Faculty at OSPH at UTSouthwestern Medical Center, PhD in Economics from Stanford and undergrad from UNLV
Joined March 2021
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Excited to see this @JAMASurgery research letter out with @hannahbae_econ @MarcMelcherMD and Itai Ashlagi. We look at the relationship between OPO performance metric disclosure and procurement, discards, and out-of-sequence allocation.
Following CMS performance reporting, low-performing organ procurement organizations recovered more organs and narrowed donation gaps, but rising discard rates highlight ongoing challenges with organ quality. ja.ma/43JcGSG
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🚨 New policy research @Nature npj alert: modest funeral expense reimbursements for deceased organ donors could boost donation rates by ~9-35%, save thousands of lives, and cut @MedicareGov dialysis costs by$200-800M annually.
👉 Read more: nature.com/articles/s44401-0… #HealthPolicy
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Transplant is extraordinary, an incredible blend of the science and art of medicine paired with unmatched generosity. It cannot exist without trust. Thrilled to share this piece written with @MaryjaneFarrMD @KurtSweat1 on the state of trust in transplant
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Transplant programs use “exceptions” to bump their patient up the list ahead of other candidates- exceptions are granted automatically and reviewed later.
We found this process is way too slow and undermines the fair allocation of donor hearts
Urgent policy change is needed
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Here's a preprint of a project I've been working on over the past several weeks with Dr. @Nikhil15, Dr. @KiranKhush1, Dr. @WF_Parker, and Dr. Sasaki ! @StanfordSurgery @StanfordGenSurg @OpNotes @StanfordAbdTxp
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The U.S. wait list for kids’ heart transplants does not always rank sickest patients first, says a new Stanford study. bit.ly/4dOTbuH
#HeartTransplant #WaitList
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It’s alive!🚨🚨Flawed incentives in #organtransplant system cost us thousands of lives 🩻🥼It’s a dream to share our #marketdesign proposal to help fix this in the @JPolEcon! @HHSGov @CMSGov @WhiteHouseCEA @HarvardHBS @StanfordEcon #EconTwitter #healthcare
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Out now in @JAMA_current 📜
Donor hearts are tragically scarce and prioritizing the sickest candidates for transplant is essential to save the most lives
We develop and validate the US-Candidate Risk Score (US-CRS), a novel medical urgency score for heart transplantation 🧵 1/
