Publications Print Long JJ, Sahi SS, Lemke AI, Na J, Garcia Valencia OA, Budhiraja P, Wadei HM, Sudhindran V, Benzo R, Clark MM, Shah M, Fipps D, Navratil P, Abdelrheem AA, Shaik AA, Duffy DJ, Pencovici N, Pencovich N, Shah P, Kudva YC, Kukla A, Diwan TS. The Use of Semaglutide in Patients With Renal Failure-A Retrospective Cohort Study. Endocr Pract. 2024 Oct; 30 (10):963-969 Epub 2024 July 16 View PubMed Pencovich N, Smith BH, Attia ZI, Jimenez FL, Bentall AJ, Schinstock CA, Khamash HA, Jadlowiec CC, Jarmi T, Mao SA, Park WD, Diwan TS, Friedman PA, Stegall MD. Electrocardiography-based Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Aid in Prediction of Long-term Mortality After Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation. 2024 Sep 1; 108 (9):1976-1985 Epub 2024 Apr 01 View PubMed Ghanem OM, Pita A, Nazzal M, Johnson S, Diwan T, Obeid NR, Croome KP, Lim R, Quintini C, Whitson BA, Burt HA, Miller C, Kroh M, SAGES & ASTS. Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: A review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients. Am J Transplant. 2024 Sep; 24 (9):1534-1546 Epub 2024 June 30 View PubMed Ghanem OM, Pita A, Nazzal M, Johnson S, Diwan T, Obeid NR, Croome KP, Lim R, Quintini C, Whitson BA, Burt HA, Miller C, Kroh M, SAGES & ASTS. Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: a review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients. Surg Endosc. 2024 Aug; 38 (8):4138-4151 Epub 2024 July 01 View PubMed Ghanem OM, Pita A, Nazzal M, Johnson S, Diwan T, Obeid NR, Croome KP, Lim R, Quintini C, Whitson BA, Burt HA, Miller C, Kroh M, SAGES & ASTS. Correction: Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: a review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients. Surg Endosc. 2024 Aug; 38 (8):4764 View PubMed Diwan Tayyab, Beaman Lindsay. Moral Inequity in Organ Donation: An Examination of Age-Based Denial Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. 2024; 14.3:1-10. Denic A, Buglioni A, Turkevi-Nagy S, Mejia MV, Smith BH, Park WD, Subramani R, Kukla A, Diwan TS, Grande JP, Stegall MD. Mesangial Expansion by Morphometry at 5 y After Kidney Transplantation: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Association With Graft Loss. Transplant Direct. 2024 Jul; 10 (7):e1652 Epub 2024 June 13 View PubMed Abi Mosleh K, Sample JW, Belluzzi A, Bartosiak K, Buttar D, Betancourt RS, Kukla A, Diwan TS, Ghanem OM. Bariatric surgery and the diseased kidney: a 5-year assessment of safety and postoperative renal outcomes. Surg Endosc. 2024 Jul; 38 (7):4014-4023 Epub 2024 June 13 View PubMed Temime V, Ghanem OM, Heimbach JK, Diwan TS, Tranchart H, Abdallah H, Blanchard C, Lontrichard M, Reche F, Borel AL, Belluzzi A, Foletto M, Manno E, Poghosyan T, Chierici A, Iannelli A. Outcomes of bariatric surgery in the setting of compensated advanced chronic liver disease associated with clinically significant portal hypertension: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study on feasibility and safety. Int J Surg. 2024 Jun 1; 110 (6):3562-3570 Epub 2024 June 01 View PubMed Kukla A, Sahi SS, Navratil P, Benzo RP, Smith BH, Duffy D, Park WD, Shah M, Shah P, Clark MM, Fipps DC, Denic A, Schinstock CA, Dean PG, Stegall MD, Kudva YC, Diwan TS. Weight Loss Surgery Increases Kidney Transplant Rates in Patients With Renal Failure and Obesity. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 May; 99 (5):705-715 View PubMed 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 View PubMed Kukla A, Kudva YC, Navratil P, Sahi SS, Benzo RP, Fipps DC, Erickson AE, Majorowicz RR, Clark MM, Schinstock CA, Shah P, Shah M, Diwan TS. Management of Patients With Kidney Disease Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Mar; 99(3):445-458. View PubMed Pencovich N, Long JJ, Smith BH, Kinzelman-Vesely EA, Sudhindran V, Ryan RJ, Stegall MD, Kukla A, Diwan TS. Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients That Underwent Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Transplantation. 2024 Feb 1; 108 (2):346-356 Epub 2023 June 05 View PubMed Majorowicz RR, Attia A, Bamlet HM, Clegg DJ, Diwan T, Erickson AE, Kudva YC, Levy S, Paramesh AS, Tatum D, Kukla A, Collaborative on Obesity Research in Transplantation (CORT). Nutritional Considerations for Patients With Renal Failure Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. J Ren Nutr. 2024 Jan; 34 (1):76-86 Epub 2023 Aug 19 View PubMed 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 View PubMed Sharma I, Nakanishi H, Hage K, Marrero K, Diwan TS, daSilva-deAbreu A, Davis SS Jr, Clapp B, Ghanem OM. Bariatric surgery and left ventricular assist device in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Surg. 2023 Sep; 226 (3):340-349 Epub 2023 June 17 View PubMed Ryan RJ, Heimbach JK, Diwan TD. Timing is everything: sleeve gastrectomy and liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 2023 Apr 1; 29 (4):354-355 Epub 2023 Jan 03 View PubMed Lutz AJ, Diwan TS, Hobeika MJ, Dunn T, Proffitt E, Reynolds T, Fridell JA. Revitalizing pancreas transplantation: creation of a hands-on training course for pancreas allograft procurement, backbench preparation, and transplantation. Global Surg Educ. 2023; 2 (1):61 Epub 2023 June 06 View PubMed Fipps DC, Sinha S, Diwan TS, Clark MM. Psychosocial considerations in the combined bariatric surgery and organ transplantation population: a review of the overlapping pathologies and outcomes. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2022 Dec 1; 27 (6):514-522 Epub 2022 Sept 13 View PubMed Kukla A, Diwan T, Smith BH, Collazo-Clavell ML, Lorenz EC, Clark M, Grothe K, Denic A, Park WD, Sahi S, Schinstock CA, Amer H, Issa N, Bentall AJ, Dean PG, Kudva YC, Mundi M, Stegall MD. Guiding Kidney Transplantation Candidates for Effective Weight Loss: A Clinical Cohort Study. Kidney360. 2022 Aug 25; 3(8):1411-1416. Epub 2022 May 16. View PubMed Salyer CE, Thompson J, Hanseman D, Diwan T, Watkins BM, Kuethe J, Goodman MD. Surprising neutral effect of shorter staple cartridges in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Surg Endosc. 2022 Jul; 36 (7):5049-5054 Epub 2021 Nov 12 View PubMed Yeo E, Thompson J, Hanseman D, Dunki-Jacobs A, Thompson B, Goodman M, Diwan T. Increased staple loading pressures and reduced staple heights in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy reduce intraoperative bleeding. Surgery. 2021 May; 169 (5):1110-1115 Epub 2020 Nov 28 View PubMed Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Conzen KD, El-Hinnawi A, Jones CM, Matsuoka L, Watkins AC, Collins KM, Bhati C, Selzner M, Sonnenday CJ, Englesbe MJ, Diwan TS, Dick AAS, Quillin RC 3rd. Extinguishing burnout: National analysis of predictors and effects of burnout in abdominal transplant surgery fellows. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jan; 21(1):307-313. Epub 2020 Jun 24. View PubMed Lee TC, Dhar VK, Cortez AR, Morris MC, Winer LK, Silski LS, Cuffy MC, Diwan TS, Quillin RC 3rd, Shah SA, Cincinnati Research on Outcomes and Safety in Surgery (CROSS). Impact of side-to-side cavocavostomy versus traditional piggyback implantation in liver transplantation. Surgery. 2020 Dec; 168 (6):1060-1065 Epub 2020 Sept 01 View PubMed Lichvar AB, Tremblay S, Leino AD, Shields AR, Cardi MA, Abu Jawdeh BG, Govil A, Kremer J, Cuffy M, Paterno F, Diwan T, Brailey P, Girnita A, Alloway RR, Woodle ES. Reducing Donor-specific Antibody During Acute Rejection Diminishes Long-term Renal Allograft Loss: Comparison of Early and Late Rejection. Transplantation. 2020 Nov; 104(11):2403-2414. View PubMed Diwan TS, Lee TC, Nagai S, Benedetti E, Posselt A, Bumgardner G, Noria S, Whitson BA, Ratner L, Mason D, Friedman J, Woodside KJ, Heimbach J. Obesity, transplantation, and bariatric surgery: An evolving solution for a growing epidemic. Am J Transplant. 2020 Aug; 20 (8):2143-2155 Epub 2020 Feb 18 View PubMed Rice TC, Kassam AF, Lewis HV, Hobeika M, Cuffy MC, Ratner LE, Diwan TS. Changing Education Paradigms: Training Transplant Fellows for High Stake Procedures. J Surg Educ. 2020 Jul - Aug; 77 (4):830-836 Epub 2020 Feb 14 View PubMed Diwan TS, Cuffy MC, Linares-Cervantes I, Govil A. Impact of obesity on dialysis and transplant and its management. Semin Dial. 2020 May; 33 (3):279-285 Epub 2020 Apr 10 View PubMed Anwar N, Kaiser TE, Bari K, Schoech M, Diwan TS, Cuffy MC, Silski L, Quillin RC 3rd, Safdar K, Shah SA. Use of Hepatitis C Nucleic Acid Test-Positive Liver Allografts in Hepatitis C Virus Seronegative Recipients. Liver Transpl. 2020 May; 26 (5):673-680 View PubMed Kassam AF, Taylor ME, Morris MC, Watkins BM, Thompson JR, Schauer DP, Smith EP, Diwan TS. The impact of sleeve gastrectomy on renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease varies with severity of renal insufficiency. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 May; 16 (5):607-613 Epub 2020 Jan 28 View PubMed Lee TC, Cortez AR, Kassam AF, Morris MC, Winer LK, Silski LS, Quillin RC 3rd, Cuffy MC, Jones CR, Diwan TS, Shah SA. Outcomes of en bloc simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to the traditional technique. Am J Transplant. 2020 Apr; 20(4):1181-1187. Epub 2019 Nov 06. View PubMed Cortez AR, Winer LK, Katsaros GD, Kassam AF, Shah SA, Diwan TS, Cutler Quillin R 3rd. Resident Operative Experience in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery: Exposing the Divide. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Apr; 24(4):796-803. Epub 2019 Apr 22. View PubMed Kassam AF, Mirza AF, Kim Y, Hanseman D, Woodle ES, Quillin RC 3rd, Johnson BL, Govil A, Cardi M, Schauer DP, Smith EP, Diwan TS. Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Obesity and Renal Disease after Sleeve Gastrectomy American Journal of Transplantation. 2020; 20(2):422-429. Diwan TS, Lee TC, Nagai S, Benedetti E, Posselt A, Bumgardner G, Noria S, Whitson BA, Ratner L, Mason D, Friedman J, Woodside KJ, Heimbach J. Obesity, Transplantation, and Bariatric Surgery: An Evolving Solution for a Growing Epidemic. A White Paper from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons Obesity in Transplantation Taskforce. American Journal of Transplantation. 2020. Kim Y, Bailey AJ, Morris MC, Kassam AF, Shah SA, Diwan TS. Kidney transplantation after sleeve gastrectomy in the morbidly obese candidate: results of a 2-year experience. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Jan; 16 (1):10-14 Epub 2019 Sept 23 View PubMed Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Diwan TS, Bailey A, Mirza A, Sussman JJ, Makley AT, Quillin RC 3rd. Return to the Real World: A Novel Program to Improve Resident Readiness for the Transplant Surgery Rotation. J Surg Educ. 2020 Mar-Apr; 77(2):242-245. Epub 2019 Sep 25. View PubMed Morris MC, Jung AD, Kim Y, Lee TC, Kaiser TE, Thompson JR, Bari K, Shah SA, Cohen RM, Schauer DP, Smith EP, Diwan TS. Delayed Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplantation: A 5-Year Experience. Liver Transpl. 2019 Nov; 25 (11):1673-1681 Epub 2019 Oct 15 View PubMed Paterno F, Guarrera JV, Wima K, Diwan T, Cuffy MC, Anwar N, Woodle ES, Shah S. Clinical Implications of Donor Warm and Cold Ischemia Time in Donor After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2019 Sep; 25 (9):1342-1352 Epub 2019 June 05 View PubMed Dao A, Cuffy M, Kaiser TE, Loethen A, Cafardi J, Luckett K, Rike AH, Cardi M, Alloway RR, Govil A, Diwan T, Sherman KE, Shah SA, Woodle ES. Use of HCV Ab+/NAT- donors in HCV naive renal transplant recipients to expand the kidney donor pool. Clin Transplant. 2019 Jul; 33 (7):e13598 Epub 2019 June 05 View PubMed Nguyen MJP, Carpenter D, Tadros J, Mathur A, Sandoval PR, Woodle ES, Diwan T, Ratner LE. Bariatric surgery prior to living donor nephrectomy: a solution to expand the living donor kidney pool - a retrospective study. Transpl Int. 2019 Jul; 32 (7):702-709 Epub 2019 Mar 22 View PubMed Luckett K, Kaiser TE, Bari K, Safdar K, Schoech MR, Apewokin S, Diwan TS, Cuffy MC, Anwar N, Shah SA. Use of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive Donor Livers in Hepatitis C Nonviremic Liver Transplant Recipients. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Apr; 228 (4):560-567 Epub 2018 Dec 23 View PubMed Diwan TS, Rice TC, Heimbach JK, Schauer DP. Liver Transplantation and Bariatric Surgery: Timing and Outcomes. Liver Transpl. 2018 Sep; 24 (9):1280-1287 View PubMed Bari K, Luckett K, Kaiser T, Diwan T, Cuffy M, Schoech MR, Safdar K, Blackard JT, Apewokin S, Paterno F, Sherman KE, Zucker SD, Anwar N, Shah SA. Hepatitis C transmission from seropositive, nonviremic donors to non-hepatitis C liver transplant recipients. Hepatology. 2018 May; 67 (5):1673-1682 Epub 2018 Mar 26 View PubMed Dhar VK, Wima K, Kim Y, Hoehn RS, Jung AD, Ertel AE, Diwan TS, Paterno F, Shah SA. Cost of achieving equivalent outcomes in sicker patients after liver transplant. HPB (Oxford). 2018 Mar; 20 (3):268-276 Epub 2017 Oct 04 View PubMed Kim Y, Jung AD, Dhar VK, Tadros JS, Schauer DP, Smith EP, Hanseman DJ, Cuffy MC, Alloway RR, Shields AR, Shah SA, Woodle ES, Diwan TS. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy improves renal transplant candidacy and posttransplant outcomes in morbidly obese patients. Am J Transplant. 2018 Feb; 18 (2):410-416 Epub 2017 Sept 12 View PubMed Rice TC, Reznichencko A, Shah SA, Diwan TS. Laparoscopic repair of delayed incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia in an adult liver transplant recipient Surgery. 2017; 162(5):1187-1188. Kim Y, Shi J, Freeman CM, Jung AD, Dhar VK, Shah SA, Woodle ES, Diwan TS. Addressing the challenges of sleeve gastrectomy in end-stage renal disease: Analysis of 100 consecutive renal failure patients. Surgery. 2017 Aug; 162 (2):358-365 Epub 2017 Apr 12 View PubMed Bertaux-Skeirik N, Wunderlich M, Teal E, Chakrabarti J, Biesiada J, Mahe M, Sundaram N, Gabre J, Hawkins J, Jian G, Engevik AC, Yang L, Wang J, Goldenring JR, Qualls JE, Medvedovic M, Helmrath MA, Diwan T, Mulloy JC, Zavros Y. CD44 variant isoform 9 emerges in response to injury and contributes to the regeneration of the gastric epithelium. J Pathol. 2017 Aug; 242 (4):463-475 View PubMed Diwan TS, Lichvar AB, Leino AD, Vinks AA, Christians U, Shields AR, Cardi MA, Fukuda T, Mizuno T, Kaiser T, Woodle ES, Alloway RR. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic analysis of immunosuppressive agents after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Clin Transplant. 2017 Jun; 31 (6) Epub 2017 May 02 View PubMed Kim Y, Dhar VK, Wima K, Jung AD, Xia BT, Hoehn RS, Diwan TS, Shah SA. The center volume-outcome effect in pancreas transplantation: a national analysis. J Surg Res. 2017 Jun 1; 213:25-31 Epub 2017 Feb 24 View PubMed Kim Y, Chang AL, Wima K, Ertel AE, Diwan TS, Abbott DE, Shah SA. The impact of morbid obesity on resource utilization after renal transplantation. Surgery. 2016 Dec; 160 (6):1544-1550 Epub 2016 Aug 26 View PubMed Paterno F, Girnita A, Brailey P, Witte D, Wang J, Cuffy MC, Diwan T, Tremblay S, Revollo JY, Alloway RR, Schoech MR, Anwar N, Shah SA, Woodle SE. Successful Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation in the Presence of Multiple High-Titered Class I and II Antidonor HLA Antibodies. Transplant Direct. 2016 Dec; 2 (12):e121 Epub 2016 Nov 23 View PubMed Chang AL, Cortez AR, Bondoc A, Schauer DP, Fitch A, Shah SA, Woodle SE, Diwan T. Metabolic syndrome in liver transplantation: A preoperative and postoperative concern. Surgery. 2016 Oct; 160(4):1111-1117. Epub 2016 Aug 03. View PubMed Tremblay S, Kaiser TE, Alloway RR, Woodle ES, Diwan TS. Absence of the Effect of Pretransplant Body Mass Index on Post Kidney Transplant Outcomes. Prog Transplant. 2016 Jun; 26 (2):183-90 Epub 2016 Apr 21 View PubMed Paterno F, Wima K, Hoehn RS, Cuffy MC, Diwan TS, Woodle SE, Abbott DE, Shah SA. Use of Elderly Allografts in Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2016 Jan; 100 (1):153-8 View PubMed Krisl JC, Alloway RR, Shield AR, Govil A, Mogilishetty G, Cardi M, Diwan T, Abu Jawdeh BG, Girnita A, Witte D, Woodle ES. Acute Rejection Clinically Defined Phenotypes Correlate With Long-term Renal Allograft Survival. Transplantation. 2015 Oct; 99(10):2167-73. View PubMed Diwan TS, Paterno F, Shah SA. Use of Extended Criteria Deceased Donors in Adult Liver Transplantation Current Surgery Reports. 2015; 3(25). Freeman CM, Woodle ES, Shi J, Alexander JW, Leggett PL, Shah SA, Paterno F, Cuffy MC, Govil A, Mogilishetty G, Alloway RR, Hanseman D, Cardi M, Diwan TS. Addressing morbid obesity as a barrier to renal transplantation with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Am J Transplant. 2015 May; 15 (5):1360-8 Epub 2015 Feb 23 View PubMed Sutton JM, Nussbaum MS, Vu D, Diwan TS, Starnes SL, Shah SA. Splenopneumopexy: decompression of portal hypertension in the setting of portal venous occlusive disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Apr; 60 (4):1101-5 Epub 2014 Oct 30 View PubMed Singhal A, Wilson GC, Wima K, Quillin RC, Cuffy M, Anwar N, Kaiser TE, Paterno F, Diwan TS, Woodle ES, Abbott DE, Shah SA. Impact of recipient morbid obesity on outcomes after liver transplantation. Transpl Int. 2015 Feb; 28 (2):148-55 View PubMed Quillin RC 3rd, Wilson GC, Sutton JM, Hanseman DJ, Paterno F, Cuffy MC, Paquette IM, Diwan TS, Woodle ES, Abbott DE, Shah SA. Increasing prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis as an indication for liver transplantation. Surgery. 2014 Oct; 156 (4):1049-56 View PubMed Paterno F, Wilson GC, Wima K, Quillin RC 3rd, Abbott DE, Cuffy MC, Diwan TS, Kaiser T, Woodle ES, Shah SA. Hospital utilization and consequences of readmissions after liver transplantation. Surgery. 2014 Oct; 156 (4):871-8 View PubMed Chauhan A, Diwan TS, Franco Palacios CR, Dean PG, Heimbach JK, Chow GK, Prieto M, Cosio FG, Taler SJ, Textor SC, Kudva YC, Cornell LD, Stegall MD. Using implantation biopsies as a surrogate to evaluate selection criteria for living kidney donors. Transplantation. 2013 Dec 15; 96 (11):975-80 View PubMed Kennedy TJ, Cassera MA, Khajanchee YS, Diwan TS, Hammill CW, Hansen PD. Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation for the management of colorectal liver metastases: 10-year experience. J Surg Oncol. 2013 Mar; 107 (4):324-8 Epub 2012 Sept 20 View PubMed Stegall MD, Diwan T, Raghavaiah S, Cornell LD, Burns J, Dean PG, Cosio FG, Gandhi MJ, Kremers W, Gloor JM. Terminal complement inhibition decreases antibody-mediated rejection in sensitized renal transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2011 Nov; 11 (11):2405-13 Epub 2011 Sept 22 View PubMed Diwan TS, Raghavaiah S, Burns JM, Kremers WK, Gloor JM, Stegall MD. The impact of proteasome inhibition on alloantibody-producing plasma cells in vivo. Transplantation. 2011 Mar 15; 91 (5):536-41 View PubMed Ujiki MB, Martinec DV, Diwan TS, Denk PM, Dunst CM, Swanstrom LL. Video: natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): creation of a gastric valve for safe and effective transgastric surgery in humans. Surg Endosc. 2010 Jan; 24 (1):220 Epub 2009 June 17 View PubMed Diwan TS, Martinec DV, Ujiki MB, Dunst CM, Swanstrom LL. Video: a simplified technique for placement of biologic mesh in paraesophageal hernia repair (PEH). Surg Endosc. 2010 Jan; 24 (1):221-2 Epub 2009 June 11 View PubMed Diwan TS, Ujiki MB, Dunst CM, Swanstrom LL. Biomesh placement in laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernias. Surg Innov. 2008 Sep; 15 (3):184-7 View PubMed PST-20507515 Home Publications