Blanca C. Lizaola-Mayo, M.D.

  1. Transplant Hepatologist
  1. Hughes DL, Lizaola-Mayo B, Wheatley-Guy CM, Vargas HE, Bloomer PM, Wolf C, Carey EJ, Forman DE, Duarte-Rojo A. Cardiorespiratory Fitness From Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Is a Comprehensive Risk-stratifying Tool in Liver Transplant Candidates. Transplant Direct. 2024 Dec; 10 (12):e1725 Epub 2024 Nov 15
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  2. Stoker AD, Gorlin AW, Rosenfeld DM, Nguyen MC, Mathur AK, Buckner-Petty SA, Lizaola-Mayo BC, Frasco PE. Donation after circulatory death liver transplantation: Impact of normothermic machine perfusion on key variables. Anesth Analg. 2024 Sep 19; 10.1213.
  3. Tuck J, Lizaola-Mayo BC, Leighton JA. Deep enteroscopy - what's new and what works best? Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2024 Sep 1; 40 (5):338-341 Epub 2024 Apr 22
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  4. Elshaer A, Chascsa DMH, Lizaola-Mayo BC. Exploring Varied Treatment Strategies for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). Life (Basel). 2024 Jul 3; 14 (7) Epub 2024 July 03
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  5. Liu MC, Lizaola-Mayo B, Jayasekera CR, Mathur AK, Katariya N, Aqel B, Byrne TJ, Chascsa DMH. Downstaging Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Improves Access to Curative Liver Transplant. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2024 Jun; 55 (2):969-974 Epub 2024 Mar 14
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  6. Jadlowiec CC, Brooks A, Pont K, Macdonough E, Buckner Petty S, Valenti K, Lizaola-Mayo B, Frasco P, Aqel B, Mathur AK, Moss A, Reddy KS. Liver transplant outcomes using late allocation grafts. Liver Transpl. 2023 Dec 1; 29 (12):1323-1329 Epub 2023 July 12
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  7. 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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  8. Lizaola-Mayo B, Vargas HE. Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplantation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Sep; 21 (10S):S20-S26
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  9. Barnhill M, Lizaola-Mayo B, Naidu SG, Shah S, Chascsa DMH. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt-induced hemolysis in a non-cirrhotic patient: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2023 Jun 15; 17 (1):245 Epub 2023 June 15
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  10. Ohara S, Lizaola-Mayo B, Macdonough E, Morgan P, Das D, Egbert L, Brooks A, Mathur AK, Aqel B, Reddy KS, Jadlowiec CC. Reassessing Geographic, Logistical, and Cold Ischemia Cutoffs in Liver Transplantation. Prog Transplant. 2023 Jun; 33(2):168-174. Epub 2023 Apr 03.
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  11. Aby ES, Moafa G, Latt N, Sultan MT, Cacioppo PA, Kumar S, Chung RT, Bloom PP, Gustafson J, Daidone M, Reinus Z, Debes JD, Sandhu S, Sohal A, Khalid S, Roytman M, Catana AM, Wegermann K, Carr RM, Saiman Y, Kassab I, Chen VL, Rabiee A, Rosenberg C, Nguyen V, Gainey C, Zhou K, Chavin K, Lizaola-Mayo BC, Chascsa DM, Varelas L, Moghe A, Dhanasekaran R. Long-term clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 and chronic liver disease: US multicenter COLD study. Hepatol Commun. 2023 Jan 1; 7 (1):e8874 Epub 2023 Jan 03
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  12. Jadlowiec CC, Macdonough E, Pont K, Valenti K, Lizaola-Mayo B, Brooks A, Das D, Heilman R, Mathur AK, Hewitt W, Moss A, Aqel B, Reddy KS. Donation after circulatory death transplant outcomes using livers recovered by local surgeons. Liver Transpl. 2022 Nov; 28(11):1726-1734. Epub 2022 Apr 25.
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  13. Ohara S, Macdonough E, Egbert L, Brooks A, Lizaola-Mayo B, Mathur AK, Aqel B, Reddy KS, Jadlowiec CC. Decreasing Significance of Early Allograft Dysfunction with Rising Use of Nonconventional Donors. Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Jun 17; 58(6).
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  14. Katariya NN, Lizaola-Mayo BC, Chascsa DM, Giorgakis E, Aqel BA, Moss AA, Uson Junior PLS, Borad MJ, Mathur AK. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors as Therapy to Down-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Prior to Liver Transplantation. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 19; 14 (9)
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  15. Uson PLS Jr, Riegert-Johnson D, Boardman L, Kisiel J, Mountjoy L, Patel N, Lizaola-Mayo B, Borad MJ, Ahn D, Sonbol MB, Jones J, Leighton JA, Gurudu S, Singh H, Klint M, Kunze KL, Golafshar MA, Esplin ED, Nussbaum RL, Stewart AK, Bekaii-Saab TS, Jewel Samadder N. Germline Cancer Susceptibility Gene Testing in Unselected Patients With Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: A Multicenter Prospective Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Mar; 20 (3):e508-e528 Epub 2021 Apr 20
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  16. Bhatti S, Lizaola-Mayo B, Al-Shoha M, Garcia-Saenz-de-Sicilia M, Habash F, Ayoub K, Karr M, Ahmed Z, Borja-Cacho D, Duarte-Rojo A. Use of Computed Tomography Coronary Calcium Score for Coronary Artery Disease Risk Stratification During Liver Transplant Evaluation. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2022 Mar-Apr; 12 (2):319-328 Epub 2021 Aug 21
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  17. Lizaola-Mayo B, Salomao M, Horsley-Silva JL. Diffuse Hemorrhagic Enterocolitis in the Setting of 2019 Coronavirus. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Feb; 20 (2):A27-A28 Epub 2020 Oct 12
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  18. Lizaola-Mayo BC, Mathur AK, Borad MJ, Jadlowiec CC, Lam-Himlin DM, Corey RL, Iqbal S, Okubo K, Byrne TJ, Moss AA, Aqel BA, Chascsa DM. Immunotherapy as a downstaging tool for liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec; 116(12):2478-80.
  19. Okubo K, Iqbal S, Lizaola-Mayo B, Aqel B, Graf EH, Banacloche JCG, Singer AL, Harbell JW. Liver Transplant in a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Positive COVID-19 Recipient: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2021 Oct; 53 (8):2490-2494 Epub 2021 July 29
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  20. Ullah H, Iqbal S, Lizaola-Mayo B, Carey E. Sarcopenia; an endemic in the times of pandemic in liver transplantation. OBM Transplantation. 2021; Accepted for Publication.
  21. Lizaola-Mayo BC, Dickson RC, Lam-Himlin DM, Chascsa DM. Exogenous copper exposure causing clinical wilson disease in a patient with copper deficiency. BMC Gastroenterol. 2021 Jul 8; 21 (1):278 Epub 2021 July 08
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  22. Kim D, Adeniji N, Latt N, Kumar S, Bloom PP, Aby ES, Perumalswami P, Roytman M, Li M, Vogel AS, Catana AM, Wegermann K, Carr RM, Aloman C, Chen VL, Rabiee A, Sadowski B, Nguyen V, Dunn W, Chavin KD, Zhou K, Lizaola-Mayo B, Moghe A, Debes J, Lee TH, Branch AD, Viveiros K, Chan W, Chascsa DM, Kwo P, Dhanasekaran R. Predictors of Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease: US Multi-center Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jul; 19 (7):1469-1479.e19 Epub 2020 Sept 17
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  23. Samadder NJ, Riegert-Johnson D, Boardman L, Rhodes D, Wick M, Okuno S, Kunze KL, Golafshar M, Uson PLS Jr, Mountjoy L, Ertz-Archambault N, Patel N, Rodriguez EA, Lizaola-Mayo B, Lehrer M, Thorpe CS, Yu NY, Esplin ED, Nussbaum RL, Sharp RR, Azevedo C, Klint M, Hager M, Macklin-Mantia S, Bryce AH, Bekaii-Saab TS, Sekulic A, Stewart AK. Comparison of Universal Genetic Testing vs Guideline-Directed Targeted Testing for Patients With Hereditary Cancer Syndrome. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Feb 1; 7 (2):230-237
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  24. Dokmak A, Lizaola-Mayo B, Trivedi HD. The Impact of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Primary Care: A Population Health Perspective. Am J Med. 2021 Jan; 134 (1):23-29 Epub 2020 Sept 12
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  25. Lizaola-Mayo BC, Rodriguez EA. Cytomegalovirus infection after liver transplantation. World J Transplant. 2020 Jul 29; 10 (7):183-190
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  26. Lizaola-Mayo BC, Vargas HE, Chascsa DM. Hepatitis C-Positive Organs for Liver and Kidney Transplantation - Emerging Data and Current Management Strategies. Curr Hepatol Reports. 2019 May 18; 18(2019):228-32.
  27. Kuo SZ, Lizaola B, Hayssen H, Lai JC. Beta-blockers and physical frailty in patients with end-stage liver disease. World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Sep 7; 24 (33):3770-3775
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  28. Lizaola B, Bonder A, Trivedi HD, Tapper EB, Cardenas A. Review article: the diagnostic approach and current management of chylous ascites. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Nov; 46 (9):816-824 Epub 2017 Sept 11
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  29. Trivedi HD, Lizaola B, Tapper EB, Bonder A. Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Narrative Review. Am J Med. 2017 Jun; 130 (6):744.e1-744.e7 Epub 2017 Feb 24
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  30. Trivedi HD, Lizaola B, Tapper EB, Bonder A. Primary biliary cholangitis: new treatments for an old disease. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2017 Jan; 8 (1):29-36 Epub 2016 Nov 03
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  31. Lizaola B, Bonder A, Tapper EB, Afdhal N. Role of noninvasive fibrosis methods in management of chronic hepatitis B virus. Curr Hepatol Reports. 2016 Jul; 15(4):220-9.
  32. Lizaola B, Bonder A, Tapper EB, Mendez-Bocanegra A, Cardenas A. The Changing Role of Sodium Management in Cirrhosis. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2016 Jun; 14 (2):274-84
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  33. Lai JC, Bikle DD, Lizaola B, Hayssen H, Terrault NA, Schwartz JB. Total 25(OH) vitamin D, free 25(OH) vitamin D and markers of bone turnover in cirrhotics with and without synthetic dysfunction. Liver Int. 2015 Oct; 35 (10):2294-300 Epub 2015 Mar 27
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  34. Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Hayssen H, Lizaola B, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Terrault NA, Feng S. Clinician assessments of health status predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation. Liver Int. 2015 Sep; 35 (9):2167-73 Epub 2015 Feb 12
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  35. Lai JC, Shoback DM, Zipperstein J, Lizaola B, Tseng S, Terrault NA. Bone Mineral Density, Bone Turnover, and Systemic Inflammation in Non-cirrhotics with Chronic Hepatitis C. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Jun; 60 (6):1813-9 Epub 2015 Jan 07
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  36. Schwartz JB, Lai J, Lizaola B, Kane L, Weyland P, Terrault NA, Stotland N, Bikle D. Variability in free 25(OH) vitamin D levels in clinical populations. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2014 Oct; 144 Pt A:156-8 Epub 2013 Nov 15
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  37. Lai JC, Feng S, Terrault NA, Lizaola B, Hayssen H, Covinsky K. Frailty predicts waitlist mortality in liver transplant candidates. Am J Transplant. 2014 Aug; 14 (8):1870-9 Epub 2014 June 16
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  38. Schwartz JB, Lai J, Lizaola B, Kane L, Markova S, Weyland P, Terrault NA, Stotland N, Bikle D. A comparison of measured and calculated free 25(OH) vitamin D levels in clinical populations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 May; 99 (5):1631-7 Epub 2014 Jan 31
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  39. Robledo-Ogazón F, Lizaola B, Mier-Giraud F, Bojalil-Durán L. Abdominal wall infection due to mucormycosis. Case report. Cirugia y Cirujanos. 2007; 75(6):465-9.