Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Lai is also a clinical investigator with a robust research program dedicated to improving the lives of patients living with chronic liver disease and to help more of them survive to transplant and thrive after. Her research program has been continuously supported by numerous organizations including the National Institutes of Health, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), American Society of Transplantation (AST), and American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), in addition to the generous support of grateful patients. She serves as director of the UCSF Health Advancing Research in Clinical Hepatology (ARCH), the research arm of the UCSF Division of GI/Hepatology, as well as director of Patient-Facing Research Core of the NIH-funded UCSF Liver Center.

Dr. Lai earned her B.S. from Stanford University and combined MD/MBA degrees from Tufts University School of Medicine, then completed her clinical training in Internal Medicine at Columbia University, and gastroenterology and advanced/transplant hepatology fellowships at UCSF. Dr. Lai has received many honors for her work including the SF Business Times Top 40 under 40 Leader award, AGA Young Investigator Award in Clinical Science, AST Clinical Science Career Development Award, Young Investigator Award from the International Liver Transplantation Society, and the UCSF Department of Medicine Resident Research Award. Currently, Dr. Lai serves as an Associate Editor for the Hepatology Journal (the premier hepatology journal) and a standing member of the U.S. FDA Gastrointestinal Drug Advisory Committee.

If you are interested in contributing to Dr. Lai's research program, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution: https://makeagift.ucsf.edu/LaiResearchFund

• Prompt Engineering for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2024 Ge J, Chen IY, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC
• Development of a liver disease-Specific large language model chat Interface using retrieval augmented generation.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2024 Ge J, Sun S, Owens J, Galvez V, Gologorskaya O, Lai JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai K
• Applying human-centered design to the construction of a cirrhosis management clinical decision support system.
  Hepatology communications 2024 Ge J, Buenaventura A, Berrean B, Purvis J, Fontil V, Lai JC, Pletcher MJ
• Outcomes of High-Grade Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Hepatitis in Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2024 Li M, Wong D, Sack JS, Vogel AS, Hodi FS, Fong L, Lai JC, Zucker SD, Grover S
• A modified Hospital Frailty Risk Score for patients with cirrhosis undergoing abdominal operations.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2024 Calthorpe L, Chiou SH, Rubin J, Huang CY, Feng S, Lai J
• Financial burden following adult liver transplantation is common and associated with adverse recipient outcomes.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2024 Ufere NN, Serper M, Kaplan A, Horick N, Indriolo T, Li L, Satapathy N, Donlan J, Castano Jimenez JC, Lago-Hernandez C, Lieber S, Gonzalez C, Keegan E, Schoener K, Bethea E, Dageforde LA, Yeh H, El-…
• Prevalence and Appropriateness of Polypharmacy in Older Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2024 Kochar B, Rusher A, Araka E, Glasser R, Lai J, Ritchie C, Ananthakrishnan AN
• Association of biological aging with frailty and post-transplant outcomes among adults with cirrhosis.
  GeroScience 2024 LaHue SC, Fuentealba M, Roa Diaz S, Seetharaman S, Garcia T, Furman D, Lai JC, Newman JC
• A pragmatic tool to screen for pre-transplant cognitive impairment among potential candidates for liver transplant.
  Clinical transplantation 2024 Teles MS, Ruck JM, Jefferis A, Helmy S, Oh ES, Murriel EC, Lai JC, King EA
• Caregivers' and providers' perspectives of social and medical care after pediatric liver transplant: Results from the multicenter SOCIAL-Tx study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2023 Wadhwani SI, Alvarado A, Shifman HP, Bautista B, Yalung J, Squires JE, Campbell K, Ebel NH, Hsu E, Vittorio J, Zielsdorf S, Desai DM, Bucuvalas JC, Gottlieb L, Kotagal U, Lyles CR, Ackerman SL, Lai JC
• A Comparison of a Large Language Model vs Manual Chart Review for the Extraction of Data Elements From the Electronic Health Record.
  Gastroenterology 2023 Ge J, Li M, Delk MB, Lai JC
• Prevalence of cognitive impairment in liver transplant recipients.
  Clinical transplantation 2023 Berry K, Ruck JM, Barry F, Shui AM, Cortella A, Kent D, Seetharaman S, Wong R, VandeVrede L, Lai JC
• Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Older Adults Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Their Care Partners.
  Kidney medicine 2023 Sheshadri A, Elia JR, Garcia G, Abrams G, Adey DB, Lai JC, Sudore RL
• The liver frailty index is a predictor of healthcare utilization after liver transplantation in older adults.
  Clinical transplantation 2023 Wang M, Shui AM, Ruck J, King E, Rahimi R, Kappus M, Volk ML, Ganger DR, Ladner DP, Duarte-Rojo A, Huang CY, Verna EC, Lai JC
• Association of body mass index with post-liver transplant outcomes.
  Clinical transplantation 2023 Ruck JM, Shui AM, Jefferis AA, Duarte Rojo A, Rahimi RS, Ganger DR, Verna EC, Kappus M, Ladner DP, Segev DL, Volk M, Tevar A, King EA, Lai JC
• Development of a Liver Disease-Specific Large Language Model Chat Interface using Retrieval Augmented Generation.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023 Ge J, Sun S, Owens J, Galvez V, Gologorskaya O, Lai JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai K
• Association between neighborhood-based material deprivation and liver transplant waitlist registrants demographics and mortality.
  Clinical transplantation 2023 Cullaro G, Ge J, Lee BP, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• Neighborhood Income Is Associated with Health Care Use in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2023 Gutierrez SA, Pathak S, Raghu V, Shui A, Huang CY, Rhee S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• A chair-stand time of greater than 15 seconds is associated with an increased risk of death and hospitalization in cirrhosis.
  Canadian liver journal 2023 Nguyen VV, Wang S, Whitlock R, Xu C, Taneja S, Singh S, Abraldes JG, Burak K, Bailey RJ, Grab JD, Lai JC, Tandon P
• Ambient air pollution is associated with graft failure/death in pediatric liver transplant recipients.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Yalung JE, Shifman HP, Manning ER, Beck A, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• Association of state Medicaid expansion policies with pediatric liver transplant outcomes.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Shifman HP, Huang CY, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Perito ER, Hsu EK, Ebel NH, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• Nonselective beta-blockers may lead to stage 2 acute kidney injury and waitlist mortality in child class C cirrhosis.
  Hepatology communications 2023 Lai M, Fenton C, Ge J, Rubin J, Lai JC, Cullaro G
• Variation in skeletal muscle mass among patients with cirrhosis of different self-identified race/ethnicity.
  JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2023 Ha NB, Fan B, Seetharaman S, Kent DS, Yao F, Shui AM, Huang CY, Wadhwani SI, Lai JC
• Structured Moderate Exercise and Biomarkers of Kidney Health in Sedentary Older Adults: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Kidney medicine 2023 Sheshadri A, Lai M, Hsu FC, Bauer SR, Chen SH, Tse W, Jotwani V, Tranah GJ, Lai JC, Hallan S, Fielding RA, Liu C, Ix JH, Coca SG, Shlipak MG
• A comparison of large language model versus manual chart review for extraction of data elements from the electronic health record.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023 Ge J, Li M, Delk MB, Lai JC
• Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Brief Cognitive Instruments to Evaluate Suspected Dementia in Chinese-Speaking Populations.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports 2023 Yu RC, Lai JC, Hui EK, Mukadam N, Kapur N, Stott J, Livingston G
• Predicting post-liver transplant outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure using Expert-Augmented Machine Learning.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Ge J, Digitale JC, Fenton C, McCulloch CE, Lai JC, Pletcher MJ, Gennatas ED
• Clinical decision support and electronic interventions to improve care quality in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Ge J, Fontil V, Ackerman S, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Cholangitis in the United States.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2023 Wang M, Wadhwani SI, Cullaro G, Lai JC, Rubin JB
• Brief PROMIS Assessment Screens for Frailty and Predicts Hospitalizations in Liver Transplant Candidates.
  Transplantation 2023 Thuluvath AJ, Duarte-Rojo A, Lai JC, Peipert J, Dietch ZC, Siddiqui O, Morrissey S, Belfanti K, Zhao L, Guo K, Nizamuddin M, Polineni P, Levitsky J, Flores AM, Ladner DP
• Reply: What is the actual role of decompensated cirrhosis in the breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection?
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Ge J, Digitale JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC
• Novel autoantibody targets identified in patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) by PhIP-Seq reveals pathogenic insights.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023 Klepper A, Kung A, Vazquez SE, Mitchell A, Mann S, Zorn K, Avila-Vargas I, Kari S, Tekeste M, Castro J, Lee B, Duarte M, Khalili M, Yang M, Wolters P, Price J, Perito E, Feng S, Maher JJ, Lai J, …
• Caregiver Burden in Adult Solid Organ Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2023 Deng LX, Sharma A, Gedallovich SM, Tandon P, Hansen L, Lai JC
• Clinical Characteristics Associated With Posttransplant Survival Among Adults 70 Years Old or Older Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2023 Wang M, Ge J, Ha N, Shui AM, Huang CY, Cullaro G, Lai JC
• Time to embrace PROMIS-29 as the standard health-related quality of life instrument for patients with cirrhosis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Tapper EB, Lai JC
• Early Liver Specialist Consultation is Associated With Faster Biochemical Resolution of Severe Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Hepatitis.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2023 Li M, Wong D, Sack JS, Vogel AS, Hodi FS, Fong L, Lai JC, Grover S, Zucker SD
• Targets and study design for symptom-focused trials aimed at patients with cirrhosis: An expert consensus.
  Hepatology communications 2023 Patel AA, Tapper EB, Kanwal F, Woodrell CD, Hansen L, Lai JC, Rogal S, McDermott C, Rakoski M, Ufere NN
• Change in Platelet Count after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation: An Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA) Group Study.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2023 Wong RJ, Ge J, Boike J, German M, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Desai A, Couri T, Paul S, Frenette C, Verna EC, Goel A, Fallon M, Thornburg B, VanWagner L, Lai JC, Kolli KP
• Actionable Solutions to Achieve Health Equity in Chronic Liver Disease.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2023 Jones PD, Lai JC, Bajaj JS, Kanwal F
• The tele-liver frailty index (TeLeFI): development of a novel frailty tool in patients with cirrhosis via telemedicine.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Wang M, Shui AM, Barry F, Verna E, Kent D, Yao F, Seetharaman S, Berry K, Grubbs RK, George G, Huang CY, Duarte-Rojo A, Lai JC
• Artificial intelligence-based text generators in hepatology: ChatGPT is just the beginning.
  Hepatology communications 2023 Ge J, Lai JC
• Serum and plasma protein biomarkers associated with frailty in patients with cirrhosis.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2023 Ha NB, Seetharaman S, Kent DS, Yao F, Shui AM, Huang CY, Walston J, Lai JC
• Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes in vaccinated patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative study.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Ge J, Digitale JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium
• Women with cirrhosis have lower self-rated health than men.
  Hepatology communications 2023 Wang M, Huang CY, Cullaro G, Covinsky K, Lai JC
• Association of Frailty With Health-Related Quality of Life in Liver Transplant Recipients.
  JAMA surgery 2023 Lai JC, Shui AM, Duarte-Rojo A, Rahimi RS, Ganger DR, Verna EC, Volk ML, Kappus M, Ladner DP, Boyarsky B, Segev DL, Gao Y, Huang CY, Singer JP
• Promoting Prognostic Understanding and Health Equity for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease: Using "Best Case/Worst Case".
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2023 Ufere NN, El-Jawahri A, Ritchie C, Lai JC, Schwarze ML
• Promoting Prognostic Understanding and Health Equity for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease: Using "Best Case/Worst Case".
  Gastroenterology 2023 Ufere NN, El-Jawahri A, Ritchie C, Lai JC, Schwarze ML
• The impact of right atrial pressure on outcomes in patients undergoing TIPS, an ALTA group study.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Bommena S, Mahmud N, Boike JR, Thornburg BG, Kolli KP, Lai JC, German M, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Desai AP, Junna S, Paul S, Frenette C, Verna EC, Goel A, Gregory D, Padilla C, VanWagner LB, …
• Introducing Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, Our 2023 AASLD President.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2023 Peters MG, Lai JC
• Addressing sex-based disparities in solid organ transplantation in the United States - a conference report.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Sawinski D, Lai JC, Pinney S, Gray AL, Jackson AM, Stewart D, Levine DJ, Locke JE, Pomposelli JJ, Hartwig MG, Hall SA, Dadhania DM, Cogswell R, Perez RV, Schold JD, Turgeon NA, Kobashigawa J, Kukreja …
• CT-quantified sarcopenic visceral obesity is associated with poor transplant waitlist mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2023 Ha NB, Fan B, Shui AM, Huang CY, Brandman D, Lai JC
• Cirrhosis Inpatients Receive More Opioids and Fewer Nonopioid Analgesics Than Patients Without Cirrhosis.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2023 Rubin JB, Lai JC, Shui AM, Hohmann SF, Auerbach A
• Multicenter assessment of hypertension management among liver transplantation recipients.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Chebrolu S, Phipps M, Yao F, Lai J, Verna E, Serper M, Cullaro G, Asrani SK, VanWagner LB
• Response to: "Towards optimally replacing the current version of MELD".
  Journal of hepatology 2022 Ge J, Kim WR, Lai JC, Kwong AJ
• Predictors of Length of Stay and Mortality During Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Index Admission: Results From the US-Multicenter SLKT Consortium.
  Transplantation direct 2022 Barman PM, Patel YA, Xie J, Zhang M, Jo J, Sinha J, Answine A, Schluger A, Walter K, Biggins SW, Cullaro G, Wong R, Lai JC, VanWagner LB, Magee J, Verna EC, Sharma P
• Role of Oral Health, Frailty, and Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in the Risk of Hospitalization: A Prospective Multi-Center Cohort of Outpatients With Cirrhosis.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2022 Bajaj JS, Lai JC, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Vargas HE, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Limon-Miro A, Shaw J, Mbachi C, Chew M, Golob Deeb J, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• Factors associated with cardiovascular events after simultaneous liver-kidney transplant from the US Multicenter Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Consortium.
  Hepatology communications 2022 Jo J, Crespo G, Gregory D, Sinha J, Xie J, Zhang M, Magee J, Barman P, Patel YA, Schluger A, Walters K, Biggins S, Filipek N, Cullaro G, Wong R, Lai JC, Perreault GJ, Verna EC, Sharma P, VanWagner LB
• Understanding Current Limitations to Exercise Interventions After Liver Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2022 Thuluvath AJ, Lai JC
• Which preoperative assessment modalities best identify patients who are suitable for enhanced recovery after liver transplantation? A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations.
  Clinical transplantation 2022 Crespo G, Hessheimer AJ, Armstrong MJ, Berzigotti A, Monbaliu D, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Lai JC, ERAS4OLT.org Working Group
• Personality Traits in Patients With Cirrhosis Are Different From Those of the General Population and Impact Likelihood of Liver Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2022 Thuluvath AJ, Siddiqui O, Lai JC, Peipert J, Levitsky J, Daud A, Mazumder NR, Flores AM, Borja-Cacho D, Caicedo JC, Loftus C, Wong R, Mroczek D, Ladner DP
• Leveraging a New ICD-10 Diagnosis Code to Characterize Hospitalized Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2022 Wang M, Auerbach A, Oreper SM, Hohmann SF, Lai JC, Rubin JB
• Association of serum metabolites and gut microbiota at hospital admission with nosocomial infection development in patients with cirrhosis.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, O'Leary JG, Wong F, Lai J, Vargas H, Thuluvath PJ, Subramanian RM, Pena-Rodriguez M, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM
• Novel approaches are needed to study social determinants of health in liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Ge J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• Medical Need and Transplant Accessibility-Reply.
  JAMA 2022 Wadhwani SI, Lai JC, Gottlieb L
• Hepatic and renal function impact concentrations of plasma biomarkers of neuropathology.
  Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2022 Berry K, Asken BM, Grab JD, Chan B, Lario Lago A, Wong R, Seetharaman S, LaHue SC, Possin KL, Rojas JC, Kramer JH, Boxer AL, Lai JC, VandeVrede L
• Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infection Outcomes in Vaccinated Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative Study.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2022 Ge J, Digitale JC, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium
• Financial burden in adults with chronic liver disease: A scoping review.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Ufere NN, Satapathy N, Philpotts L, Lai JC, Serper M
• Burden of early hospitalization after simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation: Results from the US Multicenter SLKT Consortium.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Sharma P, Xie J, Wang L, Zhang M, Magee J, Answine A, Barman P, Jo J, Sinha J, Schluger A, Perreault GJ, Walters KE, Cullaro G, Wong R, Filipek N, Biggins SW, Lai JC, VanWagner LB, Verna EC, Patel YA
• The digital determinants of liver disease.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2022 Wadhwani SI, Lai JC
• Caregiver perspectives on the everyday medical and social needs of long-term pediatric liver transplant patients.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Wadhwani SI, Barrera AG, Shifman HP, Baker E, Bucuvalas J, Gottlieb LM, Kotagal U, Rhee SJ, Lai JC, Lyles CR
• "Beyond MELD" - Emerging strategies and technologies for improving mortality prediction, organ allocation and outcomes in liver transplantation.
  Journal of hepatology 2022 Ge J, Kim WR, Lai JC, Kwong AJ
• Conceptualizing a Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pathology of Arousal Diagnostic and Pathophysiological Framework for Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19.
  Medical acupuncture 2022 Calloway T, Hsiao AF, Brand M, Lai J, Geise C, Caceido B, Alpert R, Hollifield M
• Improvement in Long-COVID Symptoms Using Acupuncture: A Case Study.
  Medical acupuncture 2022 Hollifield M, Cocozza K, Calloway T, Lai J, Caicedo B, Carrick K, Alpert R, Hsiao AF
• Sarcopenic visceral obesity is associated with increased post-liver transplant mortality in acutely ill patients with cirrhosis.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2022 Ha NB, Montano-Loza AJ, Carey EJ, Lin S, Shui AM, Huang CY, Dunn MA, Lai JC
• Loneliness in adults awaiting liver transplantation at 7 U.S. transplant centers.
  Annals of hepatology 2022 Berry KA, Kent D, Seetharaman S, Wong R, Mohamad Y, Yao F, Nunez-Duarte M, Wadhwani SI, Boyarsky BJ, Rahimi RS, Duarte-Rojo A, Kappus MR, Volk ML, Ladner DP, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M, Verna EC, …
• A review of racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in pediatric liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2022 Ebel NH, Lai JC, Bucuvalas JC, Wadhwani SI
• Medical Need, Financial Resources, and Transplant Accessibility.
  JAMA 2022 Wadhwani SI, Lai JC, Gottlieb LM
• Admission Serum Metabolites and Thyroxine Predict Advanced Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Multicenter Inpatient Cirrhosis Cohort.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2022 Bajaj JS, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Garcia-Tsao G, Thuluvath P, Lai JC, Subramanian RM, Vargas HE, Wong F, Fagan A, McGeorge S, Thacker LR, Kamath PS
• Variability in serum creatinine is associated with waitlist and post-liver transplant mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2022 Cullaro G, Hsu CY, Lai JC
• Improving the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease with sodium by incorporating kidney dysfunction types.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2022 Cullaro G, Verna EC, McCulloch CE, Lai JC
• The bidirectional relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and sarcopenia.
  Hepatology international 2022 Ha NB, Lai JC
• Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2022 Bajaj JS, Wong F, Kamath PS, Lai JC, O'Leary JG
• Association of Primary Care Shortage Areas with Adverse Outcomes after Pediatric Liver Transplant.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2022 Shifman HP, Rasnick E, Huang CY, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC, Wadhwani SI
• Perioperative Delta Sodium and Post-Liver Transplant Neurological Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients.
  Transplantation 2022 Berry K, Copeland T, Ku E, Lai JC
• Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Solid Organ Transplantation.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2022 Murakami N, Baggett ND, Schwarze ML, Ladin K, Courtwright AM, Goldberg HJ, Nolley EP, Jain N, Landzberg M, Wentlandt K, Lai JC, Shinall MC, Ufere NN, Jones CA, Lakin JR
• Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample (NIS).
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2022 Berry K, Rubin JB, Lai JC
• Implicit bias and the gender inequity in liver transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2022 Lai JC, Pomfret EA, Verna EC
• Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Clinical Guidelines.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2022 Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Lai JC, Wong F, Long MD, Wong RJ, Kamath PS
• Prognosis of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis and acute kidney disease.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2022 Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Kamath PS, Tandon P, Lai JC, Vargas HE, Biggins SW, Fallon MB, Thuluvath PJ, Maliakkal BJ, Subramanian R, Thacker L, Bajaj JS
• Reply.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2022 Wang S, Whitlock R, Lai JC, Taneja S, Tandon P
• Long-Term Opioid Use Among Veterans with Cirrhosis: High-Dose Prescriptions in an Exceedingly High-Risk Population.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Rubin JB, Lai JC, Leonard S, Seal K, Hoggatt KJ, Keyhani S
• The 5Ms of Geriatrics in Gastroenterology: The Path to Creating Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Cirrhosis.
  Clinical and translational gastroenterology 2022 Kochar B, Ufere NN, Ritchie CS, Lai JC
• Frailty, mortality, and health care utilization after liver transplantation: From the Multicenter Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Lai JC, Shui AM, Duarte-Rojo A, Ganger DR, Rahimi RS, Huang CY, Yao F, Kappus M, Boyarsky B, McAdams-Demarco M, Volk ML, Dunn MA, Ladner DP, Segev DL, Verna EC, Feng S, from the Multi-Center …
• Racial/ethnic disparities in wait-list outcomes are only partly explained by socioeconomic deprivation among children awaiting liver transplantation.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Wadhwani SI, Ge J, Gottlieb L, Lyles C, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Neuhaus J, Kotagal U, Lai JC
• Frailty is associated with increased risk of cirrhosis disease progression and death.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Wang S, Whitlock R, Xu C, Taneja S, Singh S, Abraldes JG, Burak KW, Bailey RJ, Lai JC, Tandon P
• Frailty is strongly associated with self-reported symptom burden among patients with cirrhosis.
  European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology 2021 Deng LX, Bischoff KE, Kent DS, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Lai JC
• An Analysis of Free-Text Refusals as an Indicator of Readiness to Accept Organ Offers in Liver Transplantation.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Ge J, Ku E, Roll GR, Lai JC
• The Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Decompensated Cirrhosis with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Wong F, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Lai JC, Jagarlamudi N, Weir V, Kok B, Kalainy S, Srisengfa YT, Albhaisi S, Reuter B, Acharya C, Shaw J, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS
• Sex-based Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2021 Cullaro G, Rubin J, Mehta N, Yao F, Verna EC, Lai JC
• Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Advance Care Planning Video Decision Tool for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2021 Ufere NN, Robinson B, Donlan J, Indriolo T, Bloom J, Scherrer A, Mason NM, Patel A, Lai JC, Chung RT, Volandes A, El-Jawahri A
• Frailty and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Cullaro G, Verna EC, Duarte-Rojo A, Kappus MR, Ganger DR, Rahimi RS, Boyarsky B, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M, Ladner DP, Volk ML, Hsu CY, Lai JC
• Frailty and Risk of Serious Infections in Biologic-treated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
  Inflammatory bowel diseases 2021 Singh S, Heien HC, Sangaralingham L, Shah ND, Lai JC, Sandborn WJ, Moore AA
• Addressing Social Adversity to Improve Outcomes for Children After Liver Transplant.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Wadhwani SI, Gottlieb L, Bucuvalas JC, Lyles C, Lai JC
• Outcomes After TIPS for Ascites and Variceal Bleeding in a Contemporary Era-An ALTA Group Study.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2021 Boike JR, Mazumder NR, Kolli KP, Ge J, German M, Jest N, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Lai JC, Desai AP, Couri T, Paul S, Frenette C, Verna EC, Rahim U, Goel A, Gregory D, Thornburg B, VanWagner LB, …
• Thinking Ahead: Advance Care Planning for Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Clinical liver disease 2021 Deng LX, Tana MM, Lai JC
• Malnutrition, Frailty, and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis: 2021 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Lai JC, Tandon P, Bernal W, Tapper EB, Ekong U, Dasarathy S, Carey EJ
• Correcting the sex disparity in access to liver transplantation: Lest perfect be the enemy of better.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021 Kwong AJ, Lai JC, Kim WR
• Cognitive Impairment and Physical Frailty in Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Berry K, Duarte-Rojo A, Grab JD, Dunn MA, Boyarsky BJ, Verna EC, Kappus MR, Volk ML, McAdams-DeMarco M, Segev DL, Ganger DR, Ladner DP, Shui A, Tincopa MA, Rahimi RS, Lai JC, from the Multi-Center …
• Temporal Trends and Evolving Outcomes After Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Results from the US SLKT Consortium.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Cullaro G, Sharma P, Jo J, Rassiwala J, VanWagner LB, Wong R, Lai JC, Magee J, Schluger A, Barman P, Patel YA, Walter K, Biggins SW, Verna EC
• Symptom Burden Is Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization among Patients with Cirrhosis.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2021 Deng LX, Kent DS, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ, Lai JC, Bischoff KE
• Inpatient Frailty Assessment Is Feasible and Predicts Nonhome Discharge and Mortality in Decompensated Cirrhosis.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Serper M, Tao SY, Kent DS, Garren P, Burdzy AE, Lai JC, Gougol A, Bloomer PM, Reddy KR, Dunn MA, Duarte-Rojo A
• Association Between Kidney Dysfunction Types and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2021 Cullaro G, Rubin JB, Fortune BE, Crawford CV, Verna EC, Hsu CY, Liu KD, Brown RS, Lai JC, Rosenblatt R
• Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: A National COVID Cohort Collaborative Study.
  Gastroenterology 2021 Ge J, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium
• The relationship between frailty and cirrhosis etiology: From the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2021 Xu CQ, Mohamad Y, Kappus MR, Boyarsky B, Ganger DR, Volk ML, Rahimi RS, Duarte-Rojo A, McAdams-DeMarco M, Segev DL, Ladner DP, Verna EC, Grab J, Tincopa M, Dunn MA, Lai JC
• Admission Urinary and Serum Metabolites Predict Renal Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2021 Bajaj JS, Garcia-Tsao G, Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Vargas HE, Lai JC, Kamath PS, Tandon P, Subramanian RM, Thuluvath P, Fagan A, Sehrawat T, de la Rosa Rodriguez R, Thacker LR, Wong F
• Sarcopenia and frailty in decompensated cirrhosis.
  Journal of hepatology 2021 Tandon P, Montano-Loza AJ, Lai JC, Dasarathy S, Merli M
• Developing Priorities for Palliative Care Research in Advanced Liver Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Patel AA, Woodrell C, Ufere NN, Hansen L, Tandon P, Verma M, Lai J, Pinotti R, Rakoski M, and on behalf of the Palliative Care Education, Advocacy, and Research in Liver Disease (PEARL) Wor
• Visceral Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Radiographic Visceral-to-Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Ratio in Patients with Cirrhosis.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2021 Ha NB, Cho SJ, Mohamad Y, Kent D, Jun G, Wong R, Swarnakar V, Lin S, Maher JJ, Lai JC
• Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: a N3C Study.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2021 Ge J, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC, N3C Consortium
• Association of Cognitive Function Screening Results with Adherence and Performance in a Pedometer-Based Intervention.
  American journal of nephrology 2021 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Delgado C, Sudore RL, Lai JC, Johansen KL
• Advance Care Planning in Liver Transplant-Preparing for Both Life and Death.
  JAMA internal medicine 2021 Ufere NN, Lai JC
• Renal Outcomes After Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Results from the US Multicenter Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation Consortium.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Sharma P, Sui Z, Zhang M, Magee JC, Barman P, Patel Y, Schluger A, Walter K, Biggins SW, Cullaro G, Wong R, Lai JC, Jo J, Sinha J, VanWagner L, Verna EC
• A Multicenter Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Home-Based Exercise Program for Patients With Cirrhosis: The Strength Training Intervention (STRIVE).
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2021 Lai JC, Dodge JL, Kappus MR, Wong R, Mohamad Y, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M
• Early Kidney Allograft Failure After Simultaneous Liver-kidney Transplantation: Evidence for Utilization of the Safety Net?
  Transplantation 2021 Cullaro G, Verna EC, Emond JC, Orandi BJ, Mohan S, Lai JC
• Patterns of Inpatient Opioid Use and Related Adverse Events Among Patients With Cirrhosis: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Rubin JB, Lai JC, Shui AM, Hohmann SF, Auerbach A
• A Methodology to Generate Longitudinally Updated Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Prognostication Scores From Electronic Health Record Data.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Ge J, Najafi N, Zhao W, Somsouk M, Fang M, Lai JC
• Center variation in long-term outcomes for socioeconomically deprived children.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021 Wadhwani SI, Huang CY, Gottlieb L, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Kotagal U, Lyles C, Lai JC
• Renal Recovery and Mortality Risk among Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Receiving Chronic Maintenance Dialysis.
  Kidney360 2021 McAllister S, Lai JC, Copeland TP, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Kwong YD, Seth D, Grimes B, Ku E
• Association of Frailty and Sex With Wait List Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates in the Multicenter Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study.
  JAMA surgery 2021 Lai JC, Ganger DR, Volk ML, Dodge JL, Dunn MA, Duarte-Rojo A, Kappus MR, Rahimi RS, Ladner DP, Boyarsky B, McAdams-DeMarco M, Segev DL, McCulloch CE, Verna EC
• Assessment of the Frail Patient With End-Stage Liver Disease: A Practical Overview of Sarcopenia, Physical Function, and Disability.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Williams FR, Milliken D, Lai JC, Armstrong MJ
• Implementing a Height-Based Rule for the Allocation of Pediatric Donor Livers to Adults: A Liver Simulated Allocation Model Study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Ge J, Wood N, Segev DL, Lai JC, Gentry S
• Low Predictability of Readmissions and Death Using Machine Learning in Cirrhosis.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2021 Hu C, Anjur V, Saboo K, Reddy KR, O'Leary J, Tandon P, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, Lai JC, Biggins SW, Fallon MB, Thuluvath P, Subramanian RM, Maliakkal B, Vargas H, Thacker LR, Iyer RK, Bajaj …
• Evaluating the Associations Between the Liver Frailty Index and Karnofsky Performance Status With Waitlist Mortality.
  Transplantation direct 2021 Xu CQ, Yao F, Mohamad Y, Wong R, Kent D, Seetharaman S, Srisengfa Y, Lai JC
• National Early Career Transplant Hepatologist Survey: Compensation, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction.
  Hepatology communications 2021 Kriss M, Te HS, Verna EC, VanWagner LB, Scott FI, Lai JC
• Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Diabetes Mellitus Are Associated With Post-Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Renal Dysfunction: An Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches Group Study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2021 Ge J, Lai JC, Boike JR, German M, Jest N, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Lee A, Hristov A, Desai AP, Junna S, Pokhrel B, Couri T, Paul S, Frenette C, Christian-Miller N, Laurito M, Verna EC, Rahim U, …
• Increased Risk of ACLF and Inpatient Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis and Hepatic Hydrothorax.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2020 O'Leary JG, Rajender Reddy K, Tandon P, Biggins SW, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia-Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Lai JC, Fallon M, Vargas HE, Thuluvath P, Subramanian R, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS
• Kefir Peptides Prevent Estrogen Deficiency-Induced Bone Loss and Modulate the Structure of the Gut Microbiota in Ovariectomized Mice.
  Nutrients 2020 Tu MY, Han KY, Chang GR, Lai GD, Chang KY, Chen CF, Lai JC, Lai CY, Chen HL, Chen CM
• Identifying an Optimal Liver Frailty Index Cutoff to Predict Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2020 Kardashian A, Ge J, McCulloch CE, Kappus MR, Dunn MA, Duarte-Rojo A, Volk ML, Rahimi RS, Verna EC, Ganger DR, Ladner D, Dodge JL, Boyarsky B, McAdams-DeMarco M, Segev DL, Lai JC
• Outcomes of Liver Transplantation Among Older Recipients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in a Large Multicenter US Cohort: the Re-Evaluating Age Limits in Transplantation Consortium.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020 Kwong AJ, Devuni D, Wang C, Boike J, Jo J, VanWagner L, Serper M, Jones L, Sharma R, Verna EC, Shor J, German MN, Hristov A, Lee A, Spengler E, Koteish AA, Sehmbey G, Seetharam A, John N, Patel Y, …
• Unforeseen consequences of the COVID pandemic.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Bucuvalas J, Lai JC
• Progression of Stage 2 and 3 Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis and Ascites.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2020 Wong F, Reddy KR, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Garcia-Tsao G, Vargas HE, Lai JC, Biggins SW, Maliakkal B, Fallon M, Subramanian R, Thuluvath P, Kamath PS, Thacker L, Bajaj JS
• Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, racial segregation, and organ donation across 5 states.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Wadhwani SI, Brokamp C, Rasnick E, Bucuvalas JC, Lai JC, Beck AF
• Association of motivations and barriers with participation and performance in a pedometer-based intervention.
  Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2020 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Delgado C, Sudore R, Lai JC, Johansen KL
• Psychological contributors to the frail phenotype: The association between resilience and frailty in patients with cirrhosis.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Wong RJ, Mohamad Y, Srisengfa YT, Kent DS, Seetharaman S, Shah RJ, Lai JC
• Serum Levels of Metabolites Produced by Intestinal Microbes and Lipid Moieties Independently Associated With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure and Death in Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Gastroenterology 2020 Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Vargas HE, Lai JC, Kamath PS, Tandon P, Wong F, Subramanian RM, Thuluvath P, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis EA, Sehrawat T, de la Rosa Rodriguez R, Thacker LR, Sikaroodi M, …
• Time for Action to Address the Persistent Sex-Based Disparity in Liver Transplant Access.
  JAMA surgery 2020 Verna EC, Lai JC
• Frailty as an Immune-Mediated Condition That Leads to an Increased Risk of Acute Cellular Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients.
  Clinical liver disease 2020 Fozouni L, Lai JC
• Liver Transplant Survivorship.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020 Lai JC, Ufere NN, Bucuvalas JC
• Low Rates of Advance Care Planning (ACP) Discussions Despite Readiness to Engage in ACP Among Liver Transplant Candidates.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2020 Wang CW, Lebsack A, Sudore RL, Lai JC
• Multicenter Study of Age, Frailty, and Waitlist Mortality Among Liver Transplant Candidates.
  Annals of surgery 2020 Haugen CE, McAdams-DeMarco M, Holscher CM, Ying H, Gurakar AO, Garonzik-Wang J, Cameron AM, Segev DL, Lai JC
• Aggressive utilization of liver allografts: Improved outcomes over time.
  Clinical transplantation 2020 Rana A, Price MB, Barrett SC, Lai J, Bakhtiyar SS, Kanwal F, Vierling J, Wu M, Galvan NT, Goss J
• Women who undergo liver transplant have longer length of stay post-transplant compared with men.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2020 Rubin JB, Cullaro G, Ge J, Lai JC
• Insurance Status But Not Race and Ethnicity Are Associated With Outcomes in a Large Hospitalized Cohort of Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2020 Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Garcia-Tsao G, Lai J, Fallon MB, Thuluvath PJ, Vargas HE, Maliakkal B, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• Physical Function, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life After Liver Transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020 Dunn MA, Rogal SS, Duarte-Rojo A, Lai JC
• Association of Karnofsky Performance Status with waitlist mortality among older and younger adults awaiting kidney transplantation.
  Clinical transplantation 2020 Sheshadri A, Cullaro G, Johansen KL, Lai JC
• Chronic Kidney Disease in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Rising Burden Impacting Post-Liver Transplant Outcomes.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020 Cullaro G, Verna EC, Lee BP, Lai JC
• Changes in frailty are associated with waitlist mortality in patients with cirrhosis.
  Journal of hepatology 2020 Lai JC, Dodge JL, Kappus MR, Dunn MA, Volk ML, Duarte-Rojo A, Ganger DR, Rahimi RS, McCulloch CE, Haugen CE, McAdams-DeMarco M, Ladner DP, Segev DL, Verna EC, Multi-Center Functional Assessment in …
• Effect of a pedometer-based walking intervention on body composition in patients with ESRD: a randomized controlled trial.
  BMC nephrology 2020 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Lai JC, Johansen KL
• Underutilization of Hospice in Inpatients with Cirrhosis: The NACSELD Experience.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2020 O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Reddy KR, Biggins SW, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia-Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Lai J, Fallon M, Vargas HE, Thuluvath P, Subramanian R, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS
• Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse patient and graft survival following pediatric liver transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Wadhwani SI, Beck AF, Bucuvalas J, Gottlieb L, Kotagal U, Lai JC
• Frailty Is Associated With Increased Rates of Acute Cellular Rejection Within 3 Months After Liver Transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2020 Fozouni L, Mohamad Y, Lebsack A, Freise C, Stock P, Lai JC
• A Comprehensive Review of Outcome Predictors in Low MELD Patients.
  Transplantation 2020 Mazumder NR, Atiemo K, Kappus M, Cullaro G, Harinstein ME, Ladner D, Verna E, Lai J, Levitsky J
• Response to "Reply to: 'The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease'".
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020 Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, Mindikoglu AL, Galván NTN, Cotton RT, O'Mahony CA, Goss JA, Rana A
• Gender Differences Among Patients Hospitalized With Cirrhosis in the United States.
  Journal of clinical gastroenterology 2020 Rubin JB, Sundaram V, Lai JC
• Split liver transplantation is utilized infrequently and concentrated at few transplant centers in the United States.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Ge J, Perito ER, Bucuvalas J, Gilroy R, Hsu EK, Roberts JP, Lai JC
• Association Between Liver Transplant Wait-list Mortality and Frailty Based on Body Mass Index.
  JAMA surgery 2019 Haugen CE, McAdams-DeMarco M, Verna EC, Rahimi RS, Kappus MR, Dunn MA, Volk ML, Gurakar A, Duarte-Rojo A, Ganger DR, O'Leary JG, Ladner D, Garonzik-Wang J, Segev DL, Lai JC
• Sex Differences in the Association Between Frailty and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Clinical and translational gastroenterology 2019 Fozouni L, Wang CW, Lai JC
• Differential Impact of Age Among Liver Transplant Candidates With and Without Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 Cullaro G, Rubin JB, Mehta N, Lai JC
• Identifying a clinically relevant cutoff for height that is associated with a higher risk of waitlist mortality in liver transplant candidates.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Ge J, Lai JC
• Sarcopenia Predicts Post-transplant Mortality in Acutely Ill Men Undergoing Urgent Evaluation and Liver Transplantation.
  Transplantation 2019 Kuo SZ, Ahmad M, Dunn MA, Montano-Loza AJ, Carey EJ, Lin S, Moghe A, Chen HW, Ebadi M, Lai JC
• Frailty and the Burden of Concurrent and Incident Disability in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Prospective Cohort Study.
  Hepatology communications 2019 Lai JC, Dodge JL, McCulloch CE, Covinsky KE, Singer JP
• Hospitalized Women With Cirrhosis Have More Nonhepatic Comorbidities and Associated Complications Than Men.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2019 Rubin JB, Srisengfa YT, Albhaisi S, Acharya C, Nangia G, Shaikh T, Thacker LR, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Bajaj JS, Lai JC
• Review article: impact of exercise on physical frailty in patients with chronic liver disease.
  Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2019 Williams FR, Berzigotti A, Lord JM, Lai JC, Armstrong MJ
• The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, Mindikoglu AL, Galván NTN, Cotton RT, O'Mahony CA, Goss JA, Rana A
• A North American Expert Opinion Statement on Sarcopenia in Liver Transplantation.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019 Carey EJ, Lai JC, Sonnenday C, Tapper EB, Tandon P, Duarte-Rojo A, Dunn MA, Tsien C, Kallwitz ER, Ng V, Dasarathy S, Kappus M, Bashir MR, Montano-Loza AJ
• Barriers to ideal outcomes after pediatric liver transplantation.
  Pediatric transplantation 2019 Ng VL, Mazariegos GV, Kelly B, Horslen S, McDiarmid SV, Magee JC, Loomes KM, Fischer RT, Sundaram SS, Lai JC, Te HS, Bucuvalas JC
• Nosocomial Infections Are Frequent and Negatively Impact Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2019 Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Lai JC, Vargas HE, Maliakkal B, Fallon MB, Thuluvath PJ, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• Impact of Muscle Gain after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation on Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2019 Kohi MP, Lai JC
• Frailty in liver transplantation: An expert opinion statement from the American Society of Transplantation Liver and Intestinal Community of Practice.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2019 Lai JC, Sonnenday CJ, Tapper EB, Duarte-Rojo A, Dunn MA, Bernal W, Carey EJ, Dasarathy S, Kamath BM, Kappus MR, Montano-Loza AJ, Nagai S, Tandon P
• Changes in Simultaneous Liver-kidney Transplant Allocation Policy May Impact Postliver Transplant Outcomes.
  Transplantation 2019 Cullaro G, Hirose R, Lai JC
• Split-Liver Allocation: An Underused Opportunity to Expand Access to Liver Transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 Ge J, Lai JC
• Targets to improve quality of care for patients with hepatic encephalopathy: data from a multi-centre cohort.
  Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 2019 Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Garcia-Tsao G, Lai J, Fallon MB, Thuluvath PJ, Vargas HE, Maliakkal B, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• The Range and Reproducibility of the Liver Frailty Index.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 Wang CW, Lebsack A, Chau S, Lai JC
• Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Outcomes in Cirrhosis.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 Wong F, Reddy KR, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Biggins SW, Garcia-Tsao G, Maliakkal BJ, Lai JC, Fallon MB, Vargas HE, Subramanian R, Thuluvath PJ, Kamath PS, Thacker L, Bajaj JS
• Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis on Primary Compared to Secondary Prophylaxis for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2019 Bajaj JS, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Wong F, Biggins SW, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, Maliakkal B, Fallon MB, Lai JC, Thuluvath PJ, Vargas HE, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• Outcomes After Listing for Liver Transplant in Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: The Multicenter North American Consortium for the Study of End-Stage Liver Disease Experience.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 O'Leary JG, Bajaj JS, Tandon P, Biggins SW, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia-Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Lai J, Fallon M, Vargas HE, Thuluvath P, Subramanian R, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• Women on the liver transplantation waitlist are at increased risk of hospitalization compared to men.
  World journal of gastroenterology 2019 Rubin JB, Sinclair M, Rahimi RS, Tapper EB, Lai JC
• Deceased Pediatric Donor Livers: How Current Policy Drives Allocation and Transplantation.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2019 Ge J, Hsu EK, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC
• Association Between Renal Function Pattern and Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2019 Cullaro G, Verna EC, Lai JC
• Frailty Associated With Waitlist Mortality Independent of Ascites and Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Multicenter Study.
  Gastroenterology 2019 Lai JC, Rahimi RS, Verna EC, Kappus MR, Dunn MA, McAdams-DeMarco M, Haugen CE, Volk ML, Duarte-Rojo A, Ganger DR, O'Leary JG, Dodge JL, Ladner D, Segev DL
• Functional status at listing predicts waitlist and posttransplant mortality in pediatric liver transplant candidates.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2018 Perito ER, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC
• Report from the American Society of Transplantation on frailty in solid organ transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2018 Kobashigawa J, Dadhania D, Bhorade S, Adey D, Berger J, Bhat G, Budev M, Duarte-Rojo A, Dunn M, Hall S, Harhay MN, Johansen KL, Joseph S, Kennedy CC, Kransdorf E, Lentine KL, Lynch RJ, McAdams-DeMarco…
• Sex hormone levels by presence and severity of cirrhosis in women with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
  Journal of viral hepatitis 2018 Sarkar M, Lai JC, Sawinski D, Zeigler TE, Cedars M, Forde KA
• How I Approach It: Improving Nutritional Status in Patients With Cirrhosis.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2018 Lai JC, Tandon P
• Poor performance of psoas muscle index for identification of patients with higher waitlist mortality risk in cirrhosis.
  Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 2018 Ebadi M, Wang CW, Lai JC, Dasarathy S, Kappus MR, Dunn MA, Carey EJ, Montano-Loza AJ, From the Fitness, Life Enhancement, and Exercise in Liver Transplantation (FLEXIT) Consortium
• Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Getting Ready for Prime Time?
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018 Bajaj JS, Moreau R, Kamath PS, Vargas HE, Arroyo V, Reddy KR, Szabo G, Tandon P, Olson J, Karvellas C, Gustot T, Lai JC, Wong F
• Beta-blockers and physical frailty in patients with end-stage liver disease.
  World journal of gastroenterology 2018 Kuo SZ, Lizaola B, Hayssen H, Lai JC
• Patient and Caregiver Attitudes and Practices of Exercise in Candidates Listed for Liver Transplantation.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2018 Chascsa DM, Lai JC, Dunn MA, Montano-Loza AJ, Kappus MR, Dasarathy S, Carey EJ
• Determination of Free 25(OH)D Concentrations and Their Relationships to Total 25(OH)D in Multiple Clinical Populations.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2018 Schwartz JB, Gallagher JC, Jorde R, Berg V, Walsh J, Eastell R, Evans AL, Bowles S, Naylor KE, Jones KS, Schoenmakers I, Holick M, Orwoll E, Nielson C, Kaufmann M, Jones G, Bouillon R, Lai J, Verotta …
• Association Between Intestinal Microbiota Collected at Hospital Admission and Outcomes of Patients With Cirrhosis.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2018 Bajaj JS, Vargas HE, Reddy KR, Lai JC, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Mitrani R, White MB, Kelly M, Fagan A, Patil R, Sait S, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM
• People who experience seclusion in adult mental health inpatient services: An examination of health of the nation outcome scales scores.
  International journal of mental health nursing 2018 Jury A, Lai J, Tuason C, Koning A, Smith M, Boyd L, Swanson C, Fergusson D, Gruar A
• "Normal" Creatinine Levels Predict Persistent Kidney Injury and Waitlist Mortality in Outpatients With Cirrhosis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018 Cullaro G, Park M, Lai JC
• The Impact of Albumin Use on Resolution of Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2018 Bajaj JS, Tandon P, O'Leary JG, Biggins SW, Wong F, Kamath PS, Garcia-Tsao G, Maliakkal B, Lai JC, Fallon M, Thuluvath P, Vargas HE, Subramanian RM, Thacker LR, Reddy RK
• Receipt of a pediatric liver offer as the first offer reduces waitlist mortality for adult women.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018 Ge J, Gilroy R, Lai JC
• Assessment of the spectrum of hepatic encephalopathy: A multicenter study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2018 Reuter B, Walter K, Bissonnette J, Leise MD, Lai J, Tandon P, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Rose CF, Wade JB, Bajaj JS
• Reply.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018 Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Dodge JL, Boscardin WJ, Segev DL, Roberts JP, Feng S
• NACSELD acute-on-chronic liver failure (NACSELD-ACLF) score predicts 30-day survival in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2018 O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Garcia-Tsao G, Biggins SW, Wong F, Fallon MB, Subramanian RM, Kamath PS, Thuluvath P, Vargas HE, Maliakkal B, Tandon P, Lai J, Thacker LR, Bajaj JS
• Physical frailty after liver transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2018 Lai JC, Segev DL, McCulloch CE, Covinsky KE, Dodge JL, Feng S
• Association of Cardiac Abnormalities to the Frail Phenotype in Cirrhotic Patients on the Waitlist: From the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation Study.
  Transplantation 2018 Puchades L, Chau S, Dodson JA, Mohamad Y, Mustain R, Lebsack A, Aguilera V, Prieto M, Lai JC
• Primary healthcare utilisation among adults with mood and anxiety disorders: an analysis of the New Zealand Health Survey.
  Journal of primary health care 2018 Lockett H, Lai J, Tuason C, Jury A, Fergusson D
• A2 liver transplantation across the ABO barrier: Increasing options in the donor pool?
  Clinical liver disease 2018 Ge J, Roberts JP, Lai JC
• Sex-based disparities in delisting for being "too sick" for liver transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2017 Cullaro G, Sarkar M, Lai JC
• Prediction of Fungal Infection Development and Their Impact on Survival Using the NACSELD Cohort.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2017 Bajaj JS, Reddy RK, Tandon P, Wong F, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Garcia-Tsao G, Fallon M, Maliakkal B, Lai J, Vargas HE, Subramanian RM, Thuluvath P, Thacker LR, O'Leary JG
• The Liver Frailty Index Improves Mortality Prediction of the Subjective Clinician Assessment in Patients With Cirrhosis.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2017 Lai JC, Covinsky KE, McCulloch CE, Feng S
• Opioid and opioid substitution therapy in liver transplant candidates: A survey of center policies and practices.
  Clinical transplantation 2017 Fleming JN, Lai JC, Te HS, Said A, Spengler EK, Rogal SS
• Liver Transplantation in the Obese Cirrhotic Patient.
  Transplantation 2017 Spengler EK, O'Leary JG, Te HS, Rogal S, Pillai AA, Al-Osaimi A, Desai A, Fleming JN, Ganger D, Seetharam A, Tsoulfas G, Montenovo M, Lai JC
• Transplant for the very sick: No limitations in donor quality?
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2017 C Lai J
• Analysis of Liver Offers to Pediatric Candidates on the Transplant Wait List.
  Gastroenterology 2017 Hsu EK, Shaffer ML, Gao L, Sonnenday C, Volk ML, Bucuvalas J, Lai JC
• Development of a novel frailty index to predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2017 Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Dodge JL, Boscardin WJ, Segev DL, Roberts JP, Feng S
• Race/ethnicity is associated with ABO-nonidentical liver transplantation in the United States.
  Clinical transplantation 2017 Ge J, Roberts JP, Lai JC
• Reporting functional status in UNOS: The weakness of the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale.
  Clinical transplantation 2017 Wang CW, Lai JC
• A multicenter study to define sarcopenia in patients with end-stage liver disease.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2017 Carey EJ, Lai JC, Wang CW, Dasarathy S, Lobach I, Montano-Loza AJ, Dunn MA, Fitness, Life Enhancement, and Exercise in Liver Transplantation Consortium
• Cost-Effectiveness of Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment in Hepatitis C-Infected Liver Transplant Candidates With Compensated Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
  Transplantation 2017 Salazar J, Saxena V, Kahn JG, Roberts JP, Mehta N, Volk M, Lai JC
• Disability in patients with end-stage liver disease: Results from the functional assessment in liver transplantation study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2017 Samoylova ML, Covinsky KE, Haftek M, Kuo S, Roberts JP, Lai JC
• Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist.
  World journal of gastroenterology 2017 Sinclair M, Poltavskiy E, Dodge JL, Lai JC
• A framework to determine when liver transplantation is futile.
  Clinical liver disease 2016 Lai JC
• Clinical Liver Disease
  A framework to determine when liver transplantation is futile. 2016
• Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis.
  BMC medicine 2016 Pavasini R, Guralnik J, Brown JC, di Bari M, Cesari M, Landi F, Vaes B, Legrand D, Verghese J, Wang C, Stenholm S, Ferrucci L, Lai JC, Bartes AA, Espaulella J, Ferrer M, Lim JY, Ensrud KE, Cawthon P, …
• Factors Associated with Medication Non-adherence in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2016 Kuo SZ, Haftek M, Lai JC
• Editorial: Advancing Adoption of Frailty to Improve the Care of Patients with Cirrhosis: Time for a Consensus on a Frailty Index.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2016 Lai JC
• Performance-Based Measures Associate With Frailty in Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease.
  Transplantation 2016 Lai JC, Volk ML, Strasburg D, Alexander N
• Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis during Pregnancy.
  ACG case reports journal 2016 Giard JM, Decker KA, Lai JC, Gill RM, Logan AC, Fix OK
• Hepatic Encephalopathy Is Associated With Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis Independent of Other Extrahepatic Organ Failures.
  Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 2016 Bajaj JS, O'Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Kamath PS, Maliakkal B, Biggins SW, Thuluvath PJ, Fallon MB, Subramanian RM, Vargas HE, Lai J, Thacker LR, Reddy KR
• Underutilization of palliative care services in the liver transplant population.
  World journal of transplantation 2016 Kathpalia P, Smith A, Lai JC
• A Comparison of Muscle Function, Mass, and Quality in Liver Transplant Candidates: Results From the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation Study.
  Transplantation 2016 Wang CW, Feng S, Covinsky KE, Hayssen H, Zhou LQ, Yeh BM, Lai JC
• ABO-Nonidentical Liver Transplantation in the United States.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2016 Lai JC, Roberts JP
• Defining the threshold for too sick for transplant.
  Current opinion in organ transplantation 2016 Lai JC
• Response to clinical assessments of health status as a potential marker to identify patients who are too sick to undergo transplantation.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2016 Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Hayssen H, Lizaola B, Dodge J, Roberts JP, Terrault NA, Feng S
• Functional decline in patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: Results from the functional assessment in liver transplantation (FrAILT) study.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2015 Lai JC, Dodge JL, Sen S, Covinsky K, Feng S
• Functional impairment in older liver transplantation candidates: From the functional assessment in liver transplantation study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2015 Wang CW, Covinsky KE, Feng S, Hayssen H, Segev DL, Lai JC
• Outcomes for liver transplant candidates listed with low model for end-stage liver disease score.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2015 Kwong AJ, Lai JC, Dodge JL, Roberts JP
• Kidney Failure and Liver Allocation: Current Practices and Potential Improvements.
  Advances in chronic kidney disease 2015 Saxena V, Lai JC
• Decision support for organ offers in liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2015 Volk ML, Goodrich N, Lai JC, Sonnenday C, Shedden K
• Hepatitis C genotype influences post-liver transplant outcomes.
  Transplantation 2015 Campos-Varela I, Lai JC, Verna EC, O'Leary JG, Todd Stravitz R, Forman LM, Trotter JF, Brown RS, Terrault NA, Consortium to Study Health Outcomes in HCV Liver Transplant Recipients (CRUSH-C)
• Total 25(OH) vitamin D, free 25(OH) vitamin D and markers of bone turnover in cirrhotics with and without synthetic dysfunction.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2015 Lai JC, Bikle DD, Lizaola B, Hayssen H, Terrault NA, Schwartz JB
• Clinician assessments of health status predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation.
  Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2015 Lai JC, Covinsky KE, Hayssen H, Lizaola B, Dodge JL, Roberts JP, Terrault NA, Feng S
• Bone Mineral Density, Bone Turnover, and Systemic Inflammation in Non-cirrhotics with Chronic Hepatitis C.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2015 Lai JC, Shoback DM, Zipperstein J, Lizaola B, Tseng S, Terrault NA
• Role of delta-aminolevulinic acid in the symptoms of acute porphyria.
  The American journal of medicine 2014 Bissell DM, Lai JC, Meister RK, Blanc PD
• Combined effects of recipient age and model for end-stage liver disease score on liver transplantation outcomes.
  Transplantation 2014 Sharpton SR, Feng S, Hameed B, Yao F, Lai JC
• The octogenarian donor: can the liver be "younger than stated age"?
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2014 Lai JC, Covinsky K, Feng S
• Expanded criteria donors.
  Clinics in liver disease 2014 Feng S, Lai JC
• Frailty predicts waitlist mortality in liver transplant candidates.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2014 Lai JC, Feng S, Terrault NA, Lizaola B, Hayssen H, Covinsky K
• A comparison of measured and calculated free 25(OH) vitamin D levels in clinical populations.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2014 Schwartz JB, Lai J, Lizaola B, Kane L, Markova S, Weyland P, Terrault NA, Stotland N, Bikle D
• Variability in free 25(OH) vitamin D levels in clinical populations.
  The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology 2013 Schwartz JB, Lai J, Lizaola B, Kane L, Weyland P, Terrault NA, Stotland N, Bikle D
• Reducing infection transmission in solid organ transplantation through donor nucleic acid testing: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2013 Lai JC, Kahn JG, Tavakol M, Peters MG, Roberts JP
• Offer patterns of nationally placed livers by donation service area.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013 Lai JC, Feng S, Vittinghoff E, Roberts JP
• Center competition and outcomes following liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2013 Halldorson JB, Paarsch HJ, Dodge JL, Segre AM, Lai J, Roberts JP
• Sudden onset vision loss in an 8-year-old female with McCune-Albright syndrome.
  Pediatric dermatology 2012 Kim D, Wysong A, Lai J, Alcorn DM, Benjamin LT
• An examination of liver offers to candidates on the liver transplant wait-list.
  Gastroenterology 2012 Lai JC, Feng S, Roberts JP
• Recipient-donor race mismatch for African American liver transplant patients with chronic hepatitis C.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Saxena V, Lai JC, O'Leary JG, Verna EC, Brown RS, Stravitz RT, Trotter JF, Krishnan K, Terrault NA, Consortium to Study Health Outcomes in HCV Liver Transplant Recipients
• Risk of advanced fibrosis with grafts from hepatitis C antibody-positive donors: a multicenter cohort study.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Lai JC, O'Leary JG, Trotter JF, Verna EC, Brown RS, Stravitz RT, Duman JD, Forman LM, Terrault NA, Consortium to Study Health Outcomes in HCV Liver Transplant Recipients (CRUSH-C)
• Effects of ethnicity and socioeconomic status on survival and severity of fibrosis in liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2012 Verna EC, Valadao R, Farrand E, Pichardo EM, Lai JC, Terrault NA, Brown RS
• Patient, center and geographic characteristics of nationally placed livers.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2012 Lai JC, Roberts JP, Vittinghoff E, Terrault NA, Feng S
• Hepatic steatosis at 1 year is an additional predictor of subsequent fibrosis severity in liver transplant recipients with recurrent hepatitis C virus.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2011 Brandman D, Pingitore A, Lai JC, Roberts JP, Ferrell L, Bass NM, Terrault NA
• Hepatitis C virus-infected women have a higher risk of advanced fibrosis and graft loss after liver transplantation than men.
  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 2011 Lai JC, Verna EC, Brown RS, O'Leary JG, Trotter JF, Forman LM, Duman JD, Foster RG, Stravitz RT, Terrault NA, Consortium to Study Health Outcomes in HCV Liver Transplant Recipients (CRUSH-C)
• Gender differences in liver donor quality are predictive of graft loss.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011 Lai JC, Feng S, Roberts JP, Terrault NA
• Height contributes to the gender difference in wait-list mortality under the MELD-based liver allocation system.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2010 Lai JC, Terrault NA, Vittinghoff E, Biggins SW
• Lessons from HIV therapy applied to viral hepatitis therapy: summary of a workshop.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2010 Monto A, Schooley RT, Lai JC, Sulkowski MS, Chung RT, Pawlotsky JM, McHutchison JG, Jacobson IM
• A novel housestaff educational model for quaternary-care patients at an academic health center.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2009 Lai JC, Montero A, Lebwohl B, Brown RS
• Resource utilization of living donor versus deceased donor liver transplantation is similar at an experienced transplant center.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2008 Lai JC, Pichardo EM, Emond JC, Brown RS