Juan M Palma-Vargas MD

Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Physician

887 Congress StPortland, ME 04102
Phone+1 207-774-6368
Fax+1 207-774-9388

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Education & Training

Maine Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2004
Universidad Autonoma de GuadalajaraClass of 1991

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Certifications & Licensure

ME State Medical License 2013 - 2028
NH State Medical License 2024 - 2024
TX State Medical License 2007 - 2015
NC State Medical License 2004 - 2008
MI State Medical License 1997 - 2000
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

90 citations
A virtual crossmatch protocol significantly increases access of highly sensitized patients to deceased donor kidney transplantation.
Adam W. Bingaman, Cathi Murphey, Juan Palma-Vargas, Francis H. Wright
Transplantation. 2008-12-27
12 citations
Liver transplantation for sinusoidal obstructive syndrome (veno‐occlusive disease): case report with review of the literature and the UNOS database
Fernando E. Membreno, Jorge Ortiz, Preston Foster, Francis H. Wright, Victor S. Ostrower
Clinical Transplantation. 2008-07-01
32 citations
Campath induction for kidney transplantation: report of 297 cases.
Jorge Ortiz, Juan Palma-Vargas, Francis H. Wright, Adam W. Bingaman, Irfan Agha
Transplantation. 2008-06-15