Publications by authors named "V P Scantlebury"
Gender and racial disparities in the transplant surgery workforce.
Curr Opin Organ Transplant
October 2021
Purpose Of Review: This review explores trends in the United States (US) transplant surgery workforce with a focus on historical demographics, post-fellowship job market, and quality of life reported by transplant surgeons. Ongoing efforts to improve women and racial/ethnic minority representation in transplant surgery are highlighted. Future directions to create a transplant workforce that reflects the diversity of the US population are discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We characterized the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus and everolimus in a combined immunosuppressive regimen.
Methods: This was an open-label exploratory trial in eight maintenance renal transplant patients with calcineurin inhibitor intolerance initially receiving mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and tacrolimus. At enrollment, MMF was discontinued and replaced with everolimus 1.
It has been almost 50 years since the first child was born to a female transplant recipient. Since that time pregnancy has become common after transplantation, but physicians have been left to rely on case reports, small series and data from voluntary registries to guide the care of their patients. Many uncertainties exist including the risks that pregnancy presents to the graft, the patient herself, and the long-term risks to the fetus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic renal failure leads to amenorrhea, and successful pregnancy is rare. The aim of the present report is to examine the outcome of pregnancies under tacrolimus after kidney transplantation (KTx) and simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SPKTx).
Method: All pregnancies under tacrolimus after KTx or SPKTx from 1993 to April 2002 were retrospectively examined.