Ronald P. Pelletier, MD

Ronald P. Pelletier, MD, is a member of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. His interests include kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation, and laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy. His research interests include the complications of renal transplantation and the mechanisms acute cellular and humoral rejection as well as the relationship between cellular and humoral alloimmunity.

Gender:

• Male

Languages Spoken:

• English

Research Funding*:

• Prospective randomized single center comparative trial of long-term steroid free maintenance immunosuppression following steroid withdrawal comparing prednisonefree protocols of C2 dosed Neoral (Cyclosporine) and Myfortic (Mycophenolic Acid) vs Rapamune (with ML Henry and A Rajab), Novartis Pharmaceuticals
• Study of FTY720A combined with corticosteroids and full or reduceddose Neoral® in de novo adult renal transplant recipients, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
• Rapid four-day steroid withdrawal with thymoglobulin induction and maintenance immunosuppression with sirolimus and mycophenolate in primary cadaveric renal transplantation (with A Rajab and ML Henry), Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• Acute Humeral Rejection of Renal Allografts, NIH/NIAID
• Rapid four-day steroid withdrawal with thymoglobulin induction and maintenance immunosuppression with sirolimus and mycophenolate in primary renal transplantation (with A Rajab and ML Henry), Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• Rapid four-day steroid withdrawal with thymoglobulin induction and maintenance immunosuppression with rapamycin and cyclosporine in primary cadaveric renal transplantation (with A Rajab), Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Medical School

• University of Cincinnati
  Date Completed: 06/30/1987

Internship

• Ohio State University Medical Center
  Date Completed: 06/30/1988

Residency

• Ohio State University Medical Center
  Date Completed: 06/30/1989

Residency

• Ohio State University Medical Center
  Date Completed: 06/30/1991

Residency

• Ohio State University Medical Center
  Date Completed: 06/30/1994

Fellowship

• Ohio State University Medical Center
  Date Completed: 06/30/1996

Department:

• Pediatric Surgery

Section:

• General Pediatric Surgery

Speciality:

• Surgery
  

Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital:

• 11/18/1997

• Singh N, Sun Q, Nadasdy T, Adams P, Dipaola NR, Pesavento T, Winters H, Satoskar A, Yu Z, Henry ML, Hadley GA, Pelletier RP. 2012. The pathogenesis of acute allograft dysfunction in desensitized renal transplant recipients.  Clin Transplant. Vol. 26, no. 4. (July): E402-11.
• Pelletier,R,P; Rajab,A; Henry,M,L. 2012. Reduced Graft Survival in African-American Kidney Recipients Correlates with De Novo Alloantibody Production and Not Acute Rejection. In American Transplant Congress
• CASAL,P; Singh,N; Wen,X; Nicholson,T; Theiss,A; BRILLSON,L; Lu,W; Wang,Y; Hadley,G; Pelletier,R; Lee,S. 2012. Application of ImmunoFET Technology to Detection of Proteins in Tissues and Fluids. In American Transplant Congress
• Forbes,R; Rajab,A; Henry,M,L; Pelletier,R,P. 2012. Pulsatile Preservation Parameters in ECD and SCD Donor Kidneys. In American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,R,P; Rajab,A; Bumgardner,G,L; Henry,M,L. 2012. Rapamycin Treatment Is Associated with Reduced Death and Graft Loss after Kidney Transplantation. In American Transplant Congress
• Andreoni,K; Elkhammas,E; Rajab,A; Pelletier,R; Bumgardner,G; Forbes,R; Singh,N; VONVISGER,J; PESAVENTO,T; Davies,E; Nori,U; Henry,M. 2012. Influence of BMI and Age on Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Recipients. In American Transplant Congress
• Ing SW, Sinnott LT, Donepudi S, Davies EA, Pelletier RP, Lane NE. 2011. Change in bone mineral density at one year following glucocorticoid withdrawal kidney transplant recipients.  Clinical Transplant. Vol. 2, no. 25. (October): 113-123.
• Pelletier,R,P; Reariek,A; Hadley,G,A; Adams,P. 2011. Solid Phase Crossmatch Help To Identify Flow Crossmatch Positive Patients at Minimal Risk for Transplantation. In American Transplant Congress
• Singh,N; Forbes,R,C; Andreoni,K,A; Rajab,A; Henry,M,L; Pelletier,R,P; Pesavento,T,E. 2011. Living Donor Transplant Mitigates the Adverse Impact of Diabetes Status in Elderly (> 65 Years) Kidney Transplant Recipients. In American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,R,P; Rajab,A; Pesavento,T,E; Henry,M,L. 2011. Clinical Variables Predictive of 1 and 3 Year Recipient Survival at a Single Center. In American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,R,P; Rajab,A; Forbes,R; Pesavento,T,E; Henry,M,L. 2011. Lack of Early CSA Exposure after Kidney Transplantation Is a Risk Factor for De Novo Post-Transplant Alloantibody Production in African-Americans. In American Transplant Congress
• Nadasdy,T; Albawardi,A; Singh,N; Nadasdy,G; Satoskar,A; Brodsky,S; Adams,P; DiPaola,N; Pelletier,R. 2011. IgG Subclass Distribution in Plasma Cells Infiltrating Renal Allografts in Plasma Cell Rich Late Acute Rejection (PCRLAR). In American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,A; Pelletier,R,P; Henry,M,L. 2011. The Impact of Different Immunosuppressive Protocols on Early and Long Term Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation. In American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,A; Forbes,R; Pelletier,R,P. 2011. The Incidence and Causes of Early Graft Losses in the Era of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. In American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,A; Henry,M,L; Pesavento,T,E; Pelletier,R,P. 2011. Incidence of Immunologic Complications after Renal Transplantation, When Using a Steroid Avoidance, Neoral and Sirolimus Immunosuppression Regimen, Is Increased in African-American Recipients. In American Transplant Congress
• Kirby,S; Satoskar,A; Brodsky,S; Pope-Harman,A; Nunley,D; Hitchcock,C; Pelletier,R; Nadasdy,T; Shilo,K. 2011. Histological Spectrum of Pulmonary Manifestations in Kidney Transplant Recipients. In 100th Annual Meeting United States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology
• Kirby,S; Satoskar,A; Brodsky,S; Pope-Harman,A; Nunley,D; Hitchcock,C; Pelletier,R; Nadasdy,T; Shilo,K. 2011. Histological Spectrum of Pulmonary Manifestations in Kidney Transplant Recipients. In 100th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology
• Inlow,June; Steller,Paula; Eltayeb,Aisha; Rearick,Annette; Kott,Matt; Adams,Patrick; Dipaola,Nicholas; Pelletier,Ronald. 2011. CASE STUDY: POSITIVE T-CELL FLOW CROSSMATCH (TFXM)/NEGATIVE B-CELL FLOW CROSSMATCH (BFXM) CAN BE MEDIATED BY A CLASS I ANTIBODY. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Pelletier,Ronald; Rajab,Amer; Bumgardner,Ginny; Andreoni,Kenneth; Elkhammas,Elmahdi; Henry,Mitchell. 2011. Twenty-five year evolution of kidney transplantation at the Ohio State University.  Clinical transplants. Vol. ?, no. January: 91-98.
• Adams,Patrick,W; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Kott,Matthew; Dipaola,Nicholas. 2011. SOLID PHASE CROSSMATCH DEMONSTRATES 97% AGREEMENT WITH VIRTUAL CROSSMATCH. In 37th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Satoskar AA, Pelletier RP, Adams P, Nadasdy GM, Brodsky S, Pesavento T, Henry M, Nadasdy T. 2010. De novo thrombotic microangiopathy in renal allograft biopsies-role of antibody-mediated rejection.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 10, no. 8. (July): 1804-1811.
• Rajab,Amer; Gunay,Yusuf; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Andreoni,Kenneth,A; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2010. The Outcome of Percutaneous Nephrostomy Drainage and Ureteral Stenting for Treatment of Urological Complications after Transplantation. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Gunay,Yusuf; Rajab,Amer; Henry,Mitchell,L; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2010. Decreased Morbidity with Laparoscopic Hernia Repair in Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Recipients. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Gaughan,Alice,Bickerstaff; Wang,Jiao-Jing; Anthony,Bryan; Pelletier,Ronald; Brodsky,Sergey; Nadasdy,Tibor; Hadley,Gregg,A. 2010. Tracking Host CD4 T Cells Responding to Renal Allografts. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2010. Higher C2 CSA Levels within the First Month after Kidney Transplantation Correlates with Better Renal Function and Graft Survival at Five Years. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2010. A Long Term Outcome of Steroid Free, Calcineurin Inhibitor Free Maintenance Immunosuppression Based on Rapamune/Myfortic in Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Study. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,Amer; Samavedi,Srinivas; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2010. The Impact of Early Sirolimus Use on the Incidence of Wound Complications and Lymphocele in Renal Transplantation. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,R; He,X; Lu,Z; Li,C,L; Rajab,A; LEE,M,LT; Henry,M. 2010. Potential Shortcomings of the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Center-Specific Kidney Transplant Outcomes Reporting. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Singh,Neeraj; Adams,Patrick; Dipaola,Nicholas; Rearick,Annette; Gunay,Yusuf; Hadley,Gregg; Pelletier,Ronald. 2010. Solid Phase Testing Trumps Flow Cytometry Crossmatching in Renal Pretransplant Evaluations. In 10th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,Ronald; Hadley,Gregg; Rearick,Annette; Adams,Patrick. 2010. SOLID PHASE CROSSMATCH HELPS TO IDENTIFY FLOW CROSSMATCH POSITIVE PATIENTS AT MINIMAL RISK OF ANTIBODY MEDIATED GRAFT INJURY AFTER TRANSPLANTATION. In 36th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Gaughan,Alice,ABickerstaff; Wang,Jiao-Jing; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Dipaola,Nicholas; Adams,Patrick; Brodsky,Sergey; Nadasdy,Tibor; Hadley,Gregg,A. 2010. CRITICAL ROLE FOR HOST CELLS IN MIXED ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION OF RENAL ALLOGRAFTS. In 36th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Steller,Paula; Adams,Patrick; Rearick,Annette; Dipaola,Nicholas; Hadley,Gregg; Pelletier,Ronald. 2010. CASE STUDY: DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN DSA SPECIFICITY ASSIGNMENTS AND DONOR CROSSMATCHES. In 36th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Pelletier RP. 2009. Detailed outcomes analyses are essential for optimizing kidney utilization strategies.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 9, no. 12. (October): 2653-2654.
• Brodsky SV, Nadasdy GM, Pelletier RP, Satoskar A, Birmingham DJ, Hadley GA, Obeidat K, Nadasdy T. 2009. Expression of the decay-accelerating factor (CD55) in renal transplants--a possible prediction marker of allograft survival.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 88, no. 4. (August): 457-464.
• Pelletier RP, Hadley GA, Adams P, Henry ML, Zhangsheng Y, Ferguson RM. 2009. Even a single, remotely positive post-transplant alloantibody test correlates with increased chronic allograft nephropathy and graft loss after kidney transplantation.  Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Vol. 1, no. 1. (July): 7-15.
• Rees MA, Kopke JE, Pelletier RP, Segev DL, Rutter ME, Fabrega AJ, Rogers J, Pankewycz OG, Hiller J, Roth AE, Sandholm T, Unver MU, Montgomery RA. 2009. A nonsimultaneous, extended, altruistic-donor chain.  The New England Journal Of Medicine. Vol. 360, no. 11. (March): 1096-1101.
• Breimer ME, Rydberg L, Jackson AM, Lucas DP, Zachary AA, Melancon JK, Von Visger J, Pelletier RP, Saidman SL, Williams WW Jr, Holgersson J, Tydén G, Klintmalm GK, Coultrup S, Sumitran-Holgersson S, Grufman P. 2009. Multicenter evaluation of a novel endothelial cell crossmatch test in kidney transplantation.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 87, no. 4. (February): 549-556.
• Bickerstaff,Alice,A; Wang,Jiao-Jing; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Nadasdy,Gyongyi; Rearick,Annette; Dipaola,Nicholas; Brodsky,Sergey; Nadasdy,Tibor; Hadley,Gregg,A. 2009. Role of T Cells in Promoting Rejection of Renal Allografts during Mixed Antibody Mediated Rejection. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Rajab,Amer; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Andreoni,Kenneth,A; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2009. The Outcome of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation from Older Donor. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Rearick,Annette; Dipaola,Nicholas; Hadley,Gregg; Pelletier,Ronald. 2009. ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCIBILITY OF LUMINEX DONOR-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY (DSA) ASSAY. In 35th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Rajab,Amer; Obeidat,Khaled; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2009. The Safety and Efficacy of Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Ferguson,Ronald,M; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2009. A Prospective Study of Steroid Free, Calcineurin Inhibitor Free Maintenance Immunosuppression Based on Rapamune/Myfortic in Kidney Transplantation. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Adams,Patrick; DiPaula,Nicholas; Rearick,Annette; Hadley,Gregg. 2009. The Luminex Anti-Donor HLA Class II Crossmatch Identifies Recipients at Low Immunological Risk for Renal Transplantation Despite a Positive B Cell Flow Crossmatch. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Brodsky,S,V; Pelletier,R; Nadasdy,G; Satoskar,A; Hadley,G,A; DiPaola,N; Nadasdy,Tibor. 2009. Expression of the Decay Accelerating Factor (CD55) in Renal Transplants - A Possible Prediction Marker of Allograft Survival. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Ferguson,Ronald,M; Henry,Mitchell,L. 2009. Long Term Outcome of Steroid Free Maintenance Immunosuppression with Sirolimus and Low Dose Cyclosporine in Kidney Transplantation. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Adams,Patrick; DiPaula,Nicholas; Rearick,Annette; Hadley,Gregg. 2009. Comparison of Luminex Based Cross-Match (LXM) and Flow Cytometric Cross-Match (FXM) Results in Kidney Transplantation. In 9th Joint Meeting of the American-Society-of-Transplant-Surgeon/American-Society-of-Transplantation
• Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2008. Long term outcome of steroid free maintenance immunosuppression with sirolimus and low dose cyclosporine in primary kidney transplantation. In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Satoskar,Anjah,A; Nadasdy,Gyongyi; Pelletier,Ronald; Henry,Mitchell; Lehman,Amy; Ferguson,Ronald; Nadasdy,Tibor. 2008. Correlation of histopathologic features with graft outcome in C4d positive early acute antibody-mediated rejection in non-desensitized renal allografts to guide therapy. In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Bickerstaff AA,Pelletier RP, Wang JJ, Nadasdy G, DiPaola N, Orosz CG, Satoskar A, Hadley GA, Nadasdy T. 2008. An experimental model of acute humoral rejection of renal allografts associated with concomitant cellular rejection.  Am J Pathology. Vol. 173, no. 2. (May): 347-357.
• Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2008. A prospective study of steroid free, calcineurin inhibitor free maintenance immunosuppression based on rapamune/myfortic in kidney transplantation. In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Gaughan,Alice; Wang,Jiao-Jing; Nadasdy,Gyongyi; Nadasdy,Tibor; Adams,Patrick; Pelletier,Ronald; Hadley,Gregg. 2008. Acute humoral rejection of renal allografts is T cell dependent. In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,Ronald; Satoskar,Anjali; Sun,Qiquan; Nadasdy,Gyongyi; Nadasdy,Tibor; Rajab,Amer; Ferguson,Ronald. 2008. Implementation of a steroid-free, rapamycin and neural maintenance immunosuppression regimen reduces acute cellular rejection (ACR) but not acute humoral rejection (AHR). In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Gaughan,Alice; Fukuzawa,Nobuyuki; Wang,Jiao-Jing; Pelletier,Ronald; Nadasdy,Gyongyi; Nadasdy,Tibor; Hadley,Gregg; Fairchild,Robert. 2008. Acute humoral rejection of renal allografts in CCR5-deficient recipients. In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Sun,Qiquan; Pelletier,Ronald; Adams,Patrick; Nadasdy,Tibor; Hadley,Gregg; Ferguson,Ronald. 2008. The natural history of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation: A prospective observation based on desensitized recipients. In 8th American Transplant Congress
• Bickerstaff AA, Nozaki T, Wang JJ, Pelletier RP, Hadley G, Nadasdy G, Nadasdy T, Fairchild RL. 2008. Acute humoral rejection of renal allografts in CCR5 (-/-) recipients.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 8, no. 3. (February): 557-566.
• Adams,Patrick,W; Rearick,Annette; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2008. SIMPLE MODIFICATION TO THE DSA ASSAY REDUCES HIGH IGG BACKGROUND BINDING IN THE DONOR-REACTIVE SOLID-PHASE CROSSMATCH. In 34th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Rajab A, Pelletier RP, Henry ML. 2008. Perfusion and Storage Techniques. In Organ Preservation for Transplantation. Edited by Luis Toledo. Austin: Landes Bioscience.
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Rearick,Annette; Adams,Patrick,W. 2008. CASE STUDY: RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS BY DSA LUMINEX CROSSMATCH IN A FAILING RENAL TRANSPLANT. In 34th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Rearick,Annette; Adams,Patrick,W. 2008. IS THERE AN INCREASED RISK TO GRAFT OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH PRETRANSPLANT FLOW B POSITIVE CROSSMATCHES THAT ARE NEGATIVE IN THE CLASS II DSA LUMINEX CROSSMATCH?. In 34th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Rajab A, Pelletier RP, Ferguson RM, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Henry ML. 2007. Steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression with rapamune and low-dose neoral in pancreas transplant recipients.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 84, no. 9. (November): 1131-1137.
• Hasan,Mazen; Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2007. Hand assisted donor nephrectomy in donor with BMI > 30.
• Hasan,Mazen; Rajah,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2007. Hand assisted donor nephrectomy using pfannenstiel incision.
• Hasan,Mazen; Rajah,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2007. Hand assisted donor nephrectomy has a lower rate of conversion than total laparoscopic procedures.
• Hasan,Mazen; Rajah,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2007. Hand assisted right donor nephrectomy.
• Satoskar AA, Lehman AM, Nadasdy GM, Sedmak DD, Pesavento TE, Henry ML, Pelletier RP, Ferguson RM, Nadasdy T. 2007. Peritubular capillary C4d staining in late acute renal allograft rejection--is it relevant?.  Clinical Transplantation. Vol. 22, no. 1. (September): 61-67.
• Ing,Steven,W; Sinnott,Loraine,T; Davies,Elizabeth,A; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2007. Bone mineral density changes in a prospective, randomized trial of steroid withdrawal in kidney transplant recipients. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Satoskar,Anjali,A; Lehman,Amy,M; Nadasdy,Gyongyi,M; Sedmak,Daniel,D; Pesavento,Todd,E; Henry,Mitchell,L; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Ferguson,Ronald,M; Nadasdy,Tibor. 2007. Peritubular capillary C4d staining in late acute renal allograft rejection - Is it relevant?. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Rajah,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. Kidney retransplantation using a rapamune based, steroid sparing immunosuppressive protocol. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Ferguson,Ronald,M; Henry,Mitchell,L; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Rajah,Amer. 2007. Efficacy and tolerability of steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression with sirolimus and reduced-dose neoral - Three to five year follow-up. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. Steroid free maintenance immunosuppression with rapamune and low dose neural in pancreas transplant recipients. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Satoskar,Anjali,A; Nadasdy,Gyongyi; Nadasdy,Tibor; Ferguson,Ronald,M; Pelletier,Ronald,P. 2007. Steroid avoidance correlates with a decreased incidence of C4d positive biopsies in the first post-transplant. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Jackson,Annette,M; Zachary,Andrea,A; Breimer,Michael,E; Rydberg,Lennart; Klimmalm,Goran,B; Smith,Douglas,M; Pelletier,Ron,M; Von Visger,Jon; Williams,Winfred,W; Saidman,Susan,L; Holgersson,Jan; Tyden,Gunnar; Holgersson,Suchitra; Grufman,Per. 2007. Clinical trial data evaluating the XM-One endothelial cell crossmatch test in predicting early rejection episodes in renal transplantation. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Elkhammas,Mahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Rajah,Amer; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. Single center experience of PTLD after kidney and kidney/pancreas transplantation. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier,Ronald,P; Adams,Patrick; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. Rituximab does not interfere in a solid phase donor-specific crossmatch (DSA) assay. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Bickerstaff,Alice,A; Nozaki,Taiji; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Wang,Jiao-Jing; Nadasdy,Tibor; Orosz,Charles; Fairchild,Robert,L. 2007. Acute humoral rejection of renal allografts in CCR5-deficient recipients. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Rajah,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. A prospective study of steroid free, calcinurein inhibitor free maintenance immunosuppression based on rapamune/myfortic in kidney transplantation, an interim analysis. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Henry,M,L; Pelletier,R,P; Rajab,A; Ferguson,R,M; Patel,H; Mahan,J; Mentser,M. 2007. Steroid free immunosuppression in the pediatric renal transplant recipient. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Rajah,Amer; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. The impact of sirolimus on the incidence of wound complications and lymphocele in renal transplantation. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Rajab,Amer; Warrick,Joann; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Henry,Mitchell,L; Elkhammas,Elmahdi,A; Bumgardner,Ginny,L; Ferguson,Ronald,M. 2007. The effects of obesity on renal transplant recipients. In 7th American Transplant Congress
• Pelletier RP, Soule J, Henry ML, Rajab A, Ferguson RM. 2007. Clinical outcomes of renal transplant recipients treated with enteric-coated mycophenolic acid vs. mycophenolate mofetil as a switch agent using a primary steroid-free rapamune and microemulsion cyclosporine protocol.  Clinical Transplantation. Vol. 21, no. 4. (April): 532-535.
• Pelletier RP, Bickerstaff AA, Adams PW, Orosz CG. 2007. Evaluation of immune regulation in transplant patients using the trans vivo delayed type hypersensitivity assay.  Human Immunology. Vol. 68, no. 6. (March): 514-522.
• Adams,Patrick; Pelletier,Ronald. 2007. Rituximab does not interfere in a solid phase donor-specific crossmatch (DSA) assay. In 33rd Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Pelletier, RP, Diderrich, GT. 2007. A Note on Breiman's Random Forest Data Mining Technique and Conventional Cox Modeling of Survival Statistics: The Case of the Phantom "Induct" Covariate in the Ohio State University Kidney Transplant Database.  Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods. Vol. 36, no. January: 1953-1964.
• DiPaola,Nicholas,R; Adams,Patrick,W; Nghiem,Dai,D; Parris,George,L; Pelletier,Ronald,P; Orosz,Charles,G. 2006. Comparison of alloantibody detected in peripheral blood and nephrectomized human renal allografts. In 32nd Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Histocompatibility-and-Immunogenetics
• Pelletier RP, Nadasdy T, Nadasdy G, Satoskar A, Tewari A, Cotril J, Henry ML, Rajab A, Ferguson RM. 2006. Acute renal failure following kidney transplantation assoicated with myoglobinuria in patients treated with rapamycin.  Am J Transplantation. Vol. 82, no. 5. (September): 645-650.
• Rajab A, Pelletier RP, Henry ML, Ferguson RM. 2006. Excellent clinical outcomes in primary kidney transplant recipients treated with steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression.  Clinical Transplantation. Vol. 20, no. 5. (September): 537-546.
• Satoskar,A,A; Nadasdy,G,M; Sedmak,D; Pelletier,R; Ferguson,R; Nadasdy,T. 2006. Peritubular capillary C4d deposition in chronic renal allograft rejection - How relevant is it?. In 95th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology
• Satoskar,A,A; Nadasdy,G,M; Sedmak,D; Pelletier,R; Ferguson,R; Nadasdy,T. 2006. Peritubular capillary C4d deposition in chronic renal allograft rejection - How relevant is it?. In 95th Annual Meeting of the United-States-and-Canadian-Academy-of-Pathology
• Nadasdy G, Bott C, Cowden D, Pelletier RP, Ferguson R, Nadasdy T. 2005. Comparative study for the detection of peritubular capillary C4d deposition in human renal allografts using different methodologies.  Human Pathology. Vol. 36, no. 11. (October): 1178-1185.
• Pelletier RP, Baris A, Ferguson RM. 2005. Prospective, randomized trial of steroid withdrawal in kidney recipients treated with mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine.  Clinical Transplantation. Vol. 20, no. 1. (September): 10-18.
• Denny,J,E; Elkhammas,E,A; Henry,M,L; Ferguson,R,M; Bumgardner,G,L; Pelletier,R,P; Rajab,A. 2005. Steroid avoidance in liver transplantation. In 11th Annual Meeting of the International-Liver-Transplant-Society
• Pelletier,R,P; Ferguson,R,M. 2005. Potential accommodation in XM plus living donor kidney recipients following pre-transplant desensitization. In 6th American Transplant Congress
• Elkhammas,E,A; Henry,M,L; Ferguson,R,M; Bumgardner,G,L; Pelletier,R,P; Rajah,A. 2005. Steroid avoidance in liver transplantation. In 6th American Transplant Congress
• Salazar,A; Pelletier,R; Yilmaz,S; Monroy-Cuadros,M; Tibbles,L,A; McLaughlin,K; Sepandj,F. 2005. Use of a minimally invasive donor nephrectomy program to select technique for live donor nephrectomy. In 91st Annual Meeting of the North-Pacific-Surgical-Association
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• Morgan CJ, Pelletier RP, Hernandez CJ, Teske DL, Huang EH, Ohye RG Ferguson RM, Orosz CG. 1993. Cytokine mRNA expression during development of acute rejection in murine cardiac allografts. In Transplant Proceedings
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• Orosz CG, vanBuskirk A, Sedmak DD, Kincade P, Miyake K, Pelletier RP. 1992. Role of the endothelial adhesion molecule VCAM in murine cardiac allograft rejection.  Immunology letters. Vol. 32, no. 1. (March): 7-12.
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• Galloway AC, Pelletier RP, D'Amore PA. 1984. Do ischemic hearts stimulate endothelial cell growth?.  Surgery. Vol. 2, no. 96. (January): 435-439.
• Pelletier RP, Bickerstaff AA, Adams PW, Orosz CG. Evaluation of immune regulation in transplant patients using the trans vivo delayed type hypersensitivity assay. Human Immunology 68(6): 514-22, 2007 (Epub, March 28, 2007).
• Pelletier RP, Soule J, Henry ML, Rajab A, Ferguson RM. Clinical outcomes of renal transplant recipients treated with enteric-coated mycophenolic acid vs. mycophenolate mofetil as a switch agent using a primary steroid-free rapamune and microemulsion cyclosporine protocol. Clinical Transplantation 21(4): 532-5, 2007.
• Rajab A, Pelletier RP, Ferguson RM, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Henry ML. Steroid-free maintenance immunosuppression with rapamune and low-dose neoral in pancreas transplant recipients. Transplantation 84(9): 1131-7, 2007.

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