University of California San Francisco

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja
Jasleen
Kukreja
MD, MPH

Professor of Surgery 
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
Doris F. and Donald G. Fisher Distinguished Professor 
Director, Lung Transplantation 
Director, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion 
Director, Advanced Lung Disease ECMO Support

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Academic Office:
500 Parnassus Ave, MUW 405, Box 0118
San Francisco, CA 94143-0118
Tel: (415) 353-8890
Email: [email protected] 
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Lung Transplant Program
500 Parnassus Ave., 6th Floor, Box 0115
San Francisco, CA 94143-0115
Tel: 415-353-4145

Biography

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja is a cardiothoracic surgeon and director of the Lung Transplant Program at UCSF Medical Center. She is also director of the adult respiratory mechanical circulatory support program. She performs lung transplant surgery and lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema, and treats patients with tumors of the chest, including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors and mesothelioma.

Kukreja is the associate director of UCSF's lung transplant research division of cardiothoracic surgery.

Kukreja earned a medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed residencies in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and in cardiothoracic surgery at UCSF. She completed fellowships in general surgery and thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and also completed extensive training in designing clinical trials, studies that evaluate potential treatments' safety and efficacy. She has a master's degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Kukreja has received many professional honors, including the Pharmacia/Upjohn Trauma Research Competition Award, John A. Mannick Research Award and an excellence in teaching award from Harvard Medical School.

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2018
University of California Los Angeles M.D. School of Medicine 1994
University of California, San Francisco Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Division

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Clinical Expertise

Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma (BAC)
Carcinoid Tumors
Chest Wall Tumors
Esophageal Cancer
Esophagectomy
Lung Metastases
Lung Transplantation
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Malignant Mesothelioma
Mediastinal Masses
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Sarcomas
Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Tracheal Tumors
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

Clinical Trials

  1. OCS™ Lung TOP Registry For Donor Lungs for Transplantation (NCT03639025)
    Related Conditions: Lung Transplant| Start Date: | End Date:
  2. 10°C Vs 4°C Lung Preservation RCT (NCT05898776)
    Related Conditions: Lung Transplant, Transplants, Organ Preservation| Start Date: | End Date:
  3. OCS Lung System EXPAND II Trial (NCT03343535)
    Related Conditions: Lung Transplant| Start Date: | End Date:
  4. International EXPAND Lung Pivotal Trial (NCT01963780)
    Related Conditions: Lung Transplant, Transplants| Start Date: | End Date:

Program Affiliations

Thoracic Oncology Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lung Transplantation, UCSF Heart and Lung Transplantation Program

San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center

In the News

Congratulations on the 1000th Lung Transplant!
April, 13, 2022 | UCSF Department of Surgery
Happy 30th Anniversary to our Lung Transplant Program
April, 07, 2022 | UCSF Health
Muriel Steele Society Announces Awards Honoring Pioneering and Influential Women in Surgery
June, 18, 2019 | Muriel Steele Society
One Year Ago Today, Surgeons Hit the Reset Button on My Life
January, 30, 2018 | UCSF Lung Transplant Program
Second Wind - Double-Lung Transplant Gives Local Man New Life
November, 05, 2015 | UCSF Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rock Climber Exceeds Expectations After Double-Lung Transplant at UCSF
November, 08, 2012 | UCSF Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Being Small Has Its Advantages, Especially With Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery
February, 11, 2007 | UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
Testing News Bios

Research Interests

  • Novel therapies for lung cancer
  • Clinical trials for new surgical modalities

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 124
  1. Improvements in Patient-Reported Functioning after Lung Transplant is Associated with Improved Quality of Life and Survival.
    Seijo L, Gao Y, Betancourt L, Venado A, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Calabrese DR, Greenland JR, Singer JP| | PubMed
  2. CD94+ natural killer cells potentiate pulmonary ischaemia-reperfusion injury.
    Tsao T, Qiu L, Bharti R, Shemesh A, Hernandez AM, Cleary SJ, Greenland NY, Santos J, Shi R, Bai L, Richardson J, Dilley K, Will M, Tomasevic N, Sputova T, Salles A, Kang J, Zhang D, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR| | PubMed
  3. Disturbed sleep after lung transplantation is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
    Prather AA, Gao Y, Betancourt L, Kordahl RC, Sriram A, Huang CY, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Calabrese DR, Venado A, Kapse B, Greenland JR, Singer JP| | PubMed
  4. MICB Genomic Variant Is Associated with NKG2D-mediated Acute Lung Injury and Death.
    Aguilar OA, Qualls AE, Gonzalez-Hinojosa MDR, Obeidalla S, Kerchberger VE, Tsao T, Singer JP, Looney MR, Raymond W, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Shaver CM, Ware LB, Christie J, Diamond JM, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR| | PubMed
  5. CCR5 drives NK cell-associated airway damage in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury.
    Santos J, Wang P, Shemesh A, Liu F, Tsao T, Aguilar OA, Cleary SJ, Singer JP, Gao Y, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard L, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah R, Venado A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR| | PubMed
  6. Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Glass Half Full or Still Half Empty?
    Bromberger B, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  7. Short airway telomeres are associated with primary graft dysfunction and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
    Greenland JR, Guo R, Lee S, Tran L, Kapse B, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Calabrese DR, Singer JP, Wolters PJ| | PubMed
  8. Decreased Lymphocytic Bronchitis Severity in the Era of Azithromycin Prophylaxis.
    Santos J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Calabrese DR, Kolaitis N, Kleinhenz ME, Shah R, Estrada AV, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  9. Prone Positioning After Lung Transplantation Remains Prone to Debate.
    Bromberger B, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  10. Management of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation with extracorporeal life support: an evidence-based review.
    Luu HY, Santos J, Isaza E, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  11. Biofire pneumonia panel in lung donors: faster detection but limited pathogens.
    Nguyen A, Chen J, Isaza E, Panchal N, Deiter F, Hoover J, Trinh B, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP, Brzezinski M, Greenland JR, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  12. The Association Between Frailty and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation.
    Singer JP, Gao Y, Huang CY, Kordahl RC, Sriram A, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Calabrese DR, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  13. Regadenoson Is All the RAGE: Targeting the Inflammatory Cascade in Primary Graft Dysfunction.
    Bromberger B, Calabrese DR, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  14. Perioperative Fluid Management.
    Mladinov D, Isaza E, Gosling AF, Clark AL, Kukreja J, Brzezinski M| | PubMed
  15. Lung preservation: from perfusion to temperature.
    Bromberger B, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  16. Development of the Lung Transplant Frailty Scale (LT-FS).
    Singer JP, Christie JD, Diamond JM, Anderson MA, Benvenuto LA, Gao Y, Arcasoy SM, Lederer DJ, Calabrese D, Wang P, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, Betancourt L, Oyster M, Zaleski D, Adler J, Kalman L, Balar P, Patel S, Medikonda N, Koons B, Tevald M, Covinsky KE, Greenland JR, Katz PK| | PubMed
  17. Lungs Preserved on Ice or in a Refrigerator? Prolonged Static Lung Storage at 10 °C.
    Cypel M, Hötzenecker K, Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz J, Kukreja J, Suarez E, Smith M, Bush EL| | PubMed
  18. Subphenotypes of frailty in lung transplant candidates.
    Singer JP, Calfee CS, Delucchi K, Diamond JM, Anderson MA, Benvenuto LA, Gao Y, Wang P, Arcasoy SM, Lederer DJ, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, Betancourt L, Oyster M, Brown M, Zaleski D, Medikonda N, Kalman L, Balar P, Patel S, Calabrese DR, Greenland JR, Christie JD| | PubMed
  19. Design and implementation of a digital health home spirometry intervention for remote monitoring of lung transplant function.
    Odisho AY, Liu AW, Maiorano AR, Bigazzi MOA, Medina E, Leard LE, Shah R, Venado A, Perez A, Golden J, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Maheshwari J, Trinh BN, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Calabrese D, Neinstein AB, Singer JP, Hays SR| | PubMed
  20. The Lung Allocation Score Remains Inequitable for Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Even after the 2015 Revision.
    Kolaitis NA, Chen H, Calabrese DR, Kumar K, Obata J, Bach C, Golden JA, Simon MA, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Leard LE, Singer JP, De Marco T| | PubMed
  21. Addressing sex-based disparities in solid organ transplantation in the United States - a conference report.
    Sawinski D, Lai JC, Pinney S, Gray AL, Jackson AM, Stewart D, Levine DJ, Locke JE, Pomposelli JJ, Hartwig MG, Hall SA, Dadhania DM, Cogswell R, Perez RV, Schold JD, Turgeon NA, Kobashigawa J, Kukreja J, Magee JC, Friedewald J, Gill JS, Loor G, Heimbach JK, Verna EC, Walsh MN, Terrault N, Testa G, Diamond JM, Reese PP, Brown K, Orloff S, Farr MA, Olthoff KM, Siegler M, Ascher N, Feng S, Kaplan B, Pomfret E| | PubMed
  22. CD16+ natural killer cells in bronchoalveolar lavage are associated with antibody-mediated rejection and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
    Calabrese DR, Chong T, Singer JP, Rajalingam R, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Leard L, Golden JA, Lanier LL, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  23. Frailty and genetic risk predict fracture after lung transplantation.
    Macrae TA, Lazo J, Viduya J, Florez R, Dewey K, Gao Y, Singer JP, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR| | PubMed
  24. Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance in advanced lung disease.
    DesJardin JT, Svetlichnaya Y, Kolaitis NA, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Schiller NB, Zier LS, Singer JP, De Marco T| | PubMed
  25. NKG2D receptor activation drives primary graft dysfunction severity and poor lung transplantation outcomes.
    Calabrese DR, Tsao T, Magnen M, Valet C, Gao Y, Mallavia B, Tian JJ, Aminian EA, Wang KM, Shemesh A, Punzalan EB, Sarma A, Calfee CS, Christenson SA, Langelier CR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah R, Venado A, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Sayah DM, Ardehali A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Singer JP, Looney MR| | PubMed
  26. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation.
    Expert Consensus Panel:, Hartwig M, van Berkel V, Bharat A, Cypel M, Date H, Erasmus M, Hoetzenecker K, Klepetko W, Kon Z, Kukreja J, Machuca T, McCurry K, Mercier O, Opitz I, Puri V, Van Raemdonck D| | PubMed
  27. Intercostal Nerve Cryoanalgesia Versus Thoracic Epidural Analgesia in Lung Transplantation: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.
    Isaza E, Santos J, Haro GJ, Chen J, Weber DJ, Deuse T, Singer JP, Golden JA, Hays S, Trinh BN, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  28. Contemporary trends in PGD incidence, outcomes, and therapies.
    Cantu E, Diamond JM, Cevasco M, Suzuki Y, Crespo M, Clausen E, Dallara L, Ramon CV, Harmon MT, Bermudez C, Benvenuto L, Anderson M, Wille KM, Weinacker A, Dhillon GS, Orens J, Shah P, Merlo C, Lama V, McDyer J, Snyder L, Palmer S, Hartwig M, Hage CA, Singer J, Calfee C, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Ware LB, Localio R, Hsu J, Gallop R, Christie JD| | PubMed
  29. ISHLT consensus statement: Perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure undergoing surgery.
    McGlothlin DP, Granton J, Klepetko W, Beghetti M, Rosenzweig EB, Corris PA, Horn E, Kanwar MK, McRae K, Roman A, Tedford R, Badagliacca R, Bartolome S, Benza R, Caccamo M, Cogswell R, Dewachter C, Donahoe L, Fadel E, Farber HW, Feinstein J, Franco V, Frantz R, Gatzoulis M, Hwa Anne Goh C, Guazzi M, Hansmann G, Hastings S, Heerdt PM, Hemnes A, Herpain A, Hsu CH, Kerr K, Kolaitis NA, Kukreja J, Madani M, McCluskey S, McCulloch M, Moser B, Navaratnam M, Rådegran G, Reimer C, Savale L, Shlobin OA, Svetlichnaya J, Swetz K, Tashjian J, Thenappan T, Vizza CD, West S, Zuckerman W, Zuckermann A, De Marco T| | PubMed
  30. Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.
    Venado A, Kukreja J, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  31. Early Postoperative Management of Lung Transplant Recipients.
    Trinh BN, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  32. Depressive symptoms in lung transplant recipients: trajectory and association with mortality and allograft dysfunction.
    Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Soong A, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Venado A, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Katz PP, Kukreja J, Blanc PD, Smith PJ, Singer JP| | PubMed
  33. Inflammation on bronchoalveolar lavage cytology is associated with decreased chronic lung allograft dysfunction-free survival.
    Greenland NY, Deiter F, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Leard LE, Kolaitis NA, Golden JA, Singer JP, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  34. Lung transplant recipients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have impaired alloreactive immune responses.
    Wang P, Leung J, Lam A, Lee S, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Wolters PJ, Tang Q, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  35. Lung Allograft Epithelium DNA Methylation Age Is Associated With Graft Chronologic Age and Primary Graft Dysfunction.
    Dugger DT, Calabrese DR, Gao Y, Deiter F, Tsao T, Maheshwari J, Hays SR, Leard L, Kleinhenz ME, Shah R, Golden J, Kukreja J, Gordon ED, Singer JP, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  36. Construct and Predictive Validity of Sarcopenia in Lung Transplant Candidates.
    Maheshwari JA, Kolaitis NA, Anderson MR, Benvenuto L, Gao Y, Katz PP, Greenland J, Wolters PJ, Covinsky K, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Calabrese DR, Venado A, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Trinh B, Huang CY, Glidden D, Kleinhenz ME, Golden JA, Sutter N, Tietje-Ulrich G, Criner RN, Arcasoy SM, Christie JD, Diamond J, Singer JP| | PubMed
  37. Lung Transplantation for Patients With COVID-19.
    King CS, Mannem H, Kukreja J, Aryal S, Tang D, Singer JP, Bharat A, Behr J, Nathan SD| | PubMed
  38. ISHLT consensus document on lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disease: Part III: Pharmacology, medical and surgical management of post-transplant extrapulmonary conditions statements.
    Crespo MM, Claridge T, Domsic RT, Hartwig M, Kukreja J, Stratton K, Chan KM, Molina M, Ging P, Cochrane A, Hoetzenecker K, Ahmad U, Kapnadak S, Timofte I, Verleden G, Lyu D, Quddus S, Davis N, Porteous M, Mallea J, Perch M, Distler O, Highland K, Magnusson J, Vos R, Glanville AR| | PubMed
  39. Molecular markers of telomere dysfunction and senescence are common findings in the usual interstitial pneumonia pattern of lung fibrosis.
    Lee JS, La J, Aziz S, Dobrinskikh E, Brownell R, Jones KD, Achtar-Zadeh N, Green G, Elicker BM, Golden JA, Matthay MA, Kukreja J, Schwartz DA, Wolters PJ| | PubMed
  40. The association of post-operative delirium with patient-reported outcomes and mortality after lung transplantation.
    DeBolt CL, Gao Y, Sutter N, Soong A, Leard L, Jeffrey G, Kleinhenz ME, Calabrese D, Greenland J, Venado A, Hays SR, Shah R, Kukreja J, Trinh B, Kolaitis NA, Douglas V, Diamond JM, Smith P, Singer J| | PubMed
  41. Lung transplantation from swimming pool drowning victims: A case series.
    Tsou S, Chen J, Brzezinski M, Hays S, Leard L, Singer JP, Trinh B, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  42. Rapid molecular detection of airway pathogens in lung transplant recipients.
    Hoover J, Mintz MA, Deiter F, Aminian E, Chen J, Hays SR, Singer JP, Calabrese DR, Kukreja J, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  43. Mobile health technology to improve emergent frailty after lung transplantation.
    Diamond JM, Courtwright AM, Balar P, Oyster M, Zaleski D, Adler J, Brown M, Hays SR, Sutter N, Garvey C, Kukreja J, Gao Y, Bruun A, Smith PJ, Singer JP| | PubMed
  44. Natural killer cells activated through NKG2D mediate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury.
    Calabrese DR, Aminian E, Mallavia B, Liu F, Cleary SJ, Aguilar OA, Wang P, Singer JP, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Dugger D, Nakamura M, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  45. Complement activation on endothelium initiates antibody-mediated acute lung injury.
    Cleary SJ, Kwaan N, Tian JJ, Calabrese DR, Mallavia B, Magnen M, Greenland JR, Urisman A, Singer JP, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Hay AM, Howie HL, Toy P, Lowell CA, Morrell CN, Zimring JC, Looney MR| | PubMed
  46. Airway Epithelial Telomere Dysfunction Drives Remodeling Similar to Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.
    Naikawadi RP, Green G, Jones KD, Achtar-Zadeh N, Mieleszko JE, Arnould I, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Wolters PJ| | PubMed
  47. An Analysis of Successful Features of Anesthesiology Journal Clubs.
    Brzezinski M, Sawatzki R, Tran HN, Price K, Gregersen M, Wong C, Feng CM, Kimatian S, Mizuguchi KA, Kukreja J, Mitchell JD, Schlecht KD| | PubMed
  48. Primary graft dysfunction attenuates improvements in health-related quality of life after lung transplantation, but not disability or depression.
    Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Soong A, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden J, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Katz PP, Venado A, Kukreja J, Blanc PD, Singer JP| | PubMed
  49. Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Recipients Have Suppressed Airway Interferon Responses during Pseudomonas Infection.
    Dugger DT, Fung M, Zlock L, Caldera S, Sharp L, Hays SR, Singer JP, Leard LE, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Kukreja J, Gordon E, Finkbeiner W, Kleinhenz ME, Langelier C, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  50. Clinical outcomes and serologic response in solid organ transplant recipients with COVID-19: A case series from the United States.
    Fung M, Chiu CY, DeVoe C, Doernberg SB, Schwartz BS, Langelier C, Henrich TJ, Yokoe D, Davis J, Hays SR, Chandran S, Kukreja J, Ng D, Prostko J, Taylor R, Reyes K, Bainbridge E, Bond A, Chin-Hong P, Babik JM| | PubMed
  51. Lung transplant programs in developing countries: challenges, solutions, and outcomes.
    Nguyen AT, Brzezinski M, Chen J, Nguyen NV, Dinh LV, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  52. Redefining marginality: donor lung criteria.
    Kukreja J, Chen J, Brzezinski M| | PubMed
  53. Skeletal muscle adiposity and outcomes in candidates for lung transplantation: a lung transplant body composition cohort study.
    Anderson MR, Easthausen I, Gallagher G, Udupa J, Tong Y, Torigian D, Diamond JM, Porteous MK, Palmer SM, Snyder LD, Benvenuto L, Aversa M, Arcasoy S, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Cantu E, Kim JS, Gallagher D, Baldwin MR, Barr RG, Lederer DJ, Christie JD, Singer JP| | PubMed
  54. Risk Factors and Outcomes of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation.
    Kukreja J, Tsou S, Chen J, Trinh BN, Feng C, Golden JA, Hays S, Deuse T, Singer JP, Brzezinski M| | PubMed
  55. Frailty after lung transplantation is associated with impaired health-related quality of life and mortality.
    Venado A, Kolaitis NA, Huang CY, Gao Y, Glidden DV, Soong A, Sutter N, Katz PP, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Deuse T, Wolters PJ, Covinsky K, Blanc PD, Singer JP| | PubMed
  56. Donor heart and lung procurement: A consensus statement.
    Copeland H, Hayanga JWA, Neyrinck A, MacDonald P, Dellgren G, Bertolotti A, Khuu T, Burrows F, Copeland JG, Gooch D, Hackmann A, Hormuth D, Kirk C, Linacre V, Lyster H, Marasco S, McGiffin D, Nair P, Rahmel A, Sasevich M, Schweiger M, Siddique A, Snyder TJ, Stansfield W, Tsui S, Orr Y, Uber P, Venkateswaran R, Kukreja J, Mulligan M| | PubMed
  57. Improvements in frailty contribute to substantial improvements in quality of life after lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis.
    Perez AA, Hays SR, Soong A, Gao Y, Greenland JR, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Golden J, Kukreja J, Venado A, Kleinhenz ME, Singer JP| | PubMed
  58. Improved survival after lung transplantation for adults requiring preoperative invasive mechanical ventilation: A national cohort study.
    Hamilton BCS, Dincheva GR, Matthay MA, Hays S, Singer JP, Brzezinski M, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  59. Mitochondrial DNA Stimulates TLR9-Dependent Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Primary Graft Dysfunction.
    Mallavia B, Liu F, Lefrançais E, Cleary SJ, Kwaan N, Tian JJ, Magnen M, Sayah DM, Soong A, Chen J, Saggar R, Shino MY, Ross DJ, Derhovanessian A, Lynch JP, Ardehali A, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Venado A, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Looney MR| | PubMed
  60. Tacrolimus trough monitoring guided by mass spectrometry without accounting for assay differences is associated with acute kidney injury in lung transplant recipients.
    Kolaitis NA, Calabrese DR, Ahearn P, Venado A, Florez R, Lei HL, Isaak K, Henricksen E, Martinez E, Chong T, Shah RJ, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Golden J, De Marco T, Greenland JR, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Blanc PD, Singer JP| | PubMed
  61. Dectin-1 genetic deficiency predicts chronic lung allograft dysfunction and death.
    Calabrese DR, Wang P, Chong T, Hoover J, Singer JP, Torgerson D, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Dugger D, Christie JD, LTOG investigators, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  62. Adipose tissue quantification and primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation: The Lung Transplant Body Composition study.
    Anderson MR, Udupa JK, Edwin E, Diamond JM, Singer JP, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Greenland JR, Ferrante A, Lippel M, Blue T, McBurnie A, Oyster M, Kalman L, Rushefski M, Wu C, Pednekar G, Liu W, Arcasoy S, Sonett J, D'Ovidio F, Bacchetta M, Newell JD, Torigian D, Cantu E, Farber DL, Giles JT, Tong Y, Palmer S, Ware LB, Hancock WW, Christie JD, Lederer DJ| | PubMed
  63. Portable normothermic ex-vivo lung perfusion, ventilation, and functional assessment with the Organ Care System on donor lung use for transplantation from extended-criteria donors (EXPAND): a single-arm, pivotal trial.
    Loor G, Warnecke G, Villavicencio MA, Smith MA, Kukreja J, Ardehali A, Hartwig M, Daneshmand MA, Hertz MI, Huddleston S, Haverich A, Madsen JC, Van Raemdonck D| | PubMed
  64. A nonlinear relationship between visceral adipose tissue and frailty in adult lung transplant candidates.
    Anderson MR, Kolaitis NA, Gao Y, Kukreja J, Greenland J, Hays S, Wolters P, Golden J, Diamond J, Palmer S, Arcasoy S, Udupa J, Christie JD, Lederer DJ, Singer JP| | PubMed
  65. Management and clinical outcomes after lung transplantation in patients with pre-transplant Mycobacterium abscessus infection: A single center experience.
    Perez AA, Singer JP, Schwartz BS, Chin-Hong P, Shah RJ, Kleinhenz ME, Gao Y, Venado A, Leard LE, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Hays SR| | PubMed
  66. Development and Preliminary Validation of the Lung Transplant Quality of Life (LT-QOL) Survey.
    Singer JP, Soong A, Chen J, Shrestha P, Zhuo H, Gao Y, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Golden J, Gregorich SE, Stewart AL| | PubMed
  67. Time-efficient, goal-directed, and evidence-based teaching in the ICU.
    Brzezinski M, Kukreja J, Mitchell JD| | PubMed
  68. Gene signatures common to allograft rejection are associated with lymphocytic bronchitis.
    Greenland JR, Wang P, Brotman JJ, Ahuja R, Chong TA, Kleinhenz ME, Leard LE, Golden JA, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Rajalingam R, Jones K, Laszik ZG, Trivedi NN, Greenland NY, Blanc PD| | PubMed
  69. Frailty trajectories in adult lung transplantation: A cohort study.
    Venado A, McCulloch C, Greenland JR, Katz P, Soong A, Shrestha P, Hays S, Golden J, Shah R, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kukreja J, Zablotska L, Allen IE, Covinsky K, Blanc P, Singer JP| | PubMed
  70. NKG2C Natural Killer Cells in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Are Associated With Cytomegalovirus Viremia and Poor Outcomes in Lung Allograft Recipients.
    Calabrese DR, Chong T, Wang A, Singer JP, Gottschall M, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Lanier LL, Tang Q, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  71. Histopathological and molecular analysis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lungs from patients treated with pirfenidone or nintedanib.
    Zhang Y, Jones KD, Achtar-Zadeh N, Green G, Kukreja J, Xu B, Wolters PJ| | PubMed
  72. Pirfenidone-Induced Sarcoid-Like Reaction: A Novel Complication.
    Kolaitis NA, Kukreja J, Jones KD, Hays SR, Leard LE| | PubMed
  73. Genotypes associated with tacrolimus pharmacokinetics impact clinical outcomes in lung transplant recipients.
    Calabrese DR, Florez R, Dewey K, Hui C, Torgerson D, Chong T, Faust H, Rajalingam R, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  74. Surgical Management of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Third-Trimester Pregnancy.
    Ramirez JL, Urisman A, Kukreja J, Kratz JR| | PubMed
  75. A mobile health technology enabled home-based intervention to treat frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: A pilot study.
    Singer JP, Soong A, Bruun A, Bracha A, Chin G, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Rigler J, Golden JA, Greenland JR, Garvey C| | PubMed
  76. Suppressed calcineurin-dependent gene expression identifies lung allograft recipients at increased risk of infection.
    Greenland JR, Chong T, Wang AS, Martinez E, Shrestha P, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP, Tang Q| | PubMed
  77. Frailty phenotypes and mortality after lung transplantation: A prospective cohort study.
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  78. Normothermic ex-vivo preservation with the portable Organ Care System Lung device for bilateral lung transplantation (INSPIRE): a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 study.
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  79. Elevated donor plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels and the risk of primary graft dysfunction.
    Hamilton BCS, Dincheva GR, Zhuo H, Golden JA, Brzezinski M, Singer JP, Matthay MA, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  80. Improvement in patient-reported outcomes after lung transplantation is not impacted by the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplantation.
    Kolaitis NA, Soong A, Shrestha P, Zhuo H, Neuhaus J, Katz PP, Greenland JR, Golden J, Leard LE, Shah RJ, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Kleinhenz ME, Blanc PD, Singer JP| | PubMed
  81. Refining Low Physical Activity Measurement Improves Frailty Assessment in Advanced Lung Disease and Survivors of Critical Illness.
    Baldwin MR, Singer JP, Huang D, Sell J, Gonzalez WC, Pollack LR, Maurer MS, D'Ovidio FF, Bacchetta M, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM, Shah L, Robbins H, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Greenland JR, Shah RJ, Leard L, Morrell M, Gries C, Katz PP, Christie JD, Diamond JM, Lederer DJ| | PubMed
  82. Report of the ISHLT Working Group on primary lung graft dysfunction Part IV: Prevention and treatment: A 2016 Consensus Group statement of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
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  83. Discharge against Medical Advice in Surgical Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report Series Illustrating Unique Challenges.
    Brzezinski M, Gregersen M, Schuch LG, Sawatzki R, Chen JW, Gauger G, Kukreja J, Cason B| | PubMed
  84. HLA Mismatching Favoring Host-Versus-Graft NK Cell Activity Via KIR3DL1 Is Associated With Improved Outcomes Following Lung Transplantation.
    Greenland JR, Sun H, Calabrese D, Chong T, Singer JP, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Golden JA, Caughey GH, Venstrom JM, Rajalingam R| | PubMed
  85. Short lung transplant donor telomere length is associated with decreased CLAD-free survival.
    Faust HE, Golden JA, Rajalingam R, Wang AS, Green G, Hays SR, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Wolters PJ, Greenland JR| | PubMed
  86. Adverse outcomes associated with pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after bilateral lung transplantation.
    Hayes D, Tumin D, Budev MM, Tobias JD, St John RC, Kukreja J| | PubMed
  87. Protein biomarkers associated with primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation.
    Hamilton BC, Kukreja J, Ware LB, Matthay MA| | PubMed
  88. Effect of Lung Transplantation on Health-Related Quality of Life in the Era of the Lung Allocation Score: A U.S. Prospective Cohort Study.
    Singer JP, Katz PP, Soong A, Shrestha P, Huang D, Ho J, Mindo M, Greenland JR, Hays SR, Golden J, Kukreja J, Kleinhenz ME, Shah RJ, Blanc PD| | PubMed
  89. Donor-Reactive Regulatory T Cell Frequency Increases During Acute Cellular Rejection of Lung Allografts.
    Greenland JR, Wong CM, Ahuja R, Wang AS, Uchida C, Golden JA, Hays SR, Leard LE, Rajalingam R, Singer JP, Kukreja J, Wolters PJ, Caughey GH, Tang Q| | PubMed
  90. Serotonin Syndrome Following an Uncomplicated Orthopedic Surgery in a Patient With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
    Schuch LG, Yip A, Nouri KF, Gregersen M, Cason B, Kukreja J, Wozniak C, Brzezinski M| | PubMed
  91. miR-34 miRNAs Regulate Cellular Senescence in Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
    Disayabutr S, Kim EK, Cha SI, Green G, Naikawadi RP, Jones KD, Golden JA, Schroeder A, Matthay MA, Kukreja J, Erle DJ, Collard HR, Wolters PJ| | PubMed
  92. Frailty Phenotypes, Disability, and Outcomes in Adult Candidates for Lung Transplantation.
    Singer JP, Diamond JM, Gries CJ, McDonnough J, Blanc PD, Shah R, Dean MY, Hersh B, Wolters PJ, Tokman S, Arcasoy SM, Ramphal K, Greenland JR, Smith N, Heffernan P, Shah L, Shrestha P, Golden JA, Blumenthal NP, Huang D, Sonett J, Hays S, Oyster M, Katz PP, Robbins H, Brown M, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Bacchetta M, Bush E, D'Ovidio F, Rushefski M, Raza K, Christie JD, Lederer DJ| | PubMed
  93. Prolonged Barium-Impaction Ileus in Two Lung Transplant Recipients With Systemic Sclerosis: Case Report.
    Tokman S, Hays SR, Leard LE, Bush EL, Kukreja J, Kleinhenz ME, Golden JA, Singer JP| | PubMed
  94. Voriconazole Exposure and Risk of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Aspergillus Colonization, Invasive Aspergillosis and Death in Lung Transplant Recipients.
    Mansh M, Binstock M, Williams K, Hafeez F, Kim J, Glidden D, Boettger R, Hays S, Kukreja J, Golden J, Asgari MM, Chin-Hong P, Singer JP, Arron ST| | PubMed
  95. Lung transplantation for hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
    Kern RM, Singer JP, Koth L, Mooney J, Golden J, Hays S, Greenland J, Wolters P, Ghio E, Jones KD, Leard L, Kukreja J, Blanc PD| | PubMed
  96. Clinical outcomes of lung transplant recipients with telomerase mutations.
    Tokman S, Singer JP, Devine MS, Westall GP, Aubert JD, Tamm M, Snell GI, Lee JS, Goldberg HJ, Kukreja J, Golden JA, Leard LE, Garcia CK, Hays SR| | PubMed
  97. Body composition and mortality after adult lung transplantation in the United States.
    Singer JP, Peterson ER, Snyder ME, Katz PP, Golden JA, D'Ovidio F, Bacchetta M, Sonett JR, Kukreja J, Shah L, Robbins H, Van Horn K, Shah RJ, Diamond JM, Wickersham N, Sun L, Hays S, Arcasoy SM, Palmer SM, Ware LB, Christie JD, Lederer DJ| | PubMed
  98. Belatacept for Maintenance Immunosuppression in Lung Transplantation.
    Hui C, Kern R, Wojciechowski D, Kukreja J, Golden JA, Hays SR, Singer JP| | PubMed
  99. Heterogeneous gene expression signatures correspond to distinct lung pathologies and biomarkers of disease severity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    DePianto DJ, Chandriani S, Abbas AR, Jia G, N'Diaye EN, Caplazi P, Kauder SE, Biswas S, Karnik SK, Ha C, Modrusan Z, Matthay MA, Kukreja J, Collard HR, Egen JG, Wolters PJ, Arron JR| | PubMed
  100. Prognostic molecular assay might improve identification of patients at risk for recurrence in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer.
    Woodard GA, Gubens MA, Jahan TM, Jones KD, Kukreja J, Theodore PR, Cardozo S, Jew G, Clary-Macy C, Jablons DM, Mann MJ| | PubMed
  101. Divergent management strategies for typical versus atypical carcinoid tumors of the thoracic cavity.
    Okoye CC, Jablons DM, Jahan TM, Kukreja J, Cardozo S, Yom SS| | PubMed
  102. The feasibility of lung transplantation in HIV-seropositive patients.
    Kern RM, Seethamraju H, Blanc PD, Sinha N, Loebe M, Golden J, Kukreja J, Scheinin S, Hays S, Kleinhenz ME, Leard L, Hoopes C, Singer JP| | PubMed
  103. Accumulation of BDCA1⁺ dendritic cells in interstitial fibrotic lung diseases and Th2-high asthma.
    Greer AM, Matthay MA, Kukreja J, Bhakta NR, Nguyen CP, Wolters PJ, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV, Shin JS| | PubMed
  104. Pulmonary interstitial emphysema in adults: a clinicopathologic study of 53 lung explants.
    Barcia SM, Kukreja J, Jones KD| | PubMed
  105. Bronchoalveolar lavage cell immunophenotyping facilitates diagnosis of lung allograft rejection.
    Greenland JR, Jewell NP, Gottschall M, Trivedi NN, Kukreja J, Hays SR, Singer JP, Golden JA, Caughey GH| | PubMed
  106. Development and validation of a lung transplant-specific disability questionnaire.
    Singer JP, Blanc PD, Dean YM, Hays S, Leard L, Kukreja J, Golden J, Katz PP| | PubMed
  107. Extracorporeal life support for acute respiratory distress syndromes.
    Hayes D, Tobias JD, Kukreja J, Preston TJ, Yates AR, Kirkby S, Whitson BA| | PubMed
  108. Outcomes in systemic sclerosis-related lung disease after lung transplantation.
    Sottile PD, Iturbe D, Katsumoto TR, Connolly MK, Collard HR, Leard LA, Hays S, Golden JA, Hoopes C, Kukreja J, Singer JP| | PubMed
  109. Preoperative CT-Guided percutaneous wire localization of ground glass pulmonary nodules with a modified Kopans wire.
    Kohi MP, Naeger DM, Kukreja J, Fidelman N, Laberge JM, Gordon RL, Kerlan RK| | PubMed
  110. A thematic analysis of quality of life in lung transplant: the existing evidence and implications for future directions.
    Singer JP, Chen J, Blanc PD, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Chen H| | PubMed
  111. Scedosporium prolificans pericarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm in a lung transplant recipient receiving voriconazole prophylaxis.
    Sayah DM, Schwartz BS, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Golden JA, Leard LE| | PubMed
  112. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to pulmonary transplantation.
    Hoopes CW, Kukreja J, Golden J, Davenport DL, Diaz-Guzman E, Zwischenberger JB| | PubMed
  113. Cleaved cytokeratin-18 is a mechanistically informative biomarker in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
    Cha SI, Ryerson CJ, Lee JS, Kukreja J, Barry SS, Jones KD, Elicker BM, Kim DS, Papa FR, Collard HR, Wolters PJ| | PubMed
  114. Rapidly progressive pulmonary venoocclusive disease in young women taking oral contraceptives.
    Urisman A, Leard LE, Nathan M, Elicker BM, Hoopes C, Kukreja J, Jones KD| | PubMed
  115. Outcomes for lung transplantation for lung cancer in the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry.
    Ahmad U, Wang Z, Bryant AS, Kim AW, Kukreja J, Mason DP, Bermudez CA, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ| | PubMed
  116. The 4G/4G genotype of the PAI-1 (serpine-1) 4G/5G polymorphism is associated with decreased lung allograft utilization.
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  117. Survival following lung transplantation for silicosis and other occupational lung diseases.
    Singer JP, Chen H, Phelan T, Kukreja J, Golden JA, Blanc PD| | PubMed
  118. Ambulatory venovenous extracorporeal respiratory support as a bridge for cystic fibrosis patients to emergent lung transplantation.
    Hayes D, Kukreja J, Tobias JD, Ballard HO, Hoopes CW| | PubMed
  119. Posterior glenohumeral joint dislocation: a rare complication of central venous cannulation in a patient undergoing coronary artery surgery.
    Wood WG, Guy TS, Arora K, Firoozabadi R, Kim H, Kukreja J, Pagel PS, Brzezinski M| | PubMed
  120. Sudden onset of atrial flutter during continuous venovenous hemodialysis.
    Brzezinski M, Kukreja J, Mitchell JD, Pagel PS, Tassone RF| | PubMed
  121. Epidemiology of non-small cell lung cancer in Asian Americans: incidence patterns among six subgroups by nativity.
    Raz DJ, Gomez SL, Chang ET, Kim JY, Keegan TH, Pham J, Kukreja J, Hiatt RA, Jablons DM| | PubMed
  122. Malignant pleural mesothelioma: overview of the North American and European experience.
    Kukreja J, Jaklitsch MT, Wiener DC, Sugarbaker DJ, Burgers S, Baas P| | PubMed
  123. Occult breast carcinoma in reduction mammaplasty specimens: 14-year experience.
    Colwell AS, Kukreja J, Breuing KH, Lester S, Orgill DP| | PubMed
  124. Section IV: selective use of neoadjuvant therapy.
    Kukreja J, Jaklitsch MT| | PubMed