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The Surprising Relationship Between BMI and Liver Transplantation Mortality

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. […]

James A. Delmez Retires

When it was pointed out to retiring James (Jay) Delmez, MD, Professor of Medicine, that he had been here for 39 years, he countered by saying it was much longer than that. “I was born here,” he said. In his paced, quiet manner of speaking, Jay told the story of how his parents came to […]