W. JamesChonMD, FACP, FASN, FAST, FNKF(He/Him)

PubMed

• 23 citations
  Outcomes of kidney retransplantation after graft loss as a result of BK virus nephropathy in the era of newer immunosuppressant agents
  Napat Leeaphorn, Charat Thongprayoon, Woojin J. Chon, Lee S. Cummings, Michael A Mao, Wisit Cheungpasitporn> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 May 1
• 1 citations
  Bowman capsulitis predicts poor kidney allograft outcome in T cell-mediated rejection.
  Alexander J. Gallan, W. J. Chon, Michelle A. Josephson, Patrick N. Cunningham, Kammi J. Henriksen, Anthony Chang> ;Human Pathology. 2018 Jun 1
• 98 citations
  The Banff Working Group Classification of Definitive Polyomavirus Nephropathy: Morphologic Definitions and Clinical Correlations.
  Volker Nickeleit, Harsharan K. Singh, Parmjeet Randhawa, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, Ramneesh Bhatnagar, Erika Bracamonte, Anthony Chang, W. James Chon, Darshana Dadhania,...> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017 Dec 26
• 10 citations
  Renal allograft granulomatous interstitial nephritis: observations of an uncommon injury pattern in 22 transplant recipients.
  Alton B. Farris, Carla LaShannon Ellis, Thomas E. Rogers, W. James Chon, Anthony Chang, Shane Meehan> ;Clinical Kidney Journal. 2017 Feb 1
• 19 citations
  Patient-Reported Barriers to the Prekidney Transplant Evaluation in an At-Risk Population in the United States.
  Mark B. Lockwood, Milda R. Saunders, Rachel Nass, Claire L. McGivern, Patrick N. Cunningham, W. James Chon, Michelle A. Josephson, Yolanda T. Becker, Christopher S. Lee> ;Progress in Transplantation. 2017 Mar 27
• 7 citations
  Miscommunicating NOTA Can Be Costly to Living Donors.
  M. Mittelman, Carrie Thiessen, W. J. Chon, K. Clayville, David C. Cronin, Jonathan S. Fisher, Sigrid Fry-Revere, J. A. Gross, J. Hanneman, Macey L. Henderson, Keren La...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2017 Feb 1
• 15 citations
  Outcomes of Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation Using the Edmonton Protocol at the University of Chicago
  Zehra Tekin, Marc R. Garfinkel, W. James Chon, Lindsay Schenck, Karolina Golab, Omid Savari, J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Louis H. Philipson, Colleen Majewski, Silvana P...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2016 Sep 13
• 15 citations
  High-level viruria as a screening tool for BK virus nephropathy in renal transplant recipients.
  W. James Chon, Nidhi Aggarwal, Masha Kocherginsky, Brenna Kane, Jozefa Sutor, Michelle A. Josephson> ;Kidney Research and Clinical Practice. 2016 Sep 1
• Midodrine Dependence: Transplantation Barrier or Opportunity?
  W. James Chon, Michelle A. Josephson> ;Transplantation. 2016 May 1
• 3 citations
  Impact of Maintenance Steroids versus Rapid Steroid Withdrawal in African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients: Comparison of Two Urban Centers.
  W. James Chon, Amishi Desai, Coady Wing, Divya Arwindekar, Ignatius Tang, Michelle A. Josephson, Sanjeev Akkina> ;International Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2016 Mar 8
• 12 citations
  Clinical and pathological features of kidney transplant patients with concurrent polyomavirus nephropathy and rejection-associated endarteritis.
  Stephanie M. McGregor, W. James Chon, Lisa Kim, Anthony Chang, Shane Meehan> ;World Journal of Transplantation. 2015 Dec 24
• 15 citations
  Use of leflunomide in renal transplant recipients with ganciclovir-resistant/refractory cytomegalovirus infection: a case series from the University of Chicago.
  W. James Chon, Pradeep V. Kadambi, Chang Xu, Yolanda T. Becker, Piotr Witkowski, Kenneth Pursell, Brenna Kane, Michelle A. Josephson> ;Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis. 2015 Apr 1
• 13 citations
  Preservation of beta cell function after pancreatic islet autotransplantation: University of Chicago experience.
  Omid Savari, Karolina Golab, Ling-Jia Wang, Lindsay Schenck, Randall H. Grose, Martin Tibudan, Sabarinathan Ramachandran, W. Chon, Mitchell C. Posner, J M Millis, Jeff...> ;The American Surgeon. 2015 Apr 1
• Differing Tales of Two Patients after Receiving a Kidney Transplant from a Donor with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  Pradeep V. Kadambi, Ann Kathleen Gamilla-Crudo, Mohammad Almiani, Michelle A. Josephson, W. James Chon> ;Case Reports in Transplantation. 2014 Jun 30
• 30 citations
  Impact of immunosuppression on recall immune responses to influenza vaccination in stable renal transplant recipients.
  Michelle L. Cowan, W. James Chon, Amishi Desai, Sarah F. Andrews, Yaohui Bai, Vic Veguilla, Jacqueline M. Katz, Michelle A. Josephson, Patrick C. Wilson, Roger Sciamma...> ;Transplantation. 2014 Apr 27
• 31 citations
  When the Living and the Deceased Cannot Agree on Organ Donation: A Survey of US Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs)
  W. J. Chon, Michelle A. Josephson, Elisa J. Gordon, Yolanda T. Becker, Piotr Witkowski, D. J. Arwindekar, Abhijit S. Naik, J. R. Thistlethwaite, C. Liao, Lainie Friedm...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2014 Jan 1
• 12 citations
  Kidney transplant and the digital divide: is information and communication technology a barrier or a bridge to transplant for African Americans?
  Mark B. Lockwood, Milda R. Saunders, Christopher S. Lee, Yolanda T. Becker, Michelle A. Josephson, W. J. Chon> ;Progress in Transplantation. 2013 Dec 1
• 40 citations
  Opportunities for shared decision making in kidney transplantation.
  Elisa J. Gordon, Zeeshan Butt, Sally E. Jensen, A. Lok-Ming Lehr, John E. Franklin, Yolanda T. Becker, L. A. Sherman, W. J. Chon, N. Beauvais, J. Hanneman, D. Penrod, ...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2013 May 1
• 13 citations
  Reuse of a previously transplanted kidney: does success come with a price?
  Pradeep V. Kadambi, W. James Chon, Michelle A. Josephson, Amishi Desai, J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Robert C. Harland, Shane Meehan, Marc R. Garfinkel> ;Clinical Kidney Journal. 2012 Oct 1
• 7 citations
  Plasma cell densities and glomerular filtration rates predict renal allograft outcomes following acute rejection
  Anthony Chang, Jocelyn M. Moore, Michelle L. Cowan, Michelle A. Josephson, W. James Chon, Roger Sciammas, Zeying Du, Susana R. Marino, Shane Meehan, Michael B. Millis,...> ;Transplant International. 2012 Oct 1
• 22 citations
  Leflunomide in renal transplantation.
  W. James Chon, Michelle A. Josephson> ;Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 2011 May 1
• 19 citations
  Changing Attitudes Toward Influenza Vaccination in U.S. Kidney Transplant Programs Over the Past Decade
  W. James Chon, Pradeep V. Kadambi, Robert C. Harland, J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Bradford Lee West, Suneel M. Udani, Rajiv D. Poduval, Michelle A. Josephson> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2010 Sep 1
• Smoking-does it "burn" the kidney transplant?
  Pradeep V. Kadambi, W. James Chon, Michelle A. Josephson> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2010 May 1
• 68 citations
  On the Intraoperative Molecular Status of Renal Allografts after Vascular Reperfusion and Clinical Outcomes
  Yingyos Avihingsanon, Naili Ma, Martha Pavlakis, W. James Chon, Marc E. Uknis, Anthony P. Monaco, Christiane Ferran, Isaac E. Stillman, Asher D. Schachter, Christina M...> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2005 Jun 1
• 164 citations
  Rapamycin is an effective inhibitor of human renal cancer metastasis
  Fu L. Luan, Ruchuang Ding, Vijay K. Sharma, W. James Chon, Milagros Lagman, Manikkam Suthanthiran> ;Kidney International. 2003 Mar 1
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Journal Articles

• Risk Factors for CMV and BK Infections in an Elderly Veteran Population Following Kidney Transplantation: Implications for Immunosuppression Induction and Management  
  Anne Thorndyke, Cara Joyce, Manpreet Samra, Laura Cotiguala , Christine Trotter, Oswaldo Aguirre, W James Chon, Rupinder Sodhi, Reynold I Lopez-Soler, Biomedicines, 11/15/2023

Abstracts/Posters

• Steroid avoidance requires adjustments in the thymoglobulin induction therapy in pancreatic islet cell transplantation.
  Grose R, Savari O, Golab K, Wang L, Schenck L, Tibudan M, Chon WJ, Millis JM, Witkowski P, European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association Annual Meeting, 2014, Budapest, Hungary, 2014
• Impact of maintenance steroids versus rapid steroid withdrawal in African-American kidney transplant recipients: comparison of two centers
  Arwindekar DJ, Belur RC, Chon WJ, Desai AS, Tang IY, Josephson MA, Akkina S, American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2013
• Durability of pancreatic islets transplantation in brittle type 1 diabetics: a nine-year follow-up
  Witkowski P, Garfinkel MR, Schenck L, Philipson L, Pannain S, Thistlethwaite JR, Becker Y, Chon WJ, Josephson MA, Cochet O, Golab K, Savari O, Rezania K, Hariprasad S,..., American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 2013
• Non-renal solid organ transplant (NRSOT): The role of the transplant nephrologist before advanced stage chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  Desai A, Chon WJ, Cunningham P, Josephson MA., American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 2013
• When Next of Kin don’t want their deceased family members to donate: a survey of U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs)
  Chon WJ, Josephson MA, Desai A, Naik A, Thistlethwaite JR, Becker YT, Gordon EJ, Ross LF, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 2013
• Impaired Response to Influenza Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients
  Cowan ML, Chon WJ, Josephson M, Desai A, Andrews SF, Sciammas R, Wilson PC, Chong AS, American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA, 2012
• A web-based survey of U.S. transplant physicians on BKV surveillance and treatment of BKV nephropathy in renal transplant recipients
  Chon WJ, Kadambi PV, Cunningham P, Desai A, Thistlethwaite JR, Becker YT, Witkowski P, Josephson MA., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
• A decade of experience at the University of Chicago in treatment of BKV nephropathy using leflunomide
  Desai A, Chon WJ, Kadambi PV, Cunningham P, Thistlethwaite JR, Williams J, Chong A, Josephson MA, American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
• Immunosuppression in stable kidney transplant recipients suppresses B-cell responses to influenza vaccination
  Cowan ML, Chon WJ, Josephson MA, Andrews SF, Sciammas R, Wilson PC, Chong AS, American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
• Polyoma virus nephropathy and acute rejection in renal allografts
  Kim L, Chon WJ, Chang A, Meehan SM., U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting,, 2009
• A 10- year comparison of influenza immunization practice patterns in the kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant programs
  Udani S, Kadambi PV, West BL, Chon WJ, Thisthlethwaite JR, Harland R, Josephson MA., American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2009
• Preemptive management of CMV using CMV DNA PCR is associated with lower rates of leukipenia and similar incidence of clinical CMV infection as compared to routine valg...
  Salvalaggio P, Scholz L, Al-Saden P, Gallon L, Chon WJ, Stuart F, Abecassis M, Kaufman D, Koffron A, Fryer J, Baker T, Leventhal J., American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, 2004
• Immuno-phenotypic analysis of cellular infiltrate of renal allograft biopsies in patients with acute rejection after induction with campath 1H
  Gallon L, Noris M, Gagliardini E, Chon WJ, Leventhal J, Kaufman D, Remuzzi G, American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA, 2004
• The Impact of Renal Insufficiency and Chronic Dialysis on Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF): An Analysis from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failur...
  Wigneswaran JR, Haywood T, Lopatin M, Chon WJ., American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 2004
• Impact of Intravenous Diuretics on the Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF): Insights from the Acute Decompensated Heart Fai...
  Wigneswaran JR, Emerman CL, DeMarco T, Costanzo MR, Peacock F, Chon WJ, American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 2004
• Decreased incidence of rejection in pancreas transplant patients
  Uknis M., Chon W, Akoad M, Pavlakis M, European Society of Organ Transplantation Congress, Venice, Italy, 2003
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Other

• Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of acute renal allograft rejection 
  Chon WJ, Brennan DC, UpToDate
  http://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-acute-renal-allograft-reje
• Investigational methods in the diagnosis of acute renal allograft rejection 
  Chon WJ, Brennan DC, UpToDate
  http://www.uptodate.com/contents/investigational-methods-in-the-diagnosis-of-acute-renal-allograft-r
• Acute Renal Allograft Rejection: Treatment 
  Chon WJ, Brennan DC, UpToDate
  http://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-renal-allograft-rejection-treatment