Host Roslyn Mannon, MD, discusses the latest issues of the American Journal of Transplantation, summarizing Editors’ Picks by highlighting the key messages, broader impact, and take-home points of each article. The views are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of the journal or the societies that support it.
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Alessia Giarraputo to discuss the key articles of the August issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Alessia Giarraputo is a postdoc research fellow at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School [3:38] Donor-reactive clonotypes are overrepresented in the urinary T cell repertoire during kidney transplant rejection and show…
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo discuss the key articles of the July issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. [3:52] Simultaneous quantification of native human and transgenic porcine liver function in a decedent model of extracorporeal cross-circulation [12:11] Pathologic evaluation of pig kidney and heart xenografts: 2024 recommendations from the Banff Xenotransplantation…
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo discuss the key articles of the June issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. [3:32] MHC Matchmaker: An in silico based algorithm to analyze cross-species NHP, pig, and human MHC compatibility on the amino acid level [11:50] Wisdom of the Crowd: Ensuring the justness and validity of group decision-making in solid organ transplant [16:39]…
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Somaya Zahran to discuss the key articles of the May issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Somaya Zahran is a transplant nephrology fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. [03:06] Sensitization in organ transplantation: Assessment of Risk (STAR) 2025 meeting group report [08:55] The Banff 2024 Kidney Meeting Report: Rejection…
AJT April 2026 Editors’ Picks Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Cesar Berto to discuss the key articles of the April issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Cesar Berto is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, in the Division of Infectious Diseases [03:28] Invasive mold infection in heart transplant recipients: A nationwide…
In this specialty podcast, Dr. Justin Barr is joined by Dr. Thomas Schlich and Dr. Susan Lederer to discuss the early history of transplant surgery, with Dr. Schlich focusing on the mostly European efforts inaugurating solid organ transplant between 1880 and 1910 whilst Dr. Lederer concentrates on skin, blood, and corneal transplants in early 20th century America. Justin Barr practices abdominal…
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Justin Barr to discuss the key articles of the March issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Justin Barr practices abdominal transplant and advanced hepatobiliary surgery at Ochsner Medical Center [03:13] Implementation of a physician assistant-led recovery model for heart transplantation: Clinical outcomes and programmatic…
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Juan Pablo Huidobro to discuss the key articles of the February issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Juan Pablo Huidobro is an Assistant Professor in Nephrology at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile [02:52] Evolving landscape of thrombotic microangiopathy in kidney transplant recipients in the post–C5 inhibitor era…
AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Dr. Al-Faraaz Kassam to discuss the key articles of the January issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Al-Faraaz Kassam is an Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins University [03:45] Evaluation of kidney procurement biopsy and machine perfusion on allograft outcomes: A…
AJT December 2025 Editors’ Picks Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Hannah Bahakel to discuss the key articles of the December issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Hannah Bahakel is a Clinical Immunodeficiency fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center [03:34] Higher vs standard mean arterial pressure target in the immediate postoperative period of…