The Saint Barnabas Health Care System Renal
and Pancreas Transplant Division continued to excel in
the field of transplantation in 2005. As experts in the
field, the team has contributed journal articles, made
professional presentations to their peers and strived to
make advances in the treatment of patients with renal failure.
• Development of Methods for Effective
Pre-Transplant Case Management, A. Tietjen, S.
Mulgaonkar, D. Morgan, C. Lascari, submitted
to AST, NATCO, UNOS 2005 and accepted for oral presentation
at UNOS in 2006.
• Single Center Experience with Steroid Avoidance after
Renal Transplantation Utilizing Thymoglobulin Induction in
Concert with Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil or Sirolimus,
S. Mulgaonkar, L. Bonomini, N. Shah, S. Geffner, A. Patel,
submitted to AST, 2005.
• Positive Impact on Health Related Quality of Life
in Patients Converted from Mycophenolate-Mofetil to Enteric-
Coated Mycophenolate Sodium due to Gastrointestinal Complaints,
S. Mulgaonkar et al., submitted to AST, 2005.
• Single Center Experience with Steroid Avoidance after
Renal Transplantation Utilizing Thymoglobulin Induction in
Concert with Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil or Sirolimus, S.
Mulgaonkar et al., submitted to AST, 2005.
• Designing a Psychosocial Assessment Tool Specific
to Altruistic Donors, M. Krupit, A. Shaw, S. Mulgaonkar,
D. Morgan, submitted to STSW, 2005 and accepted for
oral presentation.
• Development of a Non-Directed Altruistic Living Kidney
Donor Program, C. Lascari, S. Mulgaonkar, D. Morgan,
M. Morgievich, submitted to NATCO, 2005 and accepted
for poster presentation.
• Creation and Development of a Transplant Short Stay
Unit, A. Tietjen, S. Mulgaonkar, M. Gibson, C. Lascari,
D. Morgan, submitted to UNOS, NATCO, 2005 and accepted
for poster presentation.
• Single-Center Experience of Renal Transplantation
in Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease, P. Kotch, N. Patel,
T. Belica, D. White-Hatke, S. Mulgaonkar, submitted
to NATCO, 2005 and accepted for poster presentation.
• An analysis of HIV Transplanted Patients and the Interaction
of Immunosuppressant Medication with Protease Inhibitors, P.
Kennedy, C. Rice, S. Mulgaonkar, A. Patel, submitted
to NATCO, 2005 and accepted for oral presentation.
• Analysis of a Single Center Experience in Renal Transplantation
of Elderly, T. Belica, S. Mulgaonkar, N. Patel, R. Dowell-Cherry,
P. Kotch, submitted to NATCO 2005 and accepted for oral
presentation.
• Impact of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy on Early
Allograft Function in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients, I
Roberti et al., International Pediatric Transplant Assoc,
3rd World Congress accepted presented orally in Austria,
August 2005.
• C1Q Nephropathy in Children: Variable Presentation,
Pathology and Outcome, I Roberti et al., ASN 2005
accepted for poster presentation in PA, November 2005.
• Dr. Mulgaonkar was invited to the European
and International Solid Organ Transplant Meeting in Geneva
Switzerland as a keynote speaker on a patient-related outcomes
study. He also presented three additional poster sessions
and one oral paper.
• Dr. Mulgaonkar lectured locally and internationally
in Paris as part of the faculty of Novartis’ Specialty
Transplant Training for science liaisons.
• Preventing CMV Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Patients:
Benefits and Current Strategies, M. Uknis, presented
at Latin American Transplant Society Annual Meeting, Mexico,
October 2005.
• Dosing and Efficacy of Valganciclovir for CMV Prophylaxis
in Organ Transplant Patients Cytomegalovirus in Transplantation – Why
We Must Challenge the Status Quo, M. Uknis, presented
at Global Roche Advisory Board Meeting, Switzerland, October
2005.
• Marie Morgievich, M.S., R.N., A.P.N.-C.,
Transplant Nurse Practitioner, and Moya Gallagher, R.N.,
B.S.N., C.C.R.N., Transplant Coordinator, were selected to
receive the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Excellence in Caring
Award. Both were honored in a ceremony this month citing
their commitment to excellence in patient care.
• Stuart Geffner, M.D., and M. Isabel Roberti, M.D.,
were honored by the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America
at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston, NJ in June, 2005. Dr.
Roberti received the National Medical Award in Pediatric
Nephrology. Dr. Geffner was the recipient of the National
Medical Award in Transplantation.
• Moya Gallagher, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.R.N., Transplant
Coordinator received her bachelor’s degree in nursing
from St. Peter’s College.
• Jennifer Hinkis-Siegel, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C. and
Tatiana Alvarez, R.N., B.S.N., C.C.T.C., Transplant Coordinators
at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, received Level 3 Certification
in the Professional Advancement System for nursing.
Bridget Barbuto, R.N., B.S.N., received Level 1 Certification
this year.
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