Collaborating to Improve Transplant Outcomes
Investigators in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology collaborate with those in the University of Wisconsin (UW) Departments of Surgery and Family Medicine and Community Health to make advances in liver transplantation for persons with liver disease and alcohol use disorder.
ACCELERATE-PACE
A key effort by the group is to study the initial selection process and post operation outcomes of patients with alcohol-associated liver disease who receive early liver transplantation.
This work is part of the American Consortium of Early Liver Transplantation-Prospective Alcohol-associated liver disease Cohort Evaluation (ACCELERATE-PACE), a multi-center study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) that leverages cohorts at four R01 sites—including UW—to identify strategies most helpful to prevent return to alcohol use and to optimize long-term health after transplant.
Key Investigators
Research focus: alcohol-related liver disorders and transplant
Research focus: advanced liver disease and transplantation
Research focus: recurrence of alcoholic liver disease in post-transplant patients
Collaborators
- Esra Alagoz, PhD (Department of Surgery)
- David Foley, MD (Department of Surgery)
- Randy Brown, MD, PhD (Department of Family Medicine and Community Health)
