Publications

2025:

Buford J, Di M, Harding JL, et al.. Regional Variation in Early Kidney Transplant Access Across Dialysis Facilities in Four US Regions. Kidney International Reports. Published online 2025:103721. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2025.103721
Kelty CE, Drewry KM, Buford J, et al.. Gaps in dialysis staff knowledge of the kidney transplantation process. Kidney International Reports. Published online 2025:103720. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2025.103720
McPherson L, Plantinga LC, Howards PP, Kramer M, Patzer RE. Effect of pre-end-stage kidney disease nephrology care on the association between neighborhood poverty and referral for kidney transplantation among patients with end-stage kidney disease. J Clin Epidemiol. Published online June 24, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111878
Gompers A, Buford J, Patzer RE, Pastan SO, Rossi A, Harding JL. Transplant Staff Awareness of Gender Disparities and the Evaluation of Women for Kidney Transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis. Published online June 6, 2025. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.03.027
Kelty CE, Buford J, Drewry KM, et al. Sociodemographic barriers to starting the kidney transplantation evaluation process and waitlisting in the Ohio River Valley. Am J Nephrol. Published online May 3, 2025. doi:10.1159/000546108
McPherson L, Plantinga LC, Howards PP, Kramer M, Patzer RE. Disentangling Dialysis Facility and Transplant Center Factors on Evaluation Start Following Referral for Kidney Transplantation: A Regional Study in the United States. Kidney Med. 2025;7(4):100974. Published 2025 Feb 7. doi:10.1016/j.xkme.2025.100974
Kelty CE, Buford J, Di M, et al. The Early Steps to Transplant Access Registry (E-STAR) dashboard: center-specific reporting on prewaitlisting data to improve access to kidney transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2025;30(2):130-138. doi:10.1097/MOT.0000000000001202

2024:

Harding JL, Gompers A, Di M, et al. Sex/Gender Disparities in Preemptive Referrals for Kidney Transplantation. Kidney Int Rep. 2024;9(7):2134-2145. Published 2024 Apr 15. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2024.04.025
Berry J, Perez A, Di M, et al. The Association between Residential Segregation and Access to Kidney Transplantation: Evidence from a Multistate Cohort Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024;19(11):1473-1484. doi:10.2215/CJN.0000000000000565
Harding JL. Women’s Access to Kidney Transplantation. Kidney Int Rep. 2024;9(3):512-515. Published 2024 Jan 27. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2024.01.040
Harding JL, Dixon MA, Di M, Hogan J, Pastan SO, Patzer RE. Setting reasonable goals for kidney transplant referral among dialysis facilities. BMC Nephrol. 2024;25(1):235. Published 2024 Jul 24. doi:10.1186/s12882-024-03671-2
McPherson L, Plantinga LC, Howards PP, Kramer M, Pastan SO, Patzer RE. Referral and evaluation for kidney transplantation among patients with lupus nephritis-related end-stage kidney disease. Lupus. 2024;33(1):48-57. doi:10.1177/09612033231219739
Patzer RE, Buford J, Urbanski M, et al. Reducing Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation Regional Study: A Randomized Trial in the Southeastern United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Published online December 13, 2024. doi:10.2215/CJN.0000000586

2023

Harding JL, Di M, Pastan SO, et al. Sex/Gender-Based Disparities in Early Transplant Access by Attributed Cause of Kidney Disease-Evidence from a Multiregional Cohort in the Southeast United States. Kidney Int Rep. 2023;8(12):2580-2591. Published 2023 Sep 9. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2023.09.010

2022

Adekunle RO, Mehta AK, Wang Z, Patzer RE, Zhang R. Early steps to kidney transplantation among persons with HIV and end-stage renal disease in ESRD network 6. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022;24(1):e13767. doi:10.1111/tid.13767
Patzer RE, Di M, Zhang R, et al. Referral and Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation Following Implementation of the 2014 National Kidney Allocation System. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022;80(6):707-717. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.01.423
Smothers L, Patzer RE, Pastan SO, DuBay D, Harding JL. Gender Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Referral Vary by Age and Race: A Multiregional Cohort Study in the Southeast United States. Kidney Int Rep. 2022;7(6):1248-1257. Published 2022 Apr 5. DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.03.027

2021

Melanson TA, Gander JC, Rossi A, Adler JT, Patzer RE. Variation in Waitlisting Rates at the Dialysis Facility Level in the Context of Goals for Improving Kidney Health in the United States. Kidney Int Rep. 2021;6(7):1965-1968. Published 2021 May 4. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2021.04.031
Browne T, McPherson L, Retzloff S, et al. Improving Access to Kidney Transplantation: Perspectives From Dialysis and Transplant Staff in the Southeastern United States. Kidney Med. 2021;3(5):799-807.e1. Published 2021 Jul 7. doi:10.1016/j.xkme.2021.04.017
McPherson LJ, Walker ER, Lee YH, et al. Dialysis Facility Profit Status and Early Steps in Kidney Transplantation in the Southeastern United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021;16(6):926-936. doi:10.2215/CJN.17691120
Paul S, Melanson T, Mohan S, et al. Kidney transplant program waitlisting rate as a metric to assess transplant access. Am J Transplant. 2021;21(1):314-321. doi:10.1111/ajt.16277

2020

McPherson LJ, Barry V, Yackley J, et al. Distance to Kidney Transplant Center and Access to Early Steps in the Kidney Transplantation Process in the Southeastern United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020;15(4):539-549. doi:10.2215/CJN.08530719
Patzer RE, McPherson L, Wang Z, et al. Dialysis facility referral and start of evaluation for kidney transplantation among patients treated with dialysis in the Southeastern United States. Am J Transplant. 2020;20(8):2113-2125. doi:10.1111/ajt.15791
Hamoda RE, McPherson LJ, Lipford K, et al. Association of sociocultural factors with initiation of the kidney transplant evaluation process. Am J Transplant. 2020;20(1):190-203. doi:10.1111/ajt.15526

2018

Gander JC, Zhang X, Plantinga L, et al. Racial disparities in preemptive referral for kidney transplantation in Georgia. Clin Transplant. 2018;32(9):e13380. doi:10.1111/ctr.13380
Lipford KJ, McPherson L, Hamoda R, et al. Dialysis facility staff perceptions of racial, gender, and age disparities in access to renal transplantation. BMC Nephrol. 2018;19(1):5. Published 2018 Jan 10. doi:10.1186/s12882-017-0800-6
Basu M, Petgrave-Nelson L, Smith KD, et al. Transplant Center Patient Navigator and Access to Transplantation among High-Risk Population: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018;13(4):620-627. doi:10.2215/CJN.08600817
Paul S, Plantinga LC, Pastan SO, Gander JC, Mohan S, Patzer RE. Standardized Transplantation Referral Ratio to Assess Performance of Transplant Referral among Dialysis Facilities. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018;13(2):282-289. doi:10.2215/CJN.04690417

2017

Plantinga LC, Pastan SO, Wilk AS, et al. Referral for Kidney Transplantation and Indicators of Quality of Dialysis Care: A Cross-sectional Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017;69(2):257-265. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.08.038
Patzer RE, Paul S, Plantinga L, et al. A Randomized Trial to Reduce Disparities in Referral for Transplant Evaluation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017;28(3):935-942. doi:10.1681/ASN.2016030320

2015

Patzer RE, Plantinga LC, Paul S, et al. Variation in Dialysis Facility Referral for Kidney Transplantation Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Georgia. JAMA. 2015;314(6):582-594. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.8897

2014

Patzer RE, Gander J, Sauls L, et al. The RaDIANT community study protocol: community-based participatory research for reducing disparities in access to kidney transplantation. BMC Nephrol. 2014;15:171. Published 2014 Oct 28. doi:10.1186/1471-2369-15-171

2012

Patzer RE, Perryman JP, Schrager JD, et al. The role of race and poverty on steps to kidney transplantation in the Southeastern United States. Am J Transplant. 2012;12(2):358-368. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03927.x