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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.
Episodes
- AJT May 2026 Editors’ Picks
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 Rochest…
- AJT April 2026 Editors’ Picks
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 th…
- The History of Transplant
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 transpla…
- AJT March 2026 Editors’ Picks
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…
- AJT February 2026 Editors’ Picks
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 Pon…
- AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks
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 P…
- AJT December 2025 Editors’ Picks
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 Immunodef…
- AJT November 2025 Editors’ Picks
Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Christie Rampersad to discuss the key articles of the November issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Christie Rampersad is clinical associate, in the Division of Nephro…
- AJT October 2025 Editors’ Picks
AJT October 2025 Editors’ Picks Description: Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Dr. Christina Haugen to discuss the key articles of the October issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Christina Haugen is an Assista…
- AJT September 2025 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo discuss the key articles of the September issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. [03:30] Blunted cardiac reserve as a marker of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy—Cardiac outcomes following liver transplant…
- Kidney transplantation for undocumented immigrants in the United States: challenges and Ethical considerations
In this Specialty Podcast, Dr. Dami Ko is joined by Dr. Katherine Rizzolo, and Dr. Leonela Villegas to discuss kidney transplantation for undocumented immigrants in the United States, particularly the challenges they face and ethical consi…
- AJT August 2025 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Alberto are joined by new Editorial Fellow Dr. Sofia Bin to discuss the key articles of the August issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Sofia Bin is an assistant professor of medical and surgical sciences at…
- AJT July 2025 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Alberto discuss the key articles of the July issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. [03:48] Liver transplantation for hepatitis D virus/hepatitis B virus coinfection in Italy: an intention-to-treat analysis of long…
- AJT June 2025 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by new co-host Alberto Sanchez-Fueyo, MD, PhD to discuss the key articles of the June issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo is a Professor of Hepatology, and the Academic Director of the Ins…
- Overcoming Barriers: Revitalizing Pancreas Transplantation in the U.S.
In this specialty podcast, Dr. Alissar El Chediak is joined by Dr. Jon Odorico and Dr. Ron Parsons to discuss the current state of pancreas transplantation, identify barriers and strategies for referral and candidate selection, and discuss…
- Bird Flu and Transplant Patients: Emerging Risks and Clinical Insights
In this Specialty Podcast, Dr. Alejandra Mendoza is joined by Dr. Cameron Wolfe, infectious diseases specialist at Duke University, to discuss the growing concern of avian influenza (H5N1) in transplant recipients. Together, they explore t…
- AJT May 2025 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by Timucin Taner, MD, PhD and Dami Ko, PhD to discuss the key articles of the May issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Timucin Taner is a professor of surgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Dami Ko i…
- AJT April 2025 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by Rene Bermea, MD and Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD, PhD to discuss the key articles of the April issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Rene Bermea is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a transplant p…
- AJT March 2025 Editors' Picks
Host Roz is joined by Ross Doyle, PhD to discuss the key articles of the March issue of American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Ross Doyle is a consultant nephrologist at Mater Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. (Mentioned) A blood-based PT-LIF…
- AJT February 2025 Editors' Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Dr. Adam Stewart to discuss the key articles of the February issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. [00:02:38] A competing risks model to estimate the risk of graft failure and patient death afte…
- AJT January 2025 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Sergio Acuna, MD to discuss the key articles of the January issue of American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Sergio Acuna is a clinical instructor in abdominal transplant surgery at the University of Alaba…
- AJT December 2024 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Abraham Matar, MD to discuss the key articles of the December issue of American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Abraham ‘Abe’ Matar is a Transplant Surgery Fellow at the University of Minnesota [02:15] Econ…
- AJT November 2024 Editors’ Picks
Description: Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Sharon Weeks Groh, MD to discuss the key articles of the November issue of American Journal of Transplantation. Dr. Sharon Weeks Groh is a transplant surgeon at Walter Reed [02:08] Robotic livi…
- AJT October 2024 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Frances Lee, MD to discuss the key articles of the October issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [00:02:31] Pre-transplant Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multice…
- AJT September 2024 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Alissar El Chediak, MD to discuss the key articles of the September issue of the American Journal of Transplantation. Alissar El Chediak, MD is a transplant nephrologist at UT Southwestern [02:55] – Liver M…
- AJT August 2024 Editors' Picks
Description: Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Maria Alejandra Mendoza, MD to discuss the key articles of the August issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [01:57] Impact of deceased organ donor marijuana use on donor culture positiv…
- AJT July 2024 Editors' Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by Mack Morris, MD to discuss the key articles of the July issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [03:33] Biliary complications after adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: An international…
- Analytical Approaches to Policy Evaluation in Transplantation
In this specialty podcast, AJT Fellow and host David Cron is joined by Jesse Schold and Joel Adler to provide an overview policy evaluation in transplantation, including analytical approaches, pitfalls, and best practices. References Stewa…
- AJT June 2024 Editors' Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Associate Editor Orla Morrissey, MD ( Monash University) and AJT Editorial Fellow Elena-Bianca Barbir, MD (Mayo Clinic-Rochester). [3:16] The respiratory syncytial virus vaccines are here: Implications for solid o…
- The impact of the 2018 change in heart allocation and what the heart community can learn from experiences with continuous distribution of lung
In this AJT specialty podcast, Luise Holzhauser, hosts Shelley Hall and Marie Budev to discuss the impact of the 2018 change in heart allocation and what the heart community can learn from experiences with continuous distribution of lung.
- AJT May 2024 Editors' Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Executive Guest Editor Nadim Mahmud, MD, MPH ( University of Pennsylvania ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Tina Marinelli, MBBS, MPH&TM, FRACP (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital). [03:10] Semidirected Living Donors in Israel…
- AJT April 2024 Editors' Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, ( Duke University ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Laura Binari, MD ( Vanderbilt University ). [2:34] Abdominal computed tomography measurements of body composition and wait…
- AJT March 2024 Editors' Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member Alexandre Loupy, MD, PhD ( Necker Hospital ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Thiago J Borges, PhD ( Massachusetts General Hospital ). [2:39] Transplanting old organs promotes senescence in young re…
- AJT February 2024 Editors' Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member John Greenland, MD, PhD ( University of California, San Francisco ) and AJT Editorial Fellow David Cron, MD, MS ( Massachusetts General Hospital ). [2:53] Pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy…
- The impact and implications of the kidney allocation system (KAS 250) over kidney allocation in the United States
The podcast discusses the impact and implications the kidney allocation system (KAS 250) has had over kidney allocation in the United States, focusing on the effect on operational challenges, cold ischemic times, delayed graft function, an…
- AJT January 2024 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member Michael Mengel, MD ( University of Alberta ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Kazem Fallahzadeh, MD ( Emory University ). [2:43] Recurrent atypical antiglomerular basement membrane nephritis in the…
- AJT Decmber 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member Emily Blumberg, MD ( University of Pennsylvania ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Dempsey Hughes, MD ( Northwestern Medicine ). [03:03] Predicting post–liver transplant outcomes in patients with ac…
- Kidney Utilization and Organ Procurement Organization Performance
In this specialty podcast, Arielle Cimeno, hosts Raymond Lynch and Amit Mathur to discuss recent trends and new initiatives to assess kidney utilization and organ procurement organization performance.
- AJT November 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by Ramsey Hachem, MD (Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis) and AJT Editorial Fellow Helen Tsai, MD (Montefiore Medical Center) [03:30] Disseminated vaccine-induced varicella infection in a kidney tran…
- AJT October 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Salil Kumar, MD ( incoming Assistant Professor at MD Anderson Medical Center ) [2:24] Importance of social vulnerability on long-term outcomes after heart transplantation [12:51] Microbiota-depend…
- AJT September 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member Kenneth Newell, MD, PhD ( Emory University ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Kyle Jackson, MD, PhD ( Emory University ) [2:45] Identifying and understanding variation in population-based access to…
- Ethical Issues Related to Informed Consent and Informed Authorization for Xenotransplantation
In this specialty podcast, Carrie Thiessen, MD, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison) hosts Robert Montgomery, MD, PhD, (NYU Langone) and Muhammad Mohiuddin, MBBS, (University of Maryland) to discuss ethical issues related to informed auth…
- AJT August 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member Sanjay Kulkarni, MD, ( Yale School of Medicine ) and AJT Editorial Fellow Luise Holzhauser, MD ( University of Pennsylvania ) [2:40] In a real-life setting, risk factors, Coronary artery cal…
- International efforts to eliminate gender disparities in allocation of liver transplants: MELD 3.0 & Gender-Equity Model for Liver Allocation (GEMA)
In this AJT specialty podcast, Aly Strauss, hosts Allison Kwong and Manuel Rodriguez-Peralvarez to discuss MELD 3.0, Gender-Equity Model for Liver Allocation (GEMA), and international efforts to eliminate gender disparities in allocation o…
- AJT July 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Board Member Seth Karp, MD (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) and AJT Editorial Fellow Thiago Borges, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital) [2:33] Xenorecognition and costimulation of porcine endothel…
- AJT June 2023 Editors’ Picks
Hosts Roz and Josh discuss the key articles of the June issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [1:30] The evolving use of biomarkers in heart transplantation: Consensus of an expert panel [9:49] Effects of in vivo CXCR4 Blockade and…
- AJT May 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Scott Krummey, MD, PhD, to discuss the key articles of the May issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [01:59] Genetic evaluation of living kidney donor candidates: A review and re…
- AJT April 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Daniel Galvez Lima, MD, to discuss the key articles of the April issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [02:01] Successful pathways to liver transplant for undocumented immigrants…
- AJT March 2023 Editors’ Picks
Host Roz is joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Aly Strauss, MD, to discuss the key articles of the March issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [2:57] Milestones on the path to clinical pig organ xenotransplantation , Cooper & Pierson.…
- Opportunities and Challenges in Transplant Registry Research
In this specialty podcast, Katie Ross-Driscoll, PhD, MPH (Emory University) hosts Jon Snyder, PhD, MS (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients) to discuss the utility of registries in transplantation research, considerations for study…