Overview
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Cataldo Doria
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Jefferson Liver Tumor Center Division of Transplantation, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
- Covers all disciplines for the multidisciplinary liver transplant team
- The first of its kind in terms of the 360-degree analysis of liver transplantation
- Addresses organizational issues that are vital to the good performance of transplant programs
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Table of contents (37 entries)
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- Steffen Mitzner, Niels Grabow, Sebastian Klammt
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- Pooja Singh, Jerry McCauley
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- Javier Bueno, Matias Ramirez, José Andrés Molino
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- Mohammad Khreiss, David A. Geller
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- Edward Zavala, Meredith M. Stanley
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- Dina L. Halegoua-De Marzio, David A. Sass
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- Thomas Byrne, Hugo Vargas
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- Santiago J. Munoz, Kenneth D. Rothstein, Alexandra L. Gibas
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- Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Vivek N. Iyer, Michael J. Krowka
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- Richard DePalma, John Knorr, Victor Navarro
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- Sung-Gyu Lee, Deok-Bog Moon
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- Salvatore Gruttadaria, Duilio Pagano, J. Wallis Marsh
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About this book
Contemporary Liver Transplantation provides a comprehensive review of the most crucial and provocative aspects of liver transplantation. It represents a unique source of information and guidance for the current generation of transplant surgeons that evolved from being pure clinicians into savvy administrators knowledgeable in every regulatory aspect governing transplantation. The book contains 35 chapters covering every single aspect of the surgical operation in the donors as well as the recipients of liver transplants. The pre-operative work-up, as well as the post-operative immunosuppression management, and the treatment of recurrent diseases are addressed in detail. Single chapters are dedicated to controversial issues like transplantation in patients diagnosed with NASH, transplantation for patients diagnosed with HCC beyond Milan criteria, and usage of HIV positive donors. Dedicated chapters on HCV, HCC, FHF, and NASH will make this book a unique resource for any health care provider part of the multidisciplinary liver transplant team. The book goes beyond the analysis of the formal medical and surgical aspects of liver transplantation and introduces deep knowledge on key aspects of contemporary transplant programs, such as: physical rehabilitation, palliative care, pregnancy, the multiple requirements of regulatory agencies ruling transplantation, quality measurements for transplant programs, finance and liability. The book is organized in 9 sections focusing on each key aspect of liver transplantation. Contempory Liver Transplantation addresses the need and the questions of of the multidisciplinary group involved including surgeons, Hepatologists , anesthesiologists, infectious disease specialists, radiologists, transplant coordinators, financial specialists, epidemiologists and administrators.
Editors and Affiliations
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Jefferson Liver Tumor Center Division of Transplantation, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA
Cataldo Doria
About the editor
Dr. Doria specializes in the following: Liver transplant, Live donor liver transplant, Kidney transplant, Live donor kidney transplant, Pancreas transplant, Multi organ transplant surgery. He dedicated his career to the study and treatment of patients liver diseases and has led the division of transplantation at the Jefferson University Hospital for the past 5 years. He has developed a "bloodless" technique to perform liver resections: by not using blood when he removes liver masses. Also, Dr. Doria is a pioneer in performing robotic assisted liver resection, a procedure that can be accomplished through a series of 9 mm holes.