Education

Internship and Residencies

Biography

Baburao Koneru, MD, MPH is currently a Professor and Chief of the Division of Liver Transplant and HBP surgery, and Vice Chair of Clinical Research at the Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School. He obtained his undergraduate medical education in Mysore and postgraduate studies in surgery at The Jawaharlal Institute in Pondicherry in India before coming to the U.S. In the U.S. after a surgery residency at The Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C in 1985, he completed a transplantation surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh with Dr. Thomas E. Starzl.

After serving as a faculty member at University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Koneru joined the Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School in 1989 as the director of the transplant program. He has served as councilor of Region 2 and member of the Board of Directors and Membership and Professional Standards Committee in the UNOS, member of communications and organ procurement committees of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Liver Transplantation.

Research Interest

Dr. Koneru’s research interests include preconditioning of brain death donor organs, ischemia reperfusion injury in fatty livers, clinical trials of immunosuppression in liver recipients, complications after liver transplantation and liver transplantation for primary liver malignancies.

Major Research Interests:

1. Preconditioning in Organ Transplantation: I have focused most of my research efforts in the last 10 years on ischemic and remote ischemic preconditioning in organ donors. Although considerable research has been performed in the laboratory on the mechanisms and efficacy of ischemic preconditioning, very little work has been done in its clinical application. We have published results of two clinical trials on liver IPC in addition to several other publications related to ischemic preconditioning. In the last 3 years we have begun to investigate remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) using hind limb ischemia. After conducting a pilot study of RIPC, we have begun a multicenter, HRSA-funded 3 year clinical trial to investigate efficacy of RIPC in neurological death donors.
2. Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation: Renal insufficiency is a major problem in long term care of liver recipients. My focus has been in developing renal sparing immunosuppressive regimens in liver recipients. Have participated in several national and international multi-center studies investigating IL-2 antibody, combination of mycophenolate and sirolimus, sirolimus alone and most recently everolimus.
3. Ischemia / Reperfusion Injury in Fatty Livers: Fatty liver is a common problem in liver transplant donors. Our laboratory described an animal model of hepatic warm ischemia and reperfusion injury in obese Zucker rat. Subsequently we investigated some of the pathophysiological mechanisms of the increased reperfusion injury in animals with fatty liver. This work generated several publications. At present we are investigating the interaction between etiology of recipient’s liver failure and the post-transplant reperfusion injury and the financial implications of post-transplant reperfusion injury.
4. Hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation: In the recent years there is an increase in hepatocellular cancer and liver transplantation presents as a very effective treatment for early stage cancers in the presence of cirrhosis. One limitation of application of such therapy to more advanced tumors is our inability to detect micrometastases. This is an area of clinical research interest that is actively pursued with prospective studies of tumor cell detection in bone marrow and circulating tumor cell detection. Also, association of immunohistochemical characteristics and their association with tumor recurrence with tissue microarray methodology.

Professional Activities:

Academic Appointments

Honors and Awards

Publications

1. Esquivel CO, Koneru B, Karrer F, Todo S, Iwatsuki S, Gordon RD, Makowka L, Marsh WJ Jr., Starzl TE. (1987). Liver transplantation before 1 year of age. Journal of Pediatrics, 1987, 110:545-548.
2. Koneru B, Jaffe R, Esquivel CO, Kunz R, Todo S, Iwatsuki S, Starzl TE. (1987). Adenoviral infections in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Journal of the American Medical Association, 258, 489-492.
3. Esquivel C, Koneru B, Todo S, Iwatsuki S, Gordon R, Marsh JW, Makowka L, Tzakis A, Starzl TE. (1987). Is multiple organ failure a contraindication for liver transplantation in children? Transplantation Proceedings, 19 (Suppl 3), 47-48.
4. Esquivel CO, Vincente E, Van Thiel D, Gordon R, Marsh W, Makowka L, Koneru B, Iwatsuki S, Madrigal M, Delgado Millan MA, Todo S, Tzakis A, Starzl TE. (1987). Orthotopic liver transplantation for Alpha-1-Antitrypsin deficiency: An experience in 29 children and 10 adults. Transplantation Proceedings, 19, 3798-3802.
5. Esquivel CO, Iwatsuki S, Gordon RD, Marsh WJ Jr, Koneru B, Makowka L, Tzakis AG, Todo S, Starzl TE. (1987). Indications for pediatric liver transplantation. Journal of Pediatrics, 111, 1039-1045.
6. Shapiro R, Tzakis AG, Hakala TR, Lopatin W, Mitchell S, Koneru B, Stieber A, Gordon RD and Starzl TE (1988). Cadaver renal transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh: a two and one-half-year experience with the point system. Clinical Transplantation, 181-187.
7. Iwatsuki S, Starzl TE, Todo S, Gordon RD, Esquivel CO, Tzakis AG, Makowka L, Marsh JW, Koneru B, Stieber A, Klintmalm G, Husberg B. (1988). Experience in 1,000 liver transplants under cyclosporine-steroid therapy: A survival report. Transplantation Proceedings, 20, 498-504.
8. Koneru B, Tzakis AG, DePuydt LE, Demetris AJ, Armstrong JA, Dummer JS, Starzl TE. (1988). Transmission of fatal herpes simplex infection through renal transplantation. Transplantation, 45, 653-656.
9. Makowka L, Sher L, Kahn D, Tzakis AG, Todo S, Marsh JW, Stieber A, Koneru B, Klintmalm GBG, Staschak S, Iwatsuki S, Gordon RD, Van Thiel D, Starzl TE. (1988). Liver transplantation: A guideline for patient evaluation. Diagnosis, 10, 662-679.
10. Koneru B, Esquivel CO, Bowen AD, Zajko AB, Starzl TE. (1988). Early detection and management of portal vein thrombosis after hepatic transplantation. Clinical Transplantation, 2, 214-215.
11. Venkataramanan R, Wang CP, Habucky K, Ptachinski RJ, Burckart GJ, Koneru B, Baker R, Todo S, Starzl TE. (1988). Species specific cyclosporine metabolism. Transplantation Proceedings, 20, 680-683.
12. Koneru B, Hartner C, Iwatsuki S, Starzl TE. (1988). Effect of Danazol on cyclosporine pharmacokinetics. Letter to the Editor, Transplantation, 45, 1001.
13. Venkataramanan R, Koneru B, Wang CP, Buckart GJ, Caritis S, Starzl TE. (1988). Cyclosporine and its metabolites in mother and baby. Transplantation, 46, 468-469.
14. Iwatsuki S, Starzl TE, Todo S, Gordon RD, Tzakis AG, Marsh JW, Makowka L, Koneru B, Stieber A, Klintmalm G, Husberg B, Van Thiel D. (1988). Liver transplantation in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. Surgery, 104, 697-706.
15. Starzl TE, Van Thiel DH, Tzakis AG, Iwatsuki S, Todo S, Marsh WJ, Koneru B, Staschak S, Stieber A, Gordon RD. (1988). Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis. Journal of the American Medical Association 260, 2542-2544.
16. Herbener T, Zajko AB, Koneru B, Bron KM, Campbell WL. (1988). Recurrent cholangiocarcinoma in the biliary tree following liver transplantation. Radiology, 169, 641-642.
17. Marsh JW, O'Hair DP, Podesta L, Todo S, Makowka L, Stieber A, Koneru B, Tzakis A, Gordon RD, Iwatsuki S and Starzl TE. (1989). The use of pulmonary artery sequestration as an hepatic arterial conduit. A case of unusual hepatic arterial supply. Transplantation, 47, 199-200.
18. Shapiro R, Tzakis AG, Hakala TR, Lopatin W, Mitchell S, Koneru B, Stieber A, Gordon RD and Starzl TE. (1989). Cadaveric renal transplantation under the American organ allocation system. Contributions in Nephrology, 70, 30-40.
19. Yanaga K, Stieber A, Koneru B, Mieles LA, Tzakis AG, Starzl TE. (1989). Portal vein thromboembolism of liver allografts from splenectomized donors. Transplantation, 47, 399-400.
20. Koneru B, Scantlebury VP, Makowka M, Esquivel CO, Todo S, Tzakis Ag, Marsh JW, Iwatsuki S, Douglas L, Starzl TE. (1989). Infections in Pediatric liver recipients treated for acute rejection. Transplantation Proceedings, 21, 2251-2252.
21. Iwatsuki S, Stieber AC, Marsh JW, Tzakis AG, Todo S, , Koneru B, Makowka L, Gordon RD, Starzl TE. (1989). Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure. Transplantation Proceedings, 21, 2431-2434.
22. Mazzaferro V, Esquivel CO, Makowka L, Kahn D, Belle S, Scantlebury VP, Ferla G, Koneru B, Scotti- Foglieni SL, Stieber AC, Todo S, Tzakis AG, Starzl TE. (1989). Factors responsible for hepatic artery thrombosis after pediatric liver transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings, 21, 2466-2467.
23. Koneru B, Zajko AB, Sher L, Marsh JW, Tzakis AG, Iwatsuki S, Starzl TE. (1989). Obstructing cystic duct mucocele after liver transplantation. Surgery Gynecology & Obstetrics, 168, 394-396.
24. Mieles LA, Orenstein D, Teperman L, Podesta L, Koneru B, Starzl TE. Liver transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis. Lancet, 1, 1073.
25. Mazzaferro V, Esquivel CO, Makowka L, Belle S, Kahn D, Koneru B, Scantlebury VP, Stieber AC, Todo S, Tzakis AG, Starzl TE. (1989). Hepatic artery thrombosis after pediatric liver transplantation – a medical or surgical event? Transplantation, 47, 971-977.
26. Koneru B, Carone E, Malatack JJ, Esquivel CO, Starzl TE. (1989). Marked transient alkaline phosphatasemia following pediatric liver transplantation. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 143, 669-670.
27. Wilson B, Marsh JW, Makowka L, Stieber AC, Koneru B, Todo S, Tzakis A, Gordon RD and Starzl TE. (1989). Biliary tract complications in orthotopic adult liver transplantation: Comparison of anastomotic complications with braided absorbable suture (polyglactin 190) versus a new monofilament absorbable suture (polyglyconate). American Journal of Surgery, 158, 68-70.
28. Mieles LA, Esquivel CO, Van Thiel DH, Koneru B, makowka L, Tzakis AG, Starzl TE. (1990). Liver transplantation for tyrosinemia. A review of 10 cases from the University of Pittsburgh. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 35, 153-157.
29. Scantlebury V, Gordon R, Tzakis A, Koneru B, Bowman J, Mazzaferro V, Stevenson WC, Todo S, Iwatsuki S and Starzl TE. (1990). Childbearing after liver transplantation. Transplantation, 49, 317-321.
30. Kaplan SB, Zajko AB, Koneru B. (1990). Hepatic bilomas following hepatic artery thrombosis thrombosis in liver transplant recipients: Percutaneous drainage and clinical outcome. Radiology, 174, 1031-1035.
31. Koneru B, Selby R, O'Hair DP, Tzakis AG, Hakala TR, Starzl TE. (1990). Non-obstructing colonic dilatation and colon perforations following renal transplantation. Archives of Surgery, 25, 610-613.
32. Lehar SC, Zajko AB, Koneru B, Stevenson W, Sumkin J. (1990). Splenic infarction complicating pediatric liver transplantation. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 14, 362-365.
33. Koneru B, Atchison R, Jaffe R, Casavilla A, VanTheil D, Starzl TE. (1990). Serological studies of adenoviral infections in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Transplantation Proceedings, 22, 1547-1548.
34. Zajko AB, Bennett MJ, Campbell WL, Koneru B. (1990). Mucocele of the cystic duct remnant in liver transplant recipients: Cholangiographic and imaging findings in eight patients. Radiology, 177, 691-693.
35. Koneru B, Flye, MW, Busuttil RW, Shaw, BW, Lorher, MI, Emond JC, Kalayoglu M, Freese DK, Starzl TE. (1991). Liver Transplantation for hepatoblastoma: The American Experience. Annals of Surgery, 213, 118-121.
36. Koneru B, Leevy CB, Klein KM, Zweil P, Wilson DJ. (1993). Indocyanine green clearance in the evaluation of donor livers. Transplantation Proceedings, 25, 1919-1920.
37. Wilson DJ, Lindo K, Buniak B, Koneru B. (1993). The first 50 liver transplants in New Jersey. New Jersey Medicine, 90, 310-312.
38. Wachsberg RH, Needleman L, Wilson DJ, Koneru B. (1993). Budd-ChiariSyndrome due to hepatic venous web: rapid color Doppler diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 21, 527-530.
39. Koneru B, Leevy CB, Klein KM, Zweil P. (1994). Clearance of indocyanine green in the evaluation of liver donors. Transplantation, 58, 729-731.
40. Leevy CB, Shefer S, Koneru B. (1994). New Jersey research: frontiers of hepatology. New Jersey Medicine,91, 765-767.
41. Koneru B, Ahmed S, Weisse AW, Grant GP, McKim KA. (1994). Resolution of pulmonary hypertension of cirrhosis following liver transplantation. Transplantation, 58, 1133-35.
42. Koneru B, Reddy MC, DelaTorre A, Patel D, Ippolito T. (1995). Studies of hepatic warm ischemia in the obese Zucker rat. Transplantation, 59, 942-946.
43. Wachsberg RH, Koneru B, Levine CD (1995).Transcapsular arterial collateralization of a liver allograft after hepatic artery occlusion in an adult: color Doppler ultrasonographic diagnosis. J Ultrasound Medicine, 14, 859-61.
44. Gaglio PJ, Leevy CB, Koneru B. (1996). Perioperative chylous ascites. Journal of Medicine, 27, 369-376.
45. Harrison D, Stewart AS, Koneru B, Holman MJ. (1996). Reduction in hospital stay after liver transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings, 28, 896.
46. Reddy MC, Koneru B, Soni S, Patel D. (1996). 31 Phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance studyof phospholipids in ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat fatty liver model. Transplantation, 61, 1151-55.
47. Wachsberg RH, Levine CD, Cho KC, Simmons MZ, Khan MY, Koneru, B. (1996). Wedge shaped intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: MRI- Pathologic correlation Abdominal Imaging, 21, 219-221.
48. Sirikonda PR, Spillert CR, Koneru B, Ponnudurai R, Wilson DJ, Lazaro E. (1996). Deceptive Prothrombin (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin (APTT) times in alcoholic cirrhosis, Journal of National Medical Association, 88, 306-309.
49. Rush BF, Koneru B. (1997). Loco-Regional Techniques in the Treatment of Hepatic Tumors. Guest Editorial. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 64, 259-261.
50. Koneru B, Harrison D, Rizwan M, Holland BK, Ippolito T, Holman MJ, Leevy CB: (1997). Blood transfusions in liver recipients. A Conundrum or a clear benefit in the Cyclosporine / Tacrolimus era? Transplantation, 63, 1587-1590.
51. Leevy CB, Koneru B, Klein KM. (1997). Recurrent familial prolongedintrahepatic cholestasis f pregnancy associated with chronic liver disease. Gastroenterology, 113, 966-972.
52. Taneja C, Prescott L, Koneru B. (1998). The Critical Preservation injury in fatty liver is to the hepatocytes, not the sinusoidal lining cells. Transplantation, 65, 167-172.
53. Khan YM, Khanam H, Koneru B, Schwartz RA. (1999). Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a liver transplant series. Journal of Medicine, 30, 185-189.
54. Lal P, Fernandes H, Koneru B, Albanese E, Hameed M. (2000). C282y Mutation and hepatic iron status in hepatitis C and cryptogenic cirrhosis. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 124, 1632-1635.
55. Soltys K, Batta AK, Koneru B. (2001). Successful non-freezing, sub-zero preservation of rat liver with 2, 3 butanediol and type I antifreeze protein. Journal of Surgical Research, 96, 30-34.
56. Soltys K, Dikdan G, Koneru B. (2001). Oxidative stress in fatty livers of obese zucker rats: Rapid amelioration and improved tolerance to warm ischemia with tocopherol. Hepatology, 34, 8-13.
57. Fernandes H, Koneru B, Fernandez N, Hameed M, Cohen MC, Raveche E, Cohen S. (2002). Investigation of promoter polymorphism in the TNF-a and IL-10 genes in liver transplant patients. Transplantation, 73, 1886-1891.
58. Koneru B, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, Klein KM, de la Torre AN, Seguel J. (2002). De novo pulmonary hypertension following successful liver transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation, 2, 883-888.
59. Wilson DJ, Fisher A, Das K, Goerlitz F, Holland BK, de la Torre AN, Merchant
60. A, Seguel J, Samanta AK, Koneru B. (2003). Donors with cardiac arrest: Improved organ recovery but no preconditioning benefit in liver allografts. Transplantation, 75, 1683-1687.
61. Harrison LE, Koneru B,Baramipour P, Fisher A, Barone A, Wilson D, de la Torre AN, Cho KC, Contractor D, Korogodsky M. (2003). Locoregional recurrences are frequent after radiofrequency ablation for Hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of American College of Surgeons 197, 759-764.
62. Das K, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, de la Torre AN, Seguel J, Koneru B. (2003) Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the bile ducts mimicking cholangiocarcinoma. Surgery 134, 496-500.
63. Monteiro I, McLoughlin LM, Fisher A, dela Torre AN, Koneru B. (2003).Rituximab with plasmapheresis and splenectomy in ABO-Incompatible liver transplantation. Transplantation 76, 1648-1649.
64. Fisher A, Seguel JM, de la Torre AN, Wilson DJ, Merchant A, Arora RK, Koneru B. (2004). Effect of Sirolimus on infection incidence in liver transplant recipients. Liver Transplantation 10, 193-198.
65. Abujudeh HH, Samanta AK, Cho KC, Klein KM, Bahramipour P, Koneru B. (2004) Spontaneous Portosystemic shunting several years following liver transplantation: Successful treatment via percutaneous embolization. Liver Transplantation. 10, 324-326.
66. Dikdan GS, Saba S, de la Torre AN, Roth J, Wang S, Koneru B. (2004) Role of oxidative stress in the increased activation of signal transducers and activators of transcription-3 in the fatty livers of obese Zucker rats. Surgery 136,677-685.
67. de la Torre AN, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, Harrison J, Koneru B. (2004) A case report of donor to recipient transmission of severe thrombocytopenic purpura. Transplantation 77 (9): 1473-1474.
68. Harrison LE, Reichman T, Koneru B, Fisher A, Wilson D, de la Torre A, Samanta A, Korogodsky, M. (2004) Racial discrepancies in the outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Arch Surg 139:992-996.
69. Koneru B, Teperman LW, Manzarbeitia C, Facciuto M, Cho K, Reich D, Scheiner P, Fisher A, Noto K, Goldenberg A, Korogodsky M, Campbell D. (2005). A multicenter evaluation of utility of chest computed tomography and bone scans in liver transplant candidates with stage I and II hepatoma. Ann Surg 241:622-628.
70. Koneru B, Fisher A, He Y, Klein KM, Skurnick J, Wilson DJ, de la Torre AN, Merchant A, Arora R, Samanta A. (2005). Ischemic preconditioning in deceased donor liver transplantation: A prospective randomized clinical trial of safety and efficacy. Liver Transplant 11: 176-202.
71. Ponnudurai RN, Koneru B, Akhtar SA, Wachsberg RH, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, de la Torre AN. (2005). A Prospective randomized trial of vasopressors during liver transplantation. Clinical Therapeutics 27:192-198.
72. de la Torre AN, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, Reitsma W, Goerlitz F, Koneru B. (2005). Minimally invasive optimization of organ donor resuscitation: case reports. Prog Transplant 15:27:32.
73. Reichman TW, Bahramipour P, Barone A, Koneru B, Fisher A, Contractor D, Wilson D, de la Torre A, Cho KC, Samanta AK. (2005). Hepatitis status, Child-Pugh classification, and serum AFP levels predict survival in patients treated with transarterial embolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. J GastrointestSurg 9:638-645.
74. Abujudeh H, Contractor D, de la Torre A, Koneru B. (2005). Rescue TIPS in acute Budd-Chiari syndrome. Am J Radiol 185:1-3.
75. Koneru B, Sterling MJ, Bahramipour P. (2006) Bile duct strictures after liver transplantation: A changing landscape of the Achilles heel. Liver Transplant 12:702-4.
76. Koneru B, Shareef A, Dikdan G, Desai K, Klein KM, Peng B, Wachsberg RH, de la Torre AN, Debroy M, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, Samanta AK.(2007). The Ischemic preconditioning paradox in deceased donor liver transplantation-Evidence from a prospective randomized single blind trial. Am J Transplant 7:2788-2796.
77. Fitzhugh VA, Mirani N, Aisner S, Koneru B, Das K (2008). Preoperative fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of microcystic adenoma of the pancreas: fact or fiction? A report of 2 cases. ActaCytol 52(2): 240-246.               
78. Facciuto ME, Koneru B, Rocca JP, Wolf DC, Kim-Schluger L, Visintainer P, Klein KM, Hoo C, Marvin M, Rosenblit G, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Sheiner PA (2008). Surgical Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma beyond Milan criteria. Results of liver resection salvage transplantation and primary liver transplantation. Ann SurgOncol 15(5):1383-1391.
79. Desai K, Dikdan G, Shareef A, Koneru B (2008). Ischemic preconditioning of the liver – Perspectives from the bench to bedside translation. Liver Transpl 14(11):1569-1577.
80. Desai KK, Koneru B. Ministering to the dead in critical care medicine: has its time come? (2009). Crit Care Med 37(8):2480-2481.
81. Mora-Esteves C, Dikdan GE, Koneru B (2010). Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Saga of a cytokine: The devil in detail. Crit Care Med 38(3):997-998.
82. Raza A, Dikdan G, Desai KK, Sharef A, Fernandes H, Aris V, de la Torre AN, Wilson DJ, Fisher A, Soteropoulos P, Koneru B (2010). Global Gene Expression Profiles of Ischemic Preconditioning in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation. Liver Transpl 16(5):588-599.
83. Mora-Esteves C, Koneru B (2011). Resolving Issues of Consent and Oversight - One Step Closer To Terra Firma in Deceased Organ Donor Research. Crit Care Med 39(2):400-401.
84. Klintmalm GB, Davis GL, Teperman L, Netto GJ, Washburn K, Rudich S, Pomfret E, Vargas HE, Brown R, Eckhoff D, Pruett T, Roberts J, Mulligan DC, Michael Charlton, Heffron TG, Ham J, Douglas D, Sher L, Baliga P, Kinkhabwala M, Koneru B, Abecassis M, Millis M, Jennings LW, Fasola CG (2011). A Randomized Multicenter Study Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Steroid-Free and Standard Immunosuppression for Liver Transplantation Recipients with Chronic Hepatitis C. Liver Transpl 17(12):1394-1403.
85. Lamba S, Nagurka R, Desai K, Holland B, Chun S, Koneru B (2012). Self-Reported Non-Adherence to Immune-Suppressant Therapy in Liver Transplant Recipients: Demographic, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal Factors. Clin Transplant. 2012 Mar; 26(2):328-35.
86. Rudzinski W, Waller AH, Prasad A, Sood S, Gerula C, Samanta A, Koneru B, Klapholz M (2012). The new index to assess chronotropic response in patients with end stage liver disease undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography. Liver Transplantation 18(3):355-360.
87. Abdelmalek MF, Humar A, Stickel F, Andreone P, Pascher A, Barroso E, Neff GW, Ranjan D, Toselli LT, Gane EJ, Scarola J, Alberts RG, Maller ES, Lo CM; Sirolimus Liver Conversion Trial Study Group. (2012). Sirolimus conversion regimen versus continued calcineurin inhibitors in liver allograft recipients: a randomized trial. Am J Transplant. 12(3):694-705.
88. De Simone P, Nevens F, De Carlis L, Metselaar HJ, Beckebaum S, Saliba F, Jonas S, Sudan D, Fung J, Fischer L, Duvoux C, Chavin KD, Koneru B, Huang MA, Chapman WC, Foltys D, Witte S, Jiang H, Hexham JM, Junge G for the H2304 Study Group(2012). Everolimus with reduced tacrolimus improves renal function in de novo liver transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Transplant 12(11):3008-20.
89. Dikdan G, Mora-Esateves C,Koneru B (2012). Review of Randomized Clinical Trials of Donor Management and Organ Preservation in Deceased Donors: Opportunities and Issues. Transplantation 94 (5):425-411.
90. Saliba F, De Simone P, Nevens F, De Carlis L, Metselaar HJ, Beckebaum S, Jonas S, Sudan D, Fischer L, Duvoux C, Chavin KD, Koneru B, Huang MA, Chapman WC, Foltys D, Dong G, Lopez PM, Fung J, Junge G for the H2304 Study Group (2013). Everolimus with reduced tacrolimus improves renal function in de novo liver transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Transplant 13:1734-1745.
91. P. De Simone, S. Beckebaum, B. Koneru, J. Fung, F. Saliba (2013). Letter to the Editor: Everolimus with reduced tacrolimus in liver transplantation. Am J Transplant 13 (6):1373-1374.
92. Teperman, L., Moonka, D., Sebastian, A., Sher, L., Marotta, P., Marsh, C., Koneru, B., Goss, J., Preston, D., Roberts, J. P. and Spare-the-Nephron Trial Liver Transplantation Study Group (2013), Calcineurin Inhibitor–Free MycophenolateMofetil/Sirolimus Maintenance in Liver Transplantation: The Randomized Spare-the-Nephron Trial. Liver Transpl, 19: 675–689. doi: 10.1002/lt.23658
93. Desai KK, Mora-Esteves C, Holland B, Dikdan G, Fisher A, Wilson DJ, Koneru B. (2014). Does Liver Ischemic Preconditioning in Brain Death Donors Induce Kidney Preconditioning? A Retrospective Analysis. Transplantation 97(3):337-343.
94. Oliver JB, Peters S, Bongu A, Beidas AK, Dikdan G, Brown L, Koneru B. (2014). Pre-recovery Liver Biopsy in the Brain Death Donor – A Case Control Study on Logistics, Safety, Precision and Utility. Liver Transplantation 20(2):237-244.
95. Parikh A, Washburn WK, Matsuoka L, Pandit U, Kim J, Almeda J, Mora-Esteves C, Halff G, Genyk Y, Holland B, Wilson D, Sher L, Koneru B (2015). A Multi-Center Study of 30 Days Complications after Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation in the Model for End Stage Liver Disease Score Era. Liver Transplantation 21(9):1160-1168.