liver Transplantation Trends and Outcomes for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in the United States. Transplantation. 2019 Jul; 103 (7):1418-1424
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  70. Doycheva I, Watt KD, Gulamhusein AF. Autoimmune hepatitis: Current and future therapeutic options. Liver Int. 2019 Jun; 39 (6):1002-1013 Epub 2019 Mar 07
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  71. Drinane M, Jing Wang X, Wang XJ, Watt K. Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Eradication of Refractory Hepatitis E in an Immunosuppressed Kidney Transplant Recipient. Hepatology. 2019 May; 69 (5):2297-2299 Epub 2019 Mar 08
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  72. Izzy M, VanWagner LB, Lee SS, Altieri M, Angirekula M, Watt KD. Understanding and managing cardiovascular outcomes in liver transplant recipients. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2019 Apr; 24 (2):148-155
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  73. Bhanji RA, Takahashi N, Moynagh MR, Narayanan P, Angirekula M, Mara KC, Dierkhising RA, Watt KD. The evolution and impact of sarcopenia pre- and post-liver transplantation. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Mar; 49 (6):807-813 Epub 2019 Feb 03
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  74. Bhat M, Mara K, Dierkhising R, Watt KD. Gender, Race and Disease Etiology Predict De Novo Malignancy Risk After Liver Transplantation: Insights for Future Individualized Cancer Screening Guidance. Transplantation. 2019 Jan; 103 (1):91-100
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  75. Shiffman M, Freilich B, Vuppalanchi R, Watt K, Chan JL, Spada A, Hagerty DT, Schiff E. Randomised clinical trial: emricasan versus placebo significantly decreases ALT and caspase 3/7 activation in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Jan; 49 (1):64-73 Epub 2018 Nov 14
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  76. Germani G, Laryea M, Rubbia-Brandt L, Egawa H, Burra P, O'Grady J, Watt KD. Management of Recurrent and De Novo NAFLD/NASH After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2019 Jan; 103 (1):57-67
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  77. Bhanji RA, Narayanan P, Moynagh MR, Takahashi N, Angirekula M, Kennedy CC, Mara KC, Dierkhising RA, Watt KD. Differing Impact of Sarcopenia and Frailty in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Alcoholic Liver Disease. Liver Transpl. 2019 Jan; 25 (1):14-24
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  78. Schneekloth TD, Hitschfeld MJ, Petterson TM, Narayanan P, Niazi SK, Jowsey-Gregoire SG, Thusius NJ, Vasquez AR, Kremers WK, Watt KD, Rummans TA. Psychosocial Risk Impacts Mortality in Women After Liver Transplantation. Psychosomatics. 2019 Jan - Feb; 60 (1):56-65 Epub 2018 June 27
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  79. Narayanan P, Mara K, Izzy M, Dierkhising R, Heimbach J, Allen AM, Watt KD. Recurrent or De Novo Allograft Steatosis and Long-term Outcomes After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2019 Jan; 103 (1):e14-e21
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  80. Bazerbachi F, Haffar S, Wang Z, Cabezas J, Arias-Loste MT, Crespo J, Darwish-Murad S, Ikram MA, Olynyk JK, Gan E, Petta S, Berzuini A, Prati D, de Ledinghen V, Wong VW, Del Poggio P, Chavez-Tapia NC, Chen YP, Cheng PN, Yuen MF, Das K, Chowdhury A, Caballeria L, Fabrellas N, Gines P, Kumar M, Sarin SK, Conti F, Andreone P, Sirli R, Cortez-Pinto H, Carvalhana S, Sugihara T, Kim SU, Parikh P, Chayama K, Corpechot C, Kim KM, Papatheodoridis G, Alsebaey A, Kamath PS, Murad MH, Watt KD. Range of Normal Liver Stiffness and Factors Associated With Increased Stiffness Measurements in Apparently Healthy Individuals. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jan; 17 (1):54-64.e1 Epub 2018 Sept 07
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  81. Bhat V, Tazari M, Watt KD, Bhat M. New-Onset Diabetes and Preexisting Diabetes Are Associated With Comparable Reduction in Long-Term Survival After Liver Transplant: A Machine Learning Approach. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Dec; 93 (12):1794-1802
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  82. Zhang N, Jin W, Zhou S, Yang JD, Harmsen WS, Giama NH, Wongjarupong N, Heimbach JK, Watt KD, Malhi H, Therneau TM, Roberts LR. Hypothyroidism is associated with worse outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma patients after liver transplantation. Cancer Med. 2018 Dec; 7 (12):5870-5878 Epub 2018 Nov 19
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  83. Snipelisky D, Shipman J, Olson N, Pellikka P, Aqel B, McCully R, Watt K. Low to Intermediate Dose Atropine Administration During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in the Pre-Liver Transplant Population. Prog Transplant. 2018 Dec; 28 (4):361-367 Epub 2018 Sept 16
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