
Daniel Ahn
@aanieldhn
General Surgery Resident at Stanford Health Care
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31-05-2017 03:01:22
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Daniel Ahn giving a fantastic talk #ATC on non-standardized exceptions in liver transplantation Lab MELD determines waitlist risk- exception points not proportional to risk of death on list Need new solutions for exceptions for fair allocation


Stanford Surgery SUSurgeryResidency Daniel Ahn published on the medical urgency of patients receiving non-standardized MELD exceptions. Co-authors include Stanford Div. of GI & Hepatology Allison Kwong & StanfordAbdTxp grad, Anji Wall . sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Out now Daniel Ahn publishing in AJT American Society of Transplantation (AST) ASTS Transplant programs request "exception points" for candidates when they think their MELD is too low- we found that these points don't capture any increased risk of death Anji Wall Allison Kwong đź”— in next post


Original Article in Press: "Association of nonstandardized model for end-stage liver disease score exceptions with waitlist mortality in adult liver transplant candidates" by Ahn et al. with PI William F Parker, MD, PhD. Daniel Ahn is part of the SUSurgeryResidency residency! doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.…