WilliamH.KitchensMDPhD

General Surgery • Atlanta, GA

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pancreas, Transplantation

Assistant Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine, Attending in Liver Transplant Surgery

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Office
1365 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone+1 855-366-7989

Fax+1 404-778-5018
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Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 2014 - 2016
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2014
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2020 - 2022
MA State Medical License 2006 - 2014
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Costimulatory Blockade and Solid Organ Transplantation: The Past, Present, and Future.
William H Kitchens, Christian P Larsen, I Raul Badell> ;Kidney International Reports. 2023 Dec 1
5 citations
Belatacept Conversion in Kidney After Liver Transplantation.
Octav Cristea, Geeta Karadkhele, William H Kitchens, Payaswini Vasanth, Christian P. Larsen, Idelberto R Badell> ;Transplantation Direct. 2021 Oct 22
1 citations
Biliary Complications Following Adult Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: Risk Factors and Implications at a High-volume US Center.
Abraham J. Matar, Katie Ross-Driscoll, Lisa Kenney, Hannah Wichmann, Joseph F. Magliocca, William H. Kitchens> ;Transplantation Direct. 2021 Sep 7
2 citations
Adenovirus causing hepatic abscess formation and unexplained fever in adult liver transplant recipients
Abraham J. Matar, Jane C. Yoon, Aneesh K. Mehta, Varun K Phadke, Jeannette Guarner, Ashley M. Greer, Denise J. Lo, Joseph F. Magliocca, William H. Kitchens> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2021 Feb 1
9 citations
Blockade of BAFF Reshapes the Hepatic B Cell Receptor Repertoire and Attenuates Autoantibody Production in Cholestatic Liver Disease.
Manoj Thapa, Dana Tedesco, Sanjeev Gumber, Elizabeth J. Elrod, Jin-Hwan Han, William H. Kitchens, Joseph F. Magliocca, Andrew B. Adams, Arash Grakoui> ;Journal of Immunology. 2020 Jun 15
80 citations
Alterations in Intestinal Microbiota Lead to Production of Interleukin 17 by Intrahepatic γδ T-Cell Receptor–Positive Cells and Pathogenesis of Cholestatic Liver Disease
Dana Tedesco, Manoj Thapa, Chui Yoke Chin, Yong Ge, Minghao Gong, Jing Li, Sanjeev Gumber, Patrick Speck, Elizabeth Elrod, Eileen M. Burd, William H. Kitchens, Joseph ...> ;Gastroenterology. 2018 Jun 1
A Mimic of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Following Liver Transplant.
William H. Kitchens, David L Jaye, Joel P. Wedd, Joseph F. Magliocca> ;Experimental and Clinical Transplantation. 2017 Oct 31
11 citations
Interruption of OX40L signaling prevents costimulation blockade–resistant allograft rejection
William H. Kitchens, Ying Dong, David V. Mathews, Cynthia P. Breeden, Elizabeth Strobert, Maria E. Fuentes, Christian P. Larsen, Mandy L. Ford, Andrew B. Adams> ;JCI Insight. 2017 Mar 9
7 citations
Nonhuman primate models of transplant tolerance: closer to the holy grail.
William H. Kitchens, Andrew B. Adams> ;Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. 2016 Feb 1
15 citations
Pathogen Stimulation History Impacts Donor-Specific CD8(+) T Cell Susceptibility to Costimulation/Integrin Blockade-Based Therapy.
Idelberto R. Badell, William H. Kitchens, Maylene E. Wagener, Aron E. Lukacher, Christian P. Larsen, Mandy L. Ford> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2015 Dec 1
3 citations
Hepatic Hydatid Cyst: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Pancreatitis
William H. Kitchens, Charles Liu, Edward T. Ryan, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2014 Aug 23
19 citations
Hepatic Retransplant: What Have We Learned?
William H. Kitchens, Heidi Yeh, James F. Markmann> ;Clinics in Liver Disease. 2014 Aug 1
23 citations
Combined costimulatory and leukocyte functional antigen-1 blockade prevents transplant rejection mediated by heterologous immune memory alloresponses
William H. Kitchens, Divya Haridas, Maylene E. Wagener, Mingqing Song, Mandy L. Ford> ;Transplantation. 2012 May 27
4 citations
Protein S deficiency in a living liver donor
William H. Kitchens, Heidi Yeh, Elizabeth M. Van Cott, Nahel Elias, Tatsuo Kawai, James F. Markmann, Martin Hertl> ;Transplant International. 2012 Feb 1
63 citations
Integrin antagonists prevent costimulatory blockade-resistant transplant rejection by CD8(+) memory T cells.
William H. Kitchens, Divya Haridas, Maylene E. Wagener, M. Song, Allan D. Kirk, Christian P. Larsen, Mandy L. Ford> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2012 Jan 1
2 citations
Diagnostic challenges in the evaluation of hepatic grafts from donors with HELLP syndrome: case report and review of the literature.
William H. Kitchens, Andrew B. Adams, C.B. Hughes, R.M. Subramanian> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2011 Dec 1
2 citations
Hyperlipidemia due to biliary stricture after living-donor liver transplantation.
Heidi Yeh, William H. Kitchens, Nahel Elias, Peter B. Kelsey, James F. Markmann, Martin Hertl> ;Transplantation. 2011 Sep 27
26 citations
Domino liver transplantation: indications, techniques, and outcomes.
William H. Kitchens> ;Transplantation Reviews. 2011 Oct 1
13 citations
Integrin antagonists for transplant immunosuppression: panacea or peril?
William H. Kitchens, Christian P. Larsen, Mandy L. Ford> ;Immunotherapy. 2011 Mar 11
30 citations
Limiting the amount and duration of antigen exposure during priming increases memory T cell requirement for costimulation during recall.
Tamara L. Floyd, Brent H. Koehn, William H. Kitchens, Jennifer M. Robertson, J. Cheeseman, Linda Stempora, Christian P. Larsen, Mandy L. Ford> ;Journal of Immunology. 2011 Feb 15
11 citations
Partial abdominal evisceration and intestinal autotransplantation to resect a mesenteric carcinoid tumor
William H. Kitchens, Nahel Elias, Lawrence S. Blaszkowsky, A. Benedict Cosimi, Martin Hertl> ;World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2011 Jan 31
89 citations
Macrophage depletion suppresses cardiac allograft vasculopathy in mice.
William H. Kitchens, C. M. Chase, Shuichiro Uehara, Lynn D. Cornell, Robert B. Colvin, Paul S. Russell, Joren C. Madsen> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2007 Dec 1
96 citations
The changing role of natural killer cells in solid organ rejection and tolerance.
William H. Kitchens, Shuichiro Uehara, Catharine M. Chase, Robert B. Colvin, Paul S. Russell, Joren C. Madsen> ;Transplantation. 2006 Mar 27
127 citations
NK Cells Can Trigger Allograft Vasculopathy: The Role of Hybrid Resistance in Solid Organ Allografts
Shuichiro Uehara, Catharine M. Chase, William H. Kitchens, H.S Rose, Robert B. Colvin, Paul S. Russell, Joren C. Madsen> ;Journal of Immunology. 2005 Sep 1
1 citations
Using DNA chips to unravel the genetics of type 1 diabetes.
William H. Kitchens, Michael C. Byrne, Jack L. Strominger, S. Brian Wilson> ;Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2000 Jan 1
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