"Hypothermic oxygenated machine #perfusion led to a lower risk of nonanastomotic #biliary strictures following the transplantation of #livers obtained from #donors after circulatory death than conventional static cold storage" nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

What does 'recovery' mean to patients undergoing abdominal surgery? International qualitative study supports the need to acknowledge, embrace, & incorporate the patients' perspective in surgical care ja.ma/3bm2pQW Julio Fiore Jr Liane Feldman MD Fateme Rajabi Roshni Alam

The consult conga line

For the more than 107,000 Americans who are now waiting for an organ transplant—and for those who have already received an organ—the stakes of COVID-19 testing could not be any higher, writes Benjamin Mazer. on.theatln.tc/Yl49Puz

Few resources exist for highlighting “strengths” of weak or insubstantial studies. Where are the guidelines specific to reporting of underwhelming studies? We offer Biased Outcome reporting Guidelines for Underwhelming Studies (BOGUS) initiative bmj.com/content/375/bm… 🎄

Lots of relevant work in epidemiology is *descriptive* in nature and very often such work is NOT improved by "correcting" for a bunch of stuff in a multivariable regression or by doing automated variable selection. Sometimes, averages and percentages is just what you need

Umaid Rabbani exhilarated after our (only fellows) first OLT together. Big shout-out to our fearless/twitterless leader Dr Locke, (lurking in the corner of the room) for training us up for this! Looking forward to partnering up with Sergio Acuna, MD, PhD soon! ASTS IHPBA UAB TEAM

Keeping with tradition, annual conference 📸 with Sergio Acuna, MD, PhD UofT General Surgery #ACSCC22

Congratulations Raheel Jajja for finishing your Abdominal Transplant/Hepatobiliary surgery fellowship UAB Surgery You are an excellent surgeon, and I can’t wait to see you do great things! Once co-fellows, now forever colleagues in the world of Transplant Surgery!

How does combining everolimus with calcineurin inhibitor therapy impact cancer risk after liver transplant? Nationwide study finds combination therapy lowers HCC & extrahepatic cancer risk in liver transplant recipients doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.… Suk-Chan Jang #livertransplant

Geographic variation in utilization of deceased donor livers in the United States in the era of advanced perfusion journals.lww.com/lt/abstract/99…

Our new study finds that some regions still discard more donor livers than others—even after policy changes. But advanced perfusion is helping more livers get used and reducing high-discard areas. UAB Surgery Liver Transplantation Journal (LTxJournal) ➡️ journals.lww.com/lt/abstract/99… #LiverTransplant #NMP #NRP

More disappointing news in #HCC: Adjuvant pembrolizumab failed to beat surveillance in the global P3 #KEYNOTE-937 trial (NCT03867084). Merck disclosed the negative result quietly in an SEC filing. Not unexpected after #IMbrave050

While the rest of the transplant team represents at #WTC2025, we had the pleasure of holding down the fort in Birmingham 🇺🇸 with a great evening of conversation with Dr. Pal Dag Line Pål-Dag Line from University of Oslo 🇳🇴 UAB Surgery #TransplantOncology

Transplant team representation at the World Transplant Congress UAB Surgery UAB Medicine @WTC2025

Great week at the #WTC2025 Witnessed some ground breaking work from our transplant science colleagues from around the world. Grateful for all the connections, and learning. Congratulations to Maggie Jones-Carr, MD for presenting her work from UAB UAB Surgery UAB Medicine ASTS

Passing on the craft: senior fellow mentoring the junior fellow through their 1st liver transplant. Building the future of transplant surgery, one case at a time. #UABTransplant ASTS UAB Surgery Umaid Rabbani

Excellent example of applying a non-inferiority approach in meta-analysis. Both NI trials and MAs can struggle when margins lack clinical relevance—balancing clinically meaningful differences with study feasibility remains a challenge. Meta-analysis may help address this tension.

Organ donation saves lives, but fewer Americans are signing up to be organ donors. A trend that is threatening this life-saving system. Read ASTS President Dr. Jim Markmann’s op-ed in Newsweek to learn why action is needed now: newsweek.com/america-needs-…

It’s been a pleasure collaborating with surgeons from Alabama and Mexico. This course offers an exceptional opportunity to refine robotic HPB skills, I strongly recommend it to anyone committed to advancing their expertise in the field. #roboticsurgery Intuitive