Mahfuzul Haque
Waldo Concepcion, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery

Stanford University Medical Center
California, USA
Phone:  (650) 723-5454
Email:  wconcepcion@stanfordmed.org

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S 1970-1974 Instituto Centro Americano Adventista, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America
Medical Education
M.D 1975-1978 Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Post-Graduate Training
2014 National Hispanic Medical Association, Washington, DC
2010 The Principles for Effective and Efficient Review Program, San Francisco, CA
2009 Stanford Faculty Fellows Leadership Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Post-Graduate Course – Physician Leadership Development, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1987-1989 Fellowship in Transplant Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
1981-1987 General Surgery Resident, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Affiliated Hospitals, Loma Linda, CA
1980-1981 Social Service—Pathology Hospital General del Mexicali, Mexicali, Baja California Norte, Mexico
1979-1980 Rotating Internship, Hospital del Sureste

Biography

Waldo Concepcion, MD, FACS co-developed the Liver Transplant Program at California Pacific Medical Center from 1988-1994, at which time he and his team then moved the program to Stanford. In 1996 he was named Director of the Transplantation Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center, founding the Pediatric Liver Program and serving as Surgeon and Chief over the Multi-Organ Transplant Program. Under his leadership, the program became a leading Transplant Center, reported as one of the highest patient and organ graft survival rates in Sothern California, and earned the Institution distinction of Centers of Excellence among Health Care Organizations. In 2005, he returned to Stanford as the new Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and continued the tradition of leading one of the best transplant programs in the world. In 2006, he was named Chief of Clinical Transplantation at Stanford University. Dr. Concepcion has published over 100 articles and book chapters in scientific literature.

Research Interest

Multi-Organ Transplantion


SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Academic and Clinical Appointments
2013 Faculty Senate Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine
2012 Faculty Senate at Large, Stanford University School of Medicine
2009 Associate Medical Director, Donor Network West (formerly CTDN)
2010 Professor of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center
2006 Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of Clinical Transplantation, Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center
2005 Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Chief, Division of Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center
2002 Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
1999 Board of Advisory Member, SCOPC, Los Angeles, CA, Organ Allocation Co-Chairman, SCOPC, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Staff Physician, Stanford University Medical Center
1997 Director, Transplantation Program, San Bernardino County Medical Center, Courtesy Staff, Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands, CA
1996 Associate Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
  Director, Transplantation Institute, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
1995 Acting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
1991 Instructor of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
1990 Clinical Assistant Professor,University of California, Davis
1989 Transplant Surgeon, California Pacific Medical Center, (Formerly, Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center)
1987 Clinical Instructor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
1986 Clinical Instructor, Loma Linda University Medical Center

Diplomas and Certifications
2014 Nevada State Medical License #15435
2010 Recertification for American Board of Surgery #34747
1999 Recertification for American Board of Surgery #34747
1989 American Board of Surgery #34747
1987 Pennsylvania State Medical License #MD-038457E
1983 California State Medical License #A-40271
1979 ECFMG #325-482-8

Publications

  1. Bailey L, Nehlsen-Cannarella SL, Concepcion W, Jolley WB.  Baboon-to-Human Cardiac Xenotransplantation in a Neonate. JAMA, 254(23):3321-3329, 1985 Dec 20.
  2. Bailey L, Concepcion W, Shattuck H, Huang L.  Method of Heart Transplantation for Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 92(1):1-5, 1986 July.
  3. Starzl T, Todo S, Tzakis A, Gordon RD, Makowka L, Steiber A, Podesta L, Yanaga K, Concepcion W, Iwatsuki S.  Liver Transplantation: An Unfinished Product.  Transplant Proc, 21(1 pt 2):2197-2200, 1989 Feb.
  4. Starzl TE, Demetris AJ, Todo S, Kang Y, Tzakis A, Duquesnoy R, Makowka L, Banner B, Concepcion W, Porter KA. Evidence for Hyperacute Rejection of Human Liver Grafts: The Case of the Canary Kidneys. Clin Transplant, 3:37-45, 1989.
  5. Tokunaga Y, Wicomb WN, Concepcion W, Nakazato P, Cox K, Esquivel CO, Collins GM.  Improved Rat Liver Preservation Using Chlorpromazine in a New Sodium Lactobionate Solution (SLS).  Transplant Proc, 23(1 pt 1):660-661, 1991 Feb.
  6. Cox K, Nakazato P, Berquist W, Concepcion W, Tokunaga Y, Esquivel CO.  Liver Transplantation in Infants Weighing Less Than 10 kg.  Transplant Proc, 23(1 pt 2):1579-1580, 1991 Feb.
  7. Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Terry A, Nakazato P, Garcia-Kennedy R, Houssin D, Cox KL. Liver Transplantation in Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X). Semin Oncol. 18(1):24-28, 1991 Feb.
  8. Tokunaga Y, Wicomb W, Concepcion W, Nakazato P, Collins GM, Esquivel CO.  Successful 20-hour Rat Liver Preservation Using Chlorpromazine in Sodium Lactobionate Sucrose Solution.  Surgery, 110(1):80-86, 1991 Jul.
  9. Esquivel CO, Nakazato P, Cox K, Concepcion W, Berquist W, Russell TR.  The Impact of Liver Reductions in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.  Arch Surg, 126(10):1278-1285; discussion 1285-1286, 1991Oct.
  10. Szpakowski JL, Cox K, Nakazato P, Concepcion W, Levin B, Esquivel CO.  Liver Transplantation: Experience with 100 Cases.  Wester J Med, 155(5):494-499, 1991 Nov.
  11. Nakazato P, Cox K, Concepcion W, Gish R, Berquist W, Imperial J, Esquivel CO.  Early Experience with FK 506 Induction Immunosuppression: Suggestion for Using Oral FK 506.  Transplant Proc, 23(6):3019-3020, 1991 Dec.
  12. Nakazato PZ, Concepcion W, Bry W, Limm W, Tokunaga Y, Itasaka H, Feduska N, Esquivel CO, Collins G.  Total Abdominal Evisceration: An En-Bloc Technique for Abdominal Organ Harvesting.  Surg, 111(1):37-47, 1992 Jan.
  13. Tokunaga Y, Concepcion W, Berquist WE, Cox KL, Wiviott LD, Garcia-Kennedy R, Itasaka H, Nakazato P, Esquivel CO.  Graft Involvement by Legionella in a Liver Transplant Recipient.  Arch Surg, 127(4):475-477, 1992 Apr.
  14. Itasaka H, Hershon JJ, Cox KL, Tokunaga Y, Concepcion W, Nakazato P, Esquivel CO.  Transient Deterioration of Intrapulmonary Shunting After Pediatric Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 55(1):212-214, 1993 Jan.
  15. Nakazato P, Itasaka H, Concepcion W, Lim J, Esquivel CO, Collins GM.  Effects of Abdominal En-Bloc Procurement in High Sodium Preservation Solution in Liver Transplantation.  Transplant Proc, 25(1 pt 2):1604-1606, 1993 Feb.
  16. Tokunaga Y, Cox KL, Coleman R, Concepcion W, Nakazato P, Esquivel CO.  Characterization of Cholecystokinin Receptors on the Human Gallbladder.  Surg, 113(2):155-162, 1993 Feb.
  17. Meister RK, Esquivel CO, Cox KL, Concepcion W, Berquist WE, Nakazato P, deVries PA.  The Influence of Portoenterostomy with Stoma on Morbidity in Pediatric Patients with Biliary Atresia Undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.  J Pediatr Surg, 28(3):387-390, 1993 Mar.
  18. Nakazato PZ, Cox KL, Concepcion W, Berquist WE, Esquivel CO.  Revascularization Technique for Reduced-Size Liver Transplantation for Infants Weighing Less Than 10 kg.  J Pediatr Surg, 28(7) 923-926, 1993 Jul.
  19. Gish RG, Lee AH, Keeffe EB, Rome H, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO.  Liver Transplantation for Patients with Alcoholism and End-Stage Liver Disease.  Am J Gastroenterol, 88(9):1337-1342, 1993 Seb.
  20. Menegaux F, Egawa H, Keeffe EB, So SK, Concepcion W, Collins GM, Esquivel CO.  Comparative Effects of Blood, Colloid, and Ringer’s Lactate Terminal Allograft Rinse on the Results of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.  Transplant Proc, 25(6):3196-3198, 1993 Dec.
  21. Tokunaga Y, Cox KL, Itasaka H, Concepcion W, Nakazato P, Esquivel CO.  Characterization of Cholecystokinin Receptors on the Human Sphincter of Oddi.  Surgery, 114(5):942-950, 1993 Nov.
  22. Egawa H, Esquivel CO, So S, Cox KL, Berquist W, Concepcion W, Lawrence L.  FK506 Conversion Therapy in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 57(8):1169-1173, 1994 Apr 27.
  23. Egawa H, Berquist W, Garcia-Kennedy R, Cox KL, Concepcion W, So SK, Esquivel CO.  Respiratory Distress from Benign Liver Tumors:  A Report of Two Unusual Cases Treated with Hepatic Transplantation.  J Ped Gastroenterol & Nutr, 19(1):114-117, 1994 Jul.
  24. Menegaux F, Keeffe EB, Andrews BT, Egawa H, Monge H, Concepcion W, So SKS, Esquivel CO.  Neurological Complications of Liver Transplantation in Adult versus Pediatric Patients.  Transplantation, 58(4):447-450, 1994 Aug 27.
  25. Egawa H, Woodley S, Keeffe EB, Concepcion W, Wiviott LD, Menegaux F, Esquivel CO.  Aortic Valve Endocarditis after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 58(6):732-734, 1994 Sep 27.
  26. Egawa H, Keeffe EB, Dort J, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO.  Liver Transplantation for Uncontrolled Variceal Bleeding.  Am J Gastroenterol, 89(10):1823-1826, 1994 Oct.
  27. Menegaux F, Keeffe EB, Baker E, Egawa H, Concepcion W, Russell TR, Esquivel CO.  Comparison of Transjugular and Surgical Portosystemic Shunts on the Outcome of Liver Transplantation.  Arch Surg, 129(10):1018-1023, 1994 Oct.
  28. Esquivel CO, Gutiérrez C, Cox KL, Garcia-Kennedy R, Berquist W, Concepcion W.  Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Cell Dysplasia in Children with Chronic Liver Disease.  J Ped Surg, 29(11):1465-1469, 1994 Nov.
  29. Wong L, Concepcion W, So SK, Egawa H, Menegaux F, Esquivel CO.  Ex-Vivo Technique for Right Lobectomy in Pediatric Hepatic Transplantation.  J Am Coll Surg, 179(5):601-603, 1994 Nov.
  30. Dimand RJ, Burckart G, Concepcion W, Hall RJ, Bishop AL, Borland L, Starzl TE.  Continuous Infusion Ranitidine in Postoperative Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients: Effects on Intragastric pH, Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Metabolic Alkalosis.  Am J Ther, 1(4):281-286, 1994 Dec.
  31. Esquivel CO, Martinez O, Krams S, Lim J, So SK, Concepcion W, Cox KL, Keeffe EB. Liver Transplantation at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, Califronia. Clin Transpl, 163-171, 1994.
  32. Lang T, Berquist WE, So SK, Cox KL, Rich EJ, Vichinsky E, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO.  Liver Transplantation in a Child with Sickle Cell Anemia.  Transplantation, 59(10):1490-1492, 1995 May 27.
  33. Cacciarelli T, So SKS, Lim J, Concepcion W, Cox KL, Esquivel CO.  A Reassessment of ABO Incompatibility in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 60(7):757-760, 1995 Oct 15.
  34. Cacciarelli TV, Esquivel CO, Cox KL, Hayashi M, Berquist WE, Concepcion W, So SKS.  Oral Tacrolimus (FK506) Induction Therapy in Pediatric Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 61(8):1188-1192, 1996 Apr 27.
  35. Hammer G, So SKS, Al-Uzri A, Conley S, Concepcion W, Cox K, Berquist W, Esquivel CO.  Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration with Dialysis in Combination with Total Hepatectomy and Portacaval Shunting.  Bridge to Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 62(1):130-132, 1996 Jul 15.
  36. Ojogho ON, So SKS, Keeffe EB, Berquist W, Concepcion W, Garcia-Kennedy R, Imperial J, Esquivel CO.  Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Factors Affecting Long-Term Patient Survival.  Arch Surg, 131(9):935-939; discussion 939-941, 1996 Sep.
  37. Cacciarelli TV, Keeffe EB, Moore D, Burns W, Chuljian PF, Busque S, Concepcion W, So SK, Esquivel CO.  Primary Liver Transplantation without Transfusion of Red Blood Cells.  Surgery, 120(4):698-704; discussion 704-705, 1996 Oct.
  38. Cao S, Monge H, Semba C, Cox KL, Berquist W,  Concepcion W, So SK, Esquivel CO.  Emergency Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) in an Infant: A Case Report.  J Ped Surg, 32(1):125-127, 1997 Jan.
  39. Cacciarelli TV, Esquivel CO, Moore DH, Cox KL, Berquist WE, Concepcion W, Hammer GB, So SKS.  Factors Affecting Survival after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Infants.  Transplantation, 64(2):242-248, 1997 Jul.
  40. Cao S, Cox K, So SKS, Berquist W, Lee SP, Haigh WG, Concepcion W, Monge H, Esquivel CO.  Potential Effect of Cyclosporin A in Formation of Cholesterol Gallstones in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients.  Dig Dis Sci, 42(7):1409-1415, 1997 Jul.
  41. Busque S, Esquivel CO, Concepcion W, So SKS.  Experience with the Piggyback Technique without Caval Occlusion in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 65(1):77-82, 1998 Jan 15.
  42. Hayashi M, Cao S, Concepcion W, Monge H, Ojogho O, So S, Esquivel CO.  Current Status of Living-Related Liver Transplantation.  Pediatr Transplant, 2(1):16-25, 1998 Feb.
  43. Cao S, Cox K, Esquivel CO, Berquist W, Concepcion W, Ojogho O, Monge H, Krams S, Martinez O, So S.  Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Children Following Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 66(7):851-856, 1998 Oct 15.
  44. Cao S, Cox KL, Berquist W, So S, Concepcion W, Monge H, Esquivel CO.  Increased Dosage Requirement and Rejection after Neoral Conversion in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients.  Transplant Proc, 30(8):4322-4324, 1998 Dec.
  45. Cacciarelli T, Keeffe EB, Moore DH, Burns W, Busque S, Concepcion W, So SKS, Esquivel CO.  Effect of Intraoperative Blood Transfusion on Patient Outcome in Hepatic Transplantation.  Arch Surg, 134(1):25-29, 1999 Jan.
  46. Cao S, Cox KL, Berquist W, Hayashi M, Concepcion W, Hammes GB, Ojogho OK, So SK, Frerker M, Castillo RO, Monge H, Esquivel CO.  Long-Term Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Recipients: Comparison between Cyclosporin A and Tacrolimus.  Pediatr Transplant, 3(1) 22-26, 1999 Feb.
  47. Hillebrand DJ, Concepcion W.  Volume of Procedures at Transplantation Centers and Mortality after Liver Transplantation.  N Engl J Med, 342(20):1527; author reply 1528, 2000 May 18.
  48. Hillebrand DJ, Kojouri K, Cao S, Runyon B, Ojogho O, Concepcion W.  Small-Diameter Portacaval H-Graft Shunt: A Paradigm Shift Back to Surgical Shunting in the Management of Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Preserved Liver Function.  Liver Transpl, 6(4):459-465, 2000 Jul.
  49. Kirsch WM, Zhu YH, Steckel R, Concepcion W, Oberg K, Anton L, Peckham N.  In Vivo Remodeling of Surgically Constructed Vascular Anastomoses: Non-penetrating, Arcuate-legged Clips Versus Standard Suture.  Ann N Y Acad Sci, 961:284-287, 2002 Jun.
  50. Ojogho O, Sahney S, Cutler D, Baron PW, Abdelhalim FM, Hasan SM, Concepcion W.  Mycophenolate Mofetil without Antibody Induction in Pediatric Renal Transplantation.  Transplant Proc, 34(5):1953-1954, 2002 Aug.
  51. Ojogho O, Sahney S, Cutler D, Abdelhalim F, Hasan M, Baron PW, Concepcion W.  Superior Long-Term Results of Renal Transplantation in Children Under 5 Years.  Am Surg, 68(12):1115-1119, 2002 Dec.
  52. Ojogho ON, Sahney S, Cutler D, Baron PW, Abdelhalim FM, Hasan SM, Concepcion W.  Mycophenolate Mofetil without Antibody Induction in Cadaver vs. Living Donor Pediatric Renal Transplantation.  Pediatr Transplant, 7(2):137-141, 2003 Apr.
  53. Baron PW, Cantos K, Hillebrand D, Hu K, Ojogho ON, Nehlsen-Cannarella S, Concepcion W.  Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy after Liver Transplantation Successfully Treated with Plasmapheresis.  Am J Dermatopathol, 25(3):204-209, 2003 Jun.
  54. Kaufman DB, Iii GW, Bruce DS, Johnson CP, Gaber AO, Sutherland DE, Merion RM, Gruber SA, Schweitzer E, Leone JP, Marsh CL, Alfrey E, Concepcion W, Stegall MD, Schulak JA, Gores PF, Benedetti E, Smith C, Henning AK, Kuehnel F, King S, Fitzsimmons WE.  Prospective, Randomized, Multi-Center Trial of Antibody Induction Therapy in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation.  Am J Transplant, 3(7):855-864, 2003 Jul.
  55. Baron PW, Weissman J, Ojogho ON, Sahney S, Cutler D, James S, Oculam C, Abdelhalim F, Nehlsen-Cannarella SL, Teichman S, Concepcion W.  Use of Basiliximab with Mycophenolate Mofetil in Kidney Transplantation.  Transplant Proc, 35(8):2881-2884, 2003 Dec.
  56. Burke GW, Kaufman DB, Millis M, Gaber AO, Johnson CP, Sutherland DER, Punch JD, Kahan BD, Schweitzer E, Langnas A, Perkins J, Scandling J, Concepcion W, Stegall MD, Schulak JA, Gores PF, Benedetti E, Danovitch G, Henning AK, Bartucci MR, Smith S, Fitzsimmons WE.  Prospective, Randomized Trial of the Effect of Antibody Induction in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation: Three-Year Results.  Transplantation, 77(8): 1269-1275, 2004 Apr 27.
  57. Baron PW, Ojogho ON, Chick W, Concepcion W.  Successful Liver Transplantation Using a HELLP Syndrome Donor.  Transplantation, 78(5):782-783, 2004 Sep 15.
  58. Baron PW, Baldwin DD, Hadley HR, Ojogho ON, Ruckle HC, Concepcion W.  Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy is Safe and Results in Increased Kidney Donation.  Am Surg, 70(10):901-905, 2004 Oct.
  59. Ojogho O, Sahney S, Cutler D, Baron PW, Abdelhalim FM, James S, Zuppan C, Franco E, Concepcion W.  Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pediatric Renal Transplantation: Non-induction Vs Induction with Basiliximab.  Pediatr Transplant, 9(1):80-83, 2005 Feb.
  60. Baron P, Ben-Youssef R, Ojogho O, Franco E, Concepcion W, Smith D.  Hemobilia Secondary to a Post-Transplant Lymphoma after Liver Transplantation.  Transplantation, 79(12):1766-1767, 2005 Jun 27.
  61. Baldwin DD, Desai P, Baron PW, Berger KA, Maynes LJ, Robson CW, Concepcion W.  Control of the Renal Artery and Vein with the Non-Absorbable Polymer Ligating Clip in Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy.  Transplantation, 80(3):310-313, 2005 Aug 15.
  62. Salvatierra O, Millan M, Concepcion W.  Pediatric Renal Transplantation with Consideration for Success Outcomes.  Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 15(3):208-217, 2006 Aug. 
  63. Eneriz-Wiemer M, Sarwal M, Donovan D, Costaglio C, Concepcion W, Salvatierra O.  Successful Renal Transplantation in High-Risk Small Children with a Completely Thrombosed Inferior Vena Cava.  Transplantation, 82(9):1148-1152, 2006 Nov 15.
  64. Baron PW, Majlessipour F, Bedros AA, Zuppan CW, Ben-Youssef R, Yanni G, Ojogho ON, Concepcion W.  Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver Successfully Treated with Chemotherapy and Liver Resection. J Gastrointest Surg, 11(1):73-75, 2007 Jan.
  65. Beaunoyer M, Snehil M, Li L, Concepcion W, Salvatierra O, Sarwal M.  Optimizing outcomes for neonatal ARPKD.  Pediatric Transplantation, 11(3):267-271, 2007 May. 
  66. Naesens M, Kambham N, Concepcion W, Salvatierra O Jr, Sarwal M. The Evolution of Nonimmune Histological Injury and its Clinical Relevance in Adult-Sized Kidney Grafts in Pediatric Recipients. Am J Transplant, 7(11):2504-251, 2007 Nov. Epub 2007 Aug 24.
  67. Baron PW, Ojogho ON, Yorgin P, Sahney S, Cutler D, Ben-Youssef R, Baqai W, Weissman J, Franco E, Zuppan C, Concepcion W. Comparison of Outcomes With Low-Dose Anti-Thymocyte Globulin, Basiliximab or No Induction Therapy in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: a Retrospective Study. Pediatric Transplant. 12(1):32-39, 2008 Feb.
  68. Naesens M, Salvatierra O, Li L, Kambham N, Concepcion W, Sarwal M. Maturation of Dose-Corrected Tacrolimus Predose Trough Levels in Pediatric Kidney Allograft Recipients. Transplantation, 85(8):1139-1145, 2008 Apr 27.
  69. Weintraub L, Li L, Kambham N, Alexander S, Concepcion W, Miller K, Wong C, Salvatierra O, Sarwal M. Patient Selection Critical for Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation. Pediatric Transplant, 12(5):541-549, 2008 Aug. Epub 2008 Jun 28.
  70. Li L, Weintraub L, Concepcion W, Martin JP, Miller K, Salvatierra O, Sarwal MM. Potential Influence of Tacrolimus and Steroid Avoidance on Early Graft Function in Pediatric Renal Transplantation. Pediatric Transplant, 12(6):701-707K, 2008 Sep. Epub 2007 Dec 26.
  71. Sutherland SM, Alexander SR, Sarwal MM, Berquist WE, Concepcion W. Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation in Children: indications and Outcomes. Pediatric Transplant, 12(8):835-846, 2008 Dec.
  72. Salvatierra O Jr, Concepcion W, Sarwal MM. Renal Transplantation in Children With Thrombosis of the Inferior Vena Cava Requires Careful Assessment and Planning. Pediatric Nephrol, 23(12):2107-2109k, 2008 Dec. Epub 2008 Aug 8.
  73. Li L, Chang A, Naesens M, Kambham N, Waskerwitz J, Martin J, Wong C, Alexander S, Grimm P, Concepcion W, Salvatierra O, and  Sarwal  M. Steroid-Free Immunosuppression Since 1999: 129 Pediatric Renal Transplants With Sustained Graft And Patient Benefits. Am J Transplant, 9(6):1362-1372, 2009 June. Epub 2009 May 13.
  74. Salvatierra O, Concepcion W, Sarwal M. A Critical Look at the Immunologically Favorable Adult-Sized Kidney Transplant in Small Children. Pediatric Transplant, 13(3):265-267, 2009 May.
  75. Sutherland S, Li L, Concepcion W, Salvatierra O, Sarwal MM. Steroid-Free Immunosuppression in Pediatric Renal Transplantation: Rationale Outcomes Following Conversion to Steroid Based Therapy. Transplantation, 87(11):1744-1748, 2009 Jun 15.
  76. Greenberg M, Daugherty TJ, Elihu A, Sharaf R, Concepcion W, Druzin M, Esquivel CO. Acute Liver Failure at 26 Weeks’ Gestation in a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease. Liver Transplant, 15(10):1236-1241, 2009 Oct.
  77. Vanatta JM, Monge H, Bonham CA, Concepcion W. Spontaneous Liver Rupture Associated With Hydatidiform Mole Pregnancy.  Obstet Gynecol, 115(2 Pt 2):437-439, 2010 Feb.
  78. Lee M, Shelton AA, Concepcion W, Bonham CA, Daugherty TJ. Fulminant Clostridium Difficile Colitis in a Post-Liver Transplant Patient. Dig Dis Sci. 55(9):2459-2462, 2010 Sep. Epub 2010 Jul 16.
  79. Li L, Chaudhuri A, Chen A, Zhao X, Bezchinsky M, Concepcion W, Salvatierra O Jr, Sarwal MM. Efficacy and Safety of Thymoglobulin Induction as an Alternative Approach for Steroid-Free Maintenance Immunosuppression in Pediatric Renal Transplantation. Transplantation, 90(12):1516-1520, 2010 Dec 27.
  80. Talisetti A, Hurwitz M, Sarwal M, Berquist W, Castillo R, Bass D, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Cox K. Analysis of Clinical Variables Associated With Tolerance in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant, 14(8):976-979, 2010 Dec.
  81. Rhee C, Eaton E, Concepcion W, Blackburn BG. West Nile Virus Encephalitis Acquired Via Liver Transplantation and Clinical Response to Intravenous Immunoglobulin: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Transpl Infect Dis. 13(3):312-317, 2011 Jun. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00595.x. Epub 2011 Jan 16.
  82. Alexopoulos S, Lightner A, Concepcion W, Rose M, Salcedo-Concepcion K, Salvatierra O. Pediatric Kidney Recipients With Small Capacity, Defunctionalized Urinary Bladders Receiving Adult-Sized Kidney Without Prior Bladder Augmentation. Transplantation, 91(4):452-456, 2011 Feb 27.
  83. Liu Y, Brown, S, Elihu A, Bonham C, Concepcion W, Longacre T, Kamaya A. Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. Dig Dis Sci. 56(2):303-306, 2011 Feb. Epub 2010 Oct 30.
  84. Chaudhuri A, Kambham N, Sutherland S, Grimm P, Alexander S, Concepcion W, Sarwal M, Wong C. Rituximab Treatment for Recurrence of Nephrotic Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient After Renal Transplantation For Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome of Finnish Type. Pediatr Transplant.2012 Aug;16(5):E183-7. Doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01519.x. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
  85. Lightner A, Concepcion W, Grimm P. Steroid avoidance in renal transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant, 16(5):477-482, 2011 Oct.
  86. Alexopoulos SP, Merrill M, Kin C, Matsuoka L, Dorey F, Concepcion W, Esquivel C, Bonham A. The Impact of Hepatic Portoenterostomy on Liver Transplantation for the Treatment of Biliary Atresia: Early Failure Adversely Affects Outcome. Pediatr Tranplant, 16(4):373-378, 2012 Jun. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01677.x. Epub 2012 Mar 30.
  87. Grimm PC, Concepcion W. Steroid-Free Immunosuppression in Teenagers: Living Without a Safety Net. Pediatr Transplant. 16(4):305-307, 2012 Jun. doi: 10.111/j.1399-3046.2012.01688.x. Epub 2012 Apr 4.
  88. Hill AL, Maeda K, Bonham CA, Concepcion W. Pediatric Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation Performed En Bloc: A Single-Center Experience. Pediatr Transplant, 16(4):392-397, 2012 Jun. doi: 10.111/j.1399-3046.2012.01695.x.
  89. Hill A, Concepcion W. Does the Porcine Model Give Us Insight As To How Can We Improve Renal Transplantation From Large Donors to Small Recipients. Pediatr Transplant, 16(6):520-522, 2012 Sept 16. Doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01724.x Epub 2012 Jun 13.
  90. Nguyen L, McClellan RB, Chaudhuri A, Alexander SR, Chen SF, Concepcion W, Grimm P. Conversion From Tacrolimus/Mycophenolic Acid to Tacrolimus/Leflunomide to Treat Cutaneous Warts in a Series of Four Pediatric Renal Allograft Recipients. Transplantation, 94(5):450-455, 2012 Sept 15.
  91. Kim IK, Niemi AK, Krueger C, Bonham CA, Concepcion W, Cowan TM, Enns GM, Esquivel CO. Liver Transplantation for Urea Cycle Disorders in Pedicatric Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Pediatr Transplant. 17 (2): 158-67, 2013 March. Doi: 10.1111/petr.12041. Epub 2013 Jan 24.
  92. Kapusinszky B, Chen SF, Sahoo MK, Lefterova MI, Kjelseon L, Grimm PC, Kambham N, Concepcion W, Pinsky BA. BK Polyomavirus Subtype III in a Pediatric Renal Transplant Patient with Nephropathy. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Dec; 51(12):4255-8. Doi: 10.1128/JCM.01801-13. Epub 2013 Sep 18.
  93. Tran H, Chaudhuri A, Concepcion W, Grimm PC. Use of Eculizumab and Plasma Exchange in Successful Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation in a Case of Atypical HUS Associated with Complement Factor H Mutation. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Mar;29(3):477-80. Doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2630-5. Epub 2013 Nov 13. PMID: 24221349 [PubMed – In Process]
  94. Wong RJ, Wantuck J, Valenzuela A, Ahmed A, Bonham C, Gallo A, Melcher ML, Lutchman G, Concepcion W, Esquivel C, Garcia G, Daugherty T, Nguyen MH. Primary Surgical Resection Versus Liver Transplantation for Transplant-Eligible Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Jan;59(1):183-91. doi: 10.1007/s10320-013-2947-8. Epub 2013 Nov 27. 
  95. Wong RJ, Chou C, Bonham CA, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Ahmed A. Improved Survival Outcomes in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Alcoholic Liver Disease Following Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of 2002-2012 UNOS Data. Clin Transplant 2014 Jun; 28(6):713-21. Doi: 10.1111/ctr.12364.
  96. Berumen J, Feinberg E, Todo T, Bonham CA, Concepcion W, Esquivel C. Complications Following Liver Transplantation for Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis. Dig Dis Sci 2014 Nov; 59(11):2649-52 Doi: 10.1007/s10620-014-3220-5
  97. Valenzuela A, Ha NB, Gallo A, Bonham C, Ahmed A, Melcher M, Kim LH, Esquivel C, Concepcion W, Ayoub WE, Lutchman GA, Daugherty T, Nguyen MH. Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Poorer Overall Survival in Patients Undergoing Left-sided Compared With Right-sided Partial Hepatectomy. J Clin Gastroentero 2015 Feb; 49(2):158-64 doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000144
  98. Niemi AK, Kim IK, Krueger CE, Cowan TM, Baugh N, Farrell R, Bonham CA, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Enns GM. Treatment of Methylmalonic Acidemia by Liver or Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation. J Pediatr. 2015 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.01.051 [Epub ahead of print] PMID 25771389
  99. Sahoo MK, Tan SK, Chen SF, Kapusinszky B, Concepcion KR, Kjelson L, Mallempati K, Farina HM, Fernández-Viña M, Tyan D, Grimm PC, Anderson MW, Concepcion W, Pinsky BA. Limited Variation in BK Virus T-Cell Epitopes Revealed by Next-Generation Sequencing. J. Clinical Microbiol. 2015 Oct; 53(10):3226-33. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01385-15. Epub 2015 Jul 22.
  100. Berryhill A, Bhamre S, Chaudhuri A, Concepcion W, Grimm PC. Cysteamine in Renal Transplantation: A Report of Two Patients with Nephropathic Cystinosis and the Successful Re-Initiation of Cysteamine Therapy During the Immediate Post-Transplant Period. Pediatr Transplant. 2015 Oct 19. Doi: 10.1111/petr.12617. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26477696
  101. Pham TA, Gallo AM, Concepcion W, Esquivel CO, Bonham CA. Effect of Liver Transplant on Long-Term Disease-Free Survival in Children With Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Cancer. JAMA Surg 2015 Dec 1; 150(12):1150-8. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1847
  102. Chaudhuri A, Grimm P, Concepcion W. Small Pediatric Deceased Donors for Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Feb;20(1):7-10. Doi: 10.1111/petr.12646 No abstract Avail PMDI: 26916965
  103. Louie CY, Concepcion W, Park JK, Rangaswami A, Finegold MJ, Hazard FK. Hepatoblastoma Arising in a Pigmented β-catenin-activated Hepatocellular Adenoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 2016 Jul;40(7):998-1003. Doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000652. PMID:27096257
  104. Navaratnam M, Ng A, Williams GD, Maeda K, Mendoza JM, Concepcion W, Hollander SA, Ramamoorthy C. Perioperative Management of Pediatric en-bloc Combined Heart-Liver Transplants: A Case Series Review. Paediatr Anaesth. 2016 Oct; 26(10):976-86. Doi: 10.1111/pan.12950. Epub 2016 Jul 12
  105. Perumpail RB, Yoo ER, Cholankeril G, Hogan L, Deis M, Concepcion WC, Bonham CA, Younossi ZM, Wong RJ, Ahmed A. Underutilization of Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Bias Against MELD 20 and Higher. J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2016 Sept 28;4(3): 169-174. PMID: 27777886

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