The Transplant Library - Expert Reviewers

From June 2014 the Transplant Library database on the Evidentia platform includes invited commentaries from transplantation experts. The commentary also includes a clinical impact rating and indicates whether a trial is considered practice changing.

Australia

Associate Professor Daniel Chambers
Queensland Lung Transplant Service
The Prince Charles Hospital
Brisbane, Australia

Mr Michael Fink
Department of Surgery, Austin Health,
University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor Allan R Glanville
Department of Thoracic Medicine,
St.Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
NSW, Australia

Dr Ashley Irish
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Perth, Western Australia

Ms Libby John
South Australian Liver Transplant Unit
Flinders Medical Centre
Adelaide, South Australia

Associate Professor John Kanellis
Department of Nephrology, Monash Health
Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine,
Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne

Professor Peter Macdonald
Heart Transplant Unit
St Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, Australia

Professor Philip O'Connell
University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital
Sydney, Australia

Professor Greg Snell
Alfred Hospital and Monash University
Melbourne, Australia

Austria

Dr Georg Böhmig
Division of Nephrology and Dialysis
Department of Medicine III
Medical University Vienna, Austria

Dr Maria C. Haller
Krankenhaus Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Professor Robert M. Langer
Ordensklinikum Elisabethinen
Linz, Austria

Dr Rainer Oberbauer
Department of Nephrology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria

Belgium

Dr Bart De Geest
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Professor Fabienne Dobbels
Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
KU Leuven, Belgium

Dr Ina Jochmans
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
University Hospital Leuven
Belgium

Dr Dirk RJ Kuypers
Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Professor Jan Lerut
University Hospital Saint Luc, Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery;
and UCL Transplant Centre
Brussels, Belgium

Professor Maarten Naesens
Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Dr Ben Sprangers
Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Professor Dirk Van Raemdonck
Laboratory of Experimental Thoracic Surgery
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven University;
and Leuven Lung Transplant Group, Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospitals Leuvenn Leuven, Belgium

Brazil

Associate Professor Mario Abbud Filho
Nephrology Discipline, Medical School FAMERP
Organ & Tissue Transplantation Center, Hospital de Base- FUNFARME,
Institute of Urology & Nephrology, S. Jose do Rio Preto
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dr Jose Medina Pestana
Hospital do Rim
Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Dr Helio Tedesco
Nephrology Division-Kidney Transplant Unit
Hospital do Rim-Escola Paulista de Medicina-UNIFESP

Canada

Dr Edward Cole
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network;
and University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Professor Gary A Levy
University of Toronto Transplant Institute
Multi Organ Transplant Program
University Health Network
Toronto Ontario, Canada

Dr Steven Paraskevas
Department of Surgery
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dr Gonzalo Sapisochin
Multi-Organ Transplant and HPB Surgical Oncology
Division of General Surgery
University Health Network, Toronto
Ontario, Canada

Associate Professor Lianne Singer
Toronto Lung Transplant Program, University Health Network
and University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Professor Lori West
Paediatrics, Surgery and Immunology at the University of Alberta;
and the Canadian National Transplant Research Program
Canada

Adjunct Professor Linda Wright
Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto, Canada

Egypt

Emeritus Professor Ahmed Adel Hassan
Nephrology and Transplantation Department
Zagazig University, Egypt

Finland

Dr Fredrik Aberg
Transplant Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital; and
Transplant and Liver Surgery Clinic, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.

France

Dr Diego Cantarovich
Institute of Transplantation-Urology and Nephrology
Nantes University Hospital, France

Professor Nassim Kamar
Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation
Toulouse University Hospital, France

Professor Yvon Lebranchu
University of Tours
Tours, France

Professor Christophe Legendre
Hôpital Necker & Université Paris Descartes
Rue de Sèvres, Paris, France

Professor Emeritus Jean Paul Soulillou
University of Nantes, France

Germany

Professor Klemens Budde
Department of Nephrology
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Professor Edward Geissler
University Hospital Regensburg
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

Professor Ricardo González
Children´s Hospital "Auf der Bult"
Hannover, Germany

Professor Bernhard K. Krämer
Vth Department of Medicine & Renal Transplant Program
University Medicine Mannheim
Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Heidelberg University
Mannheim, Germany

Professor Christiane Kugler
Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing Science

Professor Andreas Paul
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Klinik für Allgemein-Viszeral-und Transplantationschirurgie
Essen, Germany

Professor Hans J. Schlitt
Department of Surgery
University of Regensburg Medical Center
Regensburg, Germany

Hong Kong

Professor Nancy K Man
Department of Surgery
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Italy

Dr Cristiano Amarelli
Monaldi Hospital, A.O. dei Colli
Naples, Italy

Dr Patrizia Burra
Multivisceral Transplant Unit
Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology
University Hospital of Padua
Padova, Italy

Dr Claudio Ponticelli
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center
Rozzano, Milano, Italy

Dr Luciano Potena
UO Cardiologia
Programma Aziendale Trapianto di Cuore e Polmone
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S.Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, Italy

Professor Maurizio Salvadori
Careggi University Hospital
University of Florence, Italy

Japan

Professor Hiroto Egawa
Department of Surgery
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan

Professor Eiji Kobayashi
Department of Organ Fabrication
Keio University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan

Netherlands

Dr FJ Bemelman
Academic Medical Center
Department of Nephrology
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Professor Luuk Hilbrands
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Professor Jan Ijzermans
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Professor Teun van Gelder
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mrs Willij Zuidema
Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam

New Zealand

Professor Stephen Munn
Auckland City Hospital
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand

Oman

Associate Professor Nabil Mohsin
Sultan Qaboos University
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Muscat, Oman

Qatar

Professor Riadh A. S. Fadhil
Qatar Organ Donation Center (HIBA)
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar

Professor Yasser Hammad
Weill Cornell Medical Qatar
Cornell University
Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Professor Hatem Khalaf
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Service
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Professor Mohammed Sebayel
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and RC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Slovenia

Dr Danica Avsec
National Institute for Organ and Tissue Donation of the Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia

South Africa

Professor M. Rafique Moosa
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa

South Korea

Professor Jongwon Ha
Department of Surgery
Seoul National University College of Medicine

Spain

Professor Marina Berenguer
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit
La Fe University Hospital and Ciberehd
Ciberehd and IISLaFe
Valencia, Spain

Professor Josep M. Grinyó
University of Barcelona, Department of Nephrology
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Barcelona, Spain

Sweden

Professor Bo-Goran Ericzon
Division of Transplantation Surgery
CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden

Professor Anna Forsberg
Transplant Nursing at Lund University, Sweden

Professor Styrbjörn Friman
Transplant Institute
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Goteborg, Sweden

Professor Michael Olausson
Department of Transplantation Surgery
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden

Switzerland

Dr Christian Benden
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Dr Kris Denhaerynck
Institute of Nursing Science
University of Basel, Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland

Professor Maurice Matter
Visceral Surgery and Transplantation Center
Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Turkey

Professor Mehmet Haberal
Baskent University
International Haberal Transplantation & Education Foundation
Ankara, Turkey

United Kingdom

Dr Richard Baker
Renal Unit, St. James's Hospital
Leeds, United Kingdom

Professor Andrew Bradley
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Professor Michael Burch
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Dr. Richeal M. Burns
Health Economics and Policy Analysis Centre
NUI Galway, Ireland; and
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Professor Sir Roy Calne
Cambridge University
United Kingdom

Dr Marc J Clancy
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Dr Menna Clatworthy
University of Cambridge
Department of Medicine
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Professor Paul A Corris
Thoracic Medicine Institute of Transplantation
Institute of Cellular Medicine
Newcastle University and The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust UK

Professor John Dark
Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
United Kingdom

Professor Brian Davidson
Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust and UCL,
London, United Kingdom

Dr Chris Dudley
Southmead Hospital
North Bristol NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Professor Andrew J Fisher
Institute of Transplantation, Freeman Hospital;
and Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Professor J L R Forsythe
Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dr Colin Geddes
Glasgow Renal and Transplant Unit
Western Infirmary, Glasgow

Dr Rachel Hilton
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom

Mr Neville Jamieson
Cambridge University Hospitals and Health Education England
East of England, United Kingdom

Professor Alan Jardine
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Professor Philip A Kalra
Salford Royal Hospital
and University of Manchester
United Kingdom

Mr Nicos Kessaris
Paediatric Renal Transplant Surgery
King’s College London and Guy's Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Dr John Lear
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom

Professor Iain A.M. MacPhee
Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education
St George's, University of London, UK

Professor Nizam Mamode
Abdominal Medicine and Surgery Directorate
Guy's Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Dr Lorna Marson
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Professor Paolo Muiesan
Queen Elizabeth Hospital & Birmingham Children's Hospital,
Birmingham, UK

Professor James Neuberger
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Professor Michael Nicholson
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dr Gabriel C Oniscu
Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dr Vassilios Papalois
Renal and Transplant Unit
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, UK

Dr Jayan Parameshwar
Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dr Adnan Sharif
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
United Kingdom

Dr Richard Trompeter
UCL Centre for Nephrology
The Royal Free Hospital Campus
London, United Kingdom

Professor Anthony Warrens
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom

Professor Christopher Watson
University of Cambridge
Department of Surgery
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Professor Stephen J Wigmore
University of Edinburgh & Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dr Colin Wilson
Institute of Transplantation
The Freeman Hospital
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Dr Wilson Wong
MRC Centre for Transplantation
King's College London
London, United Kingdom

USA

Professor Rita R. Alloway
Transplant Clinical Research
University of Cincinnati, USA

Professor David A. Baran
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Sentara Heart Hospital
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Professor John M. Barry
Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
The Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, USA

Professor Daniel C. Brennan
Division of Nephrology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Comprehensive Transplant Center, USA

Professor Charles E. Canter
Pediatrics, Cardiac Transplant Program,
St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri, USA

Ms Lisa A. Coscia
Transplant Pregnancy Registry International
Gift of Life Institute
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Professor Stuart M. Flechner
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Ohio, USA

Dr Robert S. Gaston
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Professor Elisa Gordon
Comprehensive Transplant Center
Institute for Public Health and Medicine
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University, USA

Professor Douglas W. Hanto
Vanderbilt Transplant Center;
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital;
and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Professor Mark A. Hardy
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY, USA

Dr Peter S. Heeger
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NY, USA

Professor Maryl Johnson
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Dr Stanley Jordan
Nephrology & Transplant Immunology
Kidney Transplant Program, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA, USA.

Dr Sang-Mo Kang
Division of Transplantation
University of California at San Francisco, USA

Dr Seth Karp
Vanderbilt Transplant Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, USA

Professor Stuart J. Knechtle
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA

Dr Joren C. Madsen
MGH Transplant Center
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

Professor Didier Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, USA

Professor Roslyn B. Mannon
Division of Nephrology; and Division of Transplantation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, USA

Professor Arthur Matas
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA

Professor Anthony P. Monaco
Division of Organ Transplantation
Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center;
and Harvard Medical School
Boston Massachusetts, USA

Professor Randall Morris
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, USA

Professor Kenneth A. Newell
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA

Professor Claus Niemann
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA

Dr Edit B. Olasz
Department of Dermatology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA

Mr Jeffrey P. Orlowski
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, USA

Professor Minnie Sarwal
Division of MultiOrgan Transplantation, UCSF
Precision Transplant Medicine, UCSF
Immunology, Stanford University
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, USA

Ms Teresa Shafer
Progress in Transplantation;
and Teresa Shafer Consulting
Fort Worth, TX, USA

Professor Ron Shapiro
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, USA

Dr Laura A. Siminoff
Dean College of Public Health
Temple University
Philadelphia, USA

Dr Mark S. Slaughter
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, USA

Dr Mark D. Stegall
Department of Surgery and Immunology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Dr R. Brian Stevens
School of Graduate Studies, Transplant Program
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, Ohio, USA

Professor Randall S. Sung
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Professor Stuart C. Sweet
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA

Dr Laura A. Taylor
Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, USA

Professor Christoph Troppmann
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California, USA

Dr Stefan G Tullius
Division of Transplant Surgery
Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Ma, USA

Professor Lorraine B. Ware
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, USA

Professor Steven A. Webber
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA

Dr Nicholas Zavazava
Transplantation Research
University of Iowa and VAHC Iowa City
Iowa City, USA