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Michael Abecassis is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several specialized areas including Surgery, Transplantation, Epidemiology, Hepatology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in Michael Abecassis's work include:

  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Among the frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Michael Abecassis are:

  • John J. Friedewald
  • Sunil M. Kurian
  • Juan Carlos Caicedo
  • Daniela P. Ladner
  • Edward B. Thorp

Their publications appear predominantly in venues such as:

  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Transplantation
  • CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Kidney International
  • Quality of Life Research

Recent papers by Michael Abecassis include:

  • Donor-derived cell-free DNA levels predict graft injury in liver transplant recipients (2021, American Journal of Transplantation)
  • Combining Blood Gene Expression and Cellfree DNA to Diagnose Subclinical Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients (2021, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology)
  • Discovery and validation of a novel blood-based molecular biomarker of rejection following liver transplantation (2020, American Journal of Transplantation)
  • An Eye-Tracking-Based Dichoptic Home Treatment for Amblyopia (2022, Ophthalmology)
  • Comparing Real World, Personalized, Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Recommendations with BCLC Algorithm: 321-Patient Analysis (2021, CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology)

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis, Staging, and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2018 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

    Jorge A. Marrero;Laura M. Kulik;Claude B. Sirlin;Andrew X. Zhu

  • AASLD guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

    Julie K. Heimbach;Laura M. Kulik;Richard S. Finn;Claude B. Sirlin

  • The international position on laparoscopic liver surgery: The Louisville Statement, 2008.

    Joseph F. Buell;Daniel Cherqui;David A. Geller;Nicholas O'Rourke

  • Radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma using Yttrium-90 microspheres: a comprehensive report of long-term outcomes.

    Riad Salem;Robert J. Lewandowski;Mary F. Mulcahy;Ahsun Riaz

  • Validation of a current definition of early allograft dysfunction in liver transplant recipients and analysis of risk factors

    Kim M. Olthoff;Laura Kulik;Benjamin Samstein;Mary Kaminski

  • Safety and efficacy of 90Y radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with and without portal vein thrombosis

    Laura M. Kulik;Brian I. Carr;Mary F. Mulcahy;Robert J. Lewandowski

  • Radioembolization results in longer time-to-progression and reduced toxicity compared with chemoembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Riad Salem;Robert J. Lewandowski;Laura Kulik;Edward Wang

  • A Comparative Analysis of Transarterial Downstaging for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Chemoembolization Versus Radioembolization

    R. J. Lewandowski;L. M. Kulik;A. Riaz;S. Senthilnathan

  • Evaluation of 300 minimally invasive liver resections at a single institution: less is more.

    Alan J. Koffron;Greg Auffenberg;Robert Kung;Michael Abecassis

  • Y90 Radioembolization Significantly Prolongs Time to Progression Compared With Chemoembolization in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

    Riad Salem;Andrew C. Gordon;Samdeep Mouli;Ryan Hickey

  • Revised diagnosis and severity criteria for sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease in adult patients: a new classification from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

    M. Mohty;F. Malard;M. Abecassis;E. Aerts

  • Chimerism and Tolerance Without GVHD or Engraftment Syndrome in HLA-Mismatched Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    Joseph Leventhal;Michael Abecassis;Joshua Miller;Lorenzo Gallon

  • Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease: Current situation and perspectives - A position statement from the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)

    M. Mohty;F. Malard;M. Abecassis;E. Aerts

  • Outcomes of 385 Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients: A Report From the A2ALL Consortium

    Kim M. Olthoff;Robert M. Merion;Rafik M. Ghobrial;Michael M. Abecassis

  • Urinary-Cell mRNA Profile and Acute Cellular Rejection in Kidney Allografts

    Manikkam Suthanthiran;Joseph E. Schwartz;Ruchuang Ding;Michael Abecassis

  • Yttrium-90 microspheres (TheraSphere) treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: downstaging to resection, RFA and bridge to transplantation.

    Laura M. Kulik;Bassel Atassi;Lodewijk van Holsbeeck;Tameem Souman

  • Body mass index as a predictor of hepatic steatosis in living liver donors.

    Mary E. Rinella;Estella Alonso;Sambasiva Rao;Peter Whitington

  • Ischemic cholangiopathy after controlled donation after cardiac death liver transplantation: a meta-analysis.

    Colleen L. Jay;Vadim Lyuksemburg;Daniela P. Ladner;Edward Wang

  • Complications of living donor hepatic lobectomy--a comprehensive report.

    M. M. Abecassis;R. A. Fisher;K. M. Olthoff;C. E. Freise

  • Treatment of primary liver graft nonfunction with prostaglandin E1.

    Paul D. Greig;Graham M. Woolf;Stephen B. Sinclair;Michael Abecassis

Frequent Co-Authors

Riad Salem
Riad Salem Northwestern University
Robert J. Lewandowski
Robert J. Lewandowski Northwestern University
Mary F. Mulcahy
Mary F. Mulcahy Northwestern University
Andres T. Blei
Andres T. Blei Northwestern University
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller Northwestern University
Frank H. Miller
Frank H. Miller Northwestern University
Al B. Benson
Al B. Benson Northwestern University
Suzanne T. Ildstad
Suzanne T. Ildstad University of Louisville
Gary A. Levy
Gary A. Levy University of Toronto
Robert M. Merion
Robert M. Merion University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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