Andre A S Dick, MD, MPH

Andre A S Dick, MD, MPH

Transplant Center, Portal Hypertension Clinic, Liver Transplant, Kidney Transplant

On staff since July 2006

Children's Title: Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief; Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant

Academic Title: Professor, Surgery

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

  • Biography

    Dr. Andre Dick is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital.  He is currently also serving as Surgical Director of the Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program.  in January of 2022 Dr. Dick was named Senior VP and Surgeon-in-Chief, after serving in an interim capacity since April 2021.

    He was born in Jamaica and attended medical school at the State University New York School of Medicine. Dr. Dick fulfilled his residency at Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center, and completed his fellowship in abdominal transplant surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center. In 2008 he joined both the University of Washington Department of Surgery and Seattle Children's Hospital as Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Dick was promoted to Professor of Surgery in July 2022.

    Dr. Dick has been board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery since 2006. In 2011, he completed his Masters Degree in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He has served as the Region 6 Representative on the Pediatric Transplant Committee for the United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS/OPTN). Dr. Dick is also dedicated to the training and education of young surgeons. He previously served many years as the Transplant Fellowship Program Director at University of Washington. In 2017, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Training and Fellowship Training Committee at ASTS (American Society of Transplant Surgeons), and is also a member of the Transplant Accreditation and Certification Council. Dr. Dick is a member of the Education Committee of IPTA (International Pediatric Transplant Association) since 2016 and is currently serving a two-year term on the IPTA Council.

    Dr. Dick's clinical interests include liver, kidney and pancreas transplant and hepatobiliary surgery. His research is focused on obesity and its effects on transplant outcomes and on health care disparities in transplantation.

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  • Awards and Honors

    Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date
    SEATTLE TOP DOCTOR - 2022 Seattle Magazine 2022
    Top Poster of Distinction, 12th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium: "Surgical Challenges, Creative Solutions" The American Society of Transplant Surgeons Jan 13, 2012

  • Publications

    Other Publications

    • Hendele JB, Nichols JT, Vutien P, Perkins JD, Reyes J, Dick AAS
      A retrospective cohort study of socioeconomic deprivation and post-liver transplant survival in adults.
      38289266 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2024 Jan 31
    • Reis J, Bogart AM, Healey PJ, Dick AAS
      Transplant renal vein stent placement complicated by obstructive hematuria: A case report.
      37697457 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Nov. : 27(7)e14607
    • Reis J, Bogart AM, Healey PJ, Dick AAS
      Transplant renal vein stent placement complicated by obstructive hematuria: A case report.
      37697457 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Nov. : 27(7)e14607
    • Reis J, Bogart AM, Healey PJ, Dick AAS
      Transplant renal vein stent placement complicated by obstructive hematuria: A case report.
      37697457 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Nov. : 27(7)e14607
    • Reis J, Bogart AM, Healey PJ, Dick AAS
      Transplant renal vein stent placement complicated by obstructive hematuria: A case report.
      37697457 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Nov. : 27(7)e14607
    • Berkman ER, Hsu EK, Clark JD, Lewis-Newby M, Dick AAS, Diekema DS, Wightman AG
      An Ethical Analysis of Obesity as a Contraindication to Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidacy.
      36997027 American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2023 Mar 28
    • Berkman ER, Hsu EK, Clark JD, Lewis-Newby M, Dick AAS, Diekema DS, Wightman AG
      An Ethical Analysis of Obesity as a Contraindication to Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidacy.
      36997027 American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2023 Mar 28
    • Cockrell H, Barry D, Dick A, Greenberg S
      Geographic access to care and pediatric surgical outcomes.
      36803619 American journal of surgery, 2023 Feb 14
    • Cockrell H, Barry D, Dick A, Greenberg S
      Geographic access to care and pediatric surgical outcomes.
      36803619 American journal of surgery, 2023 Feb 14
    • Cockrell H, Barry D, Dick A, Greenberg S
      Socioeconomic disadvantage and pediatric surgical outcomes.
      36754749 American journal of surgery, 2023 Feb 4
    • Cockrell H, Barry D, Dick A, Greenberg S
      Socioeconomic disadvantage and pediatric surgical outcomes.
      36754749 American journal of surgery, 2023 Feb 4
    • Cockrell H, Barry D, Dick A, Greenberg S
      Socioeconomic disadvantage and pediatric surgical outcomes.
      36754749 American journal of surgery, 2023 Feb 4
    • Morenz A, Perkins J, Dick A, Young B, Ng YH
      Reexamining the Impact of Insurance Type on Kidney Transplant Waitlist Status and Posttransplantation Outcomes in the United States After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
      36743233 Transplantation direct, 2023 Feb. : 9(2)e1442 PMCID:PMC9891441
    • Morenz A, Perkins J, Dick A, Young B, Ng YH
      Reexamining the Impact of Insurance Type on Kidney Transplant Waitlist Status and Posttransplantation Outcomes in the United States After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
      36743233 Transplantation direct, 2023 Feb. : 9(2)e1442 PMCID:PMC9891441
    • Rasmussen SK, Lemoine CP, Superina R, Sayed B, Goldaracena N, Soltys KA, Griesemer A, Dick A, Angelis M, Chin LT, Florman S, Ganoza A, Lyer K, Kang SM, Magliocca J, Squires J, Eisenberg E, Bray D, Tunno J, Reyes JD, Mazariegos GV
      State of pediatric liver transplantation in the United States and achieving zero wait list mortality with ideal outcomes: A statement from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplant Surgeon's Working Group.
      36468324 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Feb. : 27 Suppl 1e14283
    • Morenz A, Perkins J, Dick A, Young B, Ng YH
      Reexamining the Impact of Insurance Type on Kidney Transplant Waitlist Status and Posttransplantation Outcomes in the United States After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
      36743233 Transplantation direct, 2023 Feb. : 9(2)e1442 PMCID:PMC9891441
    • Morenz A, Perkins J, Dick A, Young B, Ng YH
      Reexamining the Impact of Insurance Type on Kidney Transplant Waitlist Status and Posttransplantation Outcomes in the United States After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
      36743233 Transplantation direct, 2023 Feb. : 9(2)e1442 PMCID:PMC9891441
    • Rasmussen SK, Lemoine CP, Superina R, Sayed B, Goldaracena N, Soltys KA, Griesemer A, Dick A, Angelis M, Chin LT, Florman S, Ganoza A, Lyer K, Kang SM, Magliocca J, Squires J, Eisenberg E, Bray D, Tunno J, Reyes JD, Mazariegos GV
      State of pediatric liver transplantation in the United States and achieving zero wait list mortality with ideal outcomes: A statement from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplant Surgeon's Working Group.
      36468324 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Feb. : 27 Suppl 1e14283
    • Hwang CS, MacConmara M, Dick AAS
      Use of DCD organs: Expanding the donor pool to increase pediatric transplantation.
      35098637 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Feb. : 27 Suppl 1e14234
    • Berkman ER, Richardson KL, Clark JD, Dick AAS, Lewis-Newby M, Diekema DS, Wightman AG
      An ethical analysis of obesity as a contraindication of pediatric kidney transplant candidacy.
      35488137 Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2023 Feb. : 38(2)345-356
    • Berkman ER, Richardson KL, Clark JD, Dick AAS, Lewis-Newby M, Diekema DS, Wightman AG
      An ethical analysis of obesity as a contraindication of pediatric kidney transplant candidacy.
      35488137 Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2023 Feb. : 38(2)345-356
    • Rasmussen SK, Lemoine CP, Superina R, Sayed B, Goldaracena N, Soltys KA, Griesemer A, Dick A, Angelis M, Chin LT, Florman S, Ganoza A, Lyer K, Kang SM, Magliocca J, Squires J, Eisenberg E, Bray D, Tunno J, Reyes JD, Mazariegos GV
      State of pediatric liver transplantation in the United States and achieving zero wait list mortality with ideal outcomes: A statement from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplant Surgeon's Working Group.
      36468324 Pediatric transplantation, 2023 Feb. : 27 Suppl 1e14283
    • Bambha K, Kim NJ, Sturdevant M, Perkins JD, Kling C, Bakthavatsalam R, Healey P, Dick A, Reyes JD, Biggins SW
      Maximizing utility of nondirected living liver donor grafts using machine learning.
      37457719 Frontiers in immunology, 2023 : 141194338 PMCID:PMC10344453
    • Cockrell H, Wayne D, Wandell G, Wang X, Greenberg SLM, Kieran K, Dick A, Bonilla-Velez J
      Understanding hispanic patient satisfaction with telehealth during COVID-19.
      36635160 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2022 Dec 22 : PMCID:PMC9771577
    • Cockrell H, Wayne D, Wandell G, Wang X, Greenberg SLM, Kieran K, Dick A, Bonilla-Velez J
      Understanding hispanic patient satisfaction with telehealth during COVID-19.
      36635160 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2022 Dec 22 : PMCID:PMC9771577
    • Cockrell H, Wayne D, Wandell G, Wang X, Greenberg SLM, Kieran K, Dick A, Bonilla-Velez J
      Understanding hispanic patient satisfaction with telehealth during COVID-19.
      36635160 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2022 Dec 22 : PMCID:PMC9771577
    • Cheng JW, Fernandez N, Kim HHR, Tang ER, Ferguson M, Nicassio LN, Dick AAS, Smith JM, Cain MP
      Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (CEVUS) as a safe alternate means of assessing vesicoureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplant patients.
      36345140 Pediatric transplantation, 2022 Nov 7 : e14429
    • Abouljoud MS, Simpson DC, Dick AAS
      Diversity in transplantation surgery and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons: Opportunity for a bold vision and positive change.
      35249727 American journal of surgery, 2022 July : 224(1 Pt A)160-161
    • Abouljoud MS, Simpson DC, Dick AAS
      Diversity in transplantation surgery and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons: Opportunity for a bold vision and positive change.
      35249727 American journal of surgery, 2022 July : 224(1 Pt A)160-161
    • Berkman ER, Richardson KL, Clark JD, Dick AAS, Lewis-Newby M, Diekema DS, Wightman AG
      An ethical analysis of obesity as a contraindication of pediatric kidney transplant candidacy.
      35488137 Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2022 Apr 29
    • Hwang CS, MacConmara M, Dick AAS
      Use of DCD organs: Expanding the donor pool to increase pediatric transplantation.
      35098637 Pediatric transplantation, 2022 Jan 30 : e14234
    • Valbuena VSM, Obayemi JE, Purnell TS, Scantlebury VP, Olthoff KM, Martins PN, Higgins RS, Blackstock DM, Dick AAS, Watkins AC, Englesbe MJ, Simpson DC
      Gender and racial disparities in the transplant surgery workforce.
      34524181 Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2021 Oct 1 : 26(5)560-566 PMCID:PMC8524746
    • Little CJ, Dick AAS, Perkins JD, Reyes JD
      Donor-Recipient BSA Matching Is Prognostically Significant in Solitary and En Bloc Kidney Transplantation From Pediatric Circulatory Death Donors.
      34291155 Transplantation direct, 2021 Aug. : 7(8)e733 PMCID:PMC8291353
    • Aboughalia H, Kim HH, Dick AAS, Pacheco MC, Cilley RE, Iyer RS
      Pediatric biliary disorders: Multimodality imaging evaluation with clinicopathologic correlation.
      33493735 Clinical imaging, 2021 July : 7534-45
    • Shah MB, Cummings LS, Gray SH, Dick AAS
      Organ donation in diverse communities: The pitfalls of race correction.
      34041790 Clinical transplantation, 2021 June : 35(6)e14368
    • Shah MB, Cummings LS, Gray SH, Dick AAS
      Organ donation in diverse communities: The pitfalls of race correction.
      34041790 Clinical transplantation, 2021 May 26 : e14368
    • Dick AAS, Winstanley E, Ohara M, Blondet NM, Healey PJ, Perkins JD, Reyes JD
      Do funding sources influence long-term patient survival in pediatric liver transplantation?
      33112037 Pediatric transplantation, 2021 March : 25(2)e13887
    • Kassam AF, Cortez AR, Winer LK, Conzen KD, El-Hinnawi A, Jones CM, Matsuoka L, Watkins AC, Collins KM, Bhati C, Selzner M, Sonnenday CJ, Englesbe MJ, Diwan TS, Dick AAS, Quillin RC 3rd
      Extinguishing burnout: National analysis of predictors and effects of burnout in abdominal transplant surgery fellows.
      32463950 American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2021 Jan. : 21(1)307-313
    • Montenovo MI, Perkins JD, Kling CE, Sibulesky L, Dick AA, Reyes JD
      Machine Perfusion Decreases Delayed Graft Function in Donor Grafts With High Kidney Donor Profile Index.
      32133939 Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, 2021 Jan. : 19(1)8-13
    • Little CJ, Dick AAS, Perkins JD, Hsu EK, Reyes JD
      Livers From Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Represent a Viable and Underutilized Source of Allograft.
      32403205 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2020 Sept. : 26(9)1138-1153
    • Parikh SR, Avansino JR, Dick AA, Enriquez BK, Geiduschek JM, Martin LD, McDonald RA, Yandow SM, Zerr DM, Ojemann JG
      Collaborative Multidisciplinary Incident Command at Seattle Children's Hospital for Rapid Preparatory Pediatric Surgery Countermeasures to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
      32289376 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2020 Aug. : 231(2)269-274.e1 PMCID:PMC7151263
    • Reyes JD, Dick AA, Hendele JB, Perkins JD, Hsu EK
      Adults transplanted as children as retransplant candidates: Analysis of outcomes support optimism in a population mislabeled as high risk.
      32282089 Clinical transplantation, 2020 July : 34(7)e13880
    • Ebel NH, Hsu EK, Dick AAS, Shaffer ML, Carlin K, Horslen SP
      Decreased Incidence of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis in Pediatric Liver Transplantation Using Technical Variant Grafts: Report of the Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Experience.
      32585237 The Journal of pediatrics, 2020 Jun 22
    • Dick AAS, Blondet NM, Shaw K, Healey PJ, Horslen S, Smith JM, Perkins JD, Reyes JD
      The impact of public health service increased risk donors in pediatric liver transplantation.
      32320115 Pediatric transplantation, 2020 June : 24(4)e13712
    • Perkins JD, Dick AA, Healey PJ, Montenovo MI, Biggins SW, Sibulesky L, Reyes JD
      New Evidence Supporting Increased Use of Split Liver Transplantation.
      31335771 Transplantation, 2020 Feb. : 104(2)299-307
    • Stein EJ, Shivaram GM, Koo KSH, Dick AAS, Healey PJ, Monroe EJ
      Endovascular treatment of surgical mesoportal and portosystemic shunt dysfunction in pediatric patients.
      31273428 Pediatric radiology, 2019 Sept. : 49(10)1344-1353
    • Montenovo MI, Bambha K, Reyes J, Dick A, Perkins J, Healey P
      Living liver donation improves patient and graft survival in the pediatric population.
      30450729 Pediatric transplantation, 2019 Feb. : 23(1)e13318
    • Woerner A, Shivaram G, Koo KSH, Hsu EK, Dick AAS, Monroe EJ
      Clinical and Imaging Predictors of Surgical Splenorenal Shunt Dysfunction in Pediatric Patients.
      29470285 Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2018 June : 66(6)e139-e145
    • Stanescu AL, Kamps SE, Dick AAS, Parisi MT, Phillips GS
      Intraoperative Doppler sonogram in pediatric liver transplants: a pictorial review of intraoperative and early postoperative complications.
      29273893 Pediatric radiology, 2017 Dec 22
    • Dick AAS, Hansen RN, Montenovo MI, Healey PJ, Smith JM
      Body mass index as a predictor of outcomes among pediatric kidney transplant recipient.
      28612381 Pediatric transplantation, 2017 Jun 13
    • Sibulesky L, Hansen RN, Leca N, Blosser C, Rahnemai-Azar AA, Montenovo MI, Dick AA, Bakthavatsalam R, Rayhill S, Bhattacharya R, Reyes JD
      Landscape of Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Compensated Liver Disease: Results of a Survey of Transplant Surgeons in the United States.
      27931567 Transplantation proceedings, 2016 Dec. : 48(10)3268-3273
    • Montenovo MI, Hansen RN, Dick AA, Reyes J
      Donor Age Still Matters in Liver Transplant: Results From the United Network for Organ Sharing-Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Database.
      27759559 Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, 2016 Oct 14
    • Montenovo MI, Jalikis FG, Li M, Yeh M, Dick A, Hansen R, Reyes JD
      Superior Patient and Graft Survival in Adult Liver Transplant with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction: Experience with 595 Patients.
      27309029 Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation, 2016 Jun 15
    • Sibulesky L, Li M, Hansen RN, Dick AA, Montenovo MI, Rayhill SC, Bakthavatsalam R, Reyes JD
      Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on Outcomes of Liver Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
      26952540 Annals of transplantation, 2016 Mar 8 : 21145-51
    • Li M, Dick A, Montenovo M, Horslen S, Hansen R
      Cost-effectiveness of liver transplantation in methylmalonic and propionic acidemias.
      25990417 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2015 Sept. : 21(9)1208-18
    • Dick AA | Horslen S
      Impact of donor weight in pediatric liver transplantation.
      25940372 Pediatric transplantation, 2015 June : 19(4)343-4
    • Hawkins CM | Shaw DW | Healey PJ | Horslen SP | Dick AA | Friedman S | Shivaram GM
      Pediatric liver transplant portal vein anastomotic stenosis: Correlation between ultrasound and transhepatic portal venography.
      25648978 Liver transplantation: official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2015 April : 21(4)547-53
    • Montenovo MI, Dick AA, Hansen RN
      Donor Hepatitis C Sero-Status does not Impact Survival in Liver Transplantation.
      25608491 Annals of transplantation : quarterly of the Polish Transplantation Society, 2015 Jan 22 : 2044-50
    • Halldorson JB, Jr RL, Bhattacharya R, Bakthavatsalam R, Liou IW, Dick AA, Reyes JD, Perkins JD
      D-MELD risk capping improves post-transplant and overall mortality under markov microsimulation.
      25346894 World journal of transplantation, 2014 Sep 24 : 4(3)206-15 PMCID:PMC4208084
    • Wightman A, Young B, Bradford M, Dick A, Healey P, McDonald R, Smith J
      Prevalence and outcomes of renal transplantation in children with intellectual disability.
      25135680 Pediatric transplantation, 2014 Aug 19
    • Montenovo MI, Hansen RN, Dick AA
      Outcomes of adult liver re-transplant patients in the model for end-stage liver disease era: is it time to reconsider its indications?
      25041109 Clinical transplantation, 2014 Jul 17
    • Lang JD Jr, Smith AB, Brandon A, Bradley KM, Liu Y, Li W, Crowe DR, Jhala NC, Cross RC, Frenette L, Martay K, Vater YL, Vitin AA, Dembo GA, Dubay DA, Bynon JS, Szychowski JM, Reyes JD, Halldorson JB, Rayhill SC, Dick AA, Bakthavatsalam R, Brandenberger J, Broeckel-Elrod JA, Sissons-Ross L, Jordan T, Chen LY, Siriussawakul A, Eckhoff DE, Patel RP
      A randomized clinical trial testing the anti-inflammatory effects of preemptive inhaled nitric oxide in human liver transplantation.
      24533048 PloS one, 2014 : 9(2)e86053 PMCID:PMC3922702
    • Dick AA, Mercer LD, Smith JM, McDonald RA, Young B, Healey PJ
      Donor and Recipient Size Mismatch in Adolescents Undergoing Living-Donor Renal Transplantation Affect Long-Term Graft Survival.
      23838999 Transplantation, 2013 Jul 8
    • Sanchez SE, Javid PJ, Lao OB, Dick AA, Perkins JD, Reyes JD, Horslen SP, Healey PJ, Sawin R
      Hepatic artery thrombosis and liver malignancy in pediatric liver transplantation.
      22703802 Journal of pediatric surgery, 2012 June : 47(6)1255-60
    • Dick AA, Horslen S
      Antibody-mediated rejection after intestinal transplantation.
      22476220 Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2012 Apr 3
    • Spigner C, Lyles CR, Galvin G, Sabin J, Davis C, Dick A, Young BA
      A qualitative assessment of personal and social responsibility for kidney disease: the Increasing Kidney Disease Awareness Network Transplant Project.
      22364056 Journal of the National Medical Association, 2011 Sept. : 103(9-10)879-84
    • Phillips GS, Bhargava P, Stanescu L, Dick AA, Parnell SE
      Pediatric intestinal transplantation: normal radiographic appearance and complications.
      21607597 Pediatric radiology, 2011 Aug. : 41(8)1028-39
    • Bhargava P, Vaidya S, Dick AA, Dighe M
      Imaging of orthotopic liver transplantation: review.
      21343537 AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2011 March : 196(3 Suppl)WS15-25 Quiz S35-8
    • Bhargava P, Vaidya S, Dick AA, Dighe M
      Imaging of orthotopic liver transplantation: self-assessment module.
      21343534 AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2011 March : 196(3 Suppl)S35-8
    • Spitzer AL, Lao OB, Dick AA, Bakthavatsalam R, Halldorson JB, Yeh MM, Upton MP, Reyes JD, Perkins JD
      The biopsied donor liver: incorporating macrosteatosis into high-risk donor assessment.
      20583086 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2010 July : 16(7)874-84
    • Siebold L, Dick AA, Thompson R, Maggiore G, Jacquemin E, Jaffe R, Strautnieks S, Grammatikopoulos T, Horslen S, Whitington PF, Shneider BL
      Recurrent low gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase cholestasis following liver transplantation for bile salt export pump (BSEP) disease (posttransplant recurrent BSEP disease).
      20583290 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2010 July : 16(7)856-63
    • Spitzer AL, Dick AA, Bakthavatsalam R, Halldorson JB, Salvalaggio PR, Reyes JD, Perkins JD
      Intraoperative portal vein blood flow predicts allograft and patient survival following liver transplantation.
      20590883 HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, 2010 April : 12(3)166-73 PMCID:PMC2889268
    • Dick AA, Spitzer AL, Seifert CF, Deckert A, Carithers RL Jr, Reyes JD, Perkins JD
      Liver transplantation at the extremes of the body mass index.
      19642131 Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 2009 Aug. : 15(8)968-77
    • Dick AA, Lerner SM, Boissy AR, Farrell CE, Alfrey EJ
      Excellent outcome in infants and small children with thrombophilias undergoing kidney transplantation.
      15667609 Pediatric transplantation, 2005 Feb. : 9(1)39-42

  • Presentations

    Presentation Title Event Location Date
    Complex/High Risk Liver Transplant Case 12th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA 2023): IPTA/ASTS Joint Workshop (Transplantation in Patient with High Surgical Risk) Austin, Texas Mar 24, 2023 - Mar 28, 2023
    Domino Liver Transplant: An Important Tool for Increasing Liver Transplants Pediatric Grand Rounds Seattle Children's Hospital Jun 17, 2021 - Jun 17, 2021
    Role of Workforce Diversity and Disparity in Pediatric Surgical Care.” Transplant Surgery Grand Rounds - University of Washington Medical Center Seattle WA Feb 26, 2021 - Feb 26, 2021
    Disparities in Surgical Healthcare for Pediatric Patients 4th Annual Center for Children's Surgery Research Symposium - Key Note Speaker Children's Hospital - Colorado (virtual) Feb 19, 2021 - Feb 19, 2021
    Diversity in Academic Medicine The American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN) 44th Annual Meeting Virtual Jan 29, 2021 - Jan 29, 2021
    Diversity in Academic Surgery Harkins Surgical Symposium - University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Surgery Seattle WA Oct 16, 2020 - Oct 16, 2020
    Use of PHS Increased Risk Donors in the Pediatric Population Transplant Grand Rounds - University of Washington Medical Center Seattle WA May 10, 2019 - May 10, 2019
    Marijuna and Transplantation University of Washington Medical Center - Transplant Grand Rounds Seattle WA Jun 29, 2018
    Pharmacologic Donor Management Influences Liver Transplant Graft (Poster Presentation) American Transplant Congress Seattle, WA Jun 2, 2018 - Jun 6, 2018
    Delayed Achievement of Therapeutic Tacrolimus Levels after Renal American Transplant Congress Seattle, WA Jun 2, 2018 - Jun 6, 2018
    Perioperative Morbidity and Long Term Patient and Graft Survival in Morbidly Obese Liver Transplant Recipients American Transplant Congress Seattle, WA Jun 2, 2018 - Jun 6, 2018
    What the Pediatric Nephrologist Needs to Know American Transplant Congress Seattle, WA Jun 2, 2018 - Jun 6, 2018
    Induction Therapy With either Anti-Thymocyte Antibodies or Il2 Receptor Inhibitors Appears to Decrease the Risk of Graft Loss in DCD Liver Transplantation Compared to No Induction Therapy (Poster Presentation) American Transplant Congress Philadelphia, PA May 2, 2015 - May 6, 2015
    Body Mass Index As A Predictor of Outcomes Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients." 8th International Congress on Pediatrics IPTA: International Pediatric Transplant Association 8th International Congress San Francisco, CA Mar 28, 2015 - Mar 31, 2015
    Incidence and Prevalance of Renal Transplantation throughout the World: An Analysis of the Change in Renal Transplantation Rates Between Years 1990 and 2010 (poster presentation) World Transplant Congress San Francisco, CA Jul 26, 2014 - Jul 31, 2014
    Incidence and Prevalence of Renal Transplantation throughout the World: An Analysis of the Change in Renal Transplantation rates between years 1990 and 2010 (Poster Presentation) World Transplant Congress San Francisco, CA Jul 26, 2014 - Jul 31, 2014
    An Analysis of the Provision of Renal Transplantation versus Maintenance Dialysis throughout the world: Results from the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study World Transplant Congress San Francisco, CA Jul 26, 2013 - Jul 31, 2014
    Thymoglobulin induction immunosuppression in Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Poster Presentation 7th Congress on Pediatric Transplantation Warsaw, Poland Jul 13, 2013 - Jul 16, 2013
    ABO Incompatible Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A 15 year center review and assessment of the impact on desensitization strategies 7th Congress on Pediatric Transplantation Warsaw, Poland Jul 13, 2013 - Jul 16, 2013
    Thymoglobulin induction immunosuppression in Pediatric Liver Transplantation 7th Congress on Pediatric Transplantation Warsaw Poland Jul 13, 2013 - Jul 16, 2013
    Rates and Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Children with Intellectual Disability American Transplant Congress Seattle, WA May 18, 2013 - May 22, 2013
    Examination of disparities in long-term clinical outcomes in solid organ transplantation in a universal healthcare access system Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities National Harbor, Maryland Dec 17, 2012 - Dec 19, 2012
    Subclinical Abnormalities in Post-Perfusion Biopsies of Living Donor Kidneys American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week 2012 Annual Meeting San Diego, CA Nov 1, 2012 - Nov 4, 2012
    'Donor and recipient size mismatch in pediatric living donor renal transplantation affects long-term graft survival 24th International Congress of The Transplant Society Berlin, Germany Jul 15, 2012 - Jul 19, 2012
    How using CPI Fundamentals increased safety and decreased costs associated with Thymoglobulin Induction at a Pediatric Renal Transplant Center American Transplant Congress Boston, MA Jun 2, 2012 - Jun 6, 2012
    Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Adolescents: Does Size Matter? ASTS 12th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium Miami, FL Jan 12, 2012 - Jan 15, 2012

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Surgery (General Surgery)

Medical/Professional School

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
SUNY at Buffalo-School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY

Fellowship

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA