From June 2014 the Transplant Library database on the Evidentia platform includes invited commentaries from transplantation experts. The commentary also includes a clinical impact rating and indicates whether a trial is considered practice changing.
Australia
Associate Professor Daniel Chambers
Queensland Lung Transplant Service
The Prince Charles Hospital
Brisbane, Australia
Mr Michael Fink
Department of Surgery, Austin Health,
University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Allan R Glanville
Department of Thoracic Medicine,
St.Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
NSW, Australia
Dr Ashley Irish
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Perth, Western Australia
Ms Libby John
South Australian Liver Transplant Unit
Flinders Medical Centre
Adelaide, South Australia
Associate Professor John Kanellis
Department of Nephrology, Monash Health
Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine,
Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne
Professor Peter Macdonald
Heart Transplant Unit
St Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, Australia
Professor Philip O'Connell
University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital
Sydney, Australia
Professor Greg Snell
Alfred Hospital and Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Austria
Dr Georg Böhmig
Division of Nephrology and Dialysis
Department of Medicine III
Medical University Vienna, Austria
Dr Maria C. Haller
Krankenhaus Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
Professor Robert M. Langer
Ordensklinikum Elisabethinen
Linz, Austria
Dr Rainer Oberbauer
Department of Nephrology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Belgium
Dr Bart De Geest
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Professor Fabienne Dobbels
Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
KU Leuven, Belgium
Dr Ina Jochmans
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
University Hospital Leuven
Belgium
Dr Dirk RJ Kuypers
Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Professor Jan Lerut
University Hospital Saint Luc, Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery;
and UCL Transplant Centre
Brussels, Belgium
Professor Maarten Naesens
Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Dr Ben Sprangers
Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Professor Dirk Van Raemdonck
Laboratory of Experimental Thoracic Surgery
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven University;
and Leuven Lung Transplant Group, Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospitals Leuvenn Leuven, Belgium
Brazil
Associate Professor Mario Abbud Filho
Nephrology Discipline, Medical School FAMERP
Organ & Tissue Transplantation Center, Hospital de Base- FUNFARME,
Institute of Urology & Nephrology, S. Jose do Rio Preto
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr Jose Medina Pestana
Hospital do Rim
Federal University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Helio Tedesco
Nephrology Division-Kidney Transplant Unit
Hospital do Rim-Escola Paulista de Medicina-UNIFESP
Canada
Dr Edward Cole
Division of Nephrology, University Health Network;
and University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Professor Gary A Levy
University of Toronto Transplant Institute
Multi Organ Transplant Program
University Health Network
Toronto Ontario, Canada
Dr Steven Paraskevas
Department of Surgery
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dr Gonzalo Sapisochin
Multi-Organ Transplant and HPB Surgical Oncology
Division of General Surgery
University Health Network, Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Associate Professor Lianne Singer
Toronto Lung Transplant Program, University Health Network
and University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Professor Lori West
Paediatrics, Surgery and Immunology at the University of Alberta;
and the Canadian National Transplant Research Program
Canada
Adjunct Professor Linda Wright
Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto, Canada
Egypt
Emeritus Professor Ahmed Adel Hassan
Nephrology and Transplantation Department
Zagazig University, Egypt
Finland
Dr Fredrik Aberg
Transplant Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital; and
Transplant and Liver Surgery Clinic, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.
France
Dr Diego Cantarovich
Institute of Transplantation-Urology and Nephrology
Nantes University Hospital, France
Professor Nassim Kamar
Department of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation
Toulouse University Hospital, France
Professor Yvon Lebranchu
University of Tours
Tours, France
Professor Christophe Legendre
Hôpital Necker & Université Paris Descartes
Rue de Sèvres, Paris, France
Professor Emeritus Jean Paul Soulillou
University of Nantes, France
Germany
Professor Klemens Budde
Department of Nephrology
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Professor Edward Geissler
University Hospital Regensburg
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Professor Ricardo González
Children´s Hospital "Auf der Bult"
Hannover, Germany
Professor Bernhard K. Krämer
Vth Department of Medicine & Renal Transplant Program
University Medicine Mannheim
Medical Faculty Mannheim of the Heidelberg University
Mannheim, Germany
Professor Christiane Kugler
Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing Science
Professor Andreas Paul
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Klinik für Allgemein-Viszeral-und Transplantationschirurgie
Essen, Germany
Professor Hans J. Schlitt
Department of Surgery
University of Regensburg Medical Center
Regensburg, Germany
Hong Kong
Professor Nancy K Man
Department of Surgery
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Italy
Dr Cristiano Amarelli
Monaldi Hospital, A.O. dei Colli
Naples, Italy
Dr Patrizia Burra
Multivisceral Transplant Unit
Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology
University Hospital of Padua
Padova, Italy
Dr Claudio Ponticelli
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center
Rozzano, Milano, Italy
Dr Luciano Potena
UO Cardiologia
Programma Aziendale Trapianto di Cuore e Polmone
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S.Orsola-Malpighi
Bologna, Italy
Professor Maurizio Salvadori
Careggi University Hospital
University of Florence, Italy
Japan
Professor Hiroto Egawa
Department of Surgery
Tokyo Women's Medical University
Tokyo, Japan
Professor Eiji Kobayashi
Department of Organ Fabrication
Keio University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan
Netherlands
Dr FJ Bemelman
Academic Medical Center
Department of Nephrology
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Luuk Hilbrands
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Professor Jan Ijzermans
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Professor Teun van Gelder
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mrs Willij Zuidema
Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam
New Zealand
Professor Stephen Munn
Auckland City Hospital
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Oman
Associate Professor Nabil Mohsin
Sultan Qaboos University
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Muscat, Oman
Qatar
Professor Riadh A. S. Fadhil
Qatar Organ Donation Center (HIBA)
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar
Professor Yasser Hammad
Weill Cornell Medical Qatar
Cornell University
Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Professor Hatem Khalaf
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Service
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Professor Mohammed Sebayel
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and RC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Slovenia
Dr Danica Avsec
National Institute for Organ and Tissue Donation of the Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia
South Africa
Professor M. Rafique Moosa
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
South Korea
Professor Jongwon Ha
Department of Surgery
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Spain
Professor Marina Berenguer
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit
La Fe University Hospital and Ciberehd
Ciberehd and IISLaFe
Valencia, Spain
Professor Josep M. Grinyó
University of Barcelona, Department of Nephrology
Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Barcelona, Spain
Sweden
Professor Bo-Goran Ericzon
Division of Transplantation Surgery
CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Anna Forsberg
Transplant Nursing at Lund University, Sweden
Professor Styrbjörn Friman
Transplant Institute
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Goteborg, Sweden
Professor Michael Olausson
Department of Transplantation Surgery
Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden
Switzerland
Dr Christian Benden
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Kris Denhaerynck
Institute of Nursing Science
University of Basel, Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland
Professor Maurice Matter
Visceral Surgery and Transplantation Center
Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Turkey
Professor Mehmet Haberal
Baskent University
International Haberal Transplantation & Education Foundation
Ankara, Turkey
United Kingdom
Dr Richard Baker
Renal Unit, St. James's Hospital
Leeds, United Kingdom
Professor Andrew Bradley
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor Michael Burch
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Richeal M. Burns
Health Economics and Policy Analysis Centre
NUI Galway, Ireland; and
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Professor Sir Roy Calne
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
Dr Marc J Clancy
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dr Menna Clatworthy
University of Cambridge
Department of Medicine
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor Paul A Corris
Thoracic Medicine Institute of Transplantation
Institute of Cellular Medicine
Newcastle University and The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust UK
Professor John Dark
Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
United Kingdom
Professor Brian Davidson
Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust and UCL,
London, United Kingdom
Dr Chris Dudley
Southmead Hospital
North Bristol NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Professor Andrew J Fisher
Institute of Transplantation, Freeman Hospital;
and Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Professor J L R Forsythe
Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dr Colin Geddes
Glasgow Renal and Transplant Unit
Western Infirmary, Glasgow
Dr Rachel Hilton
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
Mr Neville Jamieson
Cambridge University Hospitals and Health Education England
East of England, United Kingdom
Professor Alan Jardine
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Professor Philip A Kalra
Salford Royal Hospital
and University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Mr Nicos Kessaris
Paediatric Renal Transplant Surgery
King’s College London and Guy's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Dr John Lear
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Professor Iain A.M. MacPhee
Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education
St George's, University of London, UK
Professor Nizam Mamode
Abdominal Medicine and Surgery Directorate
Guy's Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Dr Lorna Marson
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Professor Paolo Muiesan
Queen Elizabeth Hospital & Birmingham Children's Hospital,
Birmingham, UK
Professor James Neuberger
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Professor Michael Nicholson
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Dr Gabriel C Oniscu
Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dr Vassilios Papalois
Renal and Transplant Unit
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, UK
Dr Jayan Parameshwar
Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Dr Adnan Sharif
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
United Kingdom
Dr Richard Trompeter
UCL Centre for Nephrology
The Royal Free Hospital Campus
London, United Kingdom
Professor Anthony Warrens
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Professor Christopher Watson
University of Cambridge
Department of Surgery
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor Stephen J Wigmore
University of Edinburgh & Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dr Colin Wilson
Institute of Transplantation
The Freeman Hospital
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Dr Wilson Wong
MRC Centre for Transplantation
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
USA
Professor Rita R. Alloway
Transplant Clinical Research
University of Cincinnati, USA
Professor David A. Baran
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Sentara Heart Hospital
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Professor John M. Barry
Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
The Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, USA
Professor Daniel C. Brennan
Division of Nephrology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Comprehensive Transplant Center, USA
Professor Charles E. Canter
Pediatrics, Cardiac Transplant Program,
St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri, USA
Ms Lisa A. Coscia
Transplant Pregnancy Registry International
Gift of Life Institute
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Professor Stuart M. Flechner
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Ohio, USA
Dr Robert S. Gaston
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Professor Elisa Gordon
Comprehensive Transplant Center
Institute for Public Health and Medicine
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University, USA
Professor Douglas W. Hanto
Vanderbilt Transplant Center;
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital;
and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Professor Mark A. Hardy
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY, USA
Dr Peter S. Heeger
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
NY, USA
Professor Maryl Johnson
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Dr Stanley Jordan
Nephrology & Transplant Immunology
Kidney Transplant Program, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA, USA.
Dr Sang-Mo Kang
Division of Transplantation
University of California at San Francisco, USA
Dr Seth Karp
Vanderbilt Transplant Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, USA
Professor Stuart J. Knechtle
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Dr Joren C. Madsen
MGH Transplant Center
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Professor Didier Mandelbrot
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, USA
Professor Roslyn B. Mannon
Division of Nephrology; and Division of Transplantation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, USA
Professor Arthur Matas
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Professor Anthony P. Monaco
Division of Organ Transplantation
Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center;
and Harvard Medical School
Boston Massachusetts, USA
Professor Randall Morris
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, USA
Professor Kenneth A. Newell
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Professor Claus Niemann
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, USA
Dr Edit B. Olasz
Department of Dermatology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Mr Jeffrey P. Orlowski
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, USA
Professor Minnie Sarwal
Division of MultiOrgan Transplantation, UCSF
Precision Transplant Medicine, UCSF
Immunology, Stanford University
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, USA
Ms Teresa Shafer
Progress in Transplantation;
and Teresa Shafer Consulting
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Professor Ron Shapiro
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, USA
Dr Laura A. Siminoff
Dean College of Public Health
Temple University
Philadelphia, USA
Dr Mark S. Slaughter
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, USA
Dr Mark D. Stegall
Department of Surgery and Immunology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Dr R. Brian Stevens
School of Graduate Studies, Transplant Program
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Professor Randall S. Sung
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Professor Stuart C. Sweet
Washington University
St. Louis, MO, USA
Dr Laura A. Taylor
Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, USA
Professor Christoph Troppmann
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California, USA
Dr Stefan G Tullius
Division of Transplant Surgery
Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Ma, USA
Professor Lorraine B. Ware
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, USA
Professor Steven A. Webber
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA
Dr Nicholas Zavazava
Transplantation Research
University of Iowa and VAHC Iowa City
Iowa City, USA