Selected Publications

Cywes C, Banker A, Muñoz N, Levine M, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P: The potential utilization of machine perfusion to increase transplantation of macrosteatotic livers Transplantation : 2024 (Epub).

Shaffer L, Abu-Gazala S, Schaubel DE, Abt P, Mahmud N: Performance of risk prediction models for post-liver transplant patient and graft survival over time Liver Transplantation 30 (7): 689-698,2024.

Banker A, Cywes C, Munoz N, Taj R, Bitterman T, Abt P, Abu Gazala S: The impact of donor body mass index on safety and outcomes in living donor liver transplantation: An analysis of the National United States Database Transplantation Direct 10 (7): e1673,2024.

Mahmud N, Yagan L, Hoteit MA, Reddy KR, Abt PL, Abu-Gazala S: Significant reduction in posttransplant hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in the post 6-mo waiting policy era Transplantation 108 (5): 1172-1178,2024.

Abu-Gazala S, Tang H, Abt P, Mahmud N: National trends in utilization of normothermic machine perfusion in DCD liver transplantation Transplantation Direct 10 (5): e1596,2024.

Wang RX, Abu-Gazala S, Mahmud N: Post-transplant outcomes and trends in utilization of Covid-19 positive deceased donor liver transplantation Liver Transplantation 29 (10): 1129-1133,2023.

Hakeem AR, Mathew JS, Aunés CV, Mazzola A, Alconchel F, Yoon Y-I, Testa G, Selzner N, Sarin SK, Lee K-W, Soin A, Pomposelli J, Menon K, Goyal N, Kota V, Abu-Gazala S, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Rajalingam R, Kapoor D, Durand F, Kamath P, Jothimani D, Sudhindran S, Vij V, Yoshizumi T, Egawa H, Lerut J, Broering D, Berenguer M, Cattral M, Clavien P-A, Chen C-L, Shah S, Zhu Z-J, Ascher N, Bhangui P, Rammohan A, Emond J, Rela M: Preventing small-for-size syndrome in living donor liver transplantation: Guidelines from the ILTS-iLDLT-LTSI Consensus Conference Transplantation 107 (10): 2203-2215,2023.

Mahmud N, Panchal S, Abu-Gazala S, Serper M, Lewis JD, Kaplan DE: Association between bariatric surgery and alcohol use–related hospitalization and all-cause mortality in a Veterans Affairs cohort JAMA Surgery 158 (2): 162-171,2023.

Abbassi F, Gero D, Muller X, Bueno A, Figiel W, Robin F, Laroche S, Picard B, Shankar S, Ivanics T, van Reeven M, van Leeuwen OB, Braun HJ, Monbaliu D, Breton A, Vachharajani N, Bonaccorsi Riani E, Nowak G, McMillan RR, Abu-Gazala S, Nair A, Bruballa R, Paterno F, Weppler Sears D, Pinna AD, Guarrera JV, de Santibañes E, de Santibañes M, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Olthoff K, Ghobrial RM, Ericzon BG, Ciccarelli O, Chapman WC, Mabrut JY, Pirenne J, Müllhaupt B, Ascher NL, Porte RJ, de Meijer VE, Polak WG, Sapisochin G, Attia M, Weiss E, Adam RA, Cherqui D, Boudjema K, Zienewicz K, Jassem W, Dutkowski P, Clavien PA: Novel benchmark values for redo liver transplantation. Does the outcome justify the effort? Annals of Surgery 276 (5): 860-867,2022.

Mahmud N, Goldberg DS, Abu-Gazala S, Lewis JD, Kaplan DE: Modeling optimal clinical thresholds for elective abdominal hernia repair in patients with cirrhosis JAMA Network Open 5 (9): e2231601,2022.

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