Publications Print Alasfar S, Koubar SH, Gautam SC, Jaar BG. Kidney Care in Times of Crises: A Review. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024 Nov; 84 (5):621-631 Epub 2024 June 06 View PubMed Sekkarie M, Murad L, Alasfar S. Assessment of the response to kidney patients' needs in disaster-stricken Syria. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2024 Nov 1; 33 (6):621-626 Epub 2024 June 20 View PubMed Hommos MS, Brown A, Trollinger B, Sekkarie M, Alasfar S. Do not forget about transplant patients during disasters. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2024 Nov 1; 33 (6):627-635 Epub 2024 Sept 12 View PubMed Alasfar S, Me HM, Budhiraja P. Approach to Late Noninfectious Post-Transplant Complications. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2024 Sep; 31 (5):436-449 View PubMed Abdo N, Mohamed S, Luyckx V, Mohammad A, Rahman SAE, Christine K, Alexander J, Khaled HN, Lina M, Oussama RA, Alasfar S, Ahmad A. Metal phosphide poisoning in a disaster-stricken area. Can early hemodialysis improve outcomes? Hemodial Int. 2024 Jul; 28 (3):351-357 Epub 2024 June 27 View PubMed Alasfar S, Alashavi H, Nasan KH, Haj Mousa AA, Polinori C, Luyckx V, Sekkarie M, Kaysi S, Murad L, Burnham GM. Providing Hemodialysis in Unstable Areas: An Assessment and Framework for Effective Care. Kidney Int Rep. 2024 Mar; 9 (3):580-588 Epub 2023 Dec 20 View PubMed Luyckx VA, Alasfar S, Bajpai D, Atwater CE, Knight J, Talbot B, Davies S, Niang A. Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in low- and middle-income countries. Kidney Int. 2024 Feb; 105(2):259-268. Epub 2023 Nov 25. View PubMed Alasfar S, Berhe E, Karam S, Luyckx V. Impact of persistent conflict and destabilizing events on dialysis care. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2023 Nov; 19 (11):688-689 View PubMed Alasfar S, Zakaria W, Nasan KH, Zanabli AR, Al-Saghir F, Rifai AO, Luyckx V, Murad L, Kaysi S, Al-Makki A, Sekkarie M. Dealing with dramatic health care problems during times of natural disaster and armed conflict. Kidney Int. 2023 Aug; 104 (2):221-224 Epub 2023 May 13 View PubMed Alasfar S, Kodali L, Schinstock CA. Current Therapies in Kidney Transplant Rejection. J Clin Med. 2023 Jul 27; 12 (15) Epub 2023 July 27 View PubMed Alasfar S, Alashavi H, Nasan KH, Haj Mousa AA, Alkhatib I, Kazancioglu R, Sekkarie M, Kaysi S, Daher M, Murad L, Burnham GM. Improving and maintaining quality of hemodialysis in areas affected by war: a call to action! Kidney Int 2023 May; 103 (5):817-820 View PubMed Mejia C, Tariq A, Alotaibi M, Lakhani L, Greenspan W, Naqvi F, Alasfar S, Brennan DC. Prospective Assessment of the Prevalence of Enter Hyperoxalosis in Kidney Transplant Candidates. Transplant Direct. 2023 Apr; 9 (4):e1464 Epub 2023 Mar 29 View PubMed Burnham GM, Alashavi H, Alasfar S. Quality improvement methods to strengthen hemodialysis in Northwest Syria J Glob Health Sci. 2023; 4(2):16. Liu C, Alasfar S, Reese PP, Mohan S, Doshi MD, Hall IE, Thiessen Philbrook H, Jia Y, Stewart D, Parikh CR. Trends in the procurement and discard of kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury. Am J Transplant. 2022 Mar; 22(3):898-908. Epub 2021 Dec 22. View PubMed Sait AS, Chiang TP, Marr KA, Massie AB, Cochran W, Shah P, Brennan DC, Thomas AG, Mehta Steinke S, Permpalung N, Shoham S, Merlo C, Jain T, Boyarsky B, Charnaya O, Gurakar A, Sharma K, Durand CM, Werbel WA, Huang CY, Ostrander D, Desai N, Kim MY, Alasfar S, Bloch EM, Tobian AAR, Garonzik-Wang J, Segev DL, Avery RK. Outcomes of SOT Recipients With COVID-19 in Different Eras of COVID-19 Therapeutics. Transplant Direct. 2022 Jan; 8 (1):e1268 Epub 2021 Dec 23 View PubMed Malik RF, Jia Y, Mansour SG, Reese PP, Hall IE, Alasfar S, Doshi MD, Akalin E, Bromberg JS, Harhay MN, Mohan S, Muthukumar T, Schroppel B, Singh P, Weng FL, Thiessen Philbrook HR, Parikh CR. Post-transplant Diabetes Mellitus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Study. Kidney360. 2021 Aug 26; 2 (8):1296-1307 Epub 2021 June 02 View PubMed Abuzeineh M, Kyeso Y, Philogene MC, Alachkar N, Alasfar S. Presentation and Outcomes of Antibody-Mediated Rejection Associated With Angiotensin II Receptor 1 Antibodies Among Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc. 2021 Jun; 53 (5):1501-1508 Epub 2021 Feb 09 View PubMed Kyeso Y, Bhalla A, Smith AP, Jia Y, Alakhdhair S, Ogir SC, Abuzeineh M, Brennan DC, Alasfar S. Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Kinetics Post-kidney Transplant Biopsy. Transplant Direct. 2021 Jun; 7 (6):e703 Epub 2021 May 25 View PubMed Lakhani L, Alasfar S, Bhalla A, Aala A, Rosenberg A, Ostrander D, Schollenberger MD, Brennan DC, Lipson EJ. Utility of Serial Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Measurements for Detecting Allograft Rejection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient After PD-1 Checkpoint Inhibitor Administration. Transplant Direct. 2021 Feb; 7 (2):e656 Epub 2021 Jan 15 View PubMed Alasfar S, Hall IE, Mansour SG, Jia Y, Thiessen-Philbrook HR, Weng FL, Singh P, Schroppel B, Muthukumar T, Mohan S, Malik RF, Harhay MN, Doshi MD, Akalin E, Bromberg JS, Brennan DC, Reese PP, Parikh CR. Contemporary incidence and risk factors of post transplant Erythrocytosis in deceased donor kidney transplantation. BMC Nephrol. 2021 Jan 12; 22 (1):26 View PubMed Abuzeineh M, Desai N, Brennan DC, Alasfar S. COVID-19 Early After a Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Surgery. Transplantation 2020 Dec; 104 (12):e354-e355 View PubMed Alasfar S, Avery RK. The impact of COVID-19 on kidney transplantation. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2020 Oct; 16 (10):568-569 View PubMed Abuzeineh M, Aala A, Alasfar S, Alachkar N. Angiotensin II receptor 1 antibodies associate with post-transplant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and proteinuria. BMC Nephrol. 2020 Jul 2; 21 (1):253 Epub 2020 July 02 View PubMed Alasfar S, Isreb M, Kaysi S, Hatahet K. Renal Transplantation in Areas of Armed Conflict. Semin Nephrol. 2020 Jul; 40 (4):386-392 View PubMed Concepcion BP, Alasfar S, Levea SL, Singh P, Wiseman A. The Transplant Nephrology Workforce in the United States: Current State and Future Directions. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2020 Jul; 27 (4):336-343.e1 Epub 2020 Oct 24 View PubMed Kant S, Bhalla A, Alasfar S, Alachkar N. Ten-year outcome of Eculizumab in kidney transplant recipients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome- a single center experience. BMC Nephrol. 2020 May 20; 21 (1):189 View PubMed Bhalla A, Alachkar N, Alasfar S. Complement-Based Therapy in the Management of Antibody-Mediated Rejection. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2020 Mar; 27 (2):138-148 View PubMed Alhamad T, Manllo Dieck J, Younus U, Matar D, Alasfar S, Vujjini V, Wall D, Kanawati B, Reiser J, Brennan DC, Alachkar N. ACTH Gel in Resistant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis After Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation. 2019 Jan; 103 (1):202-209 View PubMed Alachkar N, Li J, Matar D, Vujjini V, Alasfar S, Tracy M, Reiser J, Wei C. Monitoring suPAR levels in post-kidney transplant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis treated with therapeutic plasma exchange and rituximab. BMC Nephrol. 2018 Dec 17; 19 (1):361 View PubMed Philogene MC, Zhou S, Lonze BE, Bagnasco S, Alasfar S, Montgomery RA, Kraus E, Jackson AM, Leffell MS, Zachary AA. Pre-transplant Screening for Non-HLA Antibodies: Who should be Tested? Hum Immunol. 2018 Apr; 79 (4):195-202 Epub 2018 Feb 08 View PubMed Alasfar S, Matar D, Montgomery RA, Desai N, Lonze B, Vujjini V, Estrella MM, Manllo Dieck J, Khneizer G, Sever S, Reiser J, Alachkar N. Rituximab and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Postkidney Transplantation. Transplantation. 2018 Mar; 102 (3):e115-e120 View PubMed McMahon BA, Koyner JL, Novick T, Menez S, Moran RA, Lonze BE, Desai N, Alasfar S, Borja M, Merritt WT, Ariyo P, Chawla LS, Kraus E. The prognostic value of the furosemide stress test in predicting delayed graft function following deceased donor kidney transplantation. Biomarkers. 2018 Feb; 23 (1):61-69 Epub 2017 Oct 16 View PubMed Menez S, Hruskova Z, Scott J, Cormican S, Chen M, Salama AD, Alasfar S, Little MA, Safrankova H, Honsova E, Tesar V, Geetha D. Predictors of Renal Outcomes in Sclerotic Class Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Glomerulonephritis. Am J Nephrol. 2018; 48 (6):465-471 Epub 2018 Nov 23 View PubMed Alachkar H, Mutonga M, Kato T, Kalluri S, Kakuta Y, Uemura M, Imamura R, Nonomura N, Vujjini V, Alasfar S, Rabb H, Nakamura Y, Alachkar N. Quantitative characterization of T-cell repertoire and biomarkers in kidney transplant rejection. BMC Nephrol. 2016 Nov 21; 17 (1):181 View PubMed Nijim S, Vujjini V, Alasfar S, Luo X, Orandi B, Delp C, Desai NM, Montgomery RA, Lonze BE, Alachkar N. Recurrent IgA Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2016 Oct; 48 (8):2689-2694 View PubMed Alasfar S, Carter-Monroe N, Rosenberg AZ, Montgomery RA, Alachkar N. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis recurrence after kidney transplantation: using the new classification. BMC Nephrol. 2016 Jan 11; 17:7 View PubMed Alasfar S, Alachkar N. Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome post-kidney transplantation: two case reports and review of the literature. Front Med (Lausanne). 2014; 1:52 Epub 2014 Dec 12 View PubMed Alkhouli M, Alasfar S, Samuels LA. Valvular heart disease and dialysis access: a case of cardiac decompensation after fistula creation. J Vasc Access 2013 Jan-Mar; 14 (1):96 Epub 2012 July 26 View PubMed PST-20536897 Home Publications