University of Wisconsin–Madison

Thiessen Publications

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Fedorova E, Nehring Firmino S, Foley D, Garonzik Wang J, Kaufman D, Odorico J, Aufhauser A, Neidlinger N, Thiessen C, Philip J, Collins KM, Mezrich J, Al-Adra D, Mandelbrot D, Astor B, Parajuli S. Dual kidney transplantation offers prolonged graft survival. Clin Transplant. 2026;40(2): e70481. doi:10.1111/ctr.70481

Garg N, Thiessen C, Mandelbrot DA. Health-related quality of life after living kidney donation: Insights from a contemporary meta-analysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2026;87(2):153-155. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.11.002

Kelleher P, Persad G, Thiessen C. Exploring non-utilitarian justifications of allocation out-of-sequence. Am J of Bioeth. 2026;26(1):90-92. doi:10.1080/15265161.2025.2594435

Lindberg S, Dutton R, Flescher A, Thiessen C. Known, preventable, and still occurring: The ethical obligation to build a National Transplant Safety and Learning Network. Curr Transpl Rep. 2026;13(23). doi:10.1007/s40472-026-00518-7

Mannon RB, Thiessen C, Vincenti F. An open letter to the FDA. From priority to dead-end: Why are living donor recipients blocked from novel clinical trials? Am J Transplant. 2026;26(4):673-674. doi:10.1016/j.ajt.2026.02.001

Ng Y, Nonterrah CW, Kumar V, Thiessen C, on behalf of the AST PSECOP Workgroup on Access to Transplantation. Kidney transplant access for persons who are incarcerated: A call for action. Am J Kidney Dis. 2026;88(2):196-999. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2026.03.046

Thiessen C, Pati B, Alagoz E, Garg N, Leishman R, Christensen L, Danobeitia JS, Bolognese A, Cohen DJ, Cooper M, Dadhania D, Friedewall J, Kumar V, Nishio Lucar A, Reese P, Mandelbrot D. Center-based obstacles to and facilitators in the utilization of kidney paired donation in the United States, 2008-2023: A scoping review. Transplant Rev (Orlando). 2026;40(4):101022. doi:10.1016/j.trre.2026.101022

Van Assche K, Mulder J, Ahn C, Allen RDM, Bollen J, Bramstedt KA, Burra P, Cras P, Dhital K, Dittmer I, Domínguez-Gil B, Downar J, Fadhil RAS, Ferdinande P, Forsythe JRL, Fortin M, Freeman MA, Garcia-Gallont R, Gerritsen RT, Grayson K, Healey A, Kazemi A, Kute VB, Martin DE, Monbaliu D, Muller E, Nino-Murcia A, Olthuis G, Opdam HI, Parent B, Pérez Blanco A, Rizvi SAH, Seoane J, Shemie SD, Siebelink M, Silva A, Silva e Silva V, Sonneveld HP, Stock PG, ten Hoopen R, Thiessen C, Thomson D, van Dijk G, van Heurn E, van Mook E, Van Raemdonck D, Wall AE, Weiss MJ, Woodyatt L, Ysebaert D. Ethical implementation of organ donation following medical assistance in dying: Recommendations from the Ethics Committee of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000005812

Ylagan CC, Schindler PE, Patel DB, Thiessen C, Bregman AP, Mandelbrot D, Astor BC, Parajuli S. Changes by era in risk factors and outcomes among deceased donor kidney transplant recipients with delayed graft function. Clin Transplant. 2026;40(2):e70484. doi:10.1111/ctr.70484

Cohen D, Mandelbrot D, Thiessen C. Voucher Donation: Will the Promise be Realized?. Kidney Int Rep. 2025;10:3724–3726. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.09.014

Fedorova E, Firmino SN, Kaufman D, Odorico J, Aufhauser D, Thiessen C, Al-Adra D, Mandelbrot D, Astor BC, Parajuli S. Pre-transplant hypoalbuminemia is not associated with early key outcomes among simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Int. 2025;38:14091. doi: 10.3389/ti.2025.14091

Garg N, Thiessen C, Garonzik Wang J, Mezrich J, Mandelbrot D. Navigating challenges in recipient selection for end-chain kidneys. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(3):471-475. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.10.018

Kinard C, Zajac J, Zhong W, Thiessen C. Hematuria and fever following kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(12):2658-2660. doi:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.10.003

Lee-Riddle GS, Thiessen C, Parent B, Goldberg A, Jones JL, Gordon EJ. Ethical considerations of conditional directed living donation North American perspective. Am J Transplant. 2025 Jan;25(1):223-224. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.09.023 

Scolarici M, Kuehler D, Osborn R, Doyle A, Schiffman E, Garvin A, Villalba JA, Ramos CJ, Paddock CD, Annambhotla PD, Taylor M, Salzer JS, Saddler C, Thiessen C, Kandaswamy R, Odorico J. Donor-derived Ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis from a living donor kidney transplant. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025;31(3): 587-590. doi: 10.3201/eid3103.241723

Tamburrini R, Leverson GE, Hidalgo S, Kaufman DB, Neidlinger N, Al-Adra DP, Aufhauser DD, Thiessen C, Mandelbrot D, Parajuli S, Odorico JS. Importing pancreata for transplantation optimizes graft utilization and reduces waiting times without negative impacts. Front Transplant. 2025;4:4:1698617. doi:10.3389/frtra.2025.1698617

Thiessen C, Chlebeck P, Radke N, Tamburrini R, Al-Adra D, Fernandez L, Odorico JS. Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation (TP-IAT) for chronic pancreatitis relieves pain and mitigates diabetes development. Wisconsin Medical Journal .2025;124(4):326-332.

Thiessen C, Schwarze G, Ubel P. How anticipation of agent-regret can undermine clinical decision-making. Am J Bioeth. 2025;25(2):26-28. doi:10.1080/15265161.2024.2441756

Garg N, Thiessen C, Reese P, Cooper M, Leishman R, Friedewald J, Sharuffdin A, Nishio Lucar AG, Dadhania DM, Kumar V, Waterman A, Mandelbrot D. Temporal trends in kidney paired donation in the United States: 2006-2021 UNOS/OPTN database analysis. Am J Transplant. 2024;24(1):46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.09.006

Gyngell C, Munsi M, Fujita M, Thiessen C, Savulescu J. Ethical analysis of the first porcine cardiac xenotransplantation. J Med Ethics. 2024;50(6):363-367. doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108685

Mallepeddi S, Patel PD, D’Amico C, Thiessen C. Ethical and Policy Issues Arising in Crowdfunding for Solid Organ Transplantation: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Recipient and Donor Fundraising Campaigns. Transplant Proc. 2024;56(6):1216-1221. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.03.040

Parent B, Thiessen C, Wall A, Levan M, Gordon EJ. A clarified interpretation of permanence justifies death determination in NRP protocols.  Am J Bioeth. 2024;24(6):46-48. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2337402

Thiessen C, Jacobson N, Campbell T. Don’t let the label “palliative care” stand in the way of meeting the needs of patients with graft loss. Invited commentary. Am J Kidney Dis. 2024;83(2): 136-138. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.11.001

Weinlander E, Erb B, Thiessen C. An eye for an eye?: Problematic risk-benefit tradeoffs in whole eye transplantation. Am J Bioeth. 2024;24(5):75-79. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2328285

Jesse M, Jackson W, Liapakis A, Ganesh S, Humar A, Goldaracena N, Levitsky J, Mulligan D, Pomfret E, Ladner D, Roberts J, Mavis A, Thiessen C, Trotter J, Winder G, Griesemer A, Pillai A, Kumar V, Verna E, LaPointe Rudow D, Han H, on behalf of the LDLT Consensus Working Group. Living donor liver transplant candidate and donor selection and engagement: Meeting report from a living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clin Transplant. 2023;37(7):e14954. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14954

Parajuli S, Muth B, Bloom M, Ptak L, Aufhasuer D, Thiessen C, Al-Adra D, Mezrich J, Neidlinger N, Odorico J, Garonzik-Wang J, Foley D, Kaufman D, Mandelbrot DA. A randomized controlled trial of envarsus versus immediate release tacrolimus in kidney transplant recipients with delayed graft function. Transplant Proc. 2023;55(7):1568-1574. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.05.025

Pillai A, Verna EC, Parikh N, Cooper M, Thiessen C, Heimbach J, Gordon EJ, Sapisochin G, Selzner N, Mathur A, Perito ER, Jesse M, Liapakis A, Kumar V on behalf of the LDLT Consensus Working Group. Financial, policy, and ethical barriers to the expansion of living donor liver transplant: Meeting report from a living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clin Transplant. 2023;37(7):e14955. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14955

Thiessen C, Gordon EJ, Kelly B, Wall A. The ethics of donation after circulatory death organ recovery: An overview of new considerations arising from procurement practice and policy changes. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2023;28(2):133-138. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000001046

Thiessen C*, Wisel SA*, Roll GR. Simultaneous thoracic and abdominal DCD organ recovery: The abdominal surgeon’s perspective. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2023;28(2):139-144. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000001045 *Co-first authors

Wall AE, Thiessen C, Pomfret EA. Organ Procurement Using Normothermic Regional Perfusion. Letter to the editor. JAMA. 2023;330(14):1390. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16887

Wisel SA, Steggerda J, Thiessen C, Roll GR, Chen Q, Thomas J, Kaur B, Catarino P, Chikwe J, Kim I. Preserved 2-y liver transplant outcomes following simultaneous thoracoabdominal DCD organ procurement despite effects on liver utilization rate. Transplant Dir. 2023;9(11):e1528. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001528

Thiessen C, Gannon J, Li S, Gray D, Dobosz D, Kennedy K, Mussell A, Skrip L, Reese P, Gordon E, Kulkarni S. Quantifying risk tolerance among potential living kidney donors with the Donation-Specific Risk Questionnaire. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021;78(2):246-258. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.11.028

Wisel S*, Thiessen C*, Day R, Belin J, Syed S, Hirose R, Ascher NL, Roberts J, Freise C. Setting rules for the sandbox: A response to “Successfully sharing the sandbox: A perspective on combined DCD liver and heart donor procurement.” Am J Transplant. 2021;21(5):1981-1982. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16426

 

Older Publications

Dorflinger L, Kulkarni S, Thiessen C, Klarman S, Fraenkel L. Assessing living donor priorities through nominal group technique. Prog Transplant. 2018;28(1):29-35. doi: 10.1177/1526924817746682

Fisher J, Butt Z, Friedewald J, Fry-Revere S, Hanneman J, Henderson M, Ladin K, Mysel H, Preczewski L, Sherman L, Thiessen C, Gordon E. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Charting an ethical course for research into financial incentives for living kidney donation. Am J Transplant.2015;15(5)1180-1186. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13234

Kulkarni S, Hall I, Formica R, Thiessen C, Stewart D, Gan G, Greene E, Deng Y. Transition probabilities between changing sensitization levels, waitlist activity status, and competing-risk kidney transplant outcomes using multi-state modeling. PLOS One. 2017; 12(12):e0190277. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190277

Kulkarni S, Thiessen C, Formica R, Schilsky M, Mulligan D, D’Aquila R. The long-term follow-up & support for living organ donors: A center-based solution founded on developing a community of living donors. Am J Transplant. 2016;16(12):3385-3391. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14005

McCauley M, Mussell A, Goldberg D, Sawinski D, Molina N, Tomlin R, Doshi S, Abt P, Bloom R, Blumberg E, Kulkarni S, Esnola G, Shults J, Thiessen C, Reese P. Race, risk, and willingness of end-stage renal disease patients without hepatitis C (HCV) to accept an HCV-infected kidney. Transplantation. 2018;102(4):e163-e170. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000002099

Mittelman M*, Thiessen C*, Butt Z, Chon J, Clayville K, Cronin D, Fisher J, Fry-Revere S, Gross J, Hanneman J, Henderson M, Ladin K, Mysel H, Sherman L, Willock L, Gordon EJ. Miscommunicating NOTA Can Be Costly to Living Donors. Am J Transplant. 2017;17(2)578-580. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14036 *Co-first authors

Reese P, Allen M, Carney C, Leidy D, Levsky S, Pendse R, Mussell A, Bermudez F, Keddem S, Thiessen C, Rodrigue J, Emanuel E. Outcomes for individuals turned down for living kidney donation. Clin Transplant. 2018(12):e13408. doi:10.1111/ctr.13408

Sofaer N, Thiessen C, Campbell EG, Ballou J, Getz KA, Goold S, Koski K, Krueger RA, and Weissman JS. Subjects’ views of obligations to ensure post-trial access to drugs, care, and information: Qualitative results from the Experiences of Participants in Clinical Trials (EPIC) Study (2009). J Med Ethics. 35, 183-188. doi:  10.1136/jme.2008.024711

Thiessen C, Gordon E, Reese P, Kulkarni S. Development of a donor-centered approach to risk assessment: Rebalancing non-maleficence and autonomy. Am J Transplant. 2015;15(9):2314-2323. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13272

Thiessen C, Jaji Z, Joyce M, Zimbrean P, Reese PP, Gordon EJ, Kulkarni S. Opting out: A pilot study assessing the reasons for and the psychosocial impact of withdrawing from living kidney donor evaluation. J Med Ethics. 2017;43(11):756-761. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103512

Thiessen C, Kulkarni S. The psychosocial impact of withdrawing from living kidney donor evaluation. Cur Transplant Rep. 2018;5(1):64-71. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103512

Thiessen C, Kulkarni S, Reese P, Gordon E. A call for research on individuals who opt out of living kidney donation: Challenges and opportunities. Transplant. 2016;100(12)2527-2532. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001408

Thiessen C, Kim Y, Formica R, Bia M, Kulkarni S. Written informed consent for living kidney donors: Practices and compliance with CMS and OPTN requirements. Am J Transplant. 2013;13(10):2713-2721. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12406

Thiessen C, Kim Y, Formica R, Bia M, Kulkarni S. Opting out: Confidentiality and availability of an “alibi” for potential living kidney donors. J Med Ethics. 2015;41(7)506-510. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102184

Thiessen C, Kim Y, Yoo P, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Mulligan DC, Kulkarni S. Informed consent for living liver donation: Compliance with CMS & OPTN requirements and alibi offers. Liv Transplant. 2014;20(4)416-424. doi: 10.1002/lt.23822

Thiessen C, Ssekubugu R, Wagman J,  Kiddugavu M, Wawer MJ, Emanuel E, Gray R, Serwada D, Grady C. Personal and community benefits and harms of research: Views from Rakai, Uganda. AIDS. 2007;21(18):2493-2501. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f029d3

Thiessen C, Wang J, Skrip L, Yoo P. Patient and graft survival among sexagenarian & septuagenarian renal transplant recipients and donors. Prog Transplant. 2017;27(3):257-265. doi: 10.1177/1526924817715469

Thiessen C*, Wisel S*, Yamaguchi S, Dietch Z, Feng S, Freise C. Rapid modification of workflows and fellow staffing at a single transplant center to address the COVID crisis. Transplant Proc. 2020;52(9):2596-2600. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.05.002 *Co-first authors

Weissman JS, Koski G, Vogeli C, Thiessen C, Campbell E. Opinions of IRB members and chairs regarding responsibilities of research investigators. J Emp Res Hum Rese Ethics. 2008;3(1):3-13. doi: 10.1525/jer.2008.3.1.3

Ying L, Harrington A, Assi R, Thiessen C, Contessa J, Hubbard MO, Yoo P, Nadzam GS. Measuring uncertainty intolerance in surgical residents using standardized assessments. J Sur Res. 2020;245(1):145-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.07.035