ShawnJ.PelletierMD

General Surgery • Charlottesville, VA

Transplantation

Professor and Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Virginia

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Office
1215 Hospital Dr
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone+1 434-924-9462

Fax+1 434-924-5539
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Education & Training

University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2003
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 1998 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2003 - 2013
MA State Medical License 1992 - 1996
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Inpatient - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Study to Evaluate Performance of the Organ Recovery Systems LifePort® Liver Transporter System, a Machine Perfusion System, for Liver Transplant Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 03
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Portable hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion for organ preservation in liver transplantation: A randomized, open-label, clinical trial.
Guergana G Panayotova, Keri E Lunsford, R Cutler Quillin 3rd, Abbas Rana, Vatche G Agopian, Grace S Lee-Riddle, Daniela Markovic, Flavio Paterno, Adam D Griesemer, Arp...> ;Hepatology. 2024 May 1
Simultaneous split liver/kidney transplantation: A national and single center experience report.
Radhika Rastogi, Paola A Vargas, Jose Oberholzer, Shawn Pelletier, Nicolas Goldaracena> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2024 Jan 1
Survival after LDLT in recipients ≥70 years old in the United States. An OPTN/UNOS liver transplant registry analysis.
Todd Robinson, Paola A Vargas, Jose Oberholzer, Shawn Pelletier, Nicolas Goldaracena> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Split liver transplantation with extended right grafts on adult recipients: A propensity score matching analysis.
Paola A Vargas, Christina Dalzell, Todd Robinson, Michaela Cunningham, Zachary Henry, Matthew J Stotts, Feng Su, Curtis Argo, Shawn Pelletier, Jose Oberholzer, Nicolas...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2022 Dec 1
Outcomes in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients Using Pediatric Deceased Donor Liver Grafts.
Paola A Vargas, Haowei Wang, Christina Dalzell, Curtis Argo, Zachary Henry, Feng Su, Matthew J Stotts, Patrick Northup, Jose Oberholzer, Shawn Pelletier, Nicolas Golda...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2022 May 1
130 citations
Impact of Portable Normothermic Blood-Based Machine Perfusion on Outcomes of Liver Transplant: The OCS Liver PROTECT Randomized Clinical Trial.
James F Markmann, Marwan S Abouljoud, R Mark Ghobrial, Chandra S Bhati, Shawn J Pelletier, Amy D Lu, Shane Ottmann, Tarunjeet Klair, Corey Eymard, Garrett R Roll, Jose...> ;JAMA Surgery. 2022 Mar 1
3 citations
Eliminated routine postorthotopic liver transplant antibiotics in uncomplicated patients leads to equivalent safety outcomes.
Jesica Yau, Jillian Dann, Jennifer Geyston, Heather Cox Hall, Shawn Pelletier, Costi D Sifri> ;Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2022 Jan 1
2 citations
Increased use of split liver grafts in adult recipients following implementation of a pediatric liver transplant program.
Paola A. Vargas, Jonathan Michael Cullen, Christina Dalzell, Frank DiPaola, Shawn Pelletier, Kyle Soltys, George V. Mazariegos, Jose Oberholzer, Nicolas Goldaracena> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2021 Oct 23
1 citations
Liver Transplantation With Grafts From Super Obese Donors.
Paola A. Vargas, J. Michael Cullen, Curtis K. Argo, Zachary Henry, Matthew J. Stotts, Nicolas M. Intagliata, Patrick G. Northup, Jose Oberholzer, Shawn Pelletier, Nico...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2021 Sep 20
7 citations
Anonymous Living Liver Donation: Literature Review and Case Series Report.
Paola A. Vargas, Tara Seay, Tessa Williams, Emily Lyster, Anita Sites, Patrick G. Northup, Shawn Pelletier, Jose Oberholzer, Curtis K. Argo, Nicolas Goldaracena, > ;Transplantation Direct. 2021 Jul 16
9 citations
Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation Is a Safe Alternative Approach for Morbidly Obese Patients with End-stage Renal Disease.
Seung Duk Lee, Badi Rawashdeh, Emily K E McCracken, Leigh A. Cantrell, Bassel Kharwat, Alp Demirag, Avinash Agarwal, Kenneth L. Brayman, Shawn J. Pelletier, Nicolas Go...> ;The International Journal of Medical Robotics + Computer Assisted Surgery. 2021 Jun 2
14 citations
Donor Morbidity Is Equivalent Between Right and Left Hepatectomy For Living Liver Donation: A meta-analysis.
Paola A. Vargas, Emily K.E. McCracken, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, Curtis K. Argo, Shawn Pelletier, Victor M. Zaydfudim, Jose Oberholzer, Nicolas Golda...> ;Liver Transplantation. 2021 Oct 1
2 citations
Lose Weight to Donate: Development of a Program to Optimize Potential Donors With Hepatic Steatosis or Obesity for Living Liver Donation.
John T Rose, Paola A. Vargas, Tara Seay, Arthur J Pesch, Tessa Williams, Anita Sites, Zachary Henry, Patrick G. Northup, Shawn Pelletier, Jose Oberholzer, Curtis K. Ar...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2021 May 25
Effects of Initial Hepatic Artery Followed by Portal Reperfusion Technique on Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Outcomes.
Rauf Shahbazov, Feredun Azari, Thomas Xu, Giovanna Saracino, Daniel G. Maluf, Shawn J. Pelletier> ;Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 2021 Apr 29
7 citations
Macrosteatotic Allografts and Obese Recipients Have Nearly Equal Negative Impact on Liver Transplant Survival.
Patrick G. Northup, Nicolas M. Intagliata, Jessica P.E. Davis, Curtis K. Argo, Shawn J. Pelletier> ;Transplantation. 2020 Jun 1
3 citations
Hepatic Artery Thrombosis and Takotsubo Syndrome After Liver Transplantation - Which Came First?
Lydia A. Luu, Badi Rawashdeh, Nicolas Goldaracena, Avinash Agarwal, Emily K E McCracken, Zeyad T. Sahli, Jose Oberholzer, Shawn J. Pelletier> ;The American Journal of Case Reports. 2020 Apr 14
1 citations
Intervention on Spontaneous Splenorenal Shunt May Decrease the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplant.
Arash Nickkholgh, Jingzhou Wang, Rauf Shahbazov, Shawn J. Pelletier, Daniel G. Maluf> ;Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 2020 Feb 7
7 citations
Intraoperative glycemic control in patients undergoing Orthotopic liver transplant: a single center prospective randomized study.
Sathish S. Kumar, Shawn J. Pelletier, Amy Shanks, Aleda Thompson, Christopher J. Sonnenday, Paul Picton> ;BMC Anesthesiology. 2020 Jan 4
32 citations
Intraoperative Versus Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
Puja S. Berry, Laura H. Rosenberger, Christopher A. Guidry, Avinash Agarwal, Shawn J. Pelletier, Robert G. Sawyer> ;Liver Transplantation. 2019 Jul 1
5 citations
Geographic variation in liver transplantation persists despite implementation of Share35.
Jonathan G. Stine, Patrick G. Northup, George J. Stukenborg, Scott L. Cornella, Daniel G. Maluf, Shawn J. Pelletier, Curtis K. Argo> ;Hepatology Research. 2018 Mar 1
5 citations
PROviding Better ACcess To ORgans: A comprehensive overview of organ-access initiatives from the ASTS PROACTOR Task Force
Mark J. Hobeika, Charles Miller, Timothy L. Pruett, K. A. Gifford, Jayme E. Locke, Andrew M. Cameron, Michael J. Englesbe, Christian S. Kuhr, Joseph F. Magliocca, K. R...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2017 Oct 1
33 citations
Advanced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis: A high-risk population for pre-liver transplant portal vein thrombosis
Jonathan G. Stine, Curtis K. Argo, Shawn J. Pelletier, Daniel G. Maluf, Stephen H. Caldwell, Patrick G. Northup> ;World Journal of Hepatology. 2017 Jan 28
13 citations
Liver transplant recipients with portal vein thrombosis receiving an organ from a high-risk donor are at an increased risk for graft loss due to hepatic artery thrombo...
Jonathan G. Stine, Curtis K. Argo, Shawn J. Pelletier, Daniel G. Maluf, Patrick G. Northup> ;Transplant International. 2016 Oct 1
2 citations
Towards Steroid-Free Immunosuppression after Liver Transplantation.
Victor M. Zaydfudim, Shawn J. Pelletier> ;Gut and Liver. 2016 Jul 15
40 citations
Pre-transplant portal vein thrombosis is an independent risk factor for graft loss due to hepatic artery thrombosis in liver transplant recipients.
Jonathan G. Stine, Shawn J. Pelletier, Timothy M. Schmitt, Robert J. Porte, Patrick G. Northup> ;HPB. 2016 Mar 1
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