Jodi M Smith, MD

Professional History

Board Certified:

Pediatric Nephrology

Medical/Professional School:

McGill University, Montreal

Residency:

Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Pediatrics

Fellowship:

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Pediatric Nephrology

Description of Research:

My research involves the studying the role of subclinical viral infections in the development of kidney transplant dysfunction in pediatric recipients.

Key Publications:

Smith JM, McDonald RA: Progress in renal transplantation for children. Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy, 7:158-171, 2000.

Brandt J, Wong C, Mihm S, Roberts J, Smith JM, Brewer E, Thiagarajan R, Warady B. Invasive pneumococcal disease and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Pediatrics 110: 371- 76, 2002.

Smith JM, Ciol MA, Jelacic S, Boster DR, Stafforini DM, Watkins SL, Tarr PI, Henderson WR. Platelet-activating factor and Escherichia coliO157:H7 infections. Pediatr Nephrol. 2002 Dec;17(12):1047-52

Smith JM, Ho PL, McDonald RA. Renal transplant outcomes in adolescents: A report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study. Pediatr Transplantation 2002 6: 493-99.

McDonald RA, Smith JM, Stablein D, Harmon, WE. Pre-Transplant Peritoneal Dialysis and Graft Thrombosis Following Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS) Report. Pediatr Transplant. 2003 Jun;7(3):204-8.

Smith JM, Nemeth T, McDonald RA. "Current immunosuppressive agents: Efficacy, Side Effects and Utilization", Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2003; 50: 1283-1300.

Finn L, Symons J, Smith JM. Nephrotic syndrome in the newborn. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Dec;42(6):1318- 23.

Smith JM, Nemeth T, McDonald RA. Current immunosuppressive agents in pediatric renal transplantation: Efficacy, Side Effects and Utilization, Pediatr Transplant. 2004 Oct;8(5):445-53.

Smith JM, McDonald RA, Finn LS, Healey PJ, Davis CL, Limaye AP. Polyoma virus nephropathy in pediatric kidney transplant recipients, Am J Transplant. 2004 Dec;4(12):2109-17.

Debley JS, Smith JM, Redding GW, Critchlow CJ. Childhood asthma hospitalization risk after cesarean delivery in former term and premature infants. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005 Feb;94(2):228-33.

Smith JM, McDonald RA. Renal transplantation in adolescents. Adolesc Med Clin. 2005 Feb;16(1):201-14

Smith JM, Gillen D, Rudser K, Kestenbaum B, Seliger S, Weiss N, McDonald RA, Davis C, Stehmen-Breen C. Risk of lymphoma after renal transplantation varies with time: An analysis of the United States Renal Data System. Transplantation. 2006 Jan 27;81(2):175-180.

Smith JM, Stablein D, Singh D, Harmon W, McDonald RA. Decreased risk of renal allograft thrombosis with interleukin- 2 receptor antagonists: A report of the North American Pediatric Renal Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS). Am J Transplant 2006 Mar;6(3):585-8.

Smith JM, McDonald RA. Emerging viral infections in pediatric transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2006 Nov;10(7):838-43.

Smith JM, Wong C, Salamonik E, McDonald R, Roberts F. Sonic Toothbrushing reduced drug-induced gingival overgrowth in renal transplant recipients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2006 Nov;21(11):1753-9.

Smith JM, Corey L, Davis CL, McDonald RA. Primary EBV infection in pediatric renal transplantation: Adolescents at higher risk for PTLD. Transplantation. 2007 Jun 15;83(11):1423-8.

Smith JM, McDonald RA. Accomplishments of the Transplant Registry: The 2006 Annual Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS)*. Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Jun;11(4):366-73.

Smith JM, Fine RN, McDonald RA. Current state of pediatric renal transplantation. Front Biosci. 2008 Jan 1;13:197-203.

Smith JM, Dharnidharka V, Talley L, McDonald RA. BK virus nephropathy in pediatric renal transplant recipients: An analysis of the NAPRTCS registry. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007; Sep;2(5):1037-42.

McDonald RA*, Smith JM*, Ho M, Lindblad R, Ikle D, Grimm P, Wyatt R, Arar M, Liereman D, Bridges N, Harmon W. Incidence of PTLD in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Basiliximab, Calcineurin Inhibitor, Sirolimus and Steroids. Am J Transplant. 2008 May;8(5):984-9.

Staples AO, Wong CS, Smith JM, Gipson DS, Filler G, Warady BA, Martz K, Greenbaum LA. Anemia and Risk of Hospitalization in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Dec 3.

Smith JM, Jordan SC. Intravenous immunoglobulin as treatment for BK virus Nephropathy. Pediatr Transplant. 2008 Dec 9.

Gillen DL, Stehman-Breen CO, Smith JM, McDonald RA, Warady BA, Brandt JR, Wong CS. Survival advantage of pediatric recipients of a first kidney transplant among children awaiting kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2008 Dec;8(12):2600-6

Honors & Awards:

2006: University of Washington General Clinical Research Center Young Investigator of the Year