JasonRWellenMDMBA

PubMed

• Efficacy and Safety of Bleselumab in Preventing the Recurrence of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Phase 2a, Randomized, M...
  Olwyn Johnston, Kim Solez, Vicki Santos, Tami J Larson, Masahiro Takeuchi, Xuegong Wang, Jun Shoji, William C Goggins, Jason R Wellen, Patrick N Cunningham, Shirley S ...> ;Transplantation. 2024 Apr 1
• Total robotic liver transplant: the final frontier of minimally invasive surgery.
  Meranda Scherer, Greg Martens, Ivan Kangarga, Richard Benzinger, Majella B Doyle, Adeel S Khan, Roheena Panni, Darren Cullinan, Christopher R King, Jason R Wellen, Wil...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2024 Mar 29
• Characterizing the risk of human leukocyte antigen-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation in older recipients.
  Jane J Long, Jennifer D Motter, Kyle R Jackson, Jennifer Chen, Babak J Orandi, Robert A Montgomery, Mark D Stegall, Stanley C Jordan, Enrico Benedetti, Ty B Dunn, Lloy...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Dec 1
• 1 citations
  The impact of a dedicated operating room team on robotic transplant program growth and fellowship training.
  Angela L Hill, Meranda D Scherer, Amen Kiani, Neeta Vachharajani, Sarah Matson, Darren R Cullinan, Greg R Martens, Jennifer Yu, Jesse T Davidson, Jason R Wellen, Willi...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2023 Nov 1
• 1 citations
  The association of center volume with transplant outcomes in selected high-risk groups in kidney transplantation.
  Massini Merzkani, Su-Hsin Chang, Haris Murad, Krista L Lentine, Munis Mattu, Mei Wang, Vangie Hu, Bolin Wang, Yazen Al-Hosni, Obadah Alzahabi, Omar Alomar, Jason Welle...> ;BMC Nephrology. 2023 Mar 20
• 1 citations
  COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Operative Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation.
  Bradley S Kushner, Maria B Doyle, Adeel S Khan, Yiing Lin, Tarek Alhamad, Jennifer Yu, William C Chapman, Jason R Wellen> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2023 Jul 1
• 4 citations
  A novel assessment model for teaching robot-assisted living donor nephrectomy in abdominal transplant surgery fellowship.
  Jesse T Davidson 4th, Julie M Clanahan, Neeta Vachharajani, Jennifer Yu, Teresa C Rice, Darren R Cullinan, Gregory R Martens, Franklin Olumba, Angela Lee, Sarah C Mats...> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2023 Feb 1
• 4 citations
  Deceased Donor Procurement Biopsy Practices, Interpretation, and Histology-Based Decision-Making: A Survey of US Kidney Transplant Centers.
  Krista L Lentine, Vidya A Fleetwood, Yasar Caliskan, Henry Randall, Jason R Wellen, Melissa Lichtenberger, Craig Dedert, Richard Rothweiler, Gary Marklin, Diane Brockm...> ;Kidney International Reports. 2022 Jun 1
• Capturing and Improving Case Charge Accuracy in Robotic Surgery Programs.
  William D Gerull, Andrew Pierce, Jessica Mody, Michael M Awad, Jackie Martin, Jason R Wellen> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2022 May 1
• One-Year Experience With the New Kidney Allocation Policy at a Single Center and an OPO in the Midwestern United States.
  Tarek Alhamad, Gary Marklin, Mengmeng Ji, Richard Rothweiler, Su-Hsin Chang, Jason Wellen> ;Transplant International. 2022 Jan 1
• 1 citations
  Novel Method of Evaluating Liver Transplant Surgery Fellows Using Objective Measures of Operative Efficiency and Surgical Outcomes
  Jennifer Yu, Neeta Vachharajani, Ola Ahmed, Meranda Scherer, Sarah Matson, Jason R. Wellen, Surendra Shenoy, William C. Chapman, M.B. Majella Doyle, Adeel S. Khan> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2021 Apr 6
• 24 citations
  The demise of islet allotransplantation in the United States: A call for an urgent regulatory update.
  Piotr Witkowski, Louis H. Philipson, Dixon B. Kaufman, Lloyd E. Ratner, Marwan S Abouljoud, Melena D. Bellin, John B. Buse, Fouad Kandeel, Peter G. Stock, David C. Mul...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Apr 1
• 16 citations
  Trends in Discard of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in the United States.
  Su-Hsin Chang, Massini Merzkani, Krista L. Lentine, Mei Wang, David A. Axelrod, Siddiq Anwar, Mark A. Schnitzler, Jason R. Wellen, William C. Chapman, Tarek Alhamad> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2021 Feb 8
• 2 citations
  Center-level Variation in HLA-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes.
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• 10 citations
  Repeat SARS-CoV-2 testing after recovery. Is a pretransplant PCR necessary?
  Haris Murad, Erik R. Dubberke, Munis Mattu, Bijal A. Parikh, Jason R. Wellen, Tarek Alhamad> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Jan 29
• 10 citations
  Delayed graft function and acute rejection following HLA-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation
  Jennifer D. Motter, Kyle R. Jackson, Jane J. Long, Madeleine M. Waldram, Babak J. Orandi, Robert A. Montgomery, Mark D. Stegall, Stanley C. Jordan, Enrico Benedetti, T...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Feb 27
• 6 citations
  Incisional hernia after liver transplantation: Risk factors, management strategies and long-term outcomes of a cohort study
  Heidy Cos, Ola Ahmed, Sandra Garcia-Aroz, Neeta Vachharajani, Surendra Shenoy, Jason R. Wellen, Maria Mb. Doyle, William C. Chapman, Adeel S. Khan> ;International Journal of Surgery. 2020 Jun 1
• Punctuality Matters: Starting on Time Remains Key Among Many Factors: In Reply to Tsai and Dexter
  William C. Chapman, Xun Luo, Jason R. Wellen> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 May 1
• 24 citations
  Three-month pancreas graft function significantly influences survival following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 2 diabetes patients.
  Tarek Alhamad, Ryan Kunjal, Jason R. Wellen, Daniel C. Brennan, Alexander C. Wiseman, Kricia Ruano, Veronica Hicks, Mei Wang, Mark A. Schnitzler, Su-Hsin Chang, Krista...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Mar 1
• 9 citations
  Liver transplantation for hepatitis C patients in the era of direct-acting antiviral treatment: A retrospective cohort study.
  Adeel S. Khan, Nathaniel Adams, Neeta Vachharajani, LeighAnne Dageforde, Jason R. Wellen, Surendra Shenoy, Jeffrey S. Crippin, Majella B. Doyle, William C. Chapman> ;International Journal of Surgery. 2020 Feb 1
• 7 citations
  Organ Procurement Organization Run Department of Motor Vehicle Registration and Drivers Licensing Offices Leads to Increased Organ Donor First Person Authorization Reg...
  Leigh Anne Dageforde, William Muren, Su-Hsin Chang, Neeta Vachharajani, Diane Brockmeier, Jennifer Yu, Blaire Anderson, Surendra Shenoy, Yiing Lin, Adeel S. Khan, Jaso...> ;Transplantation. 2020 Feb 1
• 12 citations
  Time Is Money: Can Punctuality Decrease Operating Room Cost?
  William C. Chapman, Xun Luo, Majella Doyle, Adeel S. Khan, Ivan Kangrga, Jackie Martin, Jason R. Wellen> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019 Dec 13
• 32 citations
  Variation in use of procurement biopsies and its implications for discard of deceased donor kidneys recovered for transplantation
  Krista L. Lentine, Abhijit S. Naik, Mark A. Schnitzler, Henry B. Randall, Jason R. Wellen, Bertram L. Kasiske, Gary Marklin, Diane Brockmeier, Matthew Cooper, Huiling ...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Aug 1
• 6 citations
  Mini-incision versus hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in living-donor kidney transplantation: A retrospective cohort study
  Tanvi Subramanian, Leigh Anne Dageforde, Neeta Vachharajani, Jason R. Wellen, Maria B. Doyle, Yiing Lin, Adeel S. Khan, Michael Senter-Zapata, William C. Chapman, Sure...> ;International Journal of Surgery. 2018 May 1
• 37 citations
  Patient and Graft Survival: Biliary Complications after Liver Transplantation.
  Michael Senter-Zapata, Adeel S. Khan, Tanvi Subramanian, Neeta Vachharajani, Leigh Anne Dageforde, Jason R. Wellen, Surendra Shenoy, M.B. Majella Doyle, William C. Cha...> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2018 Apr 1
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Journal Articles

• Patient and Graft Survival: Biliary Complications after Liver Transplantation  
  Senter-Zapater M, Khan AS, Subramanian T, Vachharajani N, Dageforde LA, Wellen JR, Shenoy S, Majella Doyle MB, Chapman WC, Journal of American College of Surgery, 1/19/2018
• A Cost Evaluation of a Donation after Cardiac Death Program: How Cost per Organ Compares to Other Donor Types  
  Lindemann J, Dageforde LA, Vachharajani N, Stalschmidt E, Brockmeier D, Wellen JR, Khan A, Chapman WC, Doyle M, Journal of American College of Surgery, 1/2/2018
• Mini-incision versus hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in living donor kidney transplantation: A retrospective cohort study  
  Subramanian T, Dageford LA, Vacharajani N, Wellen J, Doyle MBM, Lin Y, Khan A, Senter-Zapata M, Chapman W, Shenoy S, International Journal of Surgery, 1/1/2018
• Liver Transplantation for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Downstaging Without Up-Front Stage Restrictions  
  Chapman WC, Garcia-Aroz S., Vachharajani N, Fowler K, Saad N, Lin Y, Wellen J, Tan B, Khan AS, Doyle MB, J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2017
• Development of immune response to tissue-restricted self-antigens in simultaneous kidney-pancrea transplant recipients with acute rejection  
  Gunasekaran M, Vachharajani N, Gaut JP, Maw TT, Delos Santos R, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Wellen J, Mohanakumar T, Clin Transplant, 1/1/2017
• Mixed Donor Chimerism Following Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant  
  Rashidi A, Brennan DC, Amarillo IE, Wellen JR, Cashen A, Exp Clin Transplant., 1/1/2017
• Reexamining the Association of Body Mass Index With Overall Survival Outcomes After Liver Transplantation  
  Chang SH, Liu X, Carlsson NP, Park Y, Colditz GA, Garonzik-Wang JM, Chapman WC, Wellen JR, Doyle MB, Alhamad T, Transplant Direct., 1/1/2017
• Immunoglobulin isotype switching of antibodies to vimentin is associated with development of transplant glomerulopathy following human renal transplantation  
  Gunasekaran M, Maw TT, Santos RD, Shenoy S, Wellen J, Mohanakumar T, Transpl Immunol., 1/1/2017
• Selected Mildly Obese Donors can be Used Safely in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation  
  Alhamad T, Malone AF, Lentine KL, Brennan DC, Wellen J, Chang SH, CHakkera HA, Transplantation, 1/15/2016
• Survival Benefit with Kidney Transplants from HLA-Incompatible Live Donors  
  Orandi BJ, Luo X, Massie AB, Garonzik-Wang JM, Lonze BE, Ahmed R, Van Arendonk KJ, Stegall MD, Jordan SC, Oberholzer J, Dunn TB, Ratner LE, Kapur S, Pelletier RP, Robe..., N Engl J Med., 1/10/2016
• Organ Donor Recovery Performed at an Organ Procurement Organization-Based Facility Is an Effective Way to Minimize Organ Recovery Costs and Increase Organ Yield  
  Doyle M, Subramanian V, Vachharajani N, Collins K, Wellen J, Stahlschmidt E, Brockmeier D, Coleman J, Kappel D, Chapman WC, J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2016
• Successful use of minimal incision superficialization technique for arteriovenous fistula maturation  
  Inkollu S, Wellen J, Beller Z, Zhang T, Vachharajani N, Shenoy S, J Vasc Surg, 1/1/2016
• Results of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Review  
  Doyle MM, Subramanian V, Vachharajani N, Maynard E, Shenoy S, Wellen JR, Lin Y, Chapman WC, J Am Coll Surg, 1/1/2016
• Morbid obesity in liver transplant recipients adversely affects long-term graft and patient survival in single- institution analysis  
  Conzen KD, Vachharajani, N, Collins KM, Anderson CD, Lin Y, Wellen JR, Shenoy S, Lowell JA, Doyle MB, Chapman WC, HPB Oxford, 1/1/2015
• Utilization of Kidneys With Acute Kidney Injury in the Extended Criteria Donor Setting  
  Alhamad T, Wellen JR, American Journal of Transplant, 1/1/2015
• Immune Responses to Collagen- IV and Fibronectin in Renal Transplant Recipients with Transplant Glomerulopathy  
  Angaswamy N, Klein C, Tiriveedhi V, Gaut J, Anwar S, Rossi A, Phelan D, Wellen JR, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Mohanakumar T, American Journal of Transplantation, 1/1/2014
• Effect of Donor Body Mass Index on the Outcome of Donation After Cardiac Death Kidneys: How Big is Too Big?  
  Jin LX, Pitt SC, Doyle MB. Klein C, Shenoy S, Lowell JA, Chapman WC, Wellen JR, Transplantation Proceedings, 1/1/2014
• A Novel Organ Donor Facility: A Decade of Experience with Liver Donors  
  Doyle M, Vachharajani N, Wellen JR, Lowell J, Shenoy S, Ridolfi G, Jendrisak M, Coleman J, Mahar M, Brockmeier D, Kappel D, Chapman C, American Journal of Transplantation, 1/1/2014
• Focus On mTOR Inhibitors and Tacrolimus in Renal Transplantation: Pharmacokinetics, Exposure-Response Relationships and Clinic Outcomes  
  Fuad Shihab, Uwe Christians, Lonnie Smith, Jason R. Wellen, Bruce Kaplan, Transplant Immunology, 1/1/2014
• Strategies for the Management of Adverse Events Associated with mTOR Inhibitors  
  Bruce Kaplan, Yasir Qazi, Jason R. Wellen, Transplant Review, 1/1/2014
• Interplay Between Immune Responses to HLA and Non-HLA Self-Antigens in Allograft Rejection  
  Angaswamy N, Tiriveedhi V, Sarma NJ, Subramanian V, Klein C, Wellen J, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Mohanakumar T, Human Immunology, 1/1/2013
• Short and Long Term Outcomes After Seatotic Transplantation  
  Doyle MB, Vachharajani N, Wellen JR , Anderson CD, Lowell JA, Shenoy S, Brunt EM, Chapman WC, Arch Surg, 1/1/2012
• Recipient Obesity Alone has Minimal Effect on Liver Transplant Outcomes  
  C.D. Anderson, N. Vachharajani, T. Earl, Y. Lin, J.A. Lowell, S. Shenoy, M.B.M Doyle, JR Wellen, W.C. Chapman, American Journal of Transplant, 1/1/2012
• Utilization of Hepatitis B Core Antibody-Positive Donor Liver Grafts  
  MacConmara MP, Vachharajani N, Wellen JR, Anderson CD, Lowell JA, Shenoy S, Chapman WC, Doyle MB, HPB, 1/1/2012
• The Impact of Tax Policies on Living Organ Donations in the United States  
  Venkataramani AS, Martin EG, Vijayan A, Wellen JR, American Journal of Transplantation, 1/1/2012
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Abstracts/Posters

• Post-Transplant Erthrocytosis after Combined Kidney-Pancreas Transplant is associated with the development of Orthostasis.
  Wellen JR, 1/1/2011
• The nation�s first free-standing Organ recovery Facility: An 8 year experience demonstrating Significant cost reduction, reduced cold Ischemia and surgeons travel.
  MB Majella Doyle, Neeta Vachharajani, Jason Wellen, Jeffrey A. Lowell, Christopher D. Anderson, Surendra Shenoy, Gene Ridolfi, Martin Jendrisak, Dean Kappel, William C..., Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, and Mid America Transplant Services, St. Louis, MO, 1/1/2010
• Steatotic Liver Graft Use Does Not Affect Short and Medium-Term Outcomes After Liver Transplantation, But Requires Increased Resources.
  MB Majella Doyle, Neeta Vachharajani, Jason Wellen, Christopher Anderson, Jeffrey Lowell, Surendra Shenoy, Elizabeth Brunt, William C. Chapman, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery and Pathology, St. Louis, MO, 1/1/2010
• Small Bowel Obstruction following Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The Unusual is usual.
  Earl TM, Wellen JR, Anderson CD, Nadler M, Doyle MM, Shenoy SS, Chapman WC, Turmelle Y, Weymann A, and Lowell JA, Washington University, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1/1/2010
• Sreatotic Liver Graft Use Does Not Affect Short and Medium-Term Outcomes after Liver Transplantation, But Requires Increased Resources.
  MB Majella Doyle, Neeta Vachharajani, Jason Wellen, Christopher Anderson, Jeffrey Lowell, Surendra Shenoy, Elizabeth Brunt, William C. Chapman, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery and Pathology, St. Louis, MO, 1/1/2009
• Right-sided Diaphragmatic Hernias after Orthotopic Liver Transplant in Children: An under-reported problem after reduced size grafts.
  Wellen JR , Anderson C, Doyle M, Shenoy S, Chapman WC and Lowell J, American Hepatobiliary Society conference, 1/1/2009
• The Role of Liver Transplantation for Hepatic Adenomatosis in the Pediatric population: Case Report and Review of the literature.
  Wellen JR , Anderson C, Doyle M, Shenoy S, Chapman WC and Lowell J, American Hepatobiliary Society conference, 1/1/2008
• Outcomes using grafts from donation after cardiac death DCD) donors.
  Majella Doyle, Neeta Vachharajani, Christopher D. Anderson, Jason R. Wellen, Jeffrey A. Lowell and William C. Chapman, American Hepatobiliary Society conference, 1/1/2008
• Advanced Donor Age Does Not Affect Patient or Graft Survival Following Liver Transplantation.
  Christopher D. Anderson, Neeta Vachharajani, M.B. Majella Doyle, Jason R. Wellen, Surendra Shenoy, Jeffrey A. Lowell, and William C. Chapman, American Hepatobiliary Society Conference, 1/1/2008
• Pediatric renal transplantation in a community hospital: A 5 year experience.
  Wellen JR , et al., Southeastern Surgical Conference, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2006
• Partial Nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in a renal allograft.
  Houng A, Wellen JR , Desantis K, Whang M, Southeastern Surgical Conference, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2006
• Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in a Community Hospital.
  Wellen JR, 500th Anniversary Meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1/1/2005
• Resection of a metachronous hepatic metastasis from endometrial cancer.
  Wellen JR , et al., Southeastern Surgical Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2004
• Tele-Photo Imaging in Evaluation of Acute Burn Injuries.
  Marano M, Petrone S, Mansour H, Wellen JR, Annual Burn Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2004
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Lectures

• Financial Implications of New Organ Allocation. 
  1/1/2019
• The Impact of State Policies on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the United States. 
  1/1/2015
• Immune response to non-HLA (self-antigens) in allograft rejection. 
  Georgetown Medical Center - 1/1/2014
• Growing a kidney transplant organ. 
  University of Kentucky - 1/1/2013
• Post-transplant malignancies 
  1/20/2012
• Updates within the field of Organ Transplantation 
  Livingston, NJ - 1/1/2011
• The Impact of Tax Incentives on Organ Donations in the United States 
  1/1/2011
• "Use of flexible retractor to facilitate vascular length in living related total laparoscopic donor nephrectomy." 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2009
• Resection of A Solitary Metachronous Hepatic Metastasis from Endometrial Cancer. 
  1/1/2005
• Does HLA Mismatches Alter the Outcome of ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplants. 
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Other

• Successful Thrombectomy of Pancreas Allograft 
  Wellen JR, Video Presentation: ASTS Winter Symposium
  1/12/2012