Selected recent publications:

• Ashokkumar C, Gupta A, Sun Q, Higgs BW, Ningappa M, Snyder S, Johnson M, Mazariegos G, Soltys K, Bond G, Abu-Elmagd K, Sindhi R. Proliferative alloresponse of T cytotoxic cells identifies rejection-prone children with small bowel transplantation. Transplantation. 2010 Jun 15;89(11):1371-7.
• Mazariegos GV. Rehabilitation of intestinal failure: new paradigms for medical, surgical and transplant therapy. Managing Editor-Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2010 June; 15(3): 322-323
• Mazariegos GV, SteffickDE, HorslenS, FarmerD, FryerJ, GrantD, LangnasA, MageeJC. Intestine Transplantation in the United States 1999–2008. AJT. 2010 April; 10(4pt2):1020-1034
• Lau AH, Soltys K, Sindhi RK, Bond G, Mazariegos GV, Green M. Chronic high Epstein-Barr viral load carriage in pediatric small bowel transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 [Epub ahead of print]
• Girnita A, Mazariegos GV, Castellaneta A, Reyes J, Bentlejewski C, Thomson AW, Zeevi A. Liver transplant recipients weaned off immunosuppression lack circulating donor-specific antibodies. Hum Immunol. 2010 March; 71(3):274-276.
• Nayyar N, Mazariegos G, Ranganathan S, Soltys K, Bond G, Jaffe R, Sun Q, Nucci A, Kosmach B, Squires R, Abu-Elmagd K, Sindhi R. Pediatric small bowel transplantation. Semin Pediatr Surg 2010 February; 19(1):68-77.
• Castellaneta A, Thomson AW, Nayyar N, de Vera M, Mazariegos GV. Monitoring the operationally tolerant liver allograft recipient. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2010 February; 15(1):28-34.
• Gupta A, Ashokkumar C, Ningappa M, Sun Q, Higgs BW, Snyder S, Johnson M, Zeevi A, Abu-Elmagd  KM, Thomson AW, Mazariegos GV, Sindhi R. Elevated myeloid: plasmacytoid dendritic cell ratio associates with early acute cellular rejection in pediatric small bowel transplantation. Transplantation. 2010  January; 89(1):55-60.
• Schonder K, Mazariegos G, Weber RJ. Adverse effects of immunosuppression in pediatric solid organ transplantation. Ped Drugs 2010 January; 12(1):35-49
• Abu-Elmagd KM, Costa G, Bond GJ, Soltys K, Sindhi R, Wu T, Koritsky DA, Schuster B, Martin L, Cruz RJ, Murase N, Zeevi A, Irish W, Ayyash MO, Matarese L, Humar A, Mazariegos G. Five Hundred Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantations at a Single Center: Major Advances With New Challenges. Ann Surg. 2009 October; 250(4):567-581
• Abu-Elmagd KM, Mazariegos G, Costa G, Soltys K, Bond G, Sindhi R, Green M, Jaffe R, Wu T, Koritsky D, Matarese L, Schuster B, Martin L, Dvorchik I, Nalesnik MA. Lymphoproliferative disorders and de novo malignancies in intestinal and multivisceral recipients: improved outcomes with new outlooks. 2009 October; 88(7):926-34.
• Mazariegos GV. Intestinal transplantation: Current outcomes and opportunities.  Review, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2009 October; 14(5):515-521
• Shapiro R, Basu A, Tan HP, Morgan C, Sharma V, Blisard D, Randhawa PS, Dvorchik I, McCauley K, Ellis D,  Marsh JW, Webber S, Kurland G, McCurry K, Abu-Elmagd K, Mazariegos G, Starzl TE. Kidney after nonrenal Transplantation – The Impact of Alemtuzumab Induction. Transplantation. 2009 September; 15;88(7):926-34 
• McGuire BM, Rosenthal P, Brown CC, Busch AMH, Calcatera SM, Claria RS, Hunt NK, Koremblat DK, Mazariegos GV, Moonka D, Orloff SL, Perry DK, Rosen CB, Scott DL, Sudan DL. Long-term Management of the Liver Transplant Patient: Recommendations for the Primary Care Doctor. Am J Transplant. 2009 September; 9(9):1988-2003
• Zeevi A, Lunz JG 3rd, Shapiro R, Randhawa P, Mazariegos G, Webber S, Girnita A. Emerging role of donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen antibody determination for clinical management after solid organ transplantation. Hum Immunol. 2009 Aug;70(8):645-50
• Gupta A, Kumar CA, Ningappa M, Sun Q, Higgs BW, Snyder S, Zeevi A, Thomson AW, Mazariegos GV, Sindhi R. Elevated myeloid: plasmacytoid dendritic cell ratio associates with late, but not early, liver rejection in children induced with rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin. Transplantation. 2009 August;88(4):589-94

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. George V. Mazariegos
Phone: (412) 692-6110
Email: mazarieg@pitt.edu