Ronald F. Parsons, MD
About Ronald F. Parsons, MD
Titles
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Certifications
General Surgery – American Board of Surgery
Awards and Honors
2010, Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress
2009, Best Basic Research Presentation, Distinguished Fellows Research Forum, American Society of Transplantation
2005-present, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
2005, Department of Surgery Chair's Award, University at Buffalo
2001-2005, Dean's Letters of Commendation, University at Buffalo
1998-2000, Dean's Letters of Commendation, Williams College
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
International
2021-present, International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association
National
2022-present, American Society of Nephrology
2021-present, The Transplantation Society
2021-present, End Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choice Learning Collaborative (ETCLC)
2016-present, Association for Academic Surgery
2015-present, American Medical Association
2012-present, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- 2022-present, Chair, Cellular Transplantation Advisory Committee
2009-present, American Society of Transplantation
- 2022-present, KPCOP Liaison, Allo-Islets Workgroup
- 2022-present, Leader, Access Workgroup, KPCOP
- 2021-present, Chair, Executive Committee, KPCOP
- 2020-present, Public Policy Workgroup, KPCOP
- 2019-present, KPCOP Liaison, Community Education Subcommittee
- 2019-present, Leader, Community Education Workgroup, KPCOP
- 2018-present, Leader, Pancreas Transplant Workgroup, KPCOP
- 2018-present, KRAFT (Kidney Recipients with a Failing Allograft) Workgroup, KPCOP
- 2015-present, Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP)
2005-present, American College of Surgeons
- 2017-present, Fellow
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2020-present, Associate Editor, Transplantation
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
Residency
General Surgery - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Abdominal Organ Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery - Columbia University-NY Presbyterian Hospital Center of Liver Disease and Transplantation, New York, NY
Publications
Publications
2023
Husain SA, Hippen B, Singh N, Parsons RF, Bloom RD, Anand PM, Lentine KL: Right-sizing multi-organ allocation involving kidneys. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrologists June 28, 2023 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000242.
Roll GR, Bray RA, Cooper M, Eagar TN, Gebel HM, Vranic GM, Hitchman KMK, Houp J, Kamoun M, Killian J, Kim J, Kumar V, Levine M, Lovasik BP, Lunow-Luke T, Parsons RF, Pattanayak V, Ranch D, Shah A, Stock PG, Timofeeva OA, Trofe-Clark J, Wongjirad C, Yeh H, Yi S, Rajalingam R: COVID-19 infection and vaccination rarely impact HLA antibody profile in waitlisted renal transplant candidates- A multicenter cohort. Human Immunology 84(4): 278-285, Apr. 2023 Notes: Epub Feb. 23, 2023.
Alhamad T, Murad H, Dadhania DM, Pavlakis M, Parajuli S, Concepcion BP, Singh N, Murakami N, Casey MJ, Ji M, Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Alomar O, Faravardeh A, Blosser CD, Basu A, Gupta G, Adler JT, Adey D, Woodside KJ, Ong SC, Parsons RF, Lentine KL: The perspectives of general nephrologists toward transitions of care and management of failing kidney transplants. Transplant International 36: 11172, June 30, 2023.
2022
Ji M, Wang M, Hu W, Ibrahim M, Lentine KL, Merzkani M, Murad H, Al-Hosni Y, Parsons R, Wellen J, Chang SH, Alhamad T: Survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes: The critical role of early pancreas allograft function. Transplant International 35: 10618, Sept. 12, 2022.
Ji M, Wang M, Hu W, Ibrahim M, Lentine KL, Merzkani M, Murad H, Al-Hosni Y, Parsons R, Wellen J, Chang SH, Alhamad T: Corrigendum: Survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes: The critical role of early pancreas allograft function. Transplant International 35: 10952, Nov. 7, 2022.
2021
Lentine KL, Singh N, Woodside KJ, Schnitzler MA, Li R, Alhamad T, Rothweiler R, Parsons RF, Mannon RB, Snyder J, Cooper M, Axelrod DA: COVID-19 test result reporting for deceased donors: Emergent policies, logistical challenges, and future directions. Clinical Transplantation 35(5): e14280, May 2021 Notes: Epub Mar. 25, 2021.
Singh N, Friedewald J, Bloom R, Dadhania D, Parsons RF, Kaplan B, Samaniego M, Qazi Y, Doshi M, McNatt G, Naseer MS, Pesavento T, Wiseman A: Transplant administration-A survey of the roles and responsibilities of kidney and pancreas medical directors of US transplant centers. Clinical Transplantation 35(6): e14305, June 2021 Notes: Epub Apr. 27, 2021.
Alhamad T, Lubetzky M, Lentine KL, Edusei E, Parsons R, Pavlakis M, Woodside KJ, Adey D, Blosser CD, Concepcion BP, Friedewald J, Wiseman A, Singh N, Chang SH, Gupta G, Molnar MZ, Basu A, Kraus E, Ong S, Faravardeh A, Tantisattamo E, Riella L, Rice J, Dadhania DM: Kidney recipients with allograft failure, transition of kidney care (KRAFT): A survey of contemporary practices of transplant providers. American Journal of Transplantation 21(9): 3034-3042, Sept. 2021 Notes: Epub Apr. 12, 2021.
Badell IR, Parsons RF, Karadkhele G, Cristea O, Mead S, Thomas S, Robertson JM, Kim GS, Hanfelt JJ, Pastan SO, Larsen CP: Every 2-month belatacept maintenance therapy in kidney transplant recipients greater than 1-year post-transplant: A randomized, non-inferiority trial. American Journal of Transplantation 21(9): 3066-3076, Sept. 2021 Notes: Epub Mar. 17, 2021.
Parsons RF, Matar A, Lentine KL, Woodside KJ, Singh N, Alhamad T, Basu A, Cabeza Rivera FH, Cheungpasitporn W, Romeo G, Rao S, Kensinger CD, Parajuli S, Sultan S, Tantisattamo E, Pavlakis M, Cooper M: Pancreas transplantation perceptions and practice: Results from a national US survey. Clinical Transplantation 35(10): e14432, Oct. 2021 Notes: Epub Aug. 6, 2021.
2020
McAdams-DeMarco MA, Van Pilsum Rasmussen SE, Chu NM, Agoons D, Parsons RF, Alhamad T, Johansen KL, Tullius SG, Lynch R, Harhay MN, Rao MK, Berger J, Cooper M, Tan JC, Cheng XS, Woodside KJ, Parajuli S, Lentine KL, Kaplan B, Segev DL, Kobashigawa JA, Dadhania D; AST Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice Workgroup: Perceptions and practices regarding frailty in kidney transplantation: Results of a national survey. Transplantation 104(2): 349-356, Feb. 2020.
Parsons RF, Zahid A, Bumb S, Decker H, Sullivan HC, Eun-Hyung Lee F, Badell IR, Ford ML, Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Jackson AM, Chen DF, Levine M, Kamoun M, Bray RA, Gebel HM: The impact of belatacept on third-party HLA alloantibodies in highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation 20(2): 573-581, Feb. 2020 Notes: Epub Oct. 8, 2019.
Lentine KL, Alhamad T, Cheungpasitporn W, Tan JC, Chang SH, Cooper M, Dadhania DM, Axelrod DA, Schnitzler MA, Ouseph R, Cabeza Rivera FH, Kasiske BL, Woodside KJ, Parsons RF: Impact of functional status on outcomes of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: Risks and opportunities for patient benefit. Transplantation Direct 6(9): e599, Aug. 21, 2020.
2019
Parsons RF, Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Badell IR: Belatacept and CD28 costimulation blockade: Preventing and reducing alloantibodies over the long term. Current Transplantation Reports 6(4): 277-284, Dec. 2019 Notes: Epub Nov. 2, 2019.
2014
Halazun KJ, Patzer RE, Rana AA, Verna EC, Griesemer AD, Parsons RF, Samstein B, Guarrera JV, Kato T, Brown RS Jr, Emond JC: Standing the test of time: Outcomes of a decade of prioritizing patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, results of the UNOS natural geographic experiment. Hepatology 60(6): 1957-1962, Dec. 2014 Notes: Epub Sept. 10, 2014.
Wang H, Griesemer AD, Parsons RF, Graham JA, Emond JC, Samstein B: Delayed gastric emptying after living donor hepatectomy for liver transplantation. Case Reports in Transplantation 2014: 582183, 2014 Notes: Epub Dec. 25, 2014.
2013
Redfield RR, Lou Y, Rodriguez E, Rostami S, Parsons RF, Noorchashm H, Naji A, Abt PL: Sustained reduction of alloantibody secreting plasma cells and donor specific antibody with proteasome inhibition in mice. Transplant Immunology 29(1-4): 11-16, Dec. 2013 Notes: Epub Oct. 5, 2013.
Redfield RR, Rodriguez E, Luo Y, Rostami S, Parsons RF, Noorchashm H, Abt PL, Naji A: Interleukin 5 immunotherapy depletes alloreactive plasma cells. Journal of Surgical Research 187(1): 310-315, Mar. 2014 Notes: Epub Oct. 19, 2013.
2012
Parsons RF, Yu M, Vivek K, Zekavat G, Rostami SY, Ziaie AS, Luo Y, Koeberlein B, Redfield RR, Ward CD, Migone TS, Cancro MP, Naji A, Noorchashm H: Murine islet allograft tolerance upon blockade of the B-lymphocyte stimulator, BLyS/BAFF. Transplantation 93(7): 676-685, Apr. 15, 2012.
Redfield RR, Parsons RF, Rodriguez E, Mustafa M, Cassuto J, Vivek K, Noorchashm H, Naji A, Levine MH, Abt PL: Underutilization of A2 ABO incompatible kidney transplantation. Clinical Transplantation 26(3): 489-494, May/June 2012 Notes: Epub Oct. 27, 2011.
2011
Parsons RF, Vivek K, Rostami SY, Zekavat G, Ziaie SM, Luo Y, Koeberlein B, Redfield RR, Cancro MP, Naji A, Noorchashm H: Acquisition of humoral transplantation tolerance upon de novo emergence of B lymphocytes. Journal of Immunology 186(1): 614-620, Jan. 1, 2011 Notes: Epub Nov. 17, 2010.
2009
Parsons RF, Vivek K, Redfield RR, Migone TS, Cancro MP, Naji A, Noorchashm H: B-cell tolerance in transplantation: is repertoire remodeling the answer? Expert Review of Clinical Immunology 5(6): 703, Nov. 2009.
Porrett PM, Kamoun M, Parsons R, Bloom R, Goral S, Reese P, Grossman R, Baluarte J, Bleicher M, Doyle A, Markmann JF, Levine M, Barker C, Olthoff K, Naji A, Shaked A, Abt P: Kidney transplantation at the University of Pennsylvania: 1998-2008. Clinical Transplantation Page: 143-152, 2009 Notes: Chap. 10.
2008
Zekavat G, Rostami SY, Badkerhanian A, Parsons RF, Koeberlein B, Yu M, Ward CD, Migone TS, Yu L, Eisenbarth GS, Cancro MP, Naji A, Noorchashm H: In vivo BLyS/BAFF neutralization ameliorates islet-directed autoimmunity in non-obese diabetic mice. Journal of Immunology 181(11): 8133-8144, Dec. 1, 2008.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2022
Cimeno A, Lewis G, Parsons R: Kidney pre-transplant frailty: How 5 different metrics beg for a better test. American Journal of Transplantation 22(Suppl 1): 63, Jan. 2022 Notes: Presented at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 22nd Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami Beach, FL, Jan. 2022.
Alhamad T, Murad H, Dadhania D, Pavlakis M, Parajuli S, Concepcion BP, Singh N, Murakami N, Casey M, Ji M, Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Alomar O, Faravardeh A, Blosser C, Basu A, Molnar M, Gupta G, Adler JT, Adey D, Woodside KJ, Parsons R, Lentine K: The perspective of general nephrologists toward transitions of care and management of patients with failing kidney allografts. American Journal of Transplantation 22(Suppl 3): 940-941, June 2022 Notes: Presented at the American Transplant Congress 2022, Boston, MA, June 4-8, 2022.
Cimeno A, Lewis G, Parsons R: Four separate frailty metrics lack concordance and are non-reflective of the kidney transplant listing outcome: A large single center review. American Journal of Transplantation 22(Suppl 3): 470, June 2022 Notes: Presented at the American Transplant Congress 2022, Boston, MA, June 4-8, 2022.
Roll GR, Cooper M, Gebel H, Hitchman KM, Hobeika M, Houp J, Kamoun M, Killian J, Kim J, Kumar V, Levine M, Lunow-Luke T, Parsons R, Ranch D, Stock P, Yi S, Rajalingam R: Multicenter effort assessing the effects of COVID infection and vaccination on HLA antibodies in waitlisted patients with ESRD. American Journal of Transplantation 22(Suppl 3): 509, June 2022 Notes: Presented at the American Transplant Congress 2022, Boston, MA, June 4-8, 2022.
2021
Roe O, Gattis S, Parsons R, Lo D, Todd S: Impact of the transplant clinical pharmacist in an outpatient transplant clinic. American Journal of Transplantation 21(Suppl 4): 843, June 2021 Notes: Presented at the 2021 American Transplant Congress (virtual), June 2021.
Lectures by Invitation
2022
Parsons RF. "IMPACT Session - Co-Stimulatory Inhibitor Pearls and Perplexities: Belatacept Dosing Intervals: Can You Stretch Without Sacrifice?" American Transplant Congress Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. June 2022.
Parsons RF. "The Past, Present, and Future of Islet Transplantation." American Transplant Congress Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. June 2022.
Parsons RF. "Understanding Delayed Graft Function to Improve Organ Utilization and Patient Outcomes." Invited Workshop Participant, National Kidney Foundation Workshop, Denver, CO. Mar. 2022
2021
Parsons RF. "Defining Our True North: Pancreas Transplantation." Visiting Lectureship, Virginia Commonwealth University (virtual). Mar. 2021.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2019
Parsons RF: Deceased donor transplantation, the kidney transplant operation, and transplant complications. Kidney Transplant Toolkit. The National Forum of ESRD Networks' Medical Advisory Council, 2019 Notes: Chap. 2.
2010
Parsons RF, Braslow B: Trauma evaluation, resuscitation, and surgical critical care. The Surgical Review, Third Edition. Porrett P, Roses R, Frederick J, Kaiser L (eds.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Page: 319-333, 2010 Notes: Chap. 22.
2009
Dandolu BR, Parsons RF, Jassar AS, Bridges CR: Cardiac surgery (valve repair and replacement, CABG). Educational Review Manual in Cardiovascular Disease. Demaria A (eds.). New York: Castle Connolly Graduate Medical, 2009 Notes: Chap. 11.
Parsons RF, Dumon K: Vascular access. Gowned and Gloved Surgery: Introduction to Common Procedures. Kanchwala S, Paulson E, Roses R, & Morris J (eds.). Philadelphia: WB Saunders Elsevier, Page: 13-19, 2009 Notes: Chap. 23.