American Journal of Transplantation

19/11/2024

Take a minute to read the November AJT Report: "Kids are special: Are we giving them the priority they deserve?" by Lara C. Pullen, PhD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.09.019

12/11/2024

Each year AJT invites applications for the AJT Editorial Fellowship. The Editorial Fellowship is a year-long editorial experience in the publication and peer review process to fellows and junior faculty in transplant-related fields, including a Basic Science track. The fellowship offers a unique opportunity for the fellows to network with AJT editors through mentorship and participation in key journal initiatives. AJT Editorial Fellows will work directly with AJT editors and staff to gain experience in the day-to-day steps of peer review and publication through a rotation-based training. For more information, click here: https://www.amjtransplant.org/ajt-editorial-fellowships

07/11/2024

Each month, cohosts Josh Levitsky, MD, and Roslyn Mannon, MD, discuss 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. Listen to this month's AJT Highlights Podcast here:

[02:08] Robotic living donor hepatectomy is associated with superior outcomes for both the donor and the recipient compared to laparoscopic or open - A single center prospective registry study of 3,448 cases [09:34] Public Attitudes to Xenotransplantation: A National Survey in the United States [18:...

05/11/2024

The AJT November issue is online! On the Cover: Big Changes and Big Gains in US DCD Organ Procurement. https://www.amjtransplant.org/current

Donors after circulatory determination of death (DCD) have historically yielded fewer organs per donor. However, normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), a procurement strategy that entails rapid re-establishment of organ perfusion after determination of death, mitigates the ischemic organ injury incurred after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. A center at the forefront of DCD-NRP in the US, the University of Colorado Hospital Transplant Center (Bakhtiyar et al.) analyzed OPTN data and found DCD-NRP organ yields exceeded standard DCD procurement and matched donation after brain death procurement.

Using single center data, they report on cost and resource utilization, key considerations along with the need for regulatory guidance and professional infrastructure that our editorialists, Hobeika and Roll, will challenge the rapid expansion of DCD-NRP.

Cover design by Megan Llewellyn, CMI, Department of Surgery, Duke University.

31/10/2024

We are so happy to congratulate our very own AJT Editor-in-Chief,
Dr. Sandy Feng, for being inducted into the National Academy of Medicine!

30/10/2024

Our friends at Division of Transplant Surgery were featured on the cover of this month's American Journal of Transplantation for research by University of Colorado Department of Surgery resident Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD, and faculty member Jordan Hoffman, MD on two methods of procuring transplant-viable organs after the heart stops beating.

Read more at the link below!
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/department-of-surgery/organ-yield-after-circulatory-death

24/10/2024

Last month Dr. Joseph Kim had a conversation with Drs. Maarten Coemans and Maarten Naesens about their published article "A competing risks model to estimate the risk of graft failure and patient death after kidney transplantation using continuous donor-recipient age combinations." Watch the recorded Stat Chat and read the article here:

Dr. Joseph Kim joins Dr. Maarten Coemans and Dr. Maarten Naesens to discuss their recently published article "A competing risks model to estimate the risk of...

22/10/2024

Our Editor-in-Chief selects five articles each issue to be highlighted as Editor's Choice articles. Three of those articles are research papers further illustrated through visual abstracts created by our talented medical illustrator. We invite you to take a look at the October Editor's Choice visual abstracts.

15/10/2024

Check out our Virtual Special Issue, "Insights into ACLF: From Pathogenesis to Interventions." Learn from leading experts and researchers while they explore the immunopathogenesis underlying ACLF. With insights into the state of U.S. data, barriers to ACLF research, and the paradigm shift towards trials and interventions, our editors review geographic variation in ACLF and navigate global perspectives on ACLF epidemiology, outcomes, and transplant accessibility. https://www.amjtransplant.org/ajt-insights-into-aclf

10/10/2024

Take a look at the October AJT Literature Watch, "Phage-display immunoprecipitation for precision mapping the autoreactome" by Rashmi et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.08.026

08/10/2024

Read the latest AJT Report: "Transplantation pushes into the world of elite sports" by Lara Pullen. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.08.029

04/10/2024

The AJT October issue is now online! On the Cover: Big Changes and Big Gains in US DCD Organ Procurement. Cover design by Megan Llewellyn, CMI, Department of Surgery, Duke University.
https://www.amjtransplant.org/current

02/10/2024

AJT has a new Editorial Team! This past summer, AJT welcomed a new editorial office: Laura, Brittany, and Hannah are excited to help the journal grow and assist with any questions during the peer review and publication process ([email protected]).

Laura Flecha, our new Managing Editor, joins us from Poolesville, MD. She holds a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University and has over 15 years of experience in scholarly publishing. She is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others, and outside of work, she adores spending time with her family, gardening and donating homegrown produce to local foodbanks, and writing.

Brittany Turner, our new Editorial Associate, joins us from San Francisco, CA. She has previously worked with a variety of medical and engineering journals and takes pride in making sure all editorial operations run smoothly. Outside of work, she loves reading, practicing yoga, hiking, and trying new dishes. She spent over a year living abroad in Thailand working as an English teacher.

Hannah Calhoun, our new Publications Specialist, joins us from Raleigh, NC. After working in scholarly publishing for over 5 years, she is still happy that she has the chance to learn something new each day. Outside of work, Hannah is often found going to line dancing events, rehearsing with the local community choir, or trying to grow her already expansive board game collection.

14/03/2023

Host Roz Mannon is joined by AJT Editorial Fellow
Aly Strauss, to discuss the key articles of the March issue of American Journal of Transplantation.

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. [12:45] Infection and clinical xenotransplantation: Guidance f...

22/02/2023

Hosts Josh and Roz are joined by Zachary Yetmar, MD to discuss the key articles of the February issue of AJT

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Zachary Yetmar, MD, to discuss the key articles of the February issue of American Journal of Transplantation. [1:42] BK DNAemia and native kidney polyomavirus nephropathy following lung transplantation, Dube et al [12:05] Mortality among solid or...

03/08/2022

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Hirsh D. Trivedi, MD, MSc, to discuss the key articles of the August issue of American Journal of Transplantation.
https://ajthighlights.podbean.com/e/ajt-august-2022-editors-picks/

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Hirsh D. Trivedi, MD, MSc, to discuss the key articles of the August issue of American Journal of Transplantation....

03/08/2022

The August issue is available online now: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16006143/2022/22/8

05/07/2022

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Prince Singh, MBBS, FASN, FACP to discuss the key articles of the July issue of American Journal of Transplantation. https://ajthighlights.podbean.com/e/ajt-july-2022-editors-picks/

Hosts Roz and Josh are joined by AJT Editorial Fellow Prince Singh, MBBS, FASN, FACP to discuss the key articles of the July issue of American Journal of Transplantation....