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Julie K. Heimbach, M.D.

  1. General Surgeon
  2. Transplant Surgeon
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Publications

  1. Mouchli MA, Osman MK, Busebee B, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Eaton J, Mousa O, Cole K, Watt KD. Long term (15 year) complications & outcomes after liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis: Impact of donor and recipient factors. Liver Transpl. 2024 Oct 28 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Brown R, Taner T, Anderson B, Roberts JP, Kim R, Kwon Y, Batra R, Kaplan A, Aby ES, Scott S, Sonnenday C, Fox A, Mathur A, Olthoff K, Heimbach J, Ladin K, Emamaullee J, NALLDIG Consortium. Financial toxicity in living donor liver transplantation: A call to action for financial neutrality. Am J Transplant. 2024 Oct; 24 (10):1742-1754 Epub 2024 May 18
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  3. Sawma T, Sultan A, Abdulmoneim S, Grotz T, Rosen CB, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Warner SG, Siontis BL, Ho TP, Robinson SI, Thiels CA. Management and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Sep 24 Epub 2024 Sept 24
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  4. Nasser-Ghodsi N, Eaton JE, Smith BH, Venkatesh SK, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Welle CL, Ilyas SI, Gores GJ, Rosen CB. Transplantation Within 6 Months of Registration does not Enhance Survival for Patients with Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Surg. 2024 Jul 4 Epub 2024 July 04
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  5. Li Z, Rammohan A, Gunasekaran V, Hong S, Chih-Yi Chen I, Kim J, Hervera Marquez KA, Hsu SC, Kirimker EO, Akamatsu N, Shaked O, Finotti M, Yeow M, Genedy L, Dutkowski P, Nadalin S, Boehnert MU, Polak WG, Bonney GK, Mathur A, Samstein B, Emond JC, Testa G, Olthoff KM, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Wong TC, Lo CM, Hasegawa K, Balci D, Cattral M, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Jeng LB, Broering D, Joh JW, Chen CL, Suh KS, Rela M, Clavien PA. Biliary complications after adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: An international multicenter study of 3633 cases. Am J Transplant. 2024 Jul; 24 (7):1233-1246 Epub 2024 Feb 28
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  6. 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
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  7. Heimbach JK, Allen AM. Improved Prioritization of the Liver Transplant Waitlist: Weighing the Risks. Transplantation. 2024 May 1; 108 (5):1062-1063 Epub 2023 Nov 13
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  8. Ivanics T, Claasen MPAW, Samstein B, Emond JC, Fox AN, Pomfret E, Pomposelli J, Tabrizian P, Florman SS, Mehta N, Roberts JP, Emamaullee JA, Genyk Y, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K, Sasaki K, Hashimoto K, Nagai S, Abouljoud M, Olthoff KM, Hoteit MA, Heimbach J, Taner T, Liapakis AH, Mulligan DC, Sapisochin G, Halazun KJ, North American Living Liver Donor Innovation Group (NALLDIG). Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Within and Outside Traditional Selection Criteria: A Multicentric North American Experience. Ann Surg. 2024 Jan 1; 279 (1):104-111 Epub 2023 July 31
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  9. Singal AG, Llovet JM, Yarchoan M, Mehta N, Heimbach JK, Dawson LA, Jou JH, Kulik LM, Agopian VG, Marrero JA, Mendiratta-Lala M, Brown DB, Rilling WS, Goyal L, Wei AC, Taddei TH. AASLD Practice Guidance on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology. 2023 Dec 1; 78 (6):1922-1965 Epub 2023 May 22
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  10. Li Z, Rammohan A, Gunasekaran V, Hong SY, Chen ICY, Kim J, Marquez KAH, Hsu SC, Kirimker EO, Akamatsu N, Shaked O, Finotti M, Yeow M, Genedy L, Dutkowski P, Nadalin S, Boehnert MU, Polak WG, Bonney GK, Mathur A, Samstein B, Emond JC, Testa G, Olthoff KM, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Wong TC, Lo CM, Hasegawa K, Balci D, Cattral M, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Bin Jeng L, Broering D, Joh JW, Chen CL, Suk KS, Rela M, Clavien PA. Novel benchmark for adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation. Annals of Surgery. 2023 Nov; 278 (5):798-806
  11. Li Z, Rammohan A, Gunasekaran V, Hong S, Chen IC, Kim J, Hervera Marquez KA, Hsu SC, Kirimker EO, Akamatsu N, Shaked O, Finotti M, Yeow M, Genedy L, Dutkowski P, Nadalin S, Boehnert MU, Polak WG, Bonney GK, Mathur A, Samstein B, Emond JC, Testa G, Olthoff KM, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Wong TC, Lo CM, Hasegawa K, Balci D, Cattral M, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Bin Jeng L, Broering D, Joh JW, Chen CL, Suk KS, Rela M, Clavien PA. Novel Benchmark for Adult-to-Adult Living-donor Liver Transplantation: Integrating Eastern and Western Experiences. Ann Surg. 2023 Nov 1; 278 (5):798-806 Epub 2023 July 21
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  12. Pillai A, Verna EC, Parikh ND, Cooper M, Thiessen C, Heimbach J, Gordon EJ, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Mathur A, Perito ER, Jesse M, Liapakis A, Kumar V, AST LDLT Consensus Conference Working Group. Financial, policy, and ethical barriers to the expansion of living donor liver transplant: Meeting report from a living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clin Transplant 2023 Jul; 37 (7):e14955 Epub 2023 Mar 23
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  13. Terrault NA, Francoz C, Berenguer M, Charlton M, Heimbach J. Liver Transplantation 2023: Status Report, Current and Future Challenges. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul; 21 (8):2150-2166 Epub 2023 Apr 20
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  14. Tandon P, Zanetto A, Piano S, Heimbach JK, Dasarathy S. Liver transplantation in the patient with physical frailty. J Hepatol. 2023 Jun; 78 (6):1105-1117
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  15. Keltner SJ, Hallemeier C, Wang K, Tao R, Shah S, Heimbach J, Kharofa JR. Neoadjuvant Therapy Regimens for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Before Liver Transplant. Am J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jun 01; 46(6):276-278. Epub 2023 Apr 10.
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  16. Emamaullee J, Heimbach JK, Olthoff KM, Pomfret EA, Roberts JP, Selzner N, NALLDIG Consortium. Corrigendum to 'Assessment of long-term outcomes post living liver donation highlights the importance of scientific integrity when presenting transplant registry data' [American Journal of Transplantation. Volume 22, Issue 6, March 2023, Pages 1519-1522]. Am J Transplant. 2023 May; 23 (5):695 Epub 2023 Mar 22
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  17. 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
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  18. Tahata S, Weckwerth J, Ligezka A, He M, Lee HE, Heimbach J, Ibrahim SH, Kozicz T, Furuya K, Morava E. Liver transplantation recovers hepatic N-glycosylation with persistent IgG glycosylation abnormalities: Three-year follow-up in a patient with phosphomannomutase-2-congenital disorder of glycosylation. Mol Genet Metab. 2023 Apr; 138(4):107559. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
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  19. Sawinski D, Lai JC, Pinney S, Gray AL, Jackson AM, Stewart D, Levine DJ, Locke JE, Pomposelli JJ, Hartwig MG, Hall SA, Dadhania DM, Cogswell R, Perez RV, Schold JD, Turgeon NA, Kobashigawa J, Kukreja J, Magee JC, Friedewald J, Gill JS, Loor G, Heimbach JK, Verna EC, Walsh MN, Terrault N, Testa G, Diamond JM, Reese PP, Brown K, Orloff S, Farr MA, Olthoff KM, Siegler M, Ascher N, Feng S, Kaplan B, Pomfret E. Addressing sex-based disparities in solid organ transplantation in the United States - a conference report. Am J Transplant. 2023 Mar; 23 (3):316-325 Epub 2023 Jan 12
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  20. Yu S, Klomjit N, Jiang K, Zhu XY, Ferguson CM, Conley SM, Obeidat Y, Kellogg TA, McKenzie T, Heimbach JK, Lerman A, Lerman LO. Human Obesity Attenuates Cardioprotection Conferred by Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2023 Feb; 16 (1):221-232 Epub 2022 May 26
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  21. Del Valle KT, Krowka MJ, Heimbach JK, Taner T, DuBrock HM. Temporal Trends in Portopulmonary Hypertension Model for End-stage Liver Disease Exceptions and Outcomes. Transplant Direct. 2022 Dec; 8 (12):e1410 Epub 2022 Nov 11
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  22. Visseren T, Erler NS, Heimbach JK, Eaton JE, Selzner N, Gulamhusein A, van der Heide F, Porte RJ, van Hoek B, Alwayn IPJ, Metselaar HJ, IJzermans JNM, Darwish Murad S. Inflammatory conditions play a role in recurrence of PSC after liver transplantation: An international multicentre study. JHEP Rep. 2022 Dec; 4 (12):100599 Epub 2022 Oct 01
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  23. Breuer E, Mueller M, Doyle MB, Yang L, Darwish Murad S, Anwar IJ, Merani S, Limkemann A, Jeddou H, Kim SC, Lopez-Lopez V, Nassar A, Hoogwater FJH, Vibert E, De Oliveira ML, Cherqui D, Porte RJ, Magliocca JF, Fischer L, Fondevila C, Zieniewicz K, Ramirez P, Foley DP, Boudjema K, Schenk AD, Langnas AN, Knechtle S, Polak WG, Taner CB, Chapman WC, Rosen CB, Gores GJ, Dutkowski P, Heimbach JK, Clavien PA. Liver Transplantation as a New Standard of Care in Patients With Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma? Results From an International Benchmark Study. Ann Surg. 2022 Nov 1; 276 (5):846-853 Epub 2022 July 27
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  24. Victor DW 3rd, Zanetto A, Montano-Loza AJ, Heimbach JK, Towey J, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Burra P, ERAS4OLT.org Working Group. The role of preoperative optimization of the nutritional status on the improvement of short-term outcomes after liver transplantation? A review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 Oct; 36 (10):e14647
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  25. Cheah YL, Heimbach J, Kwon CHD, Pomposelli J, Rudow DL, Broering D, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Roberts JP, ERAS4OLT.org Working Group. Influence of surgical technique in donor hepatectomy on immediate and short-term living donor outcomes - A systematic review of the literature, meta-analysis, and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 Oct; 36 (10):e14703
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  26. Lee YT, Singal AG, Lauzon M, Agopian VG, Luu M, Noureddin M, Todo T, Kim IK, Friedman ML, Kosari K, Nissen NN, Roberts LR, Heimbach JK, Gores GJ, Yang JD. Disparities in curative treatments and outcomes for early stage intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the United States. Cancer. 2022 Oct; 128 (20):3610-3619 Epub 2022 Aug 23
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  27. Victor DW, Zanetto A, Montano-Loza AJ, Heimbach JK, Towey J, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Burra P, Mohamed A, Fritche D, Niemann C, Pollok JM, Berenguer M, Tinguely P. The role of preoperative optimization of the nutritional status on the improvement of short-term outcomes after liver transplantation? A review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clinical Transplantation. 2022 Oct; 36 (10):e14647
  28. Emamaullee J, Heimbach JK, Olthoff KM, Pomfret EA, Roberts JP, Selzner N, NALLDIG Consortium*. Assessment of long-term outcomes post living liver donation highlights the importance of scientific integrity when presenting transplant registry data. Am J Transplant. 2022 Jun; 22 (6):1519-1522 Epub 2022 Apr 06
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  29. Croome KP, Mathur AK, Aqel B, Yang L, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Rosen CB, Paz-Fumagalli R, Taner CB. Classification of Distinct Patterns of Ischemic Cholangiopathy Following DCD Liver Transplantation: Distinct Clinical Courses and Long-term Outcomes From a Multicenter Cohort. Transplantation. 2022 Jun 1; 106 (6):1206-1214 Epub 2022 Aug 30
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  30. Levy MJ, Bendel EC, Bjarnason H, Reisenauer CJ, Amer H, Codipilly DC, Dean PG, Gleeson FC, Heimbach JK, Kalra M, Prieto M, Stegall MD, Taner T, Kamath PS. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Dual Ultrasound Hepatic Cyst Aspiration and Sclerotherapy to Ameliorate Portal Hypertension. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 May 1; 117 (5):715-716 Epub 2022 Feb 17
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  31. 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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  32. Asrani SK, Ghabril MS, Kuo A, Merriman RB, Morgan T, Parikh ND, Ovchinsky N, Kanwal F, Volk ML, Ho C, Serper M, Mehta S, Agopian V, Cabrera R, Chernyak V, El-Serag HB, Heimbach J, Ioannou GN, Kaplan D, Marrero J, Mehta N, Singal A, Salem R, Taddei T, Walling AM, Tapper EB. Quality measures in HCC care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology. 2022 May; 75 (5):1289-1299 Epub 2021 Dec 20
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  33. Benavides X, Rogers RT, Tan EK, Merzkani MA, Thirunavukkarasu S, Yigitbilek F, Smith BH, Rule AD, Kukla A, Chow GK, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Dean PG, Prieto M, Stegall MD. Complications After Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 May; 97 (5):894-904 Epub 2022 Apr 25
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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. Aragon Pinto C, Iyer V, Almodallal YA, Albitar H, Dubrock H, Cajigas H, Heimbach JK, Rosen CB, Watt K, Taner T, Nyberg S, Vargas H, Cartin-Ceba R, Keaveny AP, Krowka M, Gallo de Moraes A. ICU and Hospital Outcomes in Patients with Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Undergoing Liver Transplantation. Lung. 2022 Feb; 200 (1):5-10 Epub 2022 Jan 10
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  36. Sapisochin G, Ivanics T, Heimbach J. Liver Transplantation for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Ready for Prime Time? Hepatology. 2022 Feb; 75 (2):455-472 Epub 2022 Jan 06
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  37. Jalan-Sakrikar N, De Assuncao TM, Navarro-Corcuera A, Hamdan FH, Loarca L, Kirkeby LA, Resch ZT, O'Hara SP, Juran BD, Lazaridis KN, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Shah VH, LaRusso NF, Huebert RC. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Subjects With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Develop a Senescence Phenotype Following Biliary Differentiation. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Feb; 6 (2):345-360 Epub 2021 Aug 25
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  38. Duarte-Rojo A, Heimbach JK, Borja-Cacho D, Barone GW, Shaheen MF, Lamps LW, Graham RP, Tan EK, Concepcion W, Kim WR. Usefulness of Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement for the Identification of Extended-criteria Donors and Risk-assessment in Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2022 Feb 1; 106 (2):318-327
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  39. Dominguez-Gil B, Moench K, Watson C, Serrano MT, Hibi T, Asencio JM, Van Rosmalen M, Detry O, Heimbach J, Durand F. Prevention and Management of Donor-transmitted Cancer After Liver Transplantation: Guidelines From the ILTS-SETH Consensus Conference. Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1; 106 (1):e12-e29
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  40. Cornell LD, Amer H, Viehman JK, Mehta RA, Lieske JC, Lorenz EC, Heimbach JK, Stegall MD, Milliner DS, Rare Kidney Stone Consortium Primary Hyperoxaluria (RKSC PH) investigators. Posttransplant recurrence of calcium oxalate crystals in patients with primary hyperoxaluria: Incidence, risk factors, and effect on renal allograft function. Am J Transplant. 2022 Jan; 22 (1):85-95 Epub 2021 July 26
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  41. Kim WR, Mannalithara A, Heimbach JK, Kamath PS, Asrani SK, Biggins SW, Wood NL, Gentry SE, Kwong AJ. MELD 3.0: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Updated for the Modern Era. Gastroenterology. 2021 Dec; 161 (6):1887-1895.e4 Epub 2021 Sept 03
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  42. Bittermann T, Abt PL, Olthoff KM, Kaur N, Heimbach JK, Emamaullee J. Impact of Advanced Renal Dysfunction on Posttransplant Outcomes After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States. Transplantation. 2021 Dec 1; 105 (12):2564-2570
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  43. Sussman J, Calderon E, Ubl DS, Croome KP, Taner CB, Heimbach JK, Moss A, Habermann EB, Mathur AK. Variation in opioid prescribing patterns after abdominal transplant surgery. Clin Transplant. 2021 Oct; 35 (10):e14439 Epub 2021 Aug 09
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  44. Cartin-Ceba R, Burger C, Swanson K, Vargas H, Aqel B, Keaveny AP, Heimbach J, Taner T, Nyberg S, Rosen C, Cajigas H, DuBrock H, Krowka MJ. Clinical Outcomes After Liver Transplantation in Patients With Portopulmonary Hypertension. Transplantation. 2021 Oct 1; 105 (10):2283-2290
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  45. Govalan R, Lauzon M, Luu M, Ahn JC, Kosari K, Todo T, Kim IK, Noureddin M, Kuo A, Walid AS, Sundaram V, Lu SC, Roberts LR, Singal AG, Heimbach JK, Agopian VG, Nissen N, Yang JD. Comparison of Surgical Resection and Systemic Treatment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Vascular Invasion: National Cancer Database Analysis. Liver Cancer. 2021 Sep; 10 (5):407-418 Epub 2021 Apr 23
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  46. 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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  47. Starlinger P, Ahn JC, Mullan A, Gyoeri GP, Pereyra D, Alva-Ruiz R, Hackl H, Reiberger T, Trauner M, Santol J, Simbrunner B, Mandorfer M, Berlakovich G, Kamath PS, Heimbach J. The Addition of C-Reactive Protein and von Willebrand Factor to Model for End-Stage Liver Disease-Sodium Improves Prediction of Waitlist Mortality. Hepatology. 2021 Sep; 74 (3):1533-1545 Epub 2021 Aug 29
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  48. Schettini AV, Llado L, Heimbach JK, Costello JG, Tranang M, Van Caenegem O, Daly RC, Van den Bergh P, Casanovas C, Fabregat J, Poterucha JJ, Foguenne M, Ericzon BG, Lerut J. Symptomatic Val122del mutated hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: Need for early diagnosis and prioritization for heart and liver transplantation. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2021 Aug; 20 (4):323-329 Epub 2021 May 27
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  49. 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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  50. Kanamori KS, Tarrago MG, Jones A, Cheek EH, Warner GM, Jenkins SM, Povero D, Graham RP, Mounajjed T, Chedid MF, Sabat BD, Torbenson MS, Heimbach JK, Chini EN, Moreira RK. Surface color spectrophotometry in a murine model of steatosis: an accurate technique with potential applicability in liver procurement. Lab Invest. 2021 Aug; 101 (8):1098-1109 Epub 2021 Apr 15
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  51. 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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  52. Anderson TL, Brandts HM, Gunderson T, Fazzio RT, Hunt KN, Heimbach JK, Glazebrook KN. Breast cancers observed in transplant patients in a single institution. Clin Imaging. 2021 Aug; 76:26-29 Epub 2021 Jan 29
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  53. Kanamori KS, Tarrago MG, Jones A, Cheek EH, Warner GM, Jenkins SM, Povero D, Graham RP, Mounajjed T, Chedid MF, Sabat BD, Torbenson MS, Heimbach JK, Chini EN, Moreira RK. Surface color spectrophotometry in a murine model of steatosis: an accurate technique with potential applicability in liver procurement. Lab Invest. 2021 Aug; 101 (8):1098-1109 Epub 2023 Jan 04
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  54. Gargollo PC, Ahmed ME, Prieto M, Butaney M, Cramer CH, Joshi V, Heimbach JK, Granberg CF. Reply by Authors. J Urol 2021 Jul; 206 (1):122-123 Epub 2021 Apr 13
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  55. Gargollo PC, Ahmed ME, Prieto M, Butaney M, Cramer CH, Joshi V, Heimbach JK, Granberg CF. Feasibility Study of Vascularized Composite Urinary Bladder Allograft Transplantation in a Cadaver Model. J Urol. 2021 Jul; 206 (1):115-123 Epub 2021 Mar 08
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  56. Eaton JE, Welle CL, Bakhshi Z, Sheedy SP, Idilman IS, Gores GJ, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Taner T, Harnois DM, Lindor KD, LaRusso NF, Gossard AA, Lazaridis KN, Venkatesh SK. Early Cholangiocarcinoma Detection With Magnetic Resonance Imaging Versus Ultrasound in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Hepatology. 2021 May; 73 (5):1868-1881 Epub 2021 Apr 19
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  57. 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.
  58. Daly RC, Rosenbaum AN, Dearani JA, Clavell AL, Pereira NL, Boilson BA, Frantz RP, Behfar A, Dunlay SM, Rodeheffer RJ, Schirger JA, Taner T, Gandhi MJ, Heimbach JK, Rosen CB, Edwards BS, Kushwaha SS. Heart-After-Liver Transplantation Attenuates Rejection of Cardiac Allografts in Sensitized Patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Mar 16; 77 (10):1331-1340
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  59. Thalji L, Thalji NM, Heimbach JK, Ibrahim SH, Kamath PS, Hanson A, Schulte PJ, Haile DT, Kor DJ. Renal Function Parameters and Serum Sodium Enhance Prediction of Wait-List Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Hepatology. 2021 Mar; 73 (3):1117-1131
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  60. Patton H, Heimbach J, McCullough A. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Bariatric Surgery in Cirrhosis: Expert Review. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Mar; 19 (3):436-445 Epub 2020 Oct 22
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  61. Sapisochin G, Hibi T, Toso C, Man K, Berenguer M, Heimbach J, Greten TF, Pugh TJ, Dawson LA, Mazzaferro V. Transplant Oncology in Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors: Principles, Evidence, and Opportunities. Ann Surg. 2021 Mar 1; 273 (3):483-493
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  62. 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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  63. Nunez-Nateras R, Reddy KS, Aqel BA, Heilman R, Morgan P, Mathur AK, Hewitt W, Heimbach J, Rosen C, Moss AA, Taner T, Jadlowiec CC. Simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation from donation after cardiac death donors: an updated perspective. Am J Transplant. 2020 Dec; 20 (12):3582-3589 Epub 2020 Sept 27
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  64. DuBrock HM, Runo JR, Sadd CJ, Burger CD, Cartin-Ceba R, Rosen CB, Taner T, Nyberg SL, Heimbach JK, Findlay JY, Krowka MJ. Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Treated Portopulmonary Hypertension Patients With a Mean Pulmonary Arterial Pressure >/=35 mm Hg. Transplant Direct. 2020 Dec; 6 (12):e630 Epub 2020 Nov 10
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  65. Tan EK, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Gores GJ, Rosen CB. Liver Transplantation for Peri-hilar Cholangiocarcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Nov; 24 (11):2679-2685 Epub 2020 July 15
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  66. Heimbach JK. Evolution of Liver Transplant Selection Criteria and U.S. Allocation Policy for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Semin Liver Dis. 2020 Nov; 40 (4):358-364 Epub 2020 Sept 17
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  67. Yohanathan L, Heimbach JK. The Impact of Allocation Changes on Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clin Liver Dis. 2020 Nov; 24 (4):657-663 Epub 2020 Sept 02
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  68. Heimbach JK, Taner T. SARS-CoV-2 infection in liver transplant recipients: collaboration in the time of COVID-19. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 Nov; 5 (11):958-960 Epub 2020 Sept 18
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  69. Azad AI, Rosen CB, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Gores GJ. Selected Patients with Unresectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma (pCCA) Derive Long-Term Benefit from Liver Transplantation. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Oct 27; 12 (11)
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  70. Yang JD, Heimbach JK. New advances in the diagnosis and management of hepatocellular carcinoma. BMJ. 2020 Oct 26; 371:m3544
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