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Overview

John P. Roberts is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research contributions focus largely on medicine, with a particular emphasis on surgery, hepatology, transplantation, public health, and oncology.

The main topics covered in Roberts's work include:

  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

The scholar has published extensively, with key papers including:

  • Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Working Group Report from the ILTS Transplant Oncology Consensus Conference, 2020, Transplantation
  • Pretransplant solid organ malignancy and organ transplant candidacy: A consensus expert opinion statement, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Ten-Year Outcomes of Liver Transplant and Downstaging for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2022, JAMA Surgery
  • Preexisting melanoma and hematological malignancies, prognosis, and timing to solid organ transplantation: A consensus expert opinion statement, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • A novel waitlist dropout score for hepatocellular carcinoma - identifying a threshold that predicts worse post-transplant survival, 2020, Journal of Hepatology

Roberts frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Among the most common coauthors are:

  • Nancy L. Ascher
  • Hillary J. Braun
  • Chris E. Freise
  • Garrett R. Roll
  • Neil Mehta

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues prominent in transplantation and hepatology, including:

  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Transplantation
  • Clinical Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • JAMA Network Open

With 181 publications categorized within medicine, Roberts maintains a significant focus on surgery (48 publications), hepatology (43 publications), public health, environmental and occupational health (26 publications), transplantation (15 publications), and oncology (12 publications).

Best Publications

  • Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Expansion of the tumor size limits does not adversely impact survival

    Francis Y. Yao;Linda Ferrell;Nathan M. Bass;Jessica J. Watson

  • Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Validation of the UCSF-Expanded Criteria Based on Preoperative Imaging

    F. Y. Yao;L. Xiao;N. M. Bass;R. Kerlan

  • Excellent outcome following down-staging of hepatocellular carcinoma prior to liver transplantation: an intention-to-treat analysis.

    Francis Y. Yao;Robert K. Kerlan;Ryutaro Hirose;Timothy J. Davern

  • Creation of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts with the wallstent endoprosthesis: results in 100 patients.

    Jeanne M. LaBerge;Ernest J. Ring;Roy L. Gordon;John R. Lake

  • Recurrent and acquired hepatitis C viral infection in liver transplant recipients.

    Teresa L. Wright;Teresa L. Wright;Teresa L. Wright;Elizabeth Donegan;Elizabeth Donegan;Elizabeth Donegan;Henry H. Hsu;Henry H. Hsu;Henry H. Hsu;Linda Ferrell;Linda Ferrell;Linda Ferrell

  • Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of the proposed UCSF criteria with the Milan criteria and the Pittsburgh modified TNM criteria.

    Francis Y. Yao;Linda Ferrell;Nathan M. Bass;Peter Bacchetti

  • Serum sodium predicts mortality in patients listed for liver transplantation.

    Scott W. Biggins;Harry J. Rodriguez;Peter Bacchetti;Nathan M. Bass

  • Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: analysis of survival according to the intention-to-treat principle and dropout from the waiting list.

    Francis Y. Yao;Nathan M. Bass;Bev Nikolai;Timothy J. Davern

  • The risk of transmission of hepatitis B from HBsAg(-), HBcAb(+), HBIgM(-) organ donors.

    Michael E. Wachs;William J. Amend;Nancy L. Ascher;Peter N. Bretan

  • Downstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: Long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteria

    Francis Y. Yao;Neil Mehta;Jennifer Flemming;Jennifer Dodge

  • Functional analysis of grafts from living donors. Implications for the treatment of older recipients.

    Jean C. Emond;John F. Renz;Linda D. Ferrell;Philip Rosenthal

  • Bioavailability of cyclosporine with concomitant rifampin administration is markedly less than predicted by hepatic enzyme induction.

    Mary F Hebert;John P Roberts;Thomayant Prueksaritanont;Leslie Z Benet

  • Development of a novel frailty index to predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease

    Jennifer C. Lai;Kenneth E. Covinsky;Jennifer L. Dodge;W. John Boscardin

  • Report of a national conference on liver allocation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States.

    Elizabeth A. Pomfret;Kenneth Washburn;Christoph Wald;Michael A. Nalesnik

  • Complete immunosuppression withdrawal and subsequent allograft function among pediatric recipients of parental living donor liver transplants.

    Sandy Feng;Udeme D. Ekong;Steven J. Lobritto;Anthony J. Demetris

  • Report of the Crystal City Meeting to Maximize the Use of Organs Recovered from the Cadaver Donor

    Bruce R. Rosengard;Sandy Feng;Edward J. Alfrey;Jonathan G. Zaroff

  • "Occult" hepatitis B virus as source of infection in liver transplant recipients

    O. Chazouillères;D. Mamish;M. Kim;K. Carey

  • ASTS recommended practice guidelines for controlled donation after cardiac death organ procurement and transplantation.

    D. J. Reich;D. C. Mulligan;P. L. Abt;T. L. Pruett

  • Two-year outcome following transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for variceal bleeding: Results in 90 patients

    Jeanne M. Laberge;Kenneth A. Somberg;John R. Lake;Roy L. Gordon

  • Tacrolimus oral bioavailability doubles with coadministration of ketoconazole

    Leslie C. Floren;Ihor Bekersky;Leslie Z. Benet;Qais Mekki

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy L. Ascher
Nancy L. Ascher University of California, San Francisco
John R. Lake
John R. Lake University of Minnesota
Linda D. Ferrell
Linda D. Ferrell University of California, San Francisco
Norah A. Terrault
Norah A. Terrault University of Southern California
Nathan M. Bass
Nathan M. Bass University of California, San Francisco
Philip J. Rosenthal
Philip J. Rosenthal University of California, San Francisco
Teresa L. Wright
Teresa L. Wright GlaxoSmithKline (United States)
Peter Bacchetti
Peter Bacchetti University of California, San Francisco
Robert M. Merion
Robert M. Merion University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

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