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Overstreet M, Culpepper H, DeHoff D, Gebregziabher M, Posadas Salas MA, Su Z, Chandler J, Bartlett F, Dunton P, Carcella T, Taber D. Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Graft Outcome Disparities in African American Kidney Transplants (MITIGAAT Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Oct 10;13:e57784. doi: 10.2196/57784. PubMed PMID: 39388231; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11502971.
Soliman K, Calimlim IK, Perry A, Andrade E, Overstreet M, Patel N, Bartlett F, Taber DJ. Evolving trends in immunosuppression use and cytomegalovirus infection risk over the past decade in kidney transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Oct;26(5):e14318. doi: 10.1111/tid.14318. Epub 2024 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 38946207.
Sundaram S, Mukherjee R, Wright AS, Taber DJ, Visserman J, Tanious A. Benefits of early vascular provider involvement in wound care center management of patients with underlying arterial disease. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Oct;80(4):1239-1250.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.05.011. Epub 2024 Jun 20. PubMed PMID: 38904578.
Weeda ER, Ward R, Gebregziabher M, Axon RN, Taber DJ. Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Severe Hypoglycemia Associated with Sulfonylurea Use for Type 2 Diabetes among Veterans. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Jun;11(3):1427-1433. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01619-0. Epub 2023 May 2. PubMed PMID: 37129787; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10620099.
Medunjanin D, Wolf BJ, Pisoni R, Taber DJ, Pearce JL, Hunt KJ. Acute Kidney Injury and Subsequent Kidney Failure With Replacement Therapy Incidence in Older Adults With Advanced CKD: A Cohort Study of US Veterans. Kidney Med. 2024 Jun;6(6):100825. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2024.100825. eCollection 2024 Jun. PubMed PMID: 38770088; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11103477.
Leino AD, Kaiser TE, Khalil K, Mansell H, Taber DJ. Electronic health record-enabled routine assessment of medication adherence after solid organ transplantation: the time is now. Am J Transplant. 2024 May;24(5):711-715. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.01.023. Epub 2024 Jan 22. PubMed PMID: 38266711; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11846656.
Wiseman A, Alhamad T, Alloway RR, Concepcion BP, Cooper M, Formica R, Klein CL, Kumar V, Leca N, Shihab F, Taber DJ, Mulnick S, Bushnell DM, Hadi M, Bunnapradist S. Use of LCP-Tacrolimus (LCPT) in Kidney Transplantation: A Delphi Consensus Survey of Expert Clinicians. Ann Transplant. 2024 Mar 12;29:e943498. doi: 10.12659/AOT.943498. PubMed PMID: 38526543; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10944009.
Chandran MM, Cohen E, Doligalski CT, Bowman LJ, Kaiser TE, Taber DJ. The measure of impact: Proposal of quality metrics for solid organ transplant pharmacy practice. Am J Transplant. 2024 Feb;24(2):164-176. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.10.027. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 37923084.
Weeda ER, Ward R, Gebregziabher M, Axon RN, Taber DJ. Medication Safety Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Veterans Treated at VA Versus Non-VA Hospitals. Med Care. 2024 Feb 1;62(2):72-78. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001935. Epub 2023 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 37796198.
Bhavsar NA, Patzer RE, Taber DJ, Ross-Driscoll K, Deierhoi Reed R, Caicedo-Ramirez JC, Gordon EJ, Matsouaka RA, Rogers U, Webster W, Adams A, Kirk AD, McElroy LM. Defining the Need for Causal Inference to Understand the Impact of Social Determinants of Health: A Primer on Behalf of the Consortium for the Holistic Assessment of Risk in Transplantation (CHART). Ann Surg Open. 2023 Dec;4(3):e337. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000337. eCollection 2023 Dec. PubMed PMID: 38144885; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10735082.
Taber DJ, Ward RC, Buchanan CH, Axon RN, Milfred-LaForest S, Rife K, Felkner R, Cooney D, Super N, McClelland S, McKenna D, Santa E, Gebregziabher M. Results of a multicenter cluster-randomized controlled clinical trial testing the effectiveness of a bioinformatics-enabled pharmacist intervention in transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2023 Dec;23(12):1939-1948. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.08.004. Epub 2023 Aug 9. PubMed PMID: 37562577; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11866728.
McCauley JL, Ward RC, Taber DJ, Basco WT, Gebregziabher M, Reitman C, Moran WP, Cina RA, Lockett MA, Ball SJ. Surgical prescription opioid trajectories among state Medicaid enrollees. J Opioid Manag. 2023 Nov-Dec;19(6):465-488. doi: 10.5055/jom.0832. PubMed PMID: 38189189.
Perry A, Anand Mohan P, Bodker K, Elshennawy M, Taber DJ, Herberth J, Soliman K. Collaborative peri-transplant management of volume status, hypertension, and immunosuppression: enhancing kidney transplants for better outcomes. Ren Fail. 2023;45(2):2271559. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2023.2271559. Epub 2023 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 37885261; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11001351.
Lichvar AB, Chandran MM, Cohen EA, Crowther BR, Doligalski CT, Condon Martinez AJ, Potter LMM, Taber DJ, Alloway RR. The expanded role of the transplant pharmacist: A 10-year follow-up. Am J Transplant. 2023 Sep;23(9):1375-1387. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.04.032. Epub 2023 May 4. PubMed PMID: 37146942; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11851232.
Weeda ER, Ward R, Gebregziabher M, Chandler O, Strychalski ML, Axon RN, Taber DJ. Sulfonylureas as second line therapy for type 2 diabetes among veterans: Results from a National Longitudinal Cohort Study. Prim Care Diabetes. 2023 Aug;17(4):386-391. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2023.04.006. Epub 2023 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 37121788.
Taber DJ, Milfred-LaForest S, Rife K, Felkner R, Cooney D, Super N, McClelland S, Buchanan C. A Randomized Control Trial Testing a Medication Safety Dashboard in Veteran Transplant Recipients. Prog Transplant. 2023 Jun;33(2):121-129. doi: 10.1177/15269248231164177. Epub 2023 Apr 11. PubMed PMID: 37042050; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11869121.
Weeda E, Gilbert RE, Kolo SJ, Haney JS, Hazard LT, Taber DJ, Axon RN. Impact of Pharmacist-Driven Transitions of Care Interventions on Post-hospital Outcomes Among Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review. J Pharm Pract. 2023 Jun;36(3):668-678. doi: 10.1177/08971900211064155. Epub 2021 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 34962844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9427131.
Taber DJ, Bartlett F, Patel N, Sprague T, Patel S, Newman J, Andrade E, Rao N, Salas MAP, Casey M, Dubay D, Rohan V. Impact of converting adult kidney transplant recipients with high tacrolimus variability from twice daily immediate release tacrolimus to once daily LCP-Tacrolimus. Clin Transplant. 2023 May;37(5):e14941. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14941. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PubMed PMID: 36809653.
Taber DJ, Su Z, Gebregziabher M, Mauldin PD, Morinelli TA, Mahmood AO, Magwood GS, Casey MJ, Scalea JR, Kavarana SM, Baliga PK, Rodrigue JR, DuBay DA. Multilevel Intervention to Improve Racial Equity in Access to Kidney Transplant. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Apr 1;236(4):721-727. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000542. Epub 2023 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 36728400.
Rao N, Carcella T, Patel N, Bartlett F, Posadas MA, Casey M, Dubay DA, Taber DJ. Impact of CYP3A5 genotype on de-novo LCP tacrolimus dosing and monitoring in kidney transplantation. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2023 Apr 1;33(3):59-65. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0000000000000494. Epub 2023 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 36877088.
Ballou C, Barton F, Payne EH, Berney T, Villard J, Meier RPH, Baidal D, Alejandro R, Robien M, Eggerman TL, Kamoun M, Muller YD. Matching for HLA-DR excluding diabetogenic HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR4 predicts insulin independence after pancreatic islet transplantation. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1110544. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1110544. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37026004; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10070978.
Taber DJ, Gordon EJ, Jesse MT, Myaskovsky L, Peipert JD, Jaure A, George R, Fitzsimmons W. A viewpoint describing the American Society of Transplantation rationale to conduct a comprehensive patient survey assessing unmet immunosuppressive therapy needs. Clin Transplant. 2023 Mar;37(3):e14876. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14876. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 36465024.
Reitman CA, Ward R, Taber DJ, Moran WP, McCauley J, Basco WT Jr, Gebregziabher M, Lockett M, Ball SJ. Opioid Use Patterns in a Statewide Adult Medicaid Population Undergoing Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Feb 1;48(3):203-212. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004503. Epub 2022 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 36206371; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9825641.
Cina RA, Ward RC, Basco WT, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M, McCauley JL, Lockett MA, Moran WP, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. Incidence and patterns of persistent opioid use in children following appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Dec;57(12):912-919. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.04.019. Epub 2022 May 2. PubMed PMID: 35688690.
Lockett MA, Ward RC, McCauley JL, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M, Cina RA, Basco WT Jr, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. New chronic opioid use in Medicaid patients following cholecystectomy. Surg Open Sci. 2022 Jul;9:101-108. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2022.05.009. eCollection 2022 Jul. PubMed PMID: 35755164; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9218552.
Gonzales HM, Fleming JN, Gebregziabher M, Posadas Salas MA, McGillicuddy JW, Taber DJ. A Critical Analysis of the Specific Pharmacist Interventions and Risk Assessments During the 12-Month TRANSAFE Rx Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Pharmacother. 2022 Jun;56(6):685-690. doi: 10.1177/10600280211044792. Epub 2021 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 34496669; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8901797.
Buchanan CH, Brown EA, Bishu KG, Weeda E, Axon RN, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M. The Magnitude and Potential Causes of Sex Disparities in Statin Therapy in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes: A 10-year Nationwide Longitudinal Cohort Study. Womens Health Issues. 2022 May-Jun;32(3):274-283. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.10.003. Epub 2021 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 34949527.
Curran T, Zhang J, Gebregziabher M, Taber DJ, Marsden JE, Booth A, Magwood GS, Mauldin PD, Baliga PK, Lockett MA. Surgical Outcomes Improvement and Health Inequity in a Regional Quality Collaborative. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Apr 1;234(4):607-614. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000084. PubMed PMID: 35290280.
Rohan VS, Pilch N, McGillicuddy J, White J, Lin A, Dubay D, Taber DJ, Baliga PK. Early Assessment of National Kidney Allocation Policy Change. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Apr 1;234(4):565-570. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000096. PubMed PMID: 35290276.
Gonzales HM, Taber DJ, Nadig S, Patel N, Lin A, Baliga PK, Rohan VS. The impact of race on metabolic, graft, and patient outcomes after pancreas transplantation. Am J Surg. 2022 Apr;223(4):812-816. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.06.005. Epub 2021 Jun 17. PubMed PMID: 34158161; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8777579.
Fleming JN, Pollock MD, Taber DJ, McGillicuddy JW, Diamantidis CJ, Docherty SL, Chambers ET. Review and Evaluation of mHealth Apps in Solid Organ Transplantation: Past, Present, and Future. Transplant Direct. 2022 Mar;8(3):e1298. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001298. eCollection 2022 Mar. Review. PubMed PMID: 35368987; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8966961.
Morinelli TA, Taber DJ, Su Z, Rodrigue JR, Sutton Z, Chastain M, Tindal TT, Weeda E, Mauldin PD, Casey M, Bian J, Baliga P, DuBay DA. A Dialysis Center Educational Video Intervention Increases Patient Self-Efficacy and Kidney Transplant Evaluations. Prog Transplant. 2022 Mar;32(1):27-34. doi: 10.1177/15269248211064882. Epub 2021 Dec 7. PubMed PMID: 34874194.
Chung CW, Kalbavi V, Siegel JB, Taber DJ, Rohan V. Music Therapy in Dialysis Access Procedures With Moderate Sedation. Am Surg. 2022 Jan;88(1):70-73. doi: 10.1177/0003134820973383. Epub 2020 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 33371722.
Ward R, Weeda E, Taber DJ, Axon RN, Gebregziabher M. Advanced models for improved prediction of opioid-related overdose and suicide events among Veterans using administrative healthcare data. Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodol. 2022;22(2):275-295. doi: 10.1007/s10742-021-00263-7. Epub 2021 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 34744496; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8561350.
Rabon AD, Taber DJ, Uber WE, Houston BA, Meadows H. Unfractionated and Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Bridging Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device: An Event-Based Analysis. ASAIO J. 2021 Dec 1;67(12):1277-1283. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001392. PubMed PMID: 33741791.
Park S, Guo K, Heilman RL, Poggio ED, Taber DJ, Marsh CL, Kurian SM, Kleiboeker S, Weems J, Holman J, Zhao L, Sinha R, Brietigam S, Rebello C, Abecassis MM, Friedewald JJ. Combining Blood Gene Expression and Cellfree DNA to Diagnose Subclinical Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Oct;16(10):1539-1551. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05530421. PubMed PMID: 34620649; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8499014.
Taber DJ, Fleming JN, Su Z, Mauldin P, McGillicuddy JW, Posadas A, Gebregziabher M. Significant hospitalization cost savings to the payer with a pharmacist-led mobile health intervention to improve medication safety in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2021 Oct;21(10):3428-3435. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16737. Epub 2021 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 34197699.
Fleming JN, Gebregziabher M, Posadas A, Su Z, McGillicuddy JW, Taber DJ. Impact of a pharmacist-led, mHealth-based intervention on tacrolimus trough variability in kidney transplant recipients: A report from the TRANSAFE Rx randomized controlled trial. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 Jul 9;78(14):1287-1293. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxab157. PubMed PMID: 33821958; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8599187.
DuBay DA, Morinelli TA, Su Z, Mauldin P, Weeda E, Casey MJ, Baliga P, Taber DJ. Association of High Burden of End-stage Kidney Disease With Decreased Kidney Transplant Rates With the Updated US Kidney Allocation Policy. JAMA Surg. 2021 Jul 1;156(7):639-645. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.1489. PubMed PMID: 34037705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8156168.
Taber DJ, Hirsch J, Keys A, Su Z, McGillicuddy JW. Etiologies and Outcomes Associated With Tacrolimus Levels Out of a Typical Range That Lead to High Variability in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Ther Drug Monit. 2021 Jun 1;43(3):401-407. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000863. PubMed PMID: 33560095; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8119313.
Stoll WD, Mester RA, Fleming JN, Sirianni JM, Abro JA, Colhoun ED, Taber DJ, Hebbar L. Impact of Anesthesiologist Experience on Early Outcomes in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2021 Jun;53(5):1665-1669. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 May 18. PubMed PMID: 34020795.
Patel N, Perez C, Taber DJ, Kalbavi V, Gonzales H, Rohan V. Safety and Efficacy of Perioperative Sublingual Tacrolimus in Pancreas Transplant Compared With Oral Tacrolimus. Exp Clin Transplant. 2021 Jun;19(6):592-595. doi: 10.6002/ect.2020.0391. Epub 2021 May 6. PubMed PMID: 33952179; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8777581.
Gonzales HM, Fleming JN, Gebregziabher M, Posadas-Salas MA, Su Z, McGillicuddy JW, Taber DJ. Pharmacist-Led Mobile Health Intervention and Transplant Medication Safety: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 May 8;16(5):776-784. doi: 10.2215/CJN.15911020. Epub 2021 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 33931415; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8259471.
Basco WT Jr, Ward RC, Taber DJ, Simpson KN, Gebregziabher M, Cina RA, McCauley JL, Lockett MA, Moran WP, Mauldin PD, Ball SJ. Patterns of dispensed opioids after tonsillectomy in children and adolescents in South Carolina, United States, 2010-2017. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Apr;143:110636. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110636. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 33548590.
Lockett MA, Mauldin PD, Zhang J, Marsden JE, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M, Chung C, Hebbar P, Adams L, Baliga PK. Facilitated Regional Collaboration and In-Hospital Surgical Complication. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):536-543. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.11.025. Epub 2020 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 33383216.
Rohan VS, Pilch N, Cassidy D, McGillicuddy J, White J, Lin A, Nadig SN, Taber DJ, Dubay D, Baliga PK. Maintaining Equity and Access: Successful Implementation of a Virtual Kidney Transplantation Evaluation. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Apr;232(4):444-449. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.12.003. Epub 2020 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 33359232.
Pilch NA, Bowman LJ, Taber DJ. Immunosuppression trends in solid organ transplantation: The future of individualization, monitoring, and management. Pharmacotherapy. 2021 Jan;41(1):119-131. doi: 10.1002/phar.2481. Epub 2020 Dec 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 33131123; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8778961.
Wise B, Wilson LZ, Taber DJ, Pilch NA, Rohan V, Fleming JN. The impact of pretransplant opioid exposure on healthcare utilization and costs in kidney transplant. Pharmacotherapy. 2021 Jan;41(1):6-13. doi: 10.1002/phar.2479. Epub 2020 Dec 3. PubMed PMID: 33107627.
McGillicuddy JW, Chandler JL, Sox LR, Taber DJ. Exploratory Analysis of the Impact of an mHealth Medication Adherence Intervention on Tacrolimus Trough Concentration Variability: Post Hoc Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Pharmacother. 2020 Dec;54(12):1185-1193. doi: 10.1177/1060028020931806. Epub 2020 Jun 8. PubMed PMID: 32506922; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7814696.
Weeda ER, Bishu KG, Ward R, Axon RN, Taber DJ, Gebregziabher M. Joint effect of race/ethnicity or location of residence and sex on low density lipoprotein-cholesterol among veterans with type 2 diabetes: a 10-year retrospective cohort study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Oct 15;20(1):449. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01730-8. PubMed PMID: 33059602; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7558630.
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