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This educational website was developed as part of a research study funded by the US Department of Defense, and conducted by Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The following articles, poster abstracts, and paper presentations are published results from the research study.

Research Articles

Posters and Paper Presentations

Papers presented at the 2022 American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation Conference:

  • Downey M, Gacki-Smith J, Kuramitsu BR, Vanterpool KB, Nordstrom MJ, Luken M, Riggleman T, Fichter S, Altema W, Langlee W, Cooney CM, Jensen SE, Dumanian GA, Levan M, Tintle S, Brandacher G, Gordon EJ. Patient Definitions of Transplant “Success” of Upper Extremity VCA. Paper accepted for a 6-minute Podium Presentation. American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation 7th Biennial meeting. Chicago, IL. November 5, 2022.

  • Gacki-Smith J, Kuramitsu BR, Downey M, Vanterpool KB, Nordstrom MJ, Luken M, Riggleman T, Altema W, Fichter S, Cooney CM, Dumanian GA, Jensen SE, Brandacher G, Tintle S, Levan M, Gordon EJ. Empowering Patients with Upper Extremity Amputations to Communicate with Providers about VCA. Paper accepted for a 6-minute Podium Presentation. American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation 7th Biennial meeting. Chicago, IL. November 4, 2022.

  • Gordon EJ. Moderator (Invited), Session III: Psychologists. American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation 7th Biennial meeting. Chicago, IL. November 4, 2022.

  • Gordon EJ. Informed Consent in VCA. (Invited) Session III: Psychologists. American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation 7th Biennial meeting. Chicago, IL. November 4, 2022.

Poster presented at the 2022 Military Health Systems Research Symposium:

  • Nordstrom M, Luken M, Hewitt M, Riggleman T, Fichter S, Kuramitsu B, Gacki-Smith J, Vanterpool K, Downey M, Cooney C, Dumanian G, Jensen S. Tintle S, Brandacher G, Levan M, Gordon EJ. Treatment Options for Upper Extremity Limb Loss: Ethical and Psychosocial Factors Affecting Patients’ Decision Making about Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. Poster presented at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium (MHSRS) meeting, Kissimmee, FL, September 13, 2022. Abstract # MHSRS-22-07470.

Paper presented at the 2022 Congress of The Transplantation Society:

  • Downey M, Kuramitsu B, Gacki-Smith J, Vanterpool K, Luken M, Nordstrom M, Riggleman T, Cooney C, Levan M, Tintle S, Brandacher G, Jensen S, Dumanian G, Gordon E. Patient Definitions of Transplant “Success” of Upper Extremity VCA. Mini-oral paper presented (virtually) at The Transplantation Society (TTS) meeting in Buenos Aires, Sept. 10-14, 2022. https://cm.tts2022.org/virtual/lecture/707

Paper presented at the 2022 American Transplant Congress:

  • Levan M. Psychosocial Factors in the Decision Making and Informed Consent Process for Upper Extremity VCA. Paper (Invited) presented at American Transplant Congress meeting in Boston, MA, June 7, 2022.

Poster presented at the 2022 American Transplant Congress:

Poster presented at the 2022 Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Meeting:

  • Hewitt M, Riggleman T, Nordstrom M, Dodd LD, Kuramitsu B, Gacki-Smith J, Vanterpool K, Downey M, Cooney C, Dumanian G, Jensen S, Tintle S, Brandacher G, Levan M, Gordon EJ. Awareness and Perceptions of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Among Military Personnel with Upper Extremity Amputations: A Qualitative Approach. Poster presented at the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS), February 22, 2022.

Paper presented at the 2021 American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation Conference:

  • Kuramitsu B, Berumen C, Ferzola A, Sung H, Scarton D, McHugh T, Schultheis A, Riggleman T, Taylor J, Cooney C, Henderson M, Tintle S, Brandacher G, Gordon EJ. Patients’ Psychosocial Perceptions, Information Needs, and Decision Making about Upper Extremity VCA. Paper accepted for a 5-minute Podium Presentation at the American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation Meeting ​in Bethesda, MD. Hybrid meeting. November 18, 2021. https://www.a-s-r-t.com/assets/2021/Final%20Program%2011-11-21.pdf

Paper presented at the 2021 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society World Congress:

  • Gordon EJ, Kuramitsu B, Gacki-Smith J, Ferzola A, Vanterpool K, Kunkle C, Hewitt M, Schultheis A, Riggleman T, Taylor J, Cooney C, Tintle S, Brandacher G, Levan M. Psychosocial and Ethical Factors Affecting Patients’ Decision Making about Upper Extremity Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. Paper accepted for oral presentation at Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society virtual World Congress in Maastricht, The Netherlands, November 17, 2021.

Poster presented at the 2021 Military Health Systems Research Symposium:

  • Hewitt M, Kuramitsu B, Gacki-Smith J, Ferzola A, Vanterpool K, Downey M, Kunkle C, Schultheis A, Riggleman T, Taylor T, Cooney C, Dumanian G, Jensen S, Tintle S, Brandacher G, Levan M, Gordon EJ. Treatment Options for Upper Extremity Limb Loss: Ethical and Psychosocial Factors Affecting Patients’ Decision Making about Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. Poster presented at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium, August 23-26, 2021.

Posters presented at the 2021 American Transplant Congress:

Paper presented at the 2020 American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation Conference:

  • Gordon EJ, Kuramitsu B, Berumen C, Ferzola A, Sung HC, Scarton D, McHugh T, Schultheis A, Riggleman T, Taylor J, Cooney C, Henderson M, Tintle S, Brandacher G. Patients’ Psychosocial Perceptions, Information Needs, and Decision Making about Upper Extremity VCA. American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation Conference Abstracts 2020. Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation 2021;9(March):6.

Paper presented at the 2020 American Association of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference:

  • Kuramitsu B, Berumen C, Sung HC, Ferzola A, Cooney C, Brandacher G, Henderson M, Tintle S, Gordon EJ. Paper presented on the panel, “VCA Ethics: How do we determine flourishing in VCA transplantation?” (EJ Gordon, Panel Organizer), at the American Association of Bioethics and Humanities Virtual Annual Conference, October 15, 2020.

Poster presented at the 2020 American Transplant Congress: