Publications Print Budhiraja P, Butterfield R, Hommos M, Heilman RL, Cheungpasitporn W, Alajous S, Me HM, Chakkera HA, Corey RL, Abu Jawdeh BG, Khamash HA. Performance of Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimating Equations in Kidney Transplant Recipients of Various Races: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Transplant Proc. 2025 Mar; 57 (2):230-240 Epub 2025 Jan 20 View PubMed Sayyad LE, Smith KL, Sadigh KS, Cossaboom CM, Choi MJ, Whitmer S, Cannon D, Krapiunaya I, Morales-Betoulle M, Annambhotla P, Basavaraju SV, Ruberto I, Kretschmer M, Gutierrez N, Zabel K, Austin C, Sandoval E, Servellita V, Foresythe A, Sumimoto N, Aqel BA, Khamash HA, Jadlowiec CC, Grys TE, Jaramillo A, Grill MF, Montgomery JM, Shoemaker T, Klena JD, Chiu CY, Vikram HR. Severe Non-Donor-Derived Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in 2 Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Feb; 12 (2):ofaf002 Epub 2025 Jan 08 View PubMed Keddis MT, Howard MR, Zhang N, Quillen JK, D'Costa MR, Khamash HA, Jadlowiec CC, Wadei HM, Porter IE, Stern KL, Rule AD. Do Factors Influencing Acceptance of Kidney Stone Formers as Donors Predict Subsequent Stone Events? Clin Transplant. 2025 Jan; 39 (1):e70069 View PubMed Smith B, Nair S, Wadei H, Mai M, Khamash H, Schinstock C, Liang Y, Abdelrheem A, Park W, Badley A, Stegall MD. Increased Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients During the Delta/Omicron Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic Despite Widespread Vaccination. Clin Transplant. 2025 Jan; 39 (1):e70071 View PubMed Wadei HM, Parikh N, Suliman S, Abdelrheem A, Park WD, Smith BH, Schinstock CA, Amer H, Khamash H, Stegall MD. Physician-Directed Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction After Kidney Transplantation: A Multicenter Real Word Experience. Transplant Proc. 2024 Dec; 56 (10):2124-2133 Epub 2024 Dec 04 View PubMed Budhiraja P, Heilman RL, Butterfield R, Reddy KS, Khamash HA, Abu Jawdeh BG, Jadlowiec CC, Katariya N, Smith M, Jaramillo A, Alajous S, Mathur A, Hacke K, Chakkera HA. Subclinical Pancreas Rejection on Protocol Biopsy Within the First Year of Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Clin Transplant. 2024 Oct; 38 (10):e15467 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 Rios IP, Nguyen CHL, Misra SS, Ryan MS, Nair SS, Khamash HA. Foscarnet-induced nephropathy in a kidney transplant recipient. Kidney Int. 2024 Jul; 106 (1):156 View PubMed Me HM, Budhiraja P, Nair S, Kodali L, Ryan M, Khamash H, Heilman R, Wagler J, Ruch B, Jadlowiec CC, Moss A, Reddy KS. Utilizing kidneys from a donor with bile-cast nephropathy. Am J Transplant. 2024 Jan; 24(1):141-144. Epub 2023 Aug 25. View PubMed Budhiraja P, Butterfield R, Gea-Banacloche J, Swaminathan S, Smith ML, Khamash HA, Me HM, Kodali L, Mour GK, Nair S, Misra S, Heilman RL. Outcomes of asymptomatic histologic pyelonephritis of kidney transplant. Clin Transplant. 2023 Dec; 37 (12):e15125 Epub 2023 Sept 13 View PubMed Jadlowiec CC, Ohara SY, Punukollu R, Wagler J, Ruch B, Kumm K, Budhiraja P, Me HM, Mathur AK, Reddy KS, Khamash H, Heilman R. Outcomes with transplanting kidneys offered through expedited allocation. Clin Transplant. 2023 Nov; 37 (11):e15094 Epub 2023 Aug 10 View PubMed Me HM, Ravichandran R, Khamash HA, Nair SS, Hacke K, Ramon DS, Mohanakumar T, Heilman RL, Jaramillo A. Direct Correlation of Soluble HLA and HLA-Containing Exosomes and Inverse Correlation of Tolerance Marker-Containing Exosomes with Antibody-Mediated Rejection After Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Case Study. Transplant Proc. 2022 Dec; 54 (10):2765-2768 Epub 2022 Nov 11 View PubMed Budhiraja P, Heilman RL, Reddy KS, Jadlowiec CC, Khamash HA, Ninan J, Reddy S, Me HM, Misra S, Katariya N, Chakkera HA. Favorable Outcomes in Older Recipients Receiving Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Direct. 2022 Dec; 8 (12):e1413 Epub 2022 Nov 17 View PubMed Das D, Wagler J, Ohara S, Nguyen M, Frasco PE, Smith M, Khamash H, Mathur AK, Budhiraja P, Reddy K, Heilman R, Jadlowiec C. Outcomes of dual kidney transplants from high KDPI kidneys are superior compared to single kidney high KDPI transplants at 1 year. Clin Transplant. 2022 Aug; 36 (8):e14737 Epub 2022 June 05 View PubMed Budhiraja P, Reddy KS, Butterfield RJ, Jadlowiec CC, Moss AA, Khamash HA, Kodali L, Misra SS, Heilman RL. Duration of delayed graft function and its impact on graft outcomes in deceased donor kidney transplantation. BMC Nephrol. 2022 Apr 19; 23 (1):154 View PubMed Calderon E, Chang YH, Chang JM, Velazco CS, Giorgakis E, Srinivasan A, Moss AA, Khamash H, Heilman R, Reddy KS, Mathur AK. Outcomes and Health Care Utilization After Early Hospital Dismissal in Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of 1001 Consecutive Cases. Ann Surg. 2022 Feb 1; 275 (2):e511-e519 View PubMed Merzkani MA, Bentall AJ, Smith BH, Benavides Lopez X, D'Costa MR, Park WD, Kremers WK, Issa N, Rule AD, Chakkera H, Reddy K, Khamash H, Wadei HM, Mai M, Alexander MP, Amer H, Kukla A, El Ters M, Schinstock CA, Gandhi MJ, Heilman R, Stegall MD. Death With Function and Graft Failure After Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors at Baseline Suggest New Approaches to Management. Transplant Direct. 2022 Feb; 8 (2):e1273 Epub 2022 Jan 13 View PubMed Kattah AG, Albadri S, Alexander MP, Smith B, Parashuram S, Mai ML, Khamash HA, Cosio FG, Garovic VD. Impact of Pregnancy on GFR Decline and Kidney Histology in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Kidney Int Rep. 2022 Jan; 7 (1):28-35 Epub 2021 Oct 30 View PubMed Jadlowiec CC, Frasco P, Macdonough E, Wagler J, Das D, Budhiraja P, Mathur AK, Katariya N, Reddy K, Khamash H, Heilman R. Association of DGF and Early Readmissions on Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation. Transpl Int. 2022; 35:10849 Epub 2022 Dec 23 View PubMed Heybeli C, Bentall A, Wen J, Alexander MP, Buadi FK, Cosio FG, Dean PG, Dispenzieri A, Dingli D, El Ters M, Gertz MA, Amer H, Kapoor P, Khamash H, Kourelis T, Kumar S, Lorenz EC, Mai M, Muchtar E, Murray DL, Prieto M, Schinstock CA, Stegall MD, Warsame R, Leung N. Corrigendum to Heybeli C, Bentall A, Wen J, et al. A study from The Mayo Clinic evaluated long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation in patients with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis. Kidney Int. 2021;99:707-715. Kidney Int. 2021 Dec; 100 (6):1348-1349 View PubMed Budhiraja P, Heilman RL, Jadlowiec CC, Smith ML, Ryan MS, Khamash HA, Kodali L, Moss AA, Mathur AK, Reddy KS. Successful outcomes with transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injuryon temporary renal replacement therapy. Clin Transplant. 2021 Dec; 35 (12):e14465 Epub 2021 Sept 23 View PubMed Das DM, Heilman RL, Khamash HA, Mathur AK, Singer AL, Reddy KS, Jadlowiec CC. Overcoming Mismatch Concerns for Adult Recipients of Small Pediatric Deceased Donor Kidneys. Transplant Proc. 2021 Jun; 53(5):1509-1513. Epub 2021 Apr 21. View PubMed Jadlowiec CC, Hanna WA, Ninan J, Ryan MS, Das DM, Smith M, Khamash H, Mathur AK, Singer A, Moss A, Reddy KS, Heilman RL. Transplant outcomes using kidneys from high KDPI acute kidney injury donors. Clin Transplant. 2021 May; 35(5):e14279. Epub 2021 Mar 31. View PubMed Heybeli C, Bentall A, Wen J, Alexander MP, Buadi FK, Cosio FG, Dean PG, Dispenzieri A, Dingli D, El Ters M, Gertz MA, Hatem A, Kapoor P, Khamash H, Kourelis T, Kumar S, Lorenz EC, Mai M, Muchtar E, Murray DL, Prieto M, Schinstock CA, Stegall MD, Warsame R, Leung N. A study from The Mayo Clinic evaluated long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation in patients with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar; 99 (3):707-715 Epub 2020 July 23 View PubMed Seipp R, Zhang N, Nair SS, Khamash H, Sharma A, Leischow S, Heilman R, Keddis MT. Patient and allograft outcomes after kidney transplant for the Indigenous patients in the United States. PLoS One. 2021; 16 (2):e0244492 Epub 2021 Feb 03 View PubMed Basu A, Prieto M, Kosberg C, Mai ML, Khamash HA, Jadlowiec CC, Issa NS, Dean PG, Lorenz EC, Stegall MD, Schinstock CA. Ten Years of Kidney Paired Donation at Mayo Clinic: The Benefits of Incorporating ABO/HLA Compatible Pairs. Transplantation. 2020 Jun; 104 (6):1229-1238 View PubMed Jadlowiec CC, Heilman RL, Smith ML, Khamash HA, Huskey JL, Harbell J, Reddy KS, Moss AA. Transplanting kidneys from donation after cardiac death donors with acute kidney injury. Am J Transplant. 2020 Mar; 20 (3):864-869 Epub 2019 Nov 20 View PubMed Schinstock CA, Smith BH, Montgomery RA, Jordan SC, Bentall AJ, Mai M, Khamash HA, Stegall MD. Managing highly sensitized renal transplant candidates in the era of kidney paired donation and the new kidney allocation system: Is there still a role for desensitization? Clin Transplant. 2019 Dec; 33 (12):e13751 Epub 2019 Nov 26 View PubMed Heilman RL, Smith ML, Smith BH, Kumar A, Srinivasan A, Huskey JL, Khamash HA, Jadlowiec CC, Mathur AK, Moss AA, Reddy KS. Long-term Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation From Donors With Acute Kidney Injury. Transplantation. 2019 Sep; 103 (9):e263-e272 View PubMed Mathur AK, Stemper-Bartkus C, Engholdt K, Thorp A, Dosmann M, Khamash H, Reddy KS, Aqel B, Moss A, Chakkera H, Steidley DE, Pajaro O, Shah S, Oakley EJ, Douglas D. Identifying Patterns of Adverse Events of Solid Organ Transplantation Through Departmental Case Reviews. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2019 Sep; 3 (3):335-343 Epub 2019 July 19 View PubMed Huskey JL, Heilman RL, Khamash H, Fonseca R. Kidney Transplant in the Era of Modern Therapy for Multiple Myeloma. Transplantation. 2018 Dec; 102 (12):1994-2001 View PubMed Chakkera HA, Angadi SS, Heilman RL, Kaplan B, Scott RL, Bollempalli H, Cha SS, Khamash HA, Huskey JL, Mour GK, Sukumaran Nair S, Singer AL, Reddy KS, Mathur AK, Moss AA, Hewitt WR Jr, Qaqish I, Behmen S, Keddis MT, Unzek S, Steidley DE. Cardiorespiratory Fitness (Peak Oxygen Uptake): Safe and Effective Measure for Cardiovascular Screening Before Kidney Transplant. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 May 31; 7 (11) View PubMed Abdelwahab Elhamahmi D, Heilman RL, Smith B, Huskey J, Khamash H, Kaplan B. Early Conversion to Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Low Glomerular Filtration Rate. Transplantation. 2018 Mar; 102 (3):478-483 View PubMed Keddis MT, Sharma A, Ilyas M, Zhang N, Khamash H, Leischow SJ, Heilman RL. Transplant center assessment of the inequity in the kidney transplant process and outcomes for the Indigenous American patients. PLoS One. 2018; 13 (11):e0207819 Epub 2018 Nov 21 View PubMed Ilyas M, Hoss E, DiCaudo DJ, Khamash H, Pittelkow MR, Sharma A. Skin-Limited Graft-versus-Host Disease after Pancreatic Transplantation. Case Rep Transplant. 2017; 2017:4823870 Epub 2017 July 18 View PubMed Heilman RL, Smith ML, Smith BH, Qaqish I, Khamash H, Singer AL, Kaplan B, Reddy KS. Progression of Interstitial Fibrosis during the First Year after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation among Patients with and without Delayed Graft Function. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Dec 7; 11 (12):2225-2232 Epub 2016 Oct 24 View PubMed Chakrabarti AK, Sheetz KH, Katariya NN, Singer AL, Hewitt WR, Heilman RL, Khamash H, Reddy KS, Moss AA, Mathur AK. Do Patient Assessments of Hospital Quality Correlate With Kidney Transplantation Surgical Outcomes? Transplant Proc. 2016 Jul-Aug; 48 (6):1986-92 View PubMed Batra RK, Heilman RL, Smith ML, Thomas LF, Khamash HA, Katariya NN, Hewitt WR, Singer AL, Mathur AK, Huskey J, Chakkera HA, Moss A, Reddy KS. Rapid Resolution of Donor-Derived Glomerular Fibrin Thrombi After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2016 Mar; 16 (3):1015-20 Epub 2015 Dec 21 View PubMed Chakkera HA, Kudva YC, Chang YH, Heilman RL, Singer AL, Mathur AK, Hewitt WR, Khamash HA, Huskey JL, Katariya NN, Moss AA, Behmen S, Reddy KS. Glucose homeostasis after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation: a comparison of subjects with C-peptide-positive non-type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Clin Transplant. 2016 Jan; 30: (1)52-9. View PubMed Heilman RL, Smith ML, Kurian SM, Huskey J, Batra RK, Chakkera HA, Katariya NN, Khamash H, Moss A, Salomon DR, Reddy KS. Transplanting Kidneys from Deceased Donors With Severe Acute Kidney Injury. Am J Transplant. 2015 Aug; 15 (8):2143-51 Epub 2015 Mar 24 View PubMed Heilman RL, Nijim A, Desmarteau YM, Khamash H, Pando MJ, Smith ML, Chakkera HA, Huskey J, Valdez R, Reddy KS. De novo donor-specific human leukocyte antigen antibodies early after kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 2014 Dec 27; 98 (12):1310-5 View PubMed Li H, Stegall MD, Dean PG, Casey ET, Reddy KS, Khamash HA, Heilman RL, Mai ML, Taner CB, Kosberg CL, Bakken LL, Wozniak EJ, Giles KL, Veal LA, Gandhi MJ, Cosio FG, Prieto M. Assessing the efficacy of kidney paired donation--performance of an integrated three-site program. Transplantation. 2014 Aug 15; 98 (3):300-5 View PubMed Heilman RL, Khamash HA, Huskey JL, Chakkera HA, Batra RK, Katariya NN, Singer AL, Mathur AK, Moss AA, Reddy KS. Kidney Transplant Program at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Clin Transpl. 2014:61-8. View PubMed Heilman RL, Khamash HA, Smith ML, Chakkera HA, Moss AA, Reddy KS. Delayed allograft inflammation following alemtuzumab induction for kidney transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2013 Sep-Oct; 27 (5):772-80 Epub 2013 Aug 08 View PubMed Schinstock C, Dean PG, Li H, Casey ET, Reddy KS, Khamash HA, Heilman RL, Mai ML, Taner CB, Kosbergl CL, Bakken LL, Wozniak EJ, Giles KL, Veal LA, Gandhi MJ, Cosio FG, Prieto M, Stegall MD. Desensitization in the era of kidney paired donation: the Mayo Foundation 3-site experience. Clin Transpl. 2013; 235-9. View PubMed Chakkera HA, Chang YH, Bodner JK, Behmen S, Heilman RL, Reddy KS, Mulligan DC, Moss AA, Khamash H, Katariya N, Hewitt WR, Pitta TL, Frassetto LA. Genetic differences in Native Americans and tacrolimus dosing after kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2013 Jan-Feb; 45 (1):137-41 View PubMed Chakkera HA, Weil EJ, Swanson CM, Dueck AC, Heilman RL, Reddy KS, Hamawi K, Khamash H, Moss AA, Mulligan DC, Katariya N, Knowler WC. Pretransplant risk score for new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation. Diabetes Care. 2011 Oct; 34 (10):2141-5 View PubMed Hage FG, de Mattos AM, Khamash H, Mehta S, Warnock D, Iskandrian AE. QT prolongation is an independent predictor of mortality in end-stage renal disease. Clin Cardiol. 2010 Jun; 33(6):361-6. View PubMed Khamash HA, Gaston RS. Transplant tourism: a modern iteration of an ancient problem. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2008 Aug; 13(4):395-9. View PubMed Khamash HA, Wadei HM, Mahale AS, Larson TS, Stegall MD, Cosio FG, Griffin MD. Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy risk in kidney transplants: the influence of recipient age and donor gender. Kidney Int. 2007 Jun; 71 (12):1302-9 Epub 2007 Apr 04 View PubMed Innocenti GR, Wadei HM, Prieto M, Dean PG, Ramos EJ, Textor S, Khamash H, Larson TS, Cosio F, Kosberg K, Fix L, Bauer C, Stegall MD. Preemptive living donor kidney transplantation: do the benefits extend to all recipients? Transplantation. 2007 Jan 27; 83(2):144-9. View PubMed Wadei HM, Rule AD, Lewin M, Mahale AS, Khamash HA, Schwab TR, Gloor JM, Textor SC, Fidler ME, Lager DJ, Larson TS, Stegall MD, Cosio FG, Griffin MD. Kidney transplant function and histological clearance of virus following diagnosis of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN). Am J Transplant. 2006 May; 6 (5 Pt 1):1025-32 View PubMed Coritsidis GN, Khamash H, Ahmed SI, Attia AM, Rodriguez P, Kiroycheva MK, Ansari N. The initiation of dialysis in undocumented aliens: the impact on a public hospital system. Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Mar; 43(3):424-32. View PubMed PST-20226078 Home Publications