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Organ Donation and Transplantation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Zonghu Han
University of Minnesota
2
Otto B. van Leeuwen
University Medical Center Groningen
3
Han Na Lee
Pusan National University
4
Miah T. Li
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
5
Hannah M. Wesselman
Stemcell Technologies
6
Jonathan Miller
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
7
Linda Gijzen
Mimetas (Netherlands)
8
Jeffrey O. Aceves
Harvard University
9
Ngee‐Soon Lau
The University of Sydney
10
Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar
University of California, Los Angeles

Rising Stars Papers

1
Association of procurement technique with organ yield and cost following donation after circulatory death
American Journal of Transplantation|2024
72 cit.
2
Heart Transplantation After Donation After Circulatory Death: Early United States Experience
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery|2024
31 cit.
3
Estrogen signaling in development: recent insights from the zebrafish
The International Journal of Developmental Biology|2024
10 cit.
4
An immunocompetent human kidney on-a-chip model to study renal inflammation and immune-mediated injury
Biofabrication|2024
10 cit.
5
Adjusting for race in metrics of organ procurement organization performance
American Journal of Transplantation|2024
9 cit.
6
Updating the kidney donor risk index: Removing donor race and hepatitis C virus status
American Journal of Transplantation|2025
9 cit.
7
Kidney tissue loading reduces the critical cooling and warming rates of VS55 and VMP cryoprotective solutions
Cryobiology|2024
5 cit.
8
Impact of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Final Rule on Organ Procurement Organization Metrics and Procedural Trends in the Procurement of Pancreata for Research
Pancreas|2024
4 cit.
9
Peanut phytobezoar: an unusual cause for small bowel obstruction
Journal of Surgical Case Reports|2024
2 cit.
10
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy After Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Ariane Lewis
New York University
2
Macey L. Henderson
Johns Hopkins Medicine
3
Prajjal K. Singha
The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
4
Abimereki D. Muzaale
Johns Hopkins University
5
Anh Nguyen
Johns Hopkins University
6
Ming‐Hui Zhao
Peking University
7
Mark W. Tibbitt
ETH Zurich
8
Liza Johannesson
Baylor University Medical Center
9
Bob Carrico
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
10
Richard Spong
University of Minnesota

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Transplantation of a human liver following 3 days of ex situ normothermic preservation
Nature Biotechnology|2022
153 cit.
2
The First 5 Years of Uterus Transplant in the US
JAMA Surgery|2022
93 cit.
3
Building block properties govern granular hydrogel mechanics through contact deformations
Science Advances|2022
79 cit.
4
Solvent Controls Nanoparticle Size during Nanoprecipitation by Limiting Block Copolymer Assembly
Macromolecules|2022
55 cit.
5
Thermal stabilization of diverse biologics using reversible hydrogels
Science Advances|2022
40 cit.
6
The Uniform Determination of Death Act is Being Revised
Neurocritical Care|2022
39 cit.
7
Polymer functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering|2022
38 cit.
8
The 2023 AAN/AAP/CNS/SCCM Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Practice Guideline
Neurology Clinical Practice|2023
34 cit.
9
Tunable Bicontinuous Macroporous Cell Culture Scaffolds via Kinetically Controlled Phase Separation
Advanced Materials|2025
34 cit.
10
Dual carbon sequestration with photosynthetic living materials
Nature Communications|2025
34 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Dorry L. Segev
New York University
2
Friedrich K. Port
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
3
Arthur J. Matas
University of Minnesota
4
Francis L. Delmonico
Massachusetts Medical Society
5
Jon J. Snyder
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
6
Bruce Kaplan
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
7
Amit X. Garg
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
8
Stephen T. Bartlett
University of Illinois Chicago
9
Robert A. Montgomery
New York University
10
Rudolf Jaenisch
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Comparison of Mortality in All Patients on Dialysis, Patients on Dialysis Awaiting Transplantation, and Recipients of a First Cadaveric Transplant
New England Journal of Medicine|1999
5.3k cit.
2
Histone H3K27ac separates active from poised enhancers and predicts developmental state
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2010
4.5k cit.
3
Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results in embryonic lethality
Cell|1992
4k cit.
4
One-Step Generation of Mice Carrying Mutations in Multiple Genes by CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Genome Engineering
Cell|2013
3.6k cit.
5
In vitro reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent ES-cell-like state
Nature|2007
2.7k cit.
6
Polycomb complexes repress developmental regulators in murine embryonic stem cells
Nature|2006
2.5k cit.
7
WT-1 is required for early kidney development
Cell|1993
2k cit.
8
Role for DNA methylation in genomic imprinting
Nature|1993
2k cit.
9
MyoD or Myf-5 is required for the formation of skeletal muscle
Cell|1993
1.7k cit.
10
Role for DNA methylation in genomic imprinting
Trends in Genetics|1994
1.7k cit.

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