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Anil S. Paramesh M.D., F.A.C.S. Curriculum Vitae

Work: Surgical Director, Kidney/Pancreas/Living Donor Transplant Program Tulane Transplant Institute Tulane University School of Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave, HC-5 New Orleans, LA 70112 Ph: 504-988-0783 Fax: 504-988-7510 Email: aparames@tulane.edu UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: I.S.C.. – Indian Secondary Certificate. Graduated July 1989 Bishop Cotton's Boy's College, Bangalore, India. GRADUATE EDUCATION: M.B.B.S. – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Graduated in Feb 1996. Kasturba Medical School, University of Mangalore, India Research Asst.; 10/95 through 4/96 Craniofacial Institute, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan Elective research and surgical observership rotation PGY I - IV surgical residency; 7/96 through 6/00 North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, Michigan & Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Chief Residency in Surgery; 7/00 through 6/01 North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, MI Fellow in Abdominal Organ Transplantation Surgery; 7/01 through 6/03 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Professional Masters in Business Administration (MBA) A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University New Orleans, LA Expected graduation in 2020.

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WORK APPOINTMENTS: Staff Surgeon, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI; 07/2003 – 09/2006 Surgery Faculty, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; 9/2007 – present Surgery Faculty, Children’s Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA; 9/2007 – present Surgery Faculty, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA; 8/2009 – present AWARDS & HONORS: Post Graduate: Included in 2008-2009 edition of Cambridge’s Who’s Who Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs Scientific Exhibit Poster of Exceptional Merit.

Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Alper B, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Florman SS. “Long Term Clinical Outcomes of Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplants Are Not Inferior in African American Recipients”, poster presentation at the 2007 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, October 6-11, 2007.

Poster of Distinction

Paramesh AS, Florman SS, Zhang R, Al-Abbas H, Killackey MT, Alper BA, Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Procurement of Single Vs. Multiple Artery Kidneys – Is Allograft Outcome Affected?”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Boston, May 30-June 3, 2009.

AOPO Grant

Awarded 1st Annual Research Grant by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations to fund study on using lymph nodes vs. peripheral blood lymphocytes on transplant crossmatches. $10,000. June 2011

First Place, Poster Competition

Mallikarjun C, Paramesh A, Davis J, Zhang R, Cannon R, Shores N, Killackey MT, McGee J, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell J. “Dilemma of the Liver/Kidney Transplant World”, poster presentation at Regional Conference of the American College of Gastroenterology, New Orleans, LA. March 10, 2012

Poster of Distinction

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Paramesh AS, Sullivan K, Heneghan J, Zhang R, Ranum K, Haydel T, Cannon R, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Saggi B, Buell JF. “A Direct Comparison of Donor Peripheral Blood vs. Lymph Nodes as a Source of Crossmatching Material for Kidney Transplantation”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston MA. June 2-6, 2012. Howell MH, Macaluso M, Saggi BH, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Zhang R, Alper B, McGee J, Lukitsch I, Heneghan J, Sullivan K, Khan E, Slakey D, Buell J. “Donor Specific Antibody Responsiveness as a Predictor of Graft Function Following Bortezomib Treatment for Antibody Medicated Rejection”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston MA. June 2-6, 2012

Bill West Professorship for Young Investigators in Transplant Research (Tulane

University) 2011 – 2016. $10,000/year support for research initiatives. AOA Medical Honor Society

Elected by medical students at Tulane University School of Medicine. 2014 – present

Douglas P. Slakey Award for Clinical Excellence in Surgery, Tulane University Department of Surgery, 2015 recipient. Awarded by surgical residents for excellence in teaching Named in 2015 Best Doctors List, New Orleans Magazine. August 2015 Honorable Mention for General Surgery Scientific Paper, oral presentation

Lundberg P, Hauch A, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement in the Hostile Abdomen is Safe and Feasible with Modern Surgical Techniques”, presentation at the Minimal Invasive Surgery Week 2015, SLS Annual Meeting and Endo Expo, New York NY. September 3, 2015

Best Attending – Surgery

Awarded by the Owl Club, Tulane University School of Medicine Student Organization for Academic Excellence. May 6, 2016

Named in 2016 Best Doctors List, New Orleans Magazine. August 2016 Named in Best Doctors of Louisiana List, Louisiana Life Magazine, November/December 2016. Residency: Resident Achievement Award – June 2001

Presented by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons for the resident that has demonstrated the most skill and improvement in laparoscopic surgery

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Medical School: First Prize in OBGyn in M.B.B.S. - April 1994 Given for achieving the highest score in OBGyn during the final year exams in medical school. Bhagyamma Puroshottam Prize – April 1994

Given yearly to one medical student in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievements, good conduct and continuous attendance.

First prize, 7th Indian Academy of Pediatrics National Quiz - 28th June 1993 Held on a yearly basis among all medical schools in India. First prize, Indian Psychiatric Society Quiz - May 1994 Held yearly among all medical students in the state. Undergraduate: Senior Prefect, 1988-89, Bishop Cotton's Boys' College, awarded 22nd June, 1988.

Given to students with exceptional academic and leadership qualities, to perform in the administrative functioning of the college, representing the students.

Maiden Cup and the Bhushan Cup, Bishop Cotton's Boys' College, 8th July 1989

Given yearly to the student who has demonstrated the best character and influence on the other students, on the vote of the staff and students.

HOSPITAL/UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS:

▬ Associate, Dept. of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; Jan 2002 – June 2003.

▬ Member, Transplant Associates, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; July 2003 – September 2006

▬ Active Staff, Select Specialty Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; March 2004 – September 2006

▬ Active Staff, Dept. of Surgery, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; July 2003 – September 2006

▬ Instructor in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University and Hospitals Medical School, New Orleans, LA; September 2006 – September 2007

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▬ Assistant Professor in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University

Medical School, New Orleans, LA; September 2007 – 2012

▬ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; July 2009 – 2012

▬ Assistant Professor in Surgery, Dept of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; April 2010 – June 2013

▬ Surgical Resident Transplant Rotation Supervisor, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; April 2010 – present

▬ Director, Living Donor Transplantation, Tulane Transplant Institute, Tulane

University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; June 2010 – present

▬ Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery and Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA Jan 2012 – 2017

▬ Clinical Associate Professor in Surgery, Louisiana State University School of

Medicine, New Orleans, LA; July 2013 – present

▬ Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; July 2013 – present

▬ Surgical Director, Kidney/Pancreas/Living Donor Transplant Program, Tulane

Transplant Institute, Tulane University Hospitals and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. July 2016 – present

▬ Associate Medical Student Clerkship Director, Dept. of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. July 2017 - present

▬ Professor of Surgery, Urology and Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Jan 2018 - present

HOSPITAL/UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES/WORKGROUPS:

- Member, Special Care Committee, North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, MI;

June 2000 – June 2001

- Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, MI; June 2000 –June 2001

- Member, Surgery Quality Assurance Committee, North Oakland Medical Centers,

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Pontiac, MI; June 2000-June 2001

- Member, Medical Education Committee, North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, MI; June 2000-June 2001.

- Member, CME Committee, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI; July 2004 – September 2006

- Member, Surgical Clerkship Committee, Tulane University Medical School Department of Surgery, New Orleans, LA; June 2007 – present

- Member, Surgical GME /Residency Education Committee, Tulane University Medical School Dept. of Surgery, New Orleans, LA. June 2007 – present.

- Member, Transfusion Committee, Tulane University Hospitals and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. July 2012 – present

- Member, Central Line Infection Workgroup, Tulane University Hospitals and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. May 2013 – Sept 2013

- Member/Faculty Advisor, New Orleans Health Improvement Group (NOHIG). Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Sept 2013 – present

- Member, Hand Health Hygiene Committee, Tulane University Hospitals and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. Feb 2014 – August 2014

- Member, Environmental Disinfection Workgroup, Tulane University Hospitals and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. April 2014 – June 2014

- Member, Medical Student Clinical Skills Ad Hoc Task Force Committee, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Oct 2014 – Jan 2015

- Member, Advisory Committee, Center for Continuing Education, Tulane University Health Sciences, New Orleans. LA. 2015- 2018

- Member, Surgical Executive Council, Tulane University Hospital and Clinics. New Orleans, LA. 2015 – present

- Chair, Pre-Operative Subcommittee, Tulane University Hospital and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. 2015 - present

- Member, Test Utilization Committee, Tulane University Hospitals and Clinics, New Orleans, LA. Sept 2015 – present

- Member, Information Technology Committee, Tulane University Senate, New Orleans, 2015 – 2017

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- Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Tulane University School of Medicine,

New Orleans. July 2016- June 2018

- Member, General Medical Faculty Nominating Committee, Clinical Science Representative. Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. July 2017 – June 2019

- Quality Improvement Committee, Tulane Health Systems, New Orleans. July 2017 - present

REGIONAL & NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS Committees/Boards:

- Regional Review Board Member, UNOS Region 7. Jan 2004 – September 2006

- Region 7 representative, United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) Committee

on Minority Affairs. July 2004-2006.

- Medical Advisory Committee, Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency. November 2006 – 2009

- Medical Review Board, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 13. October

2007 – 2013 This Network is responsible for overseeing the care of ESRD patients within the states of Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

- Committee Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Standards of

Organ Transplantation Committee. May 2009 – 2012 - Council Member (Young Fellows Representative), Louisiana Chapter of the

American College of Surgeons. 2010.

- Founding member, Organ Donation Research Consortium. 2010. This is an independent organization within the umbrella of the AOPO and is charged with reviewing and coordinating all research in the country affiliated with organ donation/procurement practices

- Chairman, Communications and Membership Committee, Organ Donation Research Consortium. 2011 – 2013.

- Committee Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Reimbursement Committee. May 2011 – 2014

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- Beta Tester, Trans-SAP Maintenance of Certification Program, American Society

of Transplant Surgeons, 2012

- Physician Council, American Association of Tissue Banks. Jan 2013 – present

- Executive Committee member, American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), June 2013 – June 2015

- Procurement Council Member, American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, June 2013 – 2015

- Council Member and Transplant Advisor, ESRD Network 13. July 2013 - present

- Executive Directors Program Committee, American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Jan 2014, Charleston, SC

- Committee Member, Organ Donation Research Consortium Operations Committee. 2014-2016

- Chair, Medical Directors Council, American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, June 2014 – June 2015

- Annual Meeting Program Committee, American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, 2015 Annual OPO Meeting, June 8-12, 2015, Phoenix, AZ

- Co-Chair, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Reimbursement and Regulations Committee. July 2014 – May 2017

- Regional Review Board Member, UNOS Region 3. August 2015 – present

- Co-Chair, American Society of Transplant Surgeons Legislative and Regulatory Committee. May 2017 – 2018

- Member, Executive Committee, Organ Donation Research Consortium. 2017 - 2018

Directorships: - Medical Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, St. Luke’s Medical Center,

Milwaukee, WI; Jan 2005 – September 2006

- Medical Director, Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA). Jan 2009 – Dec 2011.

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Responsible for overseeing medical issues with all organ donors in the state of Louisiana. Oversee all organ donation protocols. Run quarterly transplant surgeon meeting to discuss any surgical issues with organ recovery or placement. Represent state of Louisiana in national organ procurement meetings

- Medical Director, Tissue Recovery. Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency. Jan

2013 – present Responsible for determining suitability of potential tissue donors, education of staff, overseeing tissue donation protocols and assist in adherence to AATB and FDA guidelines

- Associate Medical Director, Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency. March 2013 – present

- Medical Advisor Elect, American Association of Organ Procurement

Organizations (AOPO), June 2013 – June 2014

- Medical Advisor, American Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, June 2014 – June 2015

Industry Consultant Positions: - Consultant, Essential Pharmaceuticals. 2008 – 2009

- Consultant, Covidien Industries, for dialysis access products. August 2012 –

present

- Consultant, Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Content development and speaker for program “Current Trends and Challenges in Organ Transplantation”. 2015 - 2017

- Consultant, BoardVitals.com. 2015

UNIVERSITY TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

- Conduct multidisciplinary teaching clinical rounds with medical students,

residents and fellows 1-2 weeks a month. Conduct teaching during outpatient clinics twice a week and during surgical procedures in the OR 3-4 days a week. Tulane University 2006-present

- Surgery Resident Mentoring program, Dept. of Surgery, Tulane University. Mentor 1-2 surgical residents over their training period. Review professional and personal development, ABSITE scores, career choices, etc. 2006 - present

- Tulane University Foundations in Medicine Program. Mentor 2-3 1st year medical

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students/year. Introduce students to clinical scenario and lifestyle. Bring students to clinics, rounds and operating room and discuss career choices. 2007 – present.

- Faculty, Tulane Honors Surgery Program. Mentor 1-2 4th year medical students/year. Help develop research study from concept to publication/presentation for selected students. Dedicated lectures to these students during this course. 2008 - 2017

- Give lectures to 3rd year Tulane medical students q 3 months at start of their core surgery rotation

- Provide teaching lectures to transplant unit nurses to keep them updated on procedures and management of transplant patients’ q 6 months. From 2006 – present.

- Faculty Supervisor, LSU surgery resident transplant rotation. Teach and supervise 3rd/4th year LSU surgery residents on monthly rotations. 2010 – present.

- Tulane Medical Student Exam Review Committee. Review and create test questions for medical student shelf and oral examinations. 2014 – 2016

- Faculty Mentor, New Orleans Health Improvement Group (NOHIG). Mentor Tulane and LSU medical students on health improvement projects at the Universities. Accompany medical students to present their research projects at Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) national meetings, Orlando, FL. 2013- present.

- Member, Tulane Rudolph Matas Surgical Society (RMSS). Nominated member. Mentor junior medical students who are interested in a career in surgery. Have special meetings and give invited lectures with students, help develop surgical skills, counselling on getting a surgical residency and developing a surgical career, etc. 2015 – present

- Faculty Mentor, Tulane Learning Communities (TLC). Nominated member. Serve as mentor/counsellor to 6 junior medical students. Have scheduled forum meetings with students every semester, serve as confidential counselor, and follow up on academic progress of students through their course. 2015 – present

- Faculty teaching member for 3rd year med student Tulane Surgery Bullpen Conference. Students present patients on their service and are taught presentation and diagnostic skills. 2015-present.

- Faculty mentor, New Orleans Medical Hackathon. Mentor groups of 3-5 Tulane medical, business and bioengineering students to discuss and create solutions to medical issues in the local communities. Oct 2016

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- Director, Honors Surgery Program. Conduct month long course of focused surgical training to selected 4th year students to prepare them for a surgical residency. PI on IACUC grant for pig lab to train surgical procedures, simulation training, dedicated lectures, robotic training. Tulane University School of Medicine, 2017 - present

OTHER COMMUNITY TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

- Course Director – Hepatobiliary Pathology Conference, Weekly CME conference, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. 2004-2006

- Course Instructor, “Peritoneal Dialysis”, Controversies in Dialysis Access 8th Annual Conference, Washington DC. October 10-11, 2011

- Course Director, “Care of the Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant – What’s New”, Regional CME/CEU course. New Orleans, LA. December 10, 2011.

- Course Co-organizer, “How to Achieve the Preferred Accesses for Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis”. This is a multidisciplinary CME course arranged in conjunction with the ESRD Network 13 for nephrologists and surgeons. New Orleans, LA. Aug 24, 2012.

- Course Director, “Care of the Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant”, Regional CME/CEU course. New Orleans, LA. September 29, 2012.

- Course Instructor, Osler Institute General Surgery Board Verification Exam Review Course, New Orleans, LA. Jan 26-27, 2013

- Course Instructor, Osler Institute General Surgery Board Certification and Verification Review Course, Dallas, TX. March 15-17, 2013

- Course Director, “Care of the Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant”, Regional CME/CEU course. New Orleans, LA. October 12, 2013

- Course Instructor, Osler Institute General Surgery Board Recertification Review Course, Dallas, TX. Nov 22-23, 2013

- Co-Chair, 2014 Annual National Medical Directors Conference of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), Charleston, SC. Jan 14-15, 2014.

- Course Instructor, Osler Institute General Surgery Board Certification and Verification Review Course, New Orleans, LA. March 20-25, 2014

- Faculty member, ACS, Louisiana Chapter/ Surgical Association of Louisiana

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sponsored Mock Oral Examinations for Surgery Chief Residents in Louisiana. New Orleans, LA. Jan 16, 2015

- Consultant, BoardVitals.com. Prepare Board preparation materials for Urology and Nephrology Board Exams. 2015 – 2016

- Course Instructor, Osler Institute General Surgery Board Recertification Review Course, Dallas, TX. Nov 21-22, 2015

- Program co-creator/speaker, “Hepatitis B in the Vietnamese Community”, panel discussion radio educational program, VIET Vietnamese Radio Channel, New Orleans, LA. Jan 28, 2016.

- Course Instructor, Osler Institute General Surgery Board Recertification Review Course, Dallas, TX. Nov 20, 2016.

EDITORIAL/REVIEWER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Expert Panel, LeadPhysician.com. 2011 – present

Editorial Board, Journal of Transplantation and Stem Cell Biology. 2013 – present Editorial Board, Journal of Surgery and Transplantation Science. 2013 – present Editorial Board, Case Reports in Internal Medicine. 2013 – present Editorial Board, Journal of Surgery: Open Access. 2015 - present Editorial Board, World Journal of Transplantation. 2016 – present Grant Reviewer, NIH/NIAID Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) (PAR-13-150): Multicenter Observational Clinical Trial of HIV+ Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation into HIV+ Recipients (HOPE Act). 2015 Grant Reviewer, NIH/NIAID Clinical Trial Implementation Cooperative Agreement (U01) (PAR-16-270): HOPE in Action: A clinical trial of HIV-to-HIV deceased donor kidney transplantation. 2017 Grant Reviewer, NIH/NAIAD Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) (PAR-16-272): An Adaptive Trial to Evaluate Therapies for Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Allografts. 2017 Manuscript Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Transplantation; 2008 - present

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Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Digestive Diseases and Sciences; 2009 - present

Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal; 2009 - present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Peritoneal Dialysis International; 2010 - present

Manuscript Peer Reviewer, BioMed Central; 2010 - present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Public Library of Science (PLOS) One; 2012 - present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, World Journal of Gastroenterology; 2012 - present

Manuscript Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease; 2012 - present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Patient Preference and Adherence; 2012 - present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, International Journal of STD and AIDS; 2013 - present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Surgical Endoscopy. 2015 – present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, World Journal of Transplantation. 2015- present Manuscript Peer Reviewer, Clinical Transplantation; 2016 – present Abstract Reviewer (recurrent), American Transplant Congress, 2009 – present Abstract Reviewer, AOPO National Meeting, 2014- 2015

CERTIFICATIONS: - ATLS certified 2000 - ACLS certified 2006 - Diplomate, American Board of Surgery, Certificate #047486 Initial Certification 25 Sep 2002 – 01 Jul 2013 Recertification 26 Nov 2012 – 31 Dec 2023 - United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) Certified Transplant Surgeon, 2003 - Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, October 2005

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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

- Member, American Medical Association

- Member, American Society of Transplant Surgeons

- Fellow, American College of Surgeons

- Member, Wisconsin Medical Society (2003-2007)

- Member, Louisiana State Medical Society (2006 – present)

- Member, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

- Member, International Liver Transplant Society

- Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

- Member, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

- Member, Louisiana Chapter, American College of Surgeons/ Surgical Association

of Louisiana

- Member, American Association of Indian Professionals (AAIP)

MEDICAL LICENSURE: State of Michigan Physician License No. 4301068209 (1998 – 2002)

State of New York Physician License No. 221244 (2001 – 2007)

State of Wisconsin Physician License No. 45923 (2003 – 2007) State of Louisiana Physician License No. 201121 (2006 – 2018) MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATIONS:

1. Paramesh AS, Kumar A, Nainam M. A Six Month Retrospective Study of Epidemiology of Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Mangalore, India. - published in the Epidemiology Bulletin, Kasturba Medical School, Mangalore, India. Mar. 1995

2. Paramesh AS, Casale T, Phan T, Prakash S, Silva YJ. Tandem Subdiaphragmatic

and Pleural Sequelae due to Lost Gallstones following Cholecystectomy. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons; (1998)2:285-288

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3. Chahin F, Elias N, Paramesh AS, Saba A, Godziachvilli V, Silva Y. The Efficacy of Laparoscopy in Acute Cholecystitis. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons; (1999)3: 121 – 125

4. Paramesh AS, Peralta R, Alkhafaji A, Ashare A, O'Malley B, Silva Y.

Giant Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Breast. Surgical Rounds; July 1999, 22(7): 388 – 92

5. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Dwivedi A, Peralta R, O’Malley B, Washington T, Lakra Y. Angiosarcoma of the Breast following Breast preservation and Local Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer. The Breast Journal; 2001, 7(2): 120-123

6. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Elias N, Shah H, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Whittington J, Hoddinott M, Silva YJ. Cholecystitis – The Laparoscopic

Challenge. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons;(2000)4: 33-34 7. Paramesh AS, Mansoori SR, Pak M. Thoracovascular sequelae secondary to

anaerobic oropharyngeal infection – A case of Lemierre’s syndrome. Surgical Rounds; June 2000, 23(6), 339-343.

8. Chahin F, Dwivedi A, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Chau WY, Chahin C, Alnajjar S,

Godziashvili Z, Tootla F, Silva YJ. Laparoscopic Colectomy (LSC) vs. Open Colectomy (OSC) for Diverticular Disease (DD). Diseases of the Colon and Rectum; April 2001, 44(4): A46-A47

9. Godziashvili Z, Paramesh AS, Chahin F, Chahin C, Hares M. Gastric

Schwannomas: Incidental Tumors Found During Gastric Surgery. Surgical Rounds; Sept 2001: 465-67

10. Sanghavi P, Paramesh AS, Dwivedi A, Markova T, Phan T. Mesenteric Arterial

Thrombosis as a Complication of Crohn’s Disease. Digestive Diseases and Sciences Nov 2001; 46(11): 2344-46

11. Shetty AS, Paramesh AS, Dwivedi A, Shetty A, O’Malley B, Lakra Y.

Symptomatic Ectopic Pancreas. Contemporary Surgery Apr 2002;58(4):203-07.

12. Paramesh AS, Emre S. Laparoscopic Living Donor Hepatectomy: Donor Safety and Donor Comfort. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr Aug 2002; 35:236-238

13. Paramesh AS, Kaufman SS, Tschernia A, Magid MS, Gondolesi GE, Fishbein T.

Isolated Small Bowel Transplantation for Tufting Enteropathy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr Jan 2003; 36:138-140

14. Paramesh AS, Husain SZ, Shneider B, Guller J, Tokat I, Gondolesi GE, Moyer

S, Emre S. Improvement of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portasystemic Shunting. Pediatric Transplantation April

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2003;7(2):157-162

15. Paramesh AS, Roayaie S, Doan Y, Schwartz ME, Emre S, Fishbein T, Florman S, Gondolesi GE, Krieger N, Ames A, Bromberg JS, Akalin E. Post Liver Transplant Acute Renal Failure: Factors Predicting Development of End Stage Renal Disease. Clinical Transplantation 2004;18:94-99

16. Paramesh AS, Grosskruetz C, Florman S, Gondolesi GE, Sharma S, Kaufman

SS, Fishbein TM. Thrombotic Microangiopaty Associated with Combined Tacrolimus/Sirolimus Immunosuppression after Intestinal Transplantation. Transplantation Jan 2004; 77(1): 129-131

17. D. Silverberg, Paramesh AS, Roayaie S, Schwartz ME. Giant Hemangioma of

the Adrenal. Israel Medical Association Journal Nov 2004; 6(11): 705-706

18. Paramesh AS, Fairchild RB, Quinn, TM, Leya F, George M, Van Thiel, DH. Amelioration of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy using Non-surgical Septal Ablation in a Cirrhotic Patient Prior to Liver Transplantation. Liver Transplantation Feb 2005;11(2): 236-238.

19. Paramesh AS, Fairchild RB, Sane S, Meiner R, George M, Van Thiel DH.

Retroperitoneal Varices Presenting as an Adrenal Pseudomass in a Cirrhotic Patient. Wisconsin Medical Journal 2006; 105(4):49-51.

20. Paramesh AS, Van Thiel DH, Treisman J, Bloomgarden D, Puca KE, Fairchild

RB. Donor Organ Determined Factor V Leiden Mutation Causing Multiple Intrahepatic Thromboses Following Liver Transplantation. Surgical Rounds Jan 2007; 18-23

21. Paramesh AS, Kurakula P, Frick J, Pellegrini J, Weiler M. Malignant Serous

Cystadenoma of the Pancreas. Abdominal Surgery Feb 2006; 16-19

22. Zhang R, Florman S, Devidoss S, Zarifian A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Fonseca V, Batuman V, Hamm L, Slakey D. The Long-Term Survival of Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant with Basiliximab Induction Therapy. Clinical Transplantation 2007; 21: 583-589

23. Zhang R, Florman S, Devidoss S, Zarifian A, Yay CL, Paramesh AS, Killackey

M, Alper B, Fonseca V, Slakey D. A Comparison of Long Term Survivals of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant between African American and Caucasian Recipients with Basiliximab Induction Therapy. American Journal of Transplantation 2007; 7; 1815-1821

24. Paramesh AS, Killackey MT, Zhang R, Alper BA, Slakey DP, Florman SS.

Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Medical, Legal and Ethical Considerations. Southern Medical Journal 2007; 100(12): 1208-1213

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25. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Alper BA, Slakey DS, Florman SS.

Pancreas Transplantation – A Controversy in Evolution. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2007; 159: 319-329

26. Slakey DP, Altman AA, Bhutto J, Paramesh AS, Killackey MT, Alper BA,

Zhang R, Florman SS. Psychosocial Aspects of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Donor Impressions. Dialysis & Transplantation 2008; 37 (5): 160-165

27. Killackey MT, Gondolesi GE, Liu LU, Paramesh AS, Thung SN, Suriawinata A,

Nguyen E, Roayaie S, Schwartz ME, Emre S, Schiano TD. Effect of Ischemia-Reperfusion on the Incidence of Acute Cellular Rejection and Timing of Histologic Hepatitis C Virus Recurrence After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings 2008; 40: 1504-1510

28. Balamuthusamy S, Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Florman S, Shenava R, Islam T,

Wagner J, Killackey M, Alper BA, Simon E, Slakey D. The Effects of Body Mass Index (BMI) on Graft Survival in Adult Recipients Transplanted With Single Pediatric Kidneys. Am J Nephrol. 2009; 29(2):94-101.

29. Zhang R, Florman SS, Paramesh AS, Killackey MT, Alper BA A. Zarifian,

Slakey DS. “Pancreas Transplantation in African-American Patients Using Basiliximab Induction". American Journal of Medical Sciences 2009; 337(5): 307-311

30. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Yau CL, Balamuthusamy S, Shenava R, Killackey MT,

Alper BA, Simon E, Slakey DP, Florman SS. “Long Term Outcomes of Single Pediatric Donor Kidney transplants between African American and Non-African American Adults”, Clinical Nephrology 2009; 72(1): 55-61

31. Feagans J, Victor D, Moehlen M, Florman SS, Regenstein F, Balart LA, Joshi S, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Paramesh AS. “Intestitial Pneumonitis in the Transplant Patient: Consider Sirolimus Toxicity”, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2009; 161: 166-172.

32. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Florman SS, Al-Abbas H, Killackey MT, McGee J, Yau

CL, Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Procurement of Single Vs. Multiple Artery Kidneys – Is Longterm Allograft Outcome Affected?”, Transplantation 2009; 88(10): 1203-1207

33. Zhang R, Paramesh A, Florman S, Yau CL, Balamuthusamy S, Krane K, Slakey

D. “Long-Term Outcome of Adults Who Undergo Transplantation with Single Pediatric Kidneys: How Young Is too Young?”, Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 4: 1500-1506

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34. Amatya A, Florman S, Paramesh A, Amatya A, McGee J, Killackey M, Alper A,

Heneghan J, Simon E, Sullivan K, Slakey D, Zhang R. “HLA-matched Kidney Transplantation in the Era of Modern immunosuppressive Therapy”, Dialysis & Transplantation 2010; 39(5): 193-198

35. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Baber J, Yau CL, Slakey DP, Killackey MT, Ren Q, Sullivan K, Heneghan J, Florman SS. “The Effect of HLA Mismatch in Highly Sensitized Renal Allograft Recipients”, Clinical Transplantation 2010; 24(6): E247-252

36. Stein AR, Zarifian A, Paramesh A, Mave V. “West Nile Virus in A Kidney Transplant Recipient”, Nephrology Nursing Journal 2010; 37(3): 301-3

37. Van Sickels NJ, Mave V, Zhang R, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Regenstein F,

Mushatt D. “Three organ transplant patients infected with 2009 Novel H1N1 influenza in early fall, 2009”, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2010, 160: 206-213

38. Killackey M, Zhang R, Sparks K, Paramesh A, Slakey D, Florman S. “Challenges of abdominal organ transplant in obesity”, CME Topic, Southern Medical Journal 2010; 103(6): 532-40

39. Paramesh AS, Cannon R, Buell JF. “Malignancies in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients: epidemiology, risk factors and prophylactic strategies”, invited review, Current Opinions in Organ Transplantation (2010) Oct;15(5):621-7.

40. Ren Q, Paramesh A, Yau CL, Killackey MT, Slakey D, Buell J, Alper B, Simon E, Hamm L, Zhang R. “Long term outcome of sensitized African American patients transplanted with deceased donor kidneys”, Transplant International 2011; 24(3): 259-265.

41. Richardson B, Paramesh A, Thomas R. “Lest We Forget: Open Partial Nephrectomy in the Era of Laparoscopy and Robotics”, Journal of Urology 2011; 185(4). DOI: 10:1016/j.juro.2011.02.593

42. Paramesh AS, Buell J, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Hanley K, Slakey DP. “Who’s your Donor? Bringing about Louisiana’s first paired domino exchange transplants”, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2011; 163: 102-104.

43. McGee J, Mave V, Yau CL, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Buell J, Slakey DP, Hamm L, Zhang R. “Cytomegalovirus disease in African American Transplant Recipients”, Transplant Infectious Disease 2012: 14: 604-610

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44. Paramesh AS, Davis, J, Mallikarjun C, Cannon R, Zhang R, Saggi BH, Killackey MT, Shores N, Balart L, Slakey DP, Buell JF. “Kidney Transplantation Alone in ESRD Patients with Hepatitis C Cirrhosis”, Transplantation 2012; 94(3): 250–254

45. Hayes K, Van Sickles N, Mushatt D, Slakey D, Buell J, Killackey M, Saggi B, Paramesh AS. “Successful Transplantation of HIV Patients: The Louisiana Experience”, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2012; 164: 190-192

46. Jan T, Medvedev S, Cannon RM, Saggi B, McGee J, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Shores NJ, Slakey DP, Balart L, and Buell JF.”Racial disparity and their impact on hepatocellular cancer outcomes in inner-city New Orleans”, Surgery 2012; 152 (4): 661-667

47. Paramesh AS. “What’s New in the Transplant OR?”, AORN Journal 2013; 97(4): 436-444

48. LaGuardia H, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Mills K, McGee J, Lukitsch I, Alper B, Saggi B, Buell J, Slakey D, Zhang R. “Early inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system improves the long-term graft survival of single baby kidneys transplanted in adults”, Transplant International 2013; 26 ( 6): 601–607

49. Hauch A, Heneghan J, Killackey M, Zhang R, Wands E, Buell J, Saggi B, El-Dahr S, Paramesh AS. “Living-Related Kidney Transplant in Two Sets of HLA-Identical Twins”, J Surg Transplant Sci 2013; 1(1): 1003-1006

50. Hauch A, Ory B, Paramesh AS. “Atypical Mycobacterial Infections of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Exit-Sites– A Louisiana Issue”, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2014; 166: 213-216

51. Paramesh AS, Taber T, Eidbo E. “Are non-FPA Compliant OPOs Bad?”, invited editorial on OPO FPA Compliance Survey, AOPO Portal. www.aopo.org. Feb 2014

52. Hauch A, Buell JF, McGowan M, Bhatia P, Lewin E, Killackey M, Shores N, Balart LA, Moehlen M, Saggi B, Paramesh AS. “Cutaneous Metastases from Primary Hepatobiliary Tumors as the First Sign of Tumor Recurrence following Liver Transplantation," Case Reports in Transplantation, vol. 2014, Article ID 838949, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/838949.

53. Khan E, Killackey M, Kumbala D, LaGuardia H, Liu YJ, Qin HZ, Alper B, Paramesh A, Buell J, Zhang R. Long-term outcome of ketoconazole and tacrolimus co-administration in kidney transplant patients. World J Nephrol 2014; 3(3): 107-113

54. Smith A, Couvillion R, Zhang R, Killackey M, Buell J, Lee B, Saggi B, Paramesh AS. “Incidence and Severity of Leukopenia/Neutropenia in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Single Dose Alemtuzumab induction: A

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Prospective Review of 233 Patients”, Transplantation Proceedings 2014; 46: 3400-3404. DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.07.070

55. Lundberg P, Hauch A, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic Techniques Enable Peritoneal Dialysis in the Difficult Abdomen”, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.10/2014; 18(4). DOI:10.4293/JSLS.2014.002334

56. Hauch A, John M, Smith A, Dortonne I, Patel U, Kandil E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Lee B, Zhang R, Buell JF. “Generics: Are All Immunosuppression Agents Created Equally?”, Surgery 2015; 158(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.05.024

57. Smith AA, John M, Dortonne I, Paramesh AS, Killackey M, Zhang R, Lee B, Jaffe B, Buell JF. “Racial Disparity in Renal Transplantation: Is Alemtuzumab the Great Equalizer?” Annals of Surgery 10/2015; 262(4): 669-674. DOI: 10.1097/SLA 0000000000001385

58. Boonjidasup A, Smith AS, Paramesh AS, Buell JF, Colli J, Thomas R. “A

Rationale to Use Bladder Boari Flap Reconstruction for Late Kidney Transplant Ureteral Strictures", Urology 89:144-149, 2016 DOI:10.1016/j.urology.2015.10.028.

59. Smith AA, Fonseca AN, Naljayan MV, Paramesh AS. “Retroperitoneal Hematoma Causing Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Malfunction”, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2016; 168 (4): 141-43

60. Taber TE, Neidlinger NA, Mujtaba MA, Eidbo EE, Caulwels RL, Hannan EM, Miller JR, Paramesh AS. “Surgical Damage during Deceased Donor Organ Procurement in the United States of America”. World Journal of Transplantation 2016; 6(2) 423-428. DOI:10.5500/wjt.v6.i2.423

61. Paramesh AS, Neidlinger N, Salvatore M, Smith A, Friedman A, Payne W, Taber T, Wright C. “OPO Strategies to Prevent Unintended Use of Kidneys Exported for High PRA (>98% cPRA) Recipients”, American Journal of Transplantation. DOI:10.1111/ajt.14220

62. Martin M, Smith A, Lobo M, Paramesh AS. “Successful Treatment of Recurrent Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature”, Case Reports in Transplantation 2017; Vol 2017, Article ID 1925070, 5 pages. Doi:10.1155/2017/1925070

63. Umber A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Liu Y, Qin H, Atiq M, Lee B, Alper AB, Simon E, Buell J, Zhang R. “A Comparison of Three Induction Therapies on Patients with Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation”, Journal of Nephrology 2017; 30(2): 289-295

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64. Smith A, Darden ME, Al-Qurayshi Z, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Kandil E, Balart LA, Friedlander PL, Parker GP, Buell JF. “Liver Transplantation in New Orleans: Parity in a World of Disparity”, in press, HPB

BOOK/WEBSITE CHAPTERS:

1. Consultant Author, yoursurgery.com, for chapters

- Splenectomy - Bariatric Surgery – Surgery for Morbid Obesity - Hemorrhoidectomy - Parotidectomy - Laryngectomy - Cystectomy for Bladder Cancers - Myringotomy – Drainage of the Middle Ear Cavity - Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) - Tracheostomy - Urinary Stones - Kidney Transplantation

2. Davidson I, Hwang C, Paramesh A, Scott D, Slakey D. “Laparoscopic Peritoneal

Dialysis Surgery”, Peritoneal Dialysis, Davidson Medical Series, Volume 1, Divadi LLC, Dallas , Texas. 69 – 91. Publication date: May 7, 2012.

3. Paramesh AS, Cannon R, Buell JF. “Newer Techniques in Liver Surgery”,

Elective General Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach, by Cohn, Cohn and Brower; Chap 39, pg. 323-328, Peoples Medical Publishing House USA (PMPH-USA Ltd Series), 2011, Shelton CT. ISBN 1607951096, 9781607951094

4. Author, “Organ Preservation”, Chapter in Association of Organ Procurement Organization Donorpedia Website. www.aopo.org. 2013

5. Zhang R, Paramesh AS. “Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation”,

Lerma/Batuman Diabetes and Kidney Disease, Chap 15, pg. 175-201, 1st Ed., Springer Science, Willowick, OH.

6. Hennings DL, Paramesh AS. “Surgical Approach to Renal Transplantation”, in e-textbook Kidney Transplantation. www.esciencemedicine.com. Published Jan 30, 2016. www.smgebooks.com/kidney-transplantation/index.php

7. Ochoa J, Paramesh AS. “Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinomas”, in e-textbook Recent Advances in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.. http://www.avidscience.com/book/recent-advances-in-hepatocellular-cancer/ Published April 2, 2016.

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8. Ochoa J, Paramesh AS. “Simulation Training in Transplant Surgery”, The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation: Simulation for Surgery and Surgical Specialties Edition, by Stefanidis, Korndorffer, Sweet. Chap 32, Ist Ed. Springer Science, Willowick, CT. In press

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

1. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Elias N, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Saba AA, Silva YJ. Lighted Ureteral Stents in Laparoscopic Colectomies. Abstract publication, Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons; (2000)4: 375-376

2. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Elias N, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Silva YJ.

Lighted Stents Prevent Ureteral Injury; published editorial, General Surgery News; May 2001, Vol 4: 6

3. Paramesh AS, Doan Y, Emre S, Wayne M, Fishbein T, Bromberg J. Comparison

of Onset of Renal Failure in Hepatitis C Positive and Negative Liver Transplant Patients Requiring Subsequent Kidney Transplant; abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2002; Supp 3, Vol. 2: 294

4. Paramesh AS, Roayaie S, Doan Y, Bromberg JS, Akalin E. Post Liver

Transplantation Acute Renal Failure: Factors Predicting the Development of End Stage Renal Disease; abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2003; Sup 5, Vol 3: 247

5. Paramesh AS, Gondolesi GE, Liu L, Thung S, Suriawinata A, Nguyen E,

Florman S, Roayaie S, Krieger N, Fishbein TM, Emre S, Schluger LK, Schwartz ME, Schiano T. The Effect of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury on the Incidence of Early Acute Cellular Rejection and the Recurrence of Hepatitis C Post Cadaveric Liver Transplantation; abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2003; Sup 5, Vol 3: 552

6. Killackey MT, Fargen K, Islam T, Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Alper BA, Joshi S,

Regenstein F, Slakey DP, Florman SS. Successful Use of Hepatitis C Positive Kidneys for Transplantation: Caution on the Use of Older Donors, abstract publication, Hepatology 2007; 46 (4): 892A

7. Primeaux PJ, Patel SK, Hawney HA, Villareal S, Kalarickal PL, McClure BP,

Regenstien FG, Killackey MT, Paramesh AS, Slakey DP, Florman SS. “Routine Percutaneous Venovenous Bypass During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation is Safe and Effective”, abstract publication, Liver Transplantation 2008; 14(7), Supp 1: S202

8. Paramesh AS, Florman SS, Zhang R, Al-Abbas H, Killackey MT, Alper BA,

Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Procurement of Single Vs. Multiple Artery Kidneys –

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Is Allograft Outcome Affected?”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2009; 9(2): 437-8.

9. Paramesh AS, Zhang Z, Florman SS, Al-Abbas H, Yau CL, Killackey MY,

Slakey DS. “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Caution on the Use of Kidneys with Multiple Arteries”, abstract publication, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2009; 13(2): S7

10. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Slakey DP, Baber J, Killackey MT, Belame S, Florman

SS. “Effect of HLA Mismatch on Highly Sensitized Transplant Recipients”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2010; 10 (Sup 1): 64

11. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Florman SS, Killackey MT, Slakey DP. “Rejection is the Most Significant Factor Affecting Graft Survival Among Sensitized Transplant Recipients”, American Journal of Transplantation 2010; 10(Sup 4): 1055

12. Szentpetery S, Drury S, Slakey DP, Yosipiv I, Killackey MT, El-Dahr S, Yau LC, Paramesh AS. “Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Compliance Rates Among Pediatric Kidney Recipients” American Journal of Transplantation 2010: 10 (Sup 4): 1255

13. Khan N, Borade R, Paramesh A. “Hepatic Abscess Masquerading as Cholangiocarcinoma”, abstract publication, American Journal of Gastorenterology 2010; 105 (Sup 1): S298

14. Paramesh AS. “Incentive Payments through the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011: 11 (sup 1): PS5

15. Macaluso J, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Zhang R, McGee J, Slakey D, Brock G, Vehaskari M, Cannon R, Buell J. “Comparative Study of Bortezomib Therapy for Antibody Mediated Rejection”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011:11(sup 2): 160

16. Cannon R, McGee J, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Macaluso J, Slakey D, Zhang R, Marvin M, Buell J. “Is Induction Therapy Critical for African American Transplant Recipients?”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011:11(sup 2): 252

17. McGee J, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Paramesh A, Slakey DP, Buell J. “Antibody Induction in African American Kidney Transplant Patients”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011:11(sup 2): 252

18. Paramesh AS, Ren Q, Buell J, Killackey MT, McGee J, Slakey DP, Zhang R. “African American Race Does Not Represent a Significant Risk of Rejection

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among Highly Sensitized Recipients", abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011:11(sup 2): 449

19. Killackey M, Van Buren T, Zhang R, Paramesh A, McGee J, Slakey D, Buell J.

“Increased Acute Rejection in HCV Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011:11(sup 2): 449

20. McGee J, Mave V, Zhang R, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Slakey D, Buell J. “Cytomegalovirus Disease in African American Kidney Transplant Patients”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2011:11(sup 2): 458

21. Khan E, Macaluso MJ, Saggi BH, Killackey MT, Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Lukitsch I, McGee J, Slakey DP, Buell J. “Interim Results of Proteasome Inhibition for the Treatment of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2012:12 (sup 3): 78

22. Wands E, Paramesh AS, Killackey M, McGee J, Slakey D, Lukitsch I, Alper A, Zhang R, Saggi B, Buell JF. “Living Donation in Inner City New Orleans: Parity among Disparity”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2012:12 (sup 3): 332

23. Paramesh AS, Sullivan K, Heneghan J, Zhang R, Ranum K, Haydel T, Cannon R, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Saggi B, Buell JF. “A Direct Comparison of Donor Peripheral Blood vs. Lymph Nodes as a Source of Crossmatching Material for Kidney Transplantation”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2012:12 (sup 3): 337

24. Howell MH, Macaluso M, Saggi BH, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Zhang R, Alper B, McGee J, Lukitsch I, Heneghan J, Sullivan K, Khan E, Slakey D, Buell J. “Donor Specific Antibody Responsiveness as a Predictor of Graft Function Following Bortezomib Treatment for Antibody Medicated Rejection”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2012:12 (sup 3): 410

25. Saggi BH, Macaluso MJ, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Zhang R, Alper B, Lukitsch I, Khan E, McGee J, Heneghan JH, Howell M, Slakey DP, Buell JF. “Multivariate Analysis of Factors Predicting Patient Survival and Responsiveness to Antibody Mediated Rejection”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2012:12 (sup 3): 420

26. Paramesh AS, Davis J, Mallikarjun C, Zhang R, Cannon R, Shores N, Killackey MT, McGee J, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell J. “Kidney Transplant Alone in Hepatitis C Cirrhotic ESRD Patients”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2012:12 (sup 3): 427

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27. Wilkins FA, Khan AN, Thethi S, Sli S, Paramesh A, Fisher J. “Hyperthyroidism Caused by Graves Disease in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis”, abstract publication, Thyroid Sept 2012; 22 (sup 1): A14

28. Killackey MT, Straatman C, Aviles D, Paramesh A, Saggi B, Slakey D, Iorember F, Bamgbola O, Buell J, Vehaskari V. “Intensive Plasmapheresis Protocol for Recurrent FSGS: Are We Doing Enough for the Adults?”, abstract publication, American Journal of Transplantation 2013;13 (sup 2): 74

29. Hauch A, Winkler C, Katz E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Balart L, Shores N, Moehlen M, Miller W, Slakey D, Buell J, Saggi B.” The Effect of a Radiologic Diagnosis of Portal Vein Thrombosis on Outcome: Is an Aggressive Search Warranted?” American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 791

30. Hauch A, Saggi B, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Moehlen M, Shores N, Balart L, Buell J. “ Neurologic Complications after Liver Transplantation: Are African Americans Disadvantaged?”, American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 793

31. Hauch A, Winkler C, Katz E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Balart L, Shores N, Moehlen M, Miller W, Slakey D, Buell J, Saggi B. “Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Transplantation at a Single Center: Risk Factors, Occult Diagnosis and Outcomes”, American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 795

32. Killackey M, Khan E, Liu Y, Kumbala D, LaGuardia H, Paramesh A, Slakey D, Saggi B, Buell J, Zhang R. “The Long Term Outcome of Ketoconazole and Tacrolimus Co-Administration in Kidney Transplant Recipients”, American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 465

33. Hauch A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Saggi B, Macaluso J, Alpert A, Lee B, Zhang R, Buell J. “Generics: Are All Immunosuppression Agents Created Equally?” American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 551

34. Smith S, Couvilion R, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Buell JF, Saggi BH, Lee B, Paramesh AS. “Incidence and Severity of Leukopenia/Neutropenia in Kidney Transplant Recipients Foillowing Single Dose Alemtuzumab Induction: A Prospective Review of 232 Patients”, American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 578

35. Umber A, Atiq M, Liu Y, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Alper B, Lee B, Saggi B, Buell J, Zhang R. “A Comparison of Three Induction Therapies on Patients with Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation”, American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 581

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36. Boonjindasup A, Smith A, Colli J, Killackey MT, Buell JF, Thomas R, Paramesh AS. “Boari Flap Reconstruction Offers Superior Treatment for Late Transplant Ureteral Strictures”, American Journal of Transplantation 2014; 14 (sup 3): 641

37. Hauch A, Paramesh A. “Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement: Four Years’ Experience with 100 Patients”, Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2014, 219(4): E102. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.658

38. Paramesh AS, Neidlinger N, Salvatore M, Smith A, Friedman A, Payne W, Taber T, Wright C. “OPO Strategies to Prevent Unintended Use of Kindyes Exported for High PRA (>98% cPRA) Recipients”, American Journal of Transplantation 2017; 17(Sup 2): 16

39. Propper R, Kidd L, Paramesh A, Yosipiv IV. “Ureteral Stenosis of the Transplant Kidney due to BK Polyomavirus Nephropathy in an Patient with Bilateral Wilm’s Tumor and Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis”. J Investig Med 2017; 65(2): 535

40. Umber A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Alper B, Teran F, Baudy A, Liu Y, Buell J, Zhang R. “Three Induction Therapies on Patients with Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation, a Three-Year Outcome Analysis”. Am J Transplant 2017; 17 (suppl 3).

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: National/International:

1. Paramesh AS, Jackson IT, Shivapuja PK, Spolyar J. " Evaluation of Growth Changes in Patients with Unilateral Clefts Treated with Mucoperiosteoplasty and Primary Bone Grafting" - presented at the 8th Congress of International Association of Cleft Lip and Palate, Sept. 11, 1997, Singapore

2. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Elias N, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Saba AA,

Dwivedi A, Alnajjar S, Tootla F, Silva YJ. “Lighted Ureteral Stenting in Laparoscopy”, presented at the Ninth International Meeting of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, SLS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Dec 6-9, 2000.

3. Chahin F, Dwivedi A, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Chau WY, Chahin C, Alnajjar S, Godziashvili Z, Tootla F, Silva YJ. “Laparoscopic Vs Open Colectomy for Diverticular Disease”, presented at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Meeting, June 2 – 7, 2001, San Diego

4. Paramesh AS, Goswami R, Sanghavi P, Chahin F, Smiertka J, Hares M. “The Biliopancreatic Bypass – Duodenal Switch Procedure for Morbid Obesity: A Review of 50 Consecutive Cases”, presented at the 37th Annual Congress of the

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International College of Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, July 5, 2001.

5. Paramesh AS, Tokat I, Gondolesi GE, Emre S. “Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation – The Mount Sinai Experience”, presentation at the 2002 ASTS Fellows’ Conference: Advances in Organ Transplantation, Irving, Texas, March 14-17, 2002.

6. Paramesh AS, Gondolesi GE, Liu L, Thung S, Surianwinata A, Nguyen E, Florman S, Roayaie S, Krieger N, Fishbein T, Emre S, Shluger LK, Schwartz ME, Schiano T. “The Effect of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury on the Incidence of Early Acute Cellular Rejection and the Recurrence of Hepatitis C Post Cadaveric Liver Transplantation”, presentation at the American Transplantation Congress, Washington DC, May 30-June 4, 2003.

7. Altman AM, Slakey DS, Paramesh AS, Bhutto J, Killackey MT, Zhang R, Alper B, Florman SS. “Psychosocial Impact of Donor Nephrectomy: Long Term Perceptions”, presentation at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, Sept 5-8, 2007

8. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Alper B, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Florman SS. “Long Term Clinical Outcomes of Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplants Are Not Inferior in African American Recipients”, presentation at the 2007 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, October 9, 2007. Awarded Scientific Exhibit Poster of Exceptional Merit.

9. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Florman SS, Al-Abbas H, Killackey MT, Yau CL, Alper BA, Slakey DS. “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Caution of the Use of Kidneys with Multiple Arteries”, presentation at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Boston, MA. September 9-12, 2009

10. Ren Q, Paramesh AS, Alper BA, Yau CL, Slakey DP, Zhang R. “Long-term

outcome of cadaveric kidney transplant in highly sensitized African American patients”, presentation at the American Society of Transplantation Annual Scientific Exchange, Orlando, FL. October 21-24, 2010

11. Boudreaux M, Paramesh AS. “ Assessing the Efficacy of Organ Donation Simulation Lab Training”, oral presentation at the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Annual Medical Director Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL. January 12, 2011

12. Richardson B, Thomas R, Paramesh AS. “The Role of Autotransplantation in the

Era of Nephron Sparing Surgery”, video/oral presentation at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 11th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Hollywood, FL, Jan 16th, 2011

13. Richardson B, Paramesh AS, Thomas R. “Lest We Forget – Ex vivo Excision of

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Cancer with Autotransplantation of Kidneys in an Era of Nephron Sparing Surgery”, presentation at the American Urological Association National Meeting, Washington D.C. May 12-14, 2011

14. Macaluso J, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Zhang R, McGee J, Slakey D, Brock G, Vehaskari M, Cannon R, Buell J. “Comparative Study of Bortezomib Therapy for Antibody Mediated Rejection”, presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA. April 30 – May 4, 2011

15. Khan E, Macaluso MJ, Saggi BH, Killackey MT, Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Lukitsch I, McGee J, Slakey DP, Buell J. Interim Results of Proteasome Inhibition for the Treatment of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation”, presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 2-5, 2012

16. Paramesh AS, Davis J, Mallikarjun C, Zhang R, Cannon R, Shores N, Killackey MT, McGee J, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell J. “Kidney Transplant Alone in Hepatitis C Cirrhotic ESRD Patients”, presentation at the 98th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL. September 30 – October 4, 2012.

17. LaGuardia H, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Mills K, McGee J, Lukitsch I, Alper B, Saggi B, Buell J, Slakey D, Zhang R. “Early inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system improves the long-term graft survival of single baby kidneys transplanted in adults”, presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA. May 21, 2013.

18. Hauch A, John M, Smith A, Dortonne I, Patel U, Kandil E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Lee B, Zhang R, Buell JF. “Generics: Are all Immunosuppressive Agents Created Equally?” presentation at the Central Surgical Association Meeting, Chicago IL. March 7, 2015

19. Smith A, Hauch AT, Kandil E, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Moehlen M, Balart LA, Buell JF. “Racial Disparity in Liver Transplantation in an Inner City Population”, presentation at the Americas-Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. March 14, 2015

20. Smith AA, John M, Dortonne I, Paramesh AS, Killackey M, Zhang R, Lee B, Jaffe B, Buell JF. “Racial Disparity in African American Renal Transplants: Is Alemtuzumab Induction the Great Equalizer?”, presentation at the American Surgical Association 135th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. April 23-25, 2015

21. Lundberg P, Hauch A, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement in the Hostile Abdomen is Safe and Feasible with Modern Surgical Techniques”, presentation at the Minimal Invasive Surgery Week 2015, SLS

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Annual Meeting and Endo Expo, New York NY. September 3, 2015. Awarded Honorable Mention for General Surgery Scientific Paper.

22. Slakey D, Al-Qurayshi Z, Pointer D, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Kandil E. “Kidney Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with a History of Renal Cancer: A National Perspective”, presentation at the 26th International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Hong Kong. August 18-23, 2016

23. Wright C, Neidlinger N, Salvatore M, Taber TE, Payne W, Friedman A, Paramesh AS. “OPO Strategies to Prevent Unintended Use of Kidneys Exported for High PRA Patients”, presentation at the 2017 American Society of Transplant Surgeons State of the Art Winter Symposium, Organ Donation 2.0: Turning Ideas into Action. Miami, FL. January 27, 2017

Local/Regional:

1. Paramesh AS, Shah T, Silva YJ. “Small Bowel Obstruction - Clinical Conundrums”- presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum, Pontiac, MI, 15th April 1997

2. Chahin F, Elias N, Paramesh AS, Saba AA, Silva YJ. "Complications following

Laparoscopy for Acute Cholecystitis," presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum Research Forum, Pontiac, MI, April 1998

3. Paramesh AS, Whittington J, Mansoori S, Silva Y. "Thoracotomies – The Cutting Differences" – presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum, Pontiac, MI, 28th April 1999.

4. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Elias N, Shah H, Godziachvili Z, Silva YS. "Acute

Cholecystitis – The Laparoscopic Challenge", presented at the Michigan Chapter American College of Surgeons, Mackinac Island, MI. May 1999

5. Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Chahin F, Prakash S, Silva YJ. “The Efficacy of Roux-

en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity”, presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum, Pontiac, MI, 26th April 2000

6. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Saba A, Silva YJ.

“The Value of Lighted Ureteral Stents in Laparoscopic Colectomies”, presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum, Pontiac, MI, 26th April 2000

7. Paramesh AS, Chahin F, Whittington J, Mansoori SR, Silva YJ. “Thoracotomies

– The Cutting Differences”, presented at the Detroit Surgical Association, 16th Oct. 2000

8. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Elias N, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Saba AA,

Dwivedi A, Alnajjar S, Tootla F, Silva YJ. “Lighted Ureteral Stents in

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Laparoscopic Colectomies”, presented at the Detroit Surgical Association, November 27, 2000.

9. Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Chahin F, Prakash S, Silva YJ. “The Efficacy of Roux-

en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity”, presented at the Detroit Surgical Association, February 26, 2001

10. Paramesh AS, Goswami R, Sanghavi P, Chahin F, Smiertka J, Hares M. “The Biliopancreatic Bypass – Duodenal Switch Procedure for Morbid Obesity: A Review of 50 Consecutive Cases”, presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum, Pontiac, MI, April 25, 2001.

11. Mirza T, Goswami R, Paramesh AS, Silva YJ. “Small Bowel Obstruction – A

Clinical Conundrum”, presented at the Oakland Health Education Research Forum, Pontiac, MI April 25, 2001.

12. Paramesh AS, Fairchild RB, Quinn, TM, George M, Van Thiel, DH.

“Amelioration of Subaortic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Non-Surgical Septal Ablation in a Cirrhotic Patient Prior to Liver Transplantation”, presentation at the American Liver Foundation – Illinois Chapter Annual Research Prize Competition, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 2004

13. George MM, Mindikoglu AL, Sergiu NN, Van Thiel DH, Fairchild AH,

Paramesh AS, Fairchild RB. “ Leptin – It’s Role and it’s Response to Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C”, presentation at the American Liver Foundation – Illinois Chapter Annual Research Prize Competition, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 2004. Awarded second place.

14. Bhutto J, Altman AM, Paramesh AS, Killackey MT, Zhang R, Alper B, Florman

SS, Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – Donor Perceptions”, presentation at the Joint Meeting of the Louisiana Chapter, American College of Surgeons & Surgical Association of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Jan 12-14, 2007

15. Baber JT, Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Florman SS, Killackey MT, Belame S, Slakey

DP. “The Effect of HLA Mismatch in Highly Sensitized Transplant Recipients”, presentation at the 2010 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Jan 16-17, 2010

16. Ren Q, Zhang R, Paramesh AS, Amatya A, Yau CL, Florman SS. “A Single

Center’s Experience Support UNOS Policy Change in Allocating HLA-Matched Kidneys”, presentation at 2010 Southern Medical Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA. February 25-27, 2010.

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17. Hayes K, Sickles N, Buell J, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Slakey D, Paramesh AS. “Successful transplantation of HIV patients in Louisiana”, presentation at the 2011 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, Shreveport, LA. January 22-23, 2011

18. Jan T, Medvedev S, Cannon R, Saggi B, McGee J, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Shores N, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell JF. “Racial Disparity and its Impact on Hepatocellular Cancer Outcomes in Inner City New Orleans”, presentation at the Central Surgical Association, Madison, WI. March 1-3, 2012

19. Edson C, Wands E, Buell J, Killackey M, Zhang R, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Paramesh AS. “Racial Disparities in Kidney Function after Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy”, presentation at the 2014 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 17-19, 2014

20. Hauch A, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement: Four Years Experience with 100 Patients”, presentation at the 2014 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 17-19, 2014

21. Hauch A, Ory B, Paramesh A. “Atypical Mycobacterial Infections of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Exit Sites – A Louisiana Issue”, presentation at the Southern Medical Association Annual Scientific Assembly, Destin, FL. October 31, 2014

22. Smith A, Hauch A, Patel U, John M, Dortonne I, Kandil E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Alper A, Lee B, Zhang R, Buell J. “The Role of Generics in Renal Transplants: Are All Immunosuppressants Created Equal?”, presentation at the 2015 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Jan 18, 2015

23. Hauch A, Lundberg P, Winkler C, Katz E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Balart L, Shores N, Moehlen M, Miller W, Slakey DP, Buell JF, Saggi B. “Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Transplantation at a Single Center: Radiologic Evaluation, Risk Factors, Occult Diagnosis and Outcomes”, presentation at the 2015 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Jan 18, 2015

24. Morgan M, Weaver M, Killackey M, Buell J, Paramesh A. “Treatment of Refractory Lung Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Recipient”, presentation at the 2016 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 17, 2016

25. Amin A, Romain A, Rodgers V, Boudreaux J, Thornton C, Paramesh AS. “Quantitative Comparison of Low-Dose and High-Dose Steroids in the Management of Brain-Dead Organ Donors”, presentation at the 2017 Louisiana

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Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. June 3, 2017

SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS: National/International:

1. Chahin F, Elias N, Paramesh AS, Saba AA, Silva YJ. "The Efficacy of Laparoscopy in Acute Cholecystitis", poster presentation at the 22nd Annual Symposium of the Association of VA Surgeons, April 26 – 28, 1998, Baltimore, MD.

2. Chahin F, Paramesh AS, Akhter S, Chahin C, Godziashvili Z, Saba A, Silva

YJ. “The Value of Lighted Ureteral Stents in Laparoscopic Colectomies”, poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Oct. 22-27, 2000

3. Paramesh AS, Goswami R, Sanghavi P, Chahin F, Smiertka J, Hares M. “The

Biliopancreatic Bypass – Duodenal Switch Procedure for Morbid Obesity: A Review of 50 Consecutive Cases”, poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, Oct 2001

4. Paramesh AS, Doan Y, Emre S, Wayne M, Fishbein T, Bromberg J.

“Comparison of Onset of Renal Failure in Hepatitis C Positive and Negative Liver Transplant Patients Requiring Subsequent Kidney Transplant”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Washington DC, April 2002

5. Paramesh AS, Roayaie S, Doan Y, Bromberg J, Akalin E. “Post Liver

Transplantation Acute Renal Failure: Factors Predicting Development of End Stage Renal Disease”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Washington DC, May 30- June 4, 2003.

6. Paramesh AS, Altman AM ,Bhutto J, Killackey MT, Zhang R, Alper B,

Florman SS, Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – Long Term Donor Perceptions”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, San Francisco, May 5-9, 2007

7. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Alper B, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Florman SS.

“Long Term Clinical Outcomes of Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplants Are Not Inferior in African American Recipients”, poster presentation at the 2007 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, October 6-11, 2007. Awarded Scientific Exhibit Poster of Exceptional Merit.

8. Killackey MT, Florman SS, Slakey DP, Paramesh AS, Islam T, Fargen K,

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Joshi S. “Successful Use of Hepatitis C Positive Kidneys for Transplantation: Caution on the Use of Older Donors”, poster presentation at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, Boston, November 6, 2007.

9. Paramesh AS, Zhang RZ, Florman SS, Killackey MT, Alper BA, Slakey DP.

“The Use of Single Pediatric Kidney Transplants in Obese Adult Recipients: Does Size Mismatch Really Matter?” poster presentation at the 8th Annual ASTS State of the Art Winter Symposium, Marco Island, FL, Jan 25-27, 2008.

10. Paramesh AS, Florman SS, Zhang RZ, Shenava R, Killackey MT, Alper BA,

Slakey DP. “Risk Factors and Implications of Recurrent Kidney Disease After Transplant”, poster presentation at the 8th Annual ASTS State of the Art Winter Symposium, Marco Island, FL, Jan 25-27, 2008

11. Primeaux PJ, Patel SK, Hawney HA, Villareal S, Kalarickal PL, McClure BP,

Regenstien FG, Killackey MT, Paramesh AS, Slakey DP, Florman SS. “Routine Percutaneous Venovenous Bypass During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation is Safe and Effective”, poster presentation at 14th Annual International Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society, Paris, France, July 9-12, 2008

12. Paramesh AS, Florman SS, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Alper BA, Slakey DP.

“Long-Term Outcome of Adult Patients Transplanted with Single Pediatric Donor Kidneys: How Young Is Too Young?” , poster presentation at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons’ 9th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Marco Island, Florida, January 15 – 18, 2009.

13. Paramesh AS, Florman SS, Zhang R, Al-Abbas H, Killackey MT, Alper BA,

Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Procurement of Single Vs. Multiple Artery Kidneys – Is Allograft Outcome Affected?”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Boston, May 30-June 3, 2009. Awarded “Poster of Distinction”.

14. M Killackey, R Zhang, K Sparks, A Paramesh, D Slakey, S Florman.

“Abdominal Organ Transplant and the Challenges of Obesity”, poster presentation at the SouthEastern Surgical Congress, Savannah, Georgia, Feb 20-23, 2010.

15. Paramesh AS, Baber JT, Zhang R, Florman SS, Killackey MT, Slakey DP.

“The Effect of HLA Mismatch in Highly Sensitized Transplant Recipients”, poster presentation at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) 10th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Jan 15-17, 2010

16. Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Florman SS, Killackey MT, Slakey DP. “Rejection is

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the Most Significant Factor Affecting Graft Survival Among Sensitized Transplant Recipients”, poster presentation at the 2010 American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA. May 1-5, 2010

17. Szentpetery S, Drury S, Slakey DP, Yosipiv I, Killackey MT, El-Dahr S, Yau

LC, Paramesh AS. “ Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Compliance Rates Among Pediatric Kidney Recipients”, poster presentation at the 2010 American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA. May 1-5, 2010

18. Khan N, Borade R, Paramesh A. “Hepatic Abscess Masquerading as

Cholangiocarcinoma”, poster presentation at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course, San Antonio TX. Oct 17-19, 2010.

19. Paramesh AS, Ren Q, Buell J, Killackey MT, McGee J, Slakey DP, Zhang R.

“African American Race Does Not Represent a Significant Risk of Rejection among Highly Sensitized Recipients", poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA. April 30 – May 4, 2011

20. McGee J, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Paramesh A, Slakey DP, Buell J. “Antibody

Induction in African American Kidney Transplant Patients”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA. April 30 – May 4, 2011

21. McGee J, Mave V, Zhang R, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Slakey D, Buell J.

“Cytomegalovirus Disease in African American Kidney Transplant Patients”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA. April 30 – May 4, 2011

22. Cannon R, McGee J, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Macaluso J, Slakey D, Zhang

R, Marvin M, Buell J. “Is Induction Therapy Critical for African American Transplant Recipients?”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA. April 30 – May 4, 2011

23. Killackey M, Van Buren T, Zhang R, Paramesh A, McGee J, Slakey D, Buell

J. “Increased Acute Rejection in HCV Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA. April 30 – May 4, 2011

24. Jackson NR, Zhang R, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Saggi BH, Buell JF, Slakey

DP, Hamm L, McGee J. “Gender Differences in Allograft Survival for Black Kidney Transplant Recipients”, poster presentation at 22nd Annual Scientific Assembly of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Baltimore, MD. April 12-14, 2012.

25. Paramesh AS, Davis J, Mallikarjun C, Zhang R, Cannon R, Shores N,

Killackey MT, McGee J, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell J. “Kidney

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Transplant Alone in Hepatitis C Cirrhotic ESRD Patients”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 2-6, 2012

26. Paramesh AS, Sullivan K, Heneghan J, Zhang R, Ranum K, Haydel T, Cannon

R, Killackey MT, Slakey DP, Saggi B, Buell JF. “A Direct Comparison of Donor Peripheral Blood vs. Lymph Nodes as a Source of Crossmatching Material for Kidney Transplantation”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston MA. June 2-6, 2012. Awarded Poster of Distinction

27. Wands E, Paramesh AS, Killackey M, McGee J, Slakey D, Lukitsch I, Alper

A, Zhang R, Saggi B, Buell JF. “Living Donation in Inner City New Orleans: Parity among Disparity”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston MA. June 2-6, 2012

28. Saggi BH, Macaluso MJ, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Zhang R, Alper B,

Lukitsch I, Khan E, McGee J, Heneghan JH, Howell M, Slakey DP, Buell JF. “Multivariate Analysis of Factors Predicting Patient Survival and Responsiveness to Antibody Mediated Rejection”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston MA. June 2-6, 2012

29. Howell MH, Macaluso M, Saggi BH, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Zhang R,

Alper B, McGee J, Lukitsch I, Heneghan J, Sullivan K, Khan E, Slakey D, Buell J. “Donor Specific Antibody Responsiveness as a Predictor of Graft Function Following Bortezomib Treatment for Antibody Medicated Rejection”, poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, Boston MA. June 2-6, 2012

30. Wilkins FA, Theti T, Shamsa A, Paramesh A, Fisher J, Khan A.

“Hyperthyroidism Caused by Graves Disease in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis”, poster presentation at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association, Quebec City, Canada September 19 - 23, 2012.

31. Babin J, Killackey MT, Buell J, Saggi B, Zhang R, Slakey D, Paramesh AS.

“Incidence and Severity of Leukopenia in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Alemtuzumab Induction”, poster presentation at the 98th Annual American College of Surgeons Meeting, Chicago IL. Oct 2, 2012.

32. Mallikarjun C, Paramesh A, Davis J, Zhang R, Cannon R, Shores N, Killackey

MT, McGee J, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell J. “Dilemma of the Liver/Kidney Transplant World”, poster presentation at American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas NV. October 19-24, 2012

33. Killackey MT, Straatman C, Aviles D, Paramesh A, Saggi B, Slakey D,

Iorember F, Bamgbola O, Buell J, Vehaskari V. “Intensive Plasmapheresis Protocol for Recurrent FSGS: Are We Doing Enough for the Adults?”, poster

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presentation at the 13th Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami FL. Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2013.

34. Dixon A, Lindsay T, Haydel T, Cavett M, Paramesh AS. “ Developing a

Revised Organ Verification Protocol”, poster presentation at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) National Forum, Orlando, FL. Dec 9-11, 2013

35. Dixon A, Lindsay T, Haydel T, Cavett M, Paramesh AS. “ Implementing a

Revised Organ Verification Protocol”, poster presentation at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) National Forum, Orlando, FL. Dec 9-11, 2013

36. Smith A, Couvillion R, Zhang R, Killackey MT, Buell JF, Saggi BH, Lee B,

Paramesh AS. “Incidence and Severity of Leukopenia/Neutropenia in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Single Dose Alemtuzumab Induction: A Prospective Review of 232 Patients”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

37. Boonjindasup A, Smith A, Colli J, Killackey MT, Buell JF, Thomas R,

Paramesh AS. “Boari Flap Reconstruction Offers Superior Treatment for Late Transplant Ureteral Strictures”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

38. Killackey M, Khan E, Liu Y, Kumbala D, LaGuardia H, Paramesh A, Slakey

D, Saggi B, Buell J, Zhang R. “The Long Term Outcome of Ketoconazole and Tacrolimus Co-Administration in Kidney Transplant Recipients”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

39. Hauch A, Winkler C, Katz E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Balart L, Shores N,

Moehlen M, Miller W, Slakey D, Buell J, Saggi B. “Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Transplantation at a Single Center: Risk Factors, Occult Diagnosis and Outcomes”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

40. Hauch A, Winkler C, Katz E, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Balart L, Shores N,

Moehlen M, Miller W, Slakey D, Buell J, Saggi B.” The Effect of a Radiologic Diagnosis of Portal Vein Thrombosis on Outcome: Is an Aggressive Search Warranted?”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

41. Hauch A, Saggi B, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Moehlen M, Shores N, Balart L,

Buell J. “ Neurologic Complications after Liver Transplantation: Are African Americans Disadvantaged?”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

42. Hauch A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Saggi B, Macaluso J, Alper A, Lee B,

Zhang R, Buell J. “Generics: Are All Immunosuppression Agents Created

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Equally?” poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

43. Umber A, Atiq M, Liu Y, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Alper B, Lee B, Saggi B,

Buell J, Zhang R. “A Comparison of Three Induction Therapies on Patients with Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplantation”, poster presentation at the 2014 World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA. July 26-31, 2014

44. Hauch AT, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter

Placement: 4 Years’ Experience with 100 Patients”, poster presentation at the 2014 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA. October 26-30, 2014

45. Dixon A, Bhatia P, Kennedy E, Killackey M, Buell J, Zhang R, Lee B,

Paramesh A. “Revised Cardiovascular Testing Shows Mortality Improvement Among Kidney Transplant Recipients”, poster presentation at the 26th Annual National Forum of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Orlando, FL. Dec 7-10, 2014

46. Lundberg PW, Hauch A, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic peritoneal dialysis

catheter placement in the hostile abdomen is safe and feasible with modern surgical techniques”, poster presentation at the SAGES 2015 National Meeting, Nashville, TN. April 15-18, 2015

47. Smith A, John M, Dortonne I, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Zhang R, Lee B,

Buell J. “Infections after Alemtuzumab Induction: A Non-Issue?”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA. May 2-6, 2015

48. John M, Smith A, Dortonne I, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Lee B, Zhang R,

Buell JF. “Effect of Antibody Mediated Rejection on Long-Term Allograft Function”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA. May 2-6, 2015

49. John M, Smith A, Dortonne I, Paramesh A, Killackey M, Lee B, Zhang R,

Buell JF. “Risks for Readmission Post-Renal Transplant: A Comorbid Condition”, poster presentation at the American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA. May 2-6, 2015

50. Taber T, Neidlinger N, Amujtab M, Eidbo E, Paramesh A. “Deceased Donor

Procurement in the US: Measurement of Surgical Damage Inflicted Upon the Procured Organ”, poster presentation at the 2015 American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. Nov 7, 2015

51. McChesney S, Killackey M, Leaumont B, Buell J, Zhang R, Lee B, Alper B,

Paramesh A. “Keeping the List Active: A QIP to Reduce Inactive Patients on

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the Kidney Transplant Waitlist”, poster presentation at the 27th Annual National Forum of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Orlando FL. Dec 7-9, 2015

52. Son J, Credeur B, Boudreaux J, Paramesh A. “Improving Efficiency and Cost

in Heart Procurement”, poster presentation at the 27th Annual National Forum of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Orlando FL. Dec 7-9, 2015

53. Garza L, Paramesh A, Nguyen N, Nguyen JB, Hahnemann CW. “Pancreatic

Transplantation: What Radiologists Need to Know”, poster presentation at the Association of University Radiologists 64th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 30-31, 2016.

54. Slakey D, Al-Qurayshi Z, Pointer D, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Kandil E.

“Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with Primary Liver Cancer”, poster presentation at the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society, Hong Kong. August 18-23, 2016

55. Amin A, Romain A, Rodgers V, Boudreaux J, Thornton C, Paramesh A. “Can

We Improve Management of Organ Donors? A Comparison of Low-Dose and High Dose Steroid Protocols”, poster presentation at the 28th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Orlando FL. Dec 6, 2016

56. Umber A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Alper B, Teran F, Baudy A, Liu Y, Buell

J, Zhang R. “Three Induction Therapies on Patients with Delayed Graft Function after Kidney Transplantation, a Three-Year Outcome Analysis”, poster presentation at the 2017 American Transplant Congress, Chicago IL. May 1, 2017

Local/Regional:

1. Primeaux PJ, Patel SK, Hawney HA, Villareal S, Kalarickal PL, McClure BP, Regenstein FG, Killackey MT, Paramesh AS, Slakey DP, Florman SS. “Percutaneous Venovenous Bypass During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation is Safe and Effective”, poster presentation at the 19th Annual Tulane Research Days Symposium, New Orleans, March 26-27, 2008

2. Paramesh AS, Florman SS, Zhang R, Al-Abbas H, Killackey MT, Alper BA, Slakey DP. “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Caution On Use Of Kidneys With Multiple Arteries, poster presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and Surgical Association of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, Jan 15-17, 2010

3. Qing Ren, Anil S. Paramesh, C. Lillian Yau, John Baber, Brent Alper, Rubin

Zhang, and Douglas P. Slakey. “Long Term Outcome of Kidney Transplants in Highly Sensitized African American Patients”, poster presentation at Tulane Research Days, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. March 3-4, 2010

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4. Szentpetery S, Drury S, Slakey DP, Yosipiv I, Killackey MT, El-Dahr S, Yau

LC, Paramesh AS. “Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Compliance Rates Among Pediatric Kidney Recipients”, poster presentation at Tulane Research Days, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. March 3-4, 2010

5. Mallikarjun C, Paramesh A, Davis J, Zhang R, Cannon R, Shores N, Killackey MT, McGee J, Saggi B, Slakey DP, Balart L, Buell J. “Dilemma of the Liver/Kidney Transplant World”, poster presentation at Regional Conference of the American College of Gastroenterology, New Orleans, LA. March 10, 2012

6. Seale D, Paramesh AS. “Laparoscopic Placement of Peritoneal Dialysis is Associated with Better Dialysis Success Rates”, poster presentation at the Joint Meeting of the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana. New Orleans, LA. Jan 12-13, 2013.

7. Boonjindasup A, Colli J, Caire A, Killackey M, Paramesh A, Thomas R. “Treatment Outcomes of Ureteral Strictures after Kidney Transplantation”, poster presentation at the 2013 77th Annual Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association Meeting, Williamsburg, VA. March 17, 2013.

8. Grewal R, Paramesh A, Krane K. “Partial Bowel Obstruction in Peritoneal Dialysis: Think Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis”, poster presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Feb 20, 2014.

9. Propper R, Kidd L, Paramesh A, Yosipiv IV. “Ureteral Stenosis of the

Transplant Kidney due to BK Polyoma Virus Nephropathy (BKVN) in a Patient with Bilateral Wilms Tumor and Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis”, poster presentation at the American Federation for Medical Research, Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Feb 11-13, 2017.

10. Tillery RL, Scheller A, Buell JF, Caridi J, Ezell MB, Paramesh AS. “Successful

Lymphangiotherapy for Chyle Leak Post Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy”, poster presentation at the 2017 Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Association of Louisiana Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. June 2-4, 2017

INVITED LECTURES Regional/National/International:

1. “Chronic Liver Disease”, presented at the Liver Diseases Symposium, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI. June 4, 2004

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2. “Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Cancer”, presented at the Liver Diseases Symposium, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI. April 16, 2005

3. “Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Asian Americans”, presented at

“Traditional Knowledge and Modern Medicine: Health Concerns in the Hmong American Community” symposium organized by the Hmong American Friendship Association. Milwaukee, WI. May 21, 2005

4. “Pancreas Transplantation – A Controversy in Evolution”, presented at

the Sixth Annual Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia & Wound Care Seminar, West Jefferson Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. February 9, 2007

5. “Pancreas Transplantation”, presented at the “Achieving Excellence in

Transplantation” CME symposium, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA October 26, 2007

6. “Building the Better Fistula for Dialysis Access”, presentation at the Annual

“Excellence in Transplantation” CME symposium, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. October 17, 2008

7. “Living Donor Transplantation – The Medical, The Ethical & The

Social”, presentation at the 23rd Annual International Conference for the Society for Transplant Social Workers, New Orleans, LA. October 24, 2008

8. “Overview of Abdominal Organ Transplantation”, Grand Rounds

presentation at the Lakeside Medical Center and Hospital, Bangalore, India. February 4, 2009

9. “Liver Transplantation in the US – Policies, Practices and Procedures”,

Grand Rounds presentation at the Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Bangalore, India. February 5, 2009

10. “Overview of Pancreatic Transplantation”, Grand Rounds presentation at

the Narayana Hrudalaya Hospital, Bangalore, India. February 11, 2009

11. “Introduction to Transplantation”, co-creator and speaker for internet based teaching seminar for dialysis centers and patients, ESRD Network 13. March 17/19, 2009.

12. “Controversies of Living Kidney Donation”, invited speaker for the 21st

Annual Convention of the American Physicians of Indian Origin, New Orleans, LA. November 7, 2009

13. “Introduction to Transplantation”, invited speaker for the Davita Dialysis

Units Celebration of Life function. New Orleans, LA. June 22, 2010.

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14. “Updates in Abdominal Organ Transplantation”, invited speaker at the Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India. December 15, 2010.

15. “Liver Transplantation in the US – Policies, Practices and Procedures”,

invited Grand Rounds speaker at the Apollo Hospital, Bangalore, India. December 21, 2010.

16. “Incentive Payments through the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

(PQRI)”, invited speaker at the 11th Annual ASTS Winter Symposium, Hollywood, FL. January 14, 2011

17. “PQRI – A Practical ‘How to’ Session”, invited speaker/course coordinator

at the 11th Annual ASTS Winter Symposium, Hollywood, FL. January 15, 2011

18. “UNOS Concept Policy for Kidney Allocation”, invited speaker, ESRD

Network 13 Meeting, Dallas, TX. May 13, 2011. 19. “Paired Donor Exchange Kidney Transplantation”, invited speaker,

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Therapeutic Endoscopy and Abdominal Transplant Symposia 2011, New Orleans, LA. June 11, 2011

20. “A Primer on Peritoneal Dialysis Surgery”, invited speaker for the

Fresenius Dialysis Staff Quality Meeting, Covington, LA. August 19, 2011 21. “What’s New in Peritoneal Dialysis Surgery?”, invited speaker, Care of the

Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant – What’s New, CME Program, New Orleans, LA. December 10, 2011

22. “Peripheral Blood vs. Lymph Nodes as Crossmatching Material in Brain

Dead Organ Donors”, invited speaker, 2012 AOPO Annual Medical Director’s Workshop, Austin, TX. Jan 12, 2012

23. “What’s New in the Transplant OR?”, invited speaker, 59th Annual AORN

Congress, New Orleans, LA. March 26, 2012. 24. “How do I Get a Kidney Transplant?”, invited speaker, Fresenius Dialysis

Center, Baton Rouge, LA. March 29, 2012 25. “Introduction to Kidney Transplantation”, internet based teaching seminar

for dialysis centers and patients, ESRD Network 12/13. May 29/31, 2012. 26. “Current Trends in Transplant Survival”, invited speaker, Medical School

for Actuaries, Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. June 12, 2012

27. “Surgical Techniques for PD catheter Placement – Open or

Laparoscopic?”, invited speaker, How to Achieve the Preferred Accesses for Hemodialysis (HD) and Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), ESRD Network 13 CME

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Program, New Orleans, LA. August 24, 2012. 28. “Optimizing and Maintaining PD Access in the Difficult Patient”, invited

speaker, How to Achieve the Preferred Accesses for Hemodialysis (HD) and Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), ESRD Network 13 CME Program, New Orleans, LA. August 24, 2012.

29. “Growing Health Disparities & the Need for Transplant in Our

Multicultural Communities”, invited speaker, Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation 20th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. September 19, 2012

30. “Pitfalls of PD Surgery and How to Avoid Them”, invited speaker, Care of

the Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant, CME Program, New Orleans, LA. Sept 29, 2012

31. “Kidney Cancers in the ESRD/Transplant Patient”, invited speaker, Care

of the Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant, CME Program, New Orleans, LA. Sept 29, 2012

32. “Health Disparities and Transplantation in African Americans”, invited

speaker, Donate Life Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. June 5, 2013. 33. “Transplant Ureteral Strictures – Treatment as a Multidisciplinary

Approach”, invited speaker, Care of the Complex ESRD Patient from Dialysis to Transplant, regional CME program, New Orleans, LA. October 12, 2013.

34. “Organ Recovery Surgical Damage Reporting Tool”, Organ Donation

Research Consortium Winter Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. February 11, 2014 35. “Introduction to Transplantation”, invited speaker, WebEx presentation for

ESRD Network 13. July 10, 2014 36. “Introducing the New UNOS Kidney Allocation System – What Referring

Nephrologists Need to Know”, invited speaker, WebEx presentation for ESRD Network 13. July 11, 2014

37. “Hemodynamics of the Neurologically Deceased Donor”, invited panelist,

national webcast session for the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance/HRSA. Rockville, MD. August 4, 2014

38. “How Best to Determine Deceased Donor Allocation? A Discussion on the

Ethics and Economics of Transplant”, invited plenary speaker, Transplant Community of Practice and Action (COPAC) Annual National Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Oct 16, 2014

39. “Introducing the New UNOS Kidney and Pancreas Allocation Systems –

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What Referring Nephrologists Need to Know”, invited speaker, ESRD Network 13 Regional Workshop, New Orleans, LA. Nov 18, 2014

40. “Ebola, Emerging Diseases and the Implications on Organ and Tissue

Donation”, invited speaker/session moderator, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Annual Director’s Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA. Jan 20-22, 2015

41. “Donation and Transplantation Updates – Creation of an Anesthesia

Consensus Document”, invited speaker, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Annual Director’s Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA. Jan 20-22, 2015

42. “Status of Organ Transplantation in India and the US”, invited speaker

for roundtable discussion/ patient rounds, Columbia-Asia Transplant Center, Bangalore, India. Feb 20, 2015

43. “Living Donor Kidney Transplantation”, invited podcast speaker,

www.behindtheknife.org. May 5, 2015 44. “Kidney Utilization Among High PRA Patients in the New Era of KAS”,

invited speaker, Organ Donation and Research Consortium, Phoenix, AZ. June 7, 2015

45. “Paired Kidney Donation Kidney Transplants”, invited speaker at the 2nd

Annual John C. McDonald Transplant and Dialysis Access Symposium (JCMS15), Shreveport, LA. October 3, 2015

46. “What’s New & What’s Hot in Transplant?”, invited session moderator,

2nd Annual John C. McDonald Transplant and Dialysis Access Symposium (JCMS15), Shreveport, LA. October 3, 2015

47. “ABCs of Pediatric Donors”, invited session moderator, Association of

Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) Annual Directors Workshop, Atlanta, GA. Jan 20, 2016

48. “AOPO – Continuing the Power of Collaboration”, invited speaker,

Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) Annual Directors Workshop, Atlanta, GA. Jan 20, 2016

49. “Current Regulatory Trends and Challenges in Transplantation”, invited

speaker, Novartis 2016 National Sales Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. April 5, 2016 50. “Organ Donor Management: Maximizing Quality and Quantity of

Donated Organs”, invited session moderator, Annual American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA. June 13, 2016.

51. “Where Are the Kidneys Going Now? Interim Results from the UNOS

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KAS Program”, invited WebEx conference speaker, ESRD Network 13. September 13, 2016

52. “Heading Home”, invited speaker for Fresenius Dialysis Corporation

Education Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 5, 2016 53. “Echocardiography by Organ Recovery Coordinators”, invited

presentation, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) Annual Director’s Workshop, Napa, CA. Jan 12, 2017

54. “OPO Strategies to Prevent Unintended Use of Kidneys Exported for

High PRA (>98%) Kidney Recipients”, invited presentation, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) Annual Director’s Workshop, Napa, CA. Jan 12, 2017

55. “A Career in Organ Transplantation Built on Research”, Guest Key Note

Speaker, Research Day, American University of Antigua College of Medicine (AUACOM), Antigua. Nov 10, 2017

Local/Hospital/University:

1. “Liver Transplantation – New Expectations, New Frontiers”, Grand Rounds Presentation, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. February 6, 2004

2. “Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – Medical, Legal and Ethical Considerations”, Department of Nephrology Grand Rounds, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. January 12, 2007

3. “Pancreas Transplantation – A Controversy in Evolution”, Department of

Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. February 7, 2007

4. Pancreas Transplantation”, Department of Nephrology Grand Rounds,

Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. February 23, 2007

5. “Medical, Legal & Ethical Considerations of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation”, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. July 11, 2007

6. “Overview of Hemodialysis Access – Building the Better Fistula”, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. April 30, 2008

7. “Overview of Vascular Dialysis Access”, Department of Nephrology Grand

Rounds, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. July 18, 2008

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8. “Pancreas Transplantation”, Department of Nephrology Grand Rounds, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. December 19, 2008

9. “Liver Transplantation in the US – Policies, Practices and Procedures”,

Grand Rounds presentation. Dept. or Surgery, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. August 19, 2009

10. “Introduction to Pancreatic Transplantation”, Grand Rounds presentation,

Section of Endocrinology, Dept. of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Sept 30, 2009

11. “Introduction to Pancreatic Transplantation”, Grand Rounds presentation,

Section of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. October 2, 2009

12. “Care of the Organ Donor”, Grand Rounds presentation, Dept. of Trauma

and Critical Care Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Feb 24, 2010

13. “Critical Care Management of the Organ Donor: Donor Physiology 101”,

Grand Rounds presentation, Dept. of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. March 3, 2010

14. “Brain Death & Organ Donation”, Grand Round presentation, Dept. of

Medicine, Division of Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. April 26, 2010

15. “Pancreas Transplants – Where Have We Reached?”, invited Grand

Rounds speaker, Dept of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. January 28, 2011

16. “Making Young Doctors into Leaders”, invited speaker for the medical

students Surgical Society, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. February 7, 2011.

17. “Organ Donation Management and Policies”, invited Grand Rounds

presentation, Dept. of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. April 21, 2011

18. “Surgeons Learning to be Leaders”, Grand Rounds presentation, Dept. of

Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. August 11, 2010

19. “Taking Care of the Transplant Recipient”, invited speaker at the Stat

Home Health Care facility, New Orleans, LA. September 3, 2010 20. “Kidney Transplantation for Urologists”, invited Grand Rounds

presentation, Dept. of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New

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Orleans, LA. September 26, 2011 21. “Paired Donor Kidney Exchange Transplantation”, invited speaker, Renal

Associates, Baton Rouge, LA. October 27, 2011 22. “What’s New in the Transplant OR?”, invited Grand Rounds speaker,

Tulane University School of Medicine Dept. of Surgery, New Orleans,. LA. August 3, 2012

23. “Brain Death and Organ Donation”, invited Grand Rounds speaker, Tulane

University School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology, New Orleans, LA. Feb 18, 2013

24. “Critical Care Management of Organ Donors and Post Transplant

Patients”, invited Grand Rounds speaker, Louisiana State University Dept. of Trauma and Critical Care, New Orleans, May 29, 2013

25. “Pediatric Brain Death and Organ Donation”, invited Grand Rounds

speaker, Tulane University School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics. New Orleans, LA. August 22, 2013

26. “Anatomy of the Liver and Liver Transplantation”, invited speaker,

Tulane GI Conference, Tulane University School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. August 23, 2013

27. “Brain Death and Organ Donation”, invited Grand Rounds speaker,

Meadowcrest Hospital, Gretna, LA. October 11, 2013 28. “Current Issues on Organ Allocation - A Discussion on the Ethics and

Economics of Transplant”, invited Grand Rounds speaker, Tulane University School of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, New Orleans, LA. October 24, 2014

29. “Critical Care Decisions in Managing Brain Death and Potential Organ

Donors”, invited Grand Rounds speaker, Louisiana State University Dept. of Trauma and Critical Care, New Orleans, Nov 19, 2014

30. “Current Controversies in Organ Allocation”, invited speaker, Louisiana

Organ Procurement Association, New Orleans, LA. Nov 19, 2014 31. “Explaining the New Kidney and Pancreas Allocation System”, invited

speaker, Tulane Transplant Institute Education Series, New Orleans, LA. April 21, 2015

32. “Ethics of Organ Transplantation”, invited speaker, Kiwanis Group

Regional Meeting, Kenner, LA. May 14, 2015 33. “My Life as a Transplant Surgeon”, invited speaker, Rudolph Matas

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Surgical Society, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. March 28, 2016

34. “Resource Allocations in Organ Transplantation”, invited speaker for

Dept. of Global Health Management and Policy, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA. March 29, 2016

35. “Updates in Pancreas Transplantation”, invited speaker for Fellows

Education Lecture, Dept. of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology. Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. April 28, 2016

36. “ICU/OR Management of the Brain Dead Organ Donor”, invited Grand

Rounds speaker, Dept. of Anesthesia, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. September 30, 2016

37. “Assessing Lymphadenopathy in a Tissue Donor”, invited lecture,

Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency. New Orleans, LA. October 25, 2016 38. “Renal Failure in a Transplant Patient”, invited discussant, Monday

School Education lecture for Internal Medicine Residents, Tulane University School of Medicine. New Orleans, LA. October 31, 2016.

39. “Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia”, invited Grand Rounds Speaker, Dept. Of

Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Jan 6, 2017

40. “Ethics in Transplantation”, invited speaker, Dept. of Global Health

Management and Policy, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Jan 9, 2017

41. “Intestinal Procurement and Transplants”, invited lecture, Louisiana

Organ Procurement Agency, New Orleans, LA. August 10, 2017 42. “ICU Management of Transplant Patients and Organ Donors”, invited

Grand Rounds, Dept. of Medicine, Critical Care Section, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. September 15, 2017

43. “Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes”, invited Grand Rounds

speaker, Hayward Genetics Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Dec 8, 2017

CLINICAL TRIALS: 1. BMS Belatacept Kidney Protocol Number: IM103-027

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Title: Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-Line Immunosuppression Trial – Extended Criteria Donors (BENEFIT-EXT) Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 2. Novartis Certican Protocol Number: CRAD001A2309 Title: A 24-Month, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Non-Inferiority Study of Efficacy and Safety Comparing Concentration-Controlled Certican® in two

doses (1.5 and 3.0mg/day starting doses) with reduced Neoral in de novo renal transplant recipients

Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 3. Isotechnika Protocol: ISA05-01 Title: A Phase IIB, Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label, Concentration Controlled, Safety Study of ISA247 and Tacrolimus (Prograf®) in De Novo Renal Transplant Patients. Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 4. Y’s Therapeutics Protocol: YSPSL-0001.PF Title: A Controlled, Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase I/II, Intravenous, Single-Dose, Dose-Escalating Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of YSPSL for Prevention of Delayed Graft Function in Patients Undergoing Cadaveric Kidney Transplantation Role: Sub-Investigator. Status: Completed 5. BMS Belatacept Protocol No. IM103-008 Title: Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First- line Immunosuppression Trial (BENEFIT) Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 6. BMS Belatacept Kidney Protocol No. IM103-010 Title: BMS Belatacept Conversion Study in Renal Transplantation Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

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7. TMS Bioscience Title: Comparison of High Performance Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry to current analytic methods utilized in therapeutic drug monitoring of immunosuppressants in organ transplantation patients to assess method performance and the potential for low volume sampling of blood. Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 8. Genentech Efalizumab Protocol No. ACD4230g Title: A Phase II/III, Randomized, Open-Label, Active-Controlled, Multicenter Trial

to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Efalizumab compared with Cyclosporine, both in combination with Mycophenolate Mofetil and Corticosteroids as an Immunosuppressant regimen in de novo renal

transplantation Role: Sub- Investigator Status: Completed 9. Chimerix, Inc Protocol No. CMX001-104 Title: A Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple dose study of the safety, tolerability and population pharmacokinetics of CMX001 in post-transplant subjects with BK virus viruria. Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 10. Roche Tamiflu Treatment Protocol No. NV20234 Title: A double-blind, randomized, stratified, multi-center trial evaluating conventional and high dose oseltamivir in the treatment of immunocompromised patients with influenza Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 11. Novartis Certican Umbrella Protocol No. RAD001A2410 Title: A facilitated access program to provide Everolimus (RAD) for maintenance Patients completing therapy in RAD trials in solid organ transplantation Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 12. BMS Belatacept Steroid Withdrawal

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Protocol No. IM103-034 Title: A Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter, Parallel-Group Study of Belatacept-Based Corticosteroid-Free Regimens in Renal Transplant Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 13. BMS Baraclude Protocol Number: AIG163-109 Title: A Study of the Antiviral Activity of Entecavir in Patients Receiving Liver Transplant Due to Chronic Hepatitis B Infection Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 14. BMS Belatacept Liver Protocol Number: IM103-045 Title: Evaluation of Belatacept as First Line Immunosuppression in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 15. Viropharma, Inc. Maribavir Protocol Number: 1263-301 Title: A Randomized Double Blind Study to Assess the Eficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Use of Maribavir versus Oral Ganciclovir for the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Recipients of Othotopic Liver Transplant Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed 16. AOPO Research Grant

Title: Should Lymph Nodes Be Offered as Primary Crossmatch Material instead of Serum by OPOs Role: Principal Investigator Status: Completed

17. Nycomed: Liver Resection

Protocol Number: TC-2402-040-SP Title: TachoSil versus Surgicel Original for the Secondary Treatment of Local Bleeding Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection Surgery Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

18. Novartis:

Protocol Number: CRAD001AUS92

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Title: Everolimus with Low Dose Tacrolimus to Cellcept with Standard Dose Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

19. LifeCycle Pharma: Protocol Number: LCP-Tacro 3002 Title: LCP-Tacro Tablets, Once Daily, Compared to Prograf Capsules, Twice Daily, in Combination with MMF in Kidney Transplant Recipients Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

20. Novartis:

Protocol Number: CRAD001AUS95 Title: The Effect of Everolimus on Glucose Metabolism and Post-Transplant Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Patients Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

21. Terlipressin in Type I Hepatorenal Syndrome Patients

Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

22. FS Grifols

Title: A Prospective, Single-blind, Randomized, Phase III Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Fibrin Sealant Grifols (FS Grifols) as an Adjunct to Hemostasis during Peripheral Vascular Surgery Role: Principal Investigator Status: Completed

23. Vascular Flow Technologies

Title: ASSESSMENT OF PATENCY AND COMPLICATION RATES OF SPIRAL FLOW™ AV GRAFTS: A REGISTRY STUDY Role: Co-Principal Investigator Status: Completed

24. PROTOCOL# PHP-HCC-201: An International Multi-center Phase 2 Study to

Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Sequential Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection for use with the Hepatic Delivery System Treatment Followed by Sorafenib in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

25. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories.

Protocol: DFA-02-CD-005

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A Randomized, Blinded. Placebo and Standard of Care Controlled, Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability Study of up to 20 ml of DFA-02 in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

26. Opsona Therapeutics

Protocol No. OPN305-103 A Three-Part, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Sequential Adaptive, Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of OPN-305, a Humanized Monoclonal Antibody that Blocks Toll-Like Receptor 2, in Renal Transplant Patients at High Risk of Delayed Graft Function. Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

27. AOPO Title: Effect of Hypothermic Treatment in Neurologic Injury on Organ Recovery Multi-OPO prospective study Role: Principal Investigator Status: Completed

28. Roche Diagnostics

Protocol No. CIM RD002028 Sample Collection Cyclosporine – A sample collection of blood for testing cyclosporine assay in stable post-transplant patients receiving cyclosporine Role: Principal Investigator Status: Completed

29. Alexion Pharmaceuticals A Randomized, Open Label, Multicenter Trial to Determine Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab in the Prevention of Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR) in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Requring Desensitization Therapy: Protocol C10-001 Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

30. Proteon Therapeutics

Protocol No. PRT-201-310 Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of PRT-210 Administered Immediately after Radiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistula Creation in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Role: Principal Investigator Status: Completed

31. Project Title: [697871-1] Protocol IDN-6556-07:

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A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Sponsor-Open Trial of IDN-6556 in Subjects Who had Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Reinfection and Liver Fibrosis Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Chronic HCV Infection and Who Subsequently Achieved a Sustained Virologic Response Following anti-HCV Therapy Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

32. FS Grifols

Protocol No. IG1102 A prospective, single-blind, randomized, phase III study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Fibrin Sealant Grifols (FS Grifols) as an adjunct to hemostasis during Parenchymous Tissue open surgeries. Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Completed

33. Tulane University Project ID 726029-4

Reducing Surgical Errors and Increasing Safety by Decreasing the Search Time of Retained Foreign Objects Role: Principal Investigator Status: Study Closed

34. Bristol Myers Squibb

Protocol No. IM103177 Evaluation of Acute Rejection Rates in de Novo Renal Transplant Recipients following Thymoglobulin, CNI-free, Nulojix (Belatacept) based Immunosuppression Role: Principal Investigator Status: Open, actively enrolling

35. Roche Diagnostics

Protocol No. CIMRD002355 Sample Collection Elecsys Sirolimus and Elecsys Everolimus.in stable post-transplant patients Role: Principal Investigator Status: Completed

36. Proteon Therapeutics

Protocol No. PRT 201-320 Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo- Controlled Study of Vonapanitase (PRT-201) Administered Immediately after Radiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistula Creation in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Role: Principal Investigator Status: Open, actively enrolling

37. Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc.

Protocol No. 7163-CL-3201

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A Phase 2a Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Bleselumab in Preventing the Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in de novo Kidney Transplant Patients Role: Sub-Investigator Status: Open, actively enrolling.

38. APOL 1 Long-term Kidney Transplant Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical

Trial. U01 NIH funded grant Role: Site Principal Investigator Status: Open, opening enrollment

MEDIA FEATURES:

1. Interviewed on WWL TV News for coordinating and performing altruistic/anonymous living donor kidney transplant. Aired 2nd November, 2009

2. Featured article in Renal & Urology News, March 2010 edition, with respect to

research on HLA mismatching in highly sensitized renal transplant recipients.

3. Interviewed on WGNO ABC News and WWL TV for coordinating and performing Louisiana’s first domino paired exchange kidney transplants. Aired 3rd June, 2010 (WGNO) and June 10, 2010 (WWL).

4. Interviewed on WDSU TV News for coordinating three way paired exchange living donor kidney transplants. Aired June 25, 2012.

5. Interviewed on WDSU TV News regarding national policies for organ donation. Aired September 24, 2012.

6. Interviewed on WWL TV News for coordinating and performing identical twin living donor kidney transplant. Aired February 18, 2013.

7. Interviewed on WWL TV news for coordinating and performing three way kidney paired exchange transplants. Aired September 13, 2013

8. Interviewed on WGNO TV news regarding policies about organ donation. Aired Nov 18, 2015

9. Video interview with MDMagazine.com regarding Paired Kidney Donor Exchange Transplantation. Feb 18th, 2016

10. Radio Interview on the Canon Hospice Health Hour, WRNO 99.5 FM regarding organ transplantation. May 27, 2017

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OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

- Recurrent float rider, “Organ Donation Float”, built with team from Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, for New Orleans St. Patrick’s Day Parade. 2011-13

- Recurrent invited dance contestant, “Rockin’ With the NOLA Stars”, charity dance competition, benefiting Bridge House of New Orleans. 2012, 2013, 2014. Winner, 2013 competition Winner, 2014 competition

- Treasurer, Bal Vihar Children’s Organization, SVVS Indian Temple, Kenner, LA.

June 2013 - 2015. OTHER:

- Co-founder/owner, Zydeco Ownings, LLC (New Orleans based Real Estate Company); 2016 - present

- Languages spoken – English, Hindi, Kannada, Spanish