John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) honored Tarek Alhamad, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Jason Wellen, MD, MBA, associate professor of surgery, with the local chapter’s highest honor, the Award of Excellence. The awards were presented at the 33rd Annual 2019 NKF Gift of Life Gala, held November 16, 2019 at the […]
Many transplant programs decline liver transplantation (LT) to obese candidates because they have a higher risk of surgical complications and death than do non-obese candidates. In addition, obese candidates have longer waiting times for LT. However, studies examining the association of a recipient’s body mass index (BMI) and post LT-mortality have not produced consistent results. […]
“It is never too late to learn something new!” says Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, who is Course Chair for the upcoming 3rd Midwest Transplant Symposium on September 8-10, 2017, at Washington University School of Medicine. The symposium is designed for health care professionals including physicians in training, pharmacists, transplant coordinators, surgical assistants, nurses, and nephrologists […]
Pancreas transplantation is an effective, long-term treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. For patients with diabetes mellitus and end stage renal disease (ESRD), simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation improves patient and allograft survival compared to deceased donor kidney transplant alone. A recent study in Transplantation headed by Assistant Professor of Medicine Tarek Alhamad, MD, […]