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Nancy L. Ascher is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across its subfields, including Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hepatology, Transplantation, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their research include Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Organ Donation and Transplantation, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Recent scholarly work by Nancy L. Ascher includes the following papers:

  • "Expanding controlled donation after the circulatory determination of death: statement from an international collaborative," 2021, Intensive Care Medicine
  • "Quantifying Sex-Based Disparities in Liver Allocation," 2020, JAMA Surgery
  • "Enhanced Stress Resilience Training in Surgeons," 2020, Annals of Surgery
  • "Long-term Outcomes Following Kidney and Liver Transplant in Recipients With HIV," 2022, JAMA Surgery
  • "Exploration of Individual and System-Level Well-being Initiatives at an Academic Surgical Residency Program," 2021, JAMA Network Open

The frequency of publication venues for their work includes:

  • Transplantation
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • Clinical Transplantation
  • JAMA Surgery
  • Annals of Surgery

Nancy L. Ascher frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Hillary J. Braun
  • John P. Roberts
  • Ryutaro Hirose
  • Peter G. Stock
  • Chris E. Freise

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

  • HCV-related fibrosis progression following liver transplantation: increase in recent years

    Marina Berenguer;Linda Ferrell;Jessica Watson;Martin Prieto

  • Fulminant Hepatic Failure: Summary of a Workshop

    Jay H. Hoofnagle;Robert L. Carithers;Craig Shapiro;Nancy Ascher

  • Report of a National Conference on Donation after Cardiac Death

    J. L. Bernat;A. M. D'Alessandro;F. K. Port;Thomas P Bleck

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents: Psychological Distress and Resilience.

    Carter C. Lebares;Ekaterina V. Guvva;Nancy L. Ascher;Patricia S. O'Sullivan

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

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

  • 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

  • The potential supply of organ donors. An assessment of the efficacy of organ procurement efforts in the United States.

    Roger W. Evans;Carlyn E. Orians;Nancy L. Ascher

  • 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

  • A follow-up analysis of the pattern and predictors of dropout from the waiting list for liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: implications for the current organ allocation policy.

    Francis Y. Yao;Nathan M. Bass;Bev Nikolai;Raphael Merriman

  • Prophylaxis in liver transplant recipients using a fixed dosing schedule of hepatitis B immunoglobulin

    N.A. Terrault;S. Zhou;C. Combs;J.A. Hahn

  • Quantitation of hepatitis C virus RNA in liver transplant recipients

    Oliver Chazouilleres;Michael Kim;Connie Combs;Linda Ferrell

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Roberts
John P. Roberts 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
Teresa L. Wright
Teresa L. Wright GlaxoSmithKline (United States)
John S. Najarian
John S. Najarian University of Minnesota
Philip J. Rosenthal
Philip J. Rosenthal University of California, San Francisco
Nathan M. Bass
Nathan M. Bass University of California, San Francisco
Richard L. Simmons
Richard L. Simmons University of Pittsburgh
David E.R. Sutherland
David E.R. Sutherland University of Minnesota
Jean C. Emond
Jean C. Emond Columbia University

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