Publications

2024

  1. Liu LW, Wang M, Grandhi N, Schroeder MA, Thomas T, Vargo K, Gao F, Sanfilippo KM, Chang S-H. The Association of Agent Orange (AO) Exposure with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) to Multiple Myeloma (MM) Progression: A Population-based Study of Vietnam War Era Veterans. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Oct 9:rs.3.rs-3396573. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3396573/v1. Update in: J Hematol Oncol. 2024 Jan 8;17(1):3. PMID: 37886452; PMCID: PMC10602142.[Link]
  2. Wang R, Neparidze N, Ma X, Colditz GA, Chang S-H, Wang SY. Racial differences in treatment and survival among older patients with multiple myeloma. Cancer Med. 2024 Feb;13(3):e6915. doi: 10.1002/cam4.6915. Epub 2024 Jan 17. PMID: 38234237; PMCID: PMC10905251. [Link]
  3. Riekhof F, Yan Y, Bennett CL, Sanfilippo KM, Carson KR, Chang S-H, Georgantopoulos P, Luo S, Govindan S, Cheranda N, Afzal A, Schoen MW. Hospitalizations Among Veterans Treated for Metastatic Prostate Cancer With Abiraterone or Enzalutamide. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2024 Apr;22(2):18-26.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.07.006. Epub 2023 Jul 11. PMID: 37495480.[Link]
  4. Subramanian MP, Eaton DB Jr, Labilles UL, Heiden BT, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Thomas TS, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V. Exposure to Agent Orange is associated with increased recurrence after surgical treatment of stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 May;167(5):1591-1600.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.09.013. Epub 2023 Sep 12. PMID: 37709166.[Link]
  5. Subramanian MP, Eaton DB Jr, Heiden BT, Brandt WS, Labilles UL, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Thomas T, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V. Lobe-specific lymph node sampling is associated with lower risk of cancer recurrence. JTCVS Open. 2023 Nov 23;17:271-283. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.11.009. PMID: 38420561; PMCID: PMC10897676.[Link]
  6. Daniel M, Fritz C, Abebe T, Bazarbashi A, Sullivan S, Chang S-H, Kushnir V.Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty, Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy,2024,ISSN 2590-0307.[Link]
  7. Ji M, Shih YH, Huber JH, Wang M, Feuer EJ, Etzioni R, Wang SY, Chang SH. Asymptomatic Incidence of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Preclinical Duration to Myeloma Diagnosis: A Modeling Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0490. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39106151.[Link][Myeloma Paper of the Day]
  8. Raval N, Shah A, Chang S-H, Grover P. Cost-effectiveness of lower limb prosthetic devices for mobility in older adults with dysvascular amputations. Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 7(2):p 54-59, June 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/ph9.0000000000000031.[Link]
  9. Rossetti NE, Eaton DB Jr, Tohmasi S, Heiden BT, Schoen MW, Yan Y, Baumann AA, Chang S-H, Thomas TS, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Brandt WS, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V. Early-stage lung cancer in the era of lung cancer screening: VA outperforms other insurance models. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Aug 21:S0003-4975(24)00678-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.07.041. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39178931.[Link]
  10. Fiala M, Ji M, Shih Y-H, Huber J, Wang M, Johnson K, Gasoyan H, Wang R, Colditz GA, Wang SY, Chang S-H. Treatment Access among Younger Medicaid Beneficiaries with Multiple Myeloma. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia, 2024, ISSN 2152-2650.[Link]
  11. Bai YZ, Yan Y, Chang S-H, Yang Z, Delhi A, Farahnak K, Joseph K, Hamilton C, Baumann Walker AA, Hachem RR, Witt CA, Guillamet RV, Byers DE, Marklin GF, Hartwig MG, Brandt WS, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Patterson GA, Kozower BD, Meyers BF, Heiden BT, Puri V. Use of a novel donor lung scoring system as a tool for increasing lung recovery for transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Sep 1:S0022-5223(24)00781-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.08.047. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39226995.[Link]
  12. Rice HE, L’Hotta AJ, Siječić A, Drake B, Chang S-H, Kim E-H, Jones R, Shahild M, Neal C, Housten A. “I Just Had to Do What I Had to Do”: Characterizing Direct and Indirect Prostate Cancer Treatment Costs for Black Survivors and Their Caregivers. MDM Policy & Practice. 2024;9(2). doi:10.1177/23814683241282413.[Link]
  13. Tohmasi S, Eaton Jr B. D, Rossetti E. N, Pickett C, Yan Y, Gopukumar D, Patel M, Baumann A, Kreisel D, Whitney S. B, Bryan F. M, Kozower B, Chang S-H, Puri V, Schoen M. Association between patient medications and postoperative outcomes in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Disease.2024. doi: 10.21037/jtd-24-803. [in-press]
  14. Michaud, T. L., Samson, K., Chang, S-H., Gustafson, C. R., & Dai, H. D. (2024). Discrete Choice Experiment on Financial Incentives for Engaging Young Adults in Vaping Cessation Programs. Substance Use & Misuse, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2422954.[Link]
  15. Li, Yimeng., Chang, S-H. et al.Associations Between Patient Characteristics and Progression to Multiple Myeloma Among Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: A Systematic .Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia.[Link]

2023

  1. Heiden BT, Eaton DB Jr, Brandt WS, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V. Development and validation of the VA lung cancer mortality (VALCAN-M) score for 90-day mortality following surgical treatment of clinical stage I lung cancer. Annals of Surgery. 2023 Sep 1;278(3):e634-e640. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005725. PubMed PMID: 36250678; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10106524. [Link]
  2. Sereda Y, Alarid-Escudero F, Bickell NA, Chang S-H, Colditz GA, Hur C, Jalal H, Myers ER, Layne TM, Wang SY, Yeh JM, Trikalinos TA; CISNET Incubator Modeling Groups. Approaches to developing de novo cancer population models to examine questions about cancer and race in bladder, gastric, and endometrial cancer and multiple myeloma: the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network incubator program. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2023 Nov 8;2023(62):219-230. doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgad021. PMID: 37947329; PMCID: PMC11009510.[Link]
  3. Khan S, Chang S-H, Seyerle AA, Wang M, Hicks V, Drake BF. Post-diagnostic metformin and statin use and risk of biochemical recurrence in Veterans diagnosed with prostate cancer.
    Prostate. 2023 Sep;83(12):1150-1157. doi: 10.1002/pros.24557. PubMed PMID: 37191401. [Link]
  4. Riekhof F, Yan Y, Bennett CL, Sanfilippo KM, Carson KR, Chang S-H, Georgantopoulos P, Luo S, Govindan S, Cheranda N, Afzal A, Schoen MW. Hospitalization among Veterans treated for metastatic prostate cancer with abiraterone or enzalutamide. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 2023 Jul 11;S1558-7673(23)00173-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.07.006 PubMed PMID: 37495480. [Link]
  5. Housten AJ, Rice HE, Chang S-H, L’Hotta AJ, Kim EH, Drake BF, Wright-Jones R, Politi MC. Financial burden of men with localized prostate cancer: a process paper. Frontiers in Psychology. 2023 Jul 5;14:1176843. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176843. PubMed PMID: 37476084. [Link]
  6. Ji M, Huber J, Schoen MW, Sanfilippo K, Colditz G, Wang S-Y, Chang S-H. Mortality in US populations with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. JAMA Oncology. 2023 Jul 27;e232278. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2278. PubMed PMID: 37498610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10375386. [ Link]
  7. Yu Y-C, Zhang W, O’Gara D, Li J-S, Chang S-H. A moment kernel machine for clinical data mining to inform medical decision making. Scientific reports.2023 Jun 28;13(1):10459. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36752-7. PubMed PMID: 37380721; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10307844. [Link]
  8. Ji M, Vinson AJ, Chang S-H, Merzkani M, Lentine KL, Caliskan Y, Progar K, Nesselhauf N, Dubrawka C, Alhamad T.Patterns in use and transplant outcomes among adult recipients of kidneys from deceased donors with COVID-19. JAMA Network Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2315908. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15908.PubMed PMID: 37252739; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10230314. [Link]
  9. Chidambaram S, Chang S-H, Sandulache V, Mazul AL†, Zevallos JP†. †Co-corresponding authors. Human papillomavirus vaccination prevalence and disproportionate cancer burden among US Veterans. JAMA Oncology. 2023 May 1;9(5):712-714. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.7944. PubMed PMID: 36862390; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9982736. [Link]
  10. Sutcliffe S†, Ji M†, Chang S-H, Stewart D, Axelrod DA, Lentine KL, Wellen J, Alrata L, Gupta G, Alhamad T. †Authors contributed equally.The association of donor Hepatitis C virus infection with three-year kidney transplant outcomes in the era of direct-acting antiviral medications. American Journal of Transplantation.2023 May;23(5):629-635. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2022.11.005. PubMed PMID: 37130619. [Link]
  11. Heiden B, Yang J, Bai L, Yan Y, Chang S-H, Park Y, Colditz G, Dart H, Hachem R, Witt C, Vazquez Guillamet R, Byers D, Marklin G, Pasque M, Kreisel D, Nava R, Meyers B, Kozower B, Puri V. Development and validation of the lung donor (LUNDON) acceptability score for pulmonary transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Apr;23(4):540-548. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2022.12.014. PubMed PMID: 36764887; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10234600. [Link]
  12. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Chen L-S, Smock N, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.Assessment of duration of smoking cessation prior to surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Annals of Surgery. 2023 Apr 1;277(4):e933-e940. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005312.PubMed PMID: 34793352; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9114169. [Link]
  13. Merzkani M, Chang S-H, Murad H, Lentine KL, Mattu M, Wang M, Hu V, Wang B, Al-Hosni Y, Alzahabi O, Alomar O, Wellen J, Alhamad T.The association of center volume with transplant outcomes in selected high-risk groups in kidney transplantation.
    BMC Nephrology. 2023 Mar 20;24(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03099-0.
    PubMed PMID: 36941609; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10029277. [Link]
  14. Drake BF, Khan S, Wang M, Hicks V, Nichols K, Taylor M, Kim EH, Chang S-H. Definitive treatment and risk of death among men diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer at the Veterans heath administration. Annals of Epidemiology. 2023 Mar;79:24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.01.004.PubMed PMID: 36640917. [Link]
  15. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Thomas TS, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V. Association between imaging surveillance frequency and outcomes following surgical treatment of early-stage lung cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2023 Mar 9;115(3):303-310. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac208. PubMed PMID: 36442509; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9996218. [Link]
  16. Heiden BT, Eaton Jr. DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Baumann AA, Schoen MW, Tohmasi S, Rossetti N, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.Association between surgical quality metric adherence and overall survival among US Veterans with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. JAMA Surgery. 2023 Mar 1;158(3):293-301. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.6826.PubMed PMID: 36652269; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9857796. [Link]
  17. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.Intraoperative quality metrics are associated with improved survival following lung cancer resection. JAMA Surgery. 2023 Mar 1;158(3):293-301. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.6826. PubMed PMID: 36652269; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9857796. [Link]
  18. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.Comparison between veteran and non-veteran populations with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer undergoing surgery. Annals of Surgery. 2023 Mar 1;277(3):e664-e669. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004928.PubMed PMID: 34550662; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8581073. [Link]
  19. Wang M, Yu YC, Liu L, Schoen MW, Kumar A, Vargo K, Colditz G, Thomas T, Chang S-H. Natural Language Processing-Assisted Classification Models to Confirm Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Progression in Veterans’ Electronic Health Records. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2023 Sep;7:e2300081. doi: 10.1200/CCI.23.00081. PMID: 38048516; PMCID: PMC10703129. [Link]
  20. Tohmasi S, Eaton DB Jr, Heiden BT, Rossetti NE, Rasi V, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Gopukumar D, Patel MR, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V, Schoen MW. Inhaled medications for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease predict surgical complications and survival in stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Dec 30;15(12):6544-6554. doi: 10.21037/jtd-23-1273. Epub 2023 Dec 11. PMID: 38249867; PMCID: PMC10797395.[Link]
  21. Khan S, Chang S-H, Wang M, Kim EH, Schoen MW, Rocuskie-Marker C, Drake BF. Local Treatment and Treatment-Related Adverse Effects Among Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2348057. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.48057. PMID: 38109113; PMCID: PMC10728764.[Link]
  22. Huber JH, Ji M, Shih YH, Wang M, Colditz G, Chang S-H. Disentangling age, gender, and racial/ethnic disparities in multiple myeloma burden: a modeling study. Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 20;14(1):5768. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41223-8. PMID: 37730703; PMCID: PMC10511740.[Link]

2022

  1. Alhamad T, Marklin G, Ji M, Rothweiler R, Chang S-H, Wellen J.One-year experience with the new kidney allocation policy at a single center and an OPO in the Midwestern United States. Transplant International. 2022 Dec 7;35:10798. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10798. eCollection 2022.PubMed PMID: 36568140; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9767943. [Link]
  2. Nava RG, Hachem RR, Witt CA, Byers DE, Kulkarni HS, Guillamet RV, Yan Y, Chang S-H, Kreisel D, Puri V.A comparison of outcomes after Lung transplantation between European and North American centers.Yang Z, Takahashi T, Terada Y, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Patterson GA. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 Dec;41(12):1729-1735. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.07.014.PubMed PMID: 35970646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10305841. [Link]
  3. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Samson P, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V. Access to care metrics in stage I lung cancer: improved access is associated with improved survival. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Nov;114(5):1810–1815. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.047.PubMed PMID: 35724700. [Link]
  4. Heiden B, Eaton D, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Baumann A, Schoen M, Patel M, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers B, Kozower BD, Puri V.Racial disparities in the surgical treatment of clinical stage i non-small cell lung cancer among Veterans. CHEST.2022 Oct;162(4):920-929. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.045. PubMed PMID: 35405111; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9562435. [Link]
  5. Ji M, Wang M, Hu W, Ibrahim M, Lentine K, Merzkani M, Murad H, Al-Hosni Y, Parsons R, Wellen J, Chang S-H, Alhamad T.Survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes: The critical role of early pancreas allograft function.
    Transplant International. 2022 Sep 12;35:10618. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10618.
    PubMed PMID: 36171743; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9510367. [Link]
  6. Lu S-C, Xu M, Wang M, Hardi A, Cheng A, Chang S-H†, Yen P-Y†. †Co-senior authors.The effectiveness and the minimum effective dose of application-based mobile health interventions for anxiety and depression symptom reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JMIR Ment Health 2022 Sep 7;9(9):e39454. doi:10.2196/39454.http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/39454.PubMed PMID: 36069841; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9494214. [Link]
  7. Liu E, Chang S-H.Self-esteem and weight status of young adults: Findings from a pilot study. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 2022 Aug 25;11:263. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1195_21.PubMed PMID: 36325221; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9621350. [Link]
  8. Vuong L, Chang S-H, Wan F, Wu N, Eagon JC, Eckhouse SR, Dimou FM.National trends and outcomes in adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Aug 1;235(2):186-194. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000234.PubMed PMID: 35839393. [Link]
  9. Ahmed O, Vachharajani N, Chang S-H, Park Y, Khan AS, Chapman WC, Doyle M. Domino liver transplants: Where do we stand after a quarter-century? A US national analysis. HPB. 2022 Jul;24(7):1026-1034. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2021.11.013. PubMed PMID: 34924293. [Link]
  10. Heiden BT, Mitchell JD, Rome E, Puri V, Meyers BF, Chang S-H, Kozower BD.Cost-effectiveness Analysis of robot-assisted lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Jul;114(1):265-272. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.090. PubMed PMID: 34389311. [Link]
  11. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Schoen MW, Chen L-S, Smock N, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.The impact of persistent smoking after surgery on long-term outcomes following stage I non-small cell lung cancer resection.
    CHEST. 2022 Jun;161(6):1687-1696. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.634.
    PubMed PMID: 34919892; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9248074. [Link]
  12. Axelrod D, Chang S-H, Lentine KL, Schnitzler M, Norman D, Olyaei A, Malinowski D, Dharnidharka V, Segev D, Istre GR, Lockridge JB.The clinical and economic benefit of cmv matching in kidney transplant a decision analysis. Transplantation. 2022 Jun 1;106(6):1227-1232. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003887.
    PubMed PMID: 34310099. [Link]
  13. Pfammatter AF, Battalio S, Olvera C, DeZelar M, Moore D, Scanlan L, Siddique J, Spring B, Chang S-H.The EVO study protocol for a randomized controlled evaluation trial of an optimized weight management intervention.Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022 May;116:106750. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106750.PubMed PMID: 35378301; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9133162. [Link]
  14. Khan S, Chang S-H, Hicks V, Wang M, Grubb R, Drake B. Improved survival with post-diagnostic metformin and statin use in a racially-diverse cohort of U.S. Veterans with advanced prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 2022 Apr;25(4):707-712. doi: 10.1038/s41391-021-00475-5. PubMed PMID: 34811499. [Link]
  15. Chang S-H†, Gasoyan H†, Wang M, Ackermann N, Liu X, Herrick C, Eckhouse S, Dimou F, Vuong L, Colditz G, Eagon JC. †Co-first authors.10-year weight loss outcomes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and attendance at follow-up visits: A single-center study.
    Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 2022 Apr;18(4):538-545. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.11.017. PubMed PMID: 34953743. [Link]
  16. Ahmed O, Vachharajani N, Chang S-H, Croome KP, Tabrizian P, Agopian V, Halazun K, Hong J, Maynard E, Park Y, Khan AS, Dageforde LA, Chapman WC, Doyle M. Are current national review board downstaging protocols for hepatocellular carcinoma too restrictive?
    Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2022 Apr 1;234(4):579-588. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000140.PubMed PMID: 35290278. [Link]
  17. Chin R-I, Otegbeye EE, Kang KH, Chang S-H, McHenry S, Roy A, Chapman Jr WC, Henke LE, Badiyan S, Pedersen K, Tan BR, Glasgow SC, Mutch MG, Samson P, Kim H.Cost-effectiveness of total neoadjuvant therapy with short-course radiotherapy for resectable locally advanced rectal cancer. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2146312. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.46312.PubMed PMID: 35103791; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8808328. [Link]

2021

  1. Chang S-H, Merzkani M, Murad H, Wang M, Bowe B, Lentine KL, Al-Aly Z, Alhamad T.Association of ambient fine particulate matter air pollution with kidney transplant outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2128190. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28190.PubMed PMID: 34618038; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8498852. [Link]
  2. Tang MS, Wang M, Chang S-H, Alhamad T, Liu C.Association of Bw4/Bw6 mismatch across class I HLA loci with renal graft outcomes in first time transplants.Human Immunology. 2021 Oct;82(10):767-774. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2021.07.008.PubMed PMID: 34362574. [Link]
  3. 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 S-H, 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. 2021 Sep;21(9):3034-3042. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16523. 
    PubMed PMID: 33559315. [Link]
  4. Hsu S, Chang S-H, Gross C, Wang S-Y.Relative risks of COVID-19 fatality between the first and second waves of the pandemic in Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 Aug;109:189-191. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.059.PubMed PMID: 34216734; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8245301. [Link]
  5. Dimou FM, Ackermann N, Chang S-H, Freeman D, Eagon JC, Eckhouse SR. Understanding the current role of robotic-assisted bariatric surgery. Obes Surg. 2021 Jul;31(7):3130-3137. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05375-0.PubMed PMID: 33783678. [Link]
  6. Rohatgi KW, Humble S, McQueen A, Hunleth JM, Chang S-H, Herrick CJ, James AS.Medication Adherence and Characteristics of Patients Who Spend Less on Basic Needs to Afford Medications. J Am Board Fam Med.  2021 May-Jun;34(3):561-570. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200361. PubMed PMID: 34088816; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8824724. [Link]
  7. Heiden BT, Eaton DB, Engelhardt KE, Chang S-H, Yan Y, Patel MR, Kreisel D, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.Analysis of delayed surgical treatment and oncologic outcomes in clinical stage I non–small cell lung cancer. JAMA Network Open. 2021 May 3;4(5):e2111613. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.11613.PubMed PMID: 34042991; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8160592. [Link]
  8. Randhawa KS, Yang Z, Morkan DB, Yan Y, Chang S-H, Hachem RR, Witt CA, Byers DE, Kulkarni HS, Guillamet RV, Kozower BD, Nava RG, Meyers BF, Patterson GA, Kreisel D, Puri V.One year survival worse for lung retransplants relative to primary lung transplants.
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Apr;113(4):1265-1273. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.112. PubMed PMID: 33964255; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8568742. [Link]
  9. Pollack LM, Lowder JL, Keller M, Chang S-H, Gehlert SJ, Olsen MA.Racial/ethnic differences in the risk of surgical complications and posthysterectomy hospitalization among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 Jan 1:S1553-4650(20)31206-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2020.12.032. PubMed PMID: 33395578; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8211024. [Link] [Altmetric]
  10. Ahmed O, Vachharajani N, Chang S-H, Park Y, Khan AS, Chapman WC, Doyle MB.Access to liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: does candidate age matter? J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Feb 27:S1072-7515(21)00159-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.01.018. PubMed PMID: 33652155. [Link] [Altmetric]
  11. 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 S-H, 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. Am J Transplant. 2021 Feb 8. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16523. PubMed PMID: 33559315. [Link] [Altmetric]
  12. Chang S-H, Merzkani M, Lentine KL, Wang M, Axelrod DA, Anwar S, Schnitzler MA, Wellen J, Chapman WC, Alhamad T. Trends in discard for kidneys from hepatitis C positive donors in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Feb 8;16(2):251-261. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10960720. PubMed PMID: 33451990; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7863640. [Link] [Altmetric]
  13. Pollack LM, Lowder JL, Keller M, Chang S-H, Gehlert SJ, Olsen MA.Racial/ethnic differences in the risk of surgical complications and posthysterectomy hospitalization among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign conditions. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2021 Jan 1:S1553-4650(20)31206-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2020.12.032. PubMed PMID: 33395578; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8211024. [Link] [Altmetric]

2020

  1. Lentine KL, Lam NN, Caliskan Y, Alhamad T, Xiao H, Schnitzler MA, Chang S-H, Axelrod D, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M, Kasiske BL, Hess GP, Brennan DC. Hydroxychloroquine and maintenance immunosuppression use in kidney transplant recipients: Analysis of linked US registry and claims data. Clin Transplant. 2020 Dec;34(12):e14118. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14118. PubMed PMID: 33048372. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Subramanian MP, Yang Z, Chang S-H, Puri V.Regionalization for thoracic surgery: Economic implications of regionalization in the United States. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Nov 19:S0022-5223(20)33058-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.10.132. PubMed PMID: 33323196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8691896. [Link]
  3. Axelrod DA, Lentine KL, Balakrishnan R, Chang S-H, Alhamad T, Xiao H, Kasiske BL, Bloom RD, Schnitzler MA. Financial evaluation of kidney transplant with hepatitis C viremic donors to uninfected recipients. Transplant Direct. 2020 Nov 10;6(12):e627. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001056. PubMed PMID: 33204825; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7665247. [Link] [Altmetric]
  4. Lentine KL, Peipert JD, Alhamad T, Caliskan Y, Concepcion BP, Forbes R, Schnitzler M, Chang S-H, Cooper M, Bloom RD, Mannon RB, Axelrod DA.Survey of clinician opinions on kidney transplantation from Hepatitis C virus positive donors: identifying and overcoming Barriers. Kidney360. 2020 Nov;1(11):1291-1299. doi: 10.34067/KID.0004592020.
    PubMed PMID: 33251523; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7695231. [Link][Altmetric]
  5. Pollack LM, Wang M, Leung MYM, Colditz G, Herrick C, Chang S-H. Obesity-related multimorbidity and risk of cardiovascular disease in the middle-aged population in the United States. Prev Med. 2020 Oct;139:106225. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106225. PubMed PMID: 32768511; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8008707. [Link]
  6. Gauthier JM, Doyle MBM, Chapman WC, Marklin G, Witt CA, Trulock EP, Byers DE, Hachem RR, Pasque MK, Meyers BF, Patterson GA, Nava RG, Kozower BD, Kreisel D, Chang S-H, Puri V.Economic evaluation of the specialized donor care facility for thoracic organ donor management. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Oct;12(10):5709-5717. doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-1575.
    PubMed PMID: 33209403; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7656378. [Link] [Altmetric].
  7. McEvoy AM, Poplack S, Nickel K, Olsen MA, Ademuyiwa F, Zoberi I, Odom E, Yu J, Chang S-H, Gillanders WE. Cost-effectiveness analyses demonstrate that observation is superior to sentinel lymph node biopsy for postmenopausal women with HR + breast cancer and negative axillary ultrasound. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Sep;183(2):251-262. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05768-2. PubMed PMID: 32651755; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7607839. [Link]
  8. Herrick CJ, Humble S, Hollar L, Chang S-H, Hunleth J, McQueen A, James AS.Cost-related medication non-adherence, cost coping behaviors, and cost conversations among individuals with and without diabetes. J. Gen Intern Med. 2020 Sep 1. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06176-4. PubMed PMID: 32875495; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8390723. [Link] [Altmetric]
  9. Lentine KL, Alhamad T, Cheungpasitporn W, Tan JC, Chang S-H, 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 benefits. Transplant Direct. 2020 Aug 21;6(9):e599. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001043. PubMed PMID: 32903964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7447442. [Link] [Altmetric]
  10. Pollack LM, Olsen MA, Gehlert SJ, Chang S-H†, Lowder JL†. Racial/ethnic disparities/differences in hysterectomy route in women likely eligible for minimally invasive surgery. †Co-senior authors. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2020 Jul-Aug;27(5):1167-1177.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.003. PubMed PMID: 31518712; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7062558. [Link] [Altmetric]
  11. Pollack LM, Ekwueme DU, Hung MC, Miller JW, Chang S-H.Estimating the impact of increasing cervical cancer screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program among low-income women in the USA.
    Cancer Causes Control. 2020 Jul;31(7):691-702. doi: 10.1007/s10552-020-01314-z. Epub 2020 May 20.PubMed PMID: 32436037. [Link] [Altmetric]
  12. Rosenbloom JI, Lewkowitz AK, Sondgeroth KE, Hudson JL, Macones GA, Cahill AG, Tuuli MG, Chang S-H. Antenatal corticosteroid administration in late-preterm gestations: a cost-effectiveness analysis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Jun;33(12):2109-2115. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1540582. PubMed PMID: 30353764; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6520203. [Link]
  13. Alhamad T, Kunjal R, Wellen J, Brennan DC, Wiseman A, Ruano K, Hicks V, Wang M, Schnitzler MA, Chang S-H, Lentine KL.Three-month pancreas graft function significantly influences survival following simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 2 diabetes patients. Am J Transplant. 2020 Mar;20(3):788-796. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15615.
    PubMed PMID: 31553823. [Link] [Altmetric]
  14. Dageforde LA, Muren W, Chang S-H, Vachharajani N, Brockmeier D, Yu J, Anderson B, Shenoy S, Lin Y, Khan A, Wellen J, Chapman W, Doyle M.Organ procurement organization run department of motor vehicle registration and drivers licensing offices leads to increased organ donor first person authorization registrations.
    Transplantation. 2020 Feb;104(2):343-348. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002842.
    PubMed PMID: 31283685. [Link]
  15. Toriola AT, Luo S, Thomas TS, Drake BF, Chang S-H, Sanfilippo KM, Carson KR.Metformin use and pancreatic cancer survival among Non-Hispanic White and African American U.S. Veterans with diabetes mellitus. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Jan;29(1):169-175. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0781. PubMed PMID: 31685560; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7274897. [Link] [Altmetric]

2019

  1. Chang S-H, Gumbel J, Luo S, Thomas TS, Sanfilippo KM, Luo J, Colditz GA, Carson KR. Post-MGUS diagnosis serum M-protein velocity and the progression of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance to multiple myeloma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Dec;28(12):2055-2061. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0132. PubMed PMID: 31501149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6891192. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Chang S-H, Wang M, Liu X, Alhamad T, Lentine KL, Schnitzler MA, Colditz GA, Park Y, Chapman WC.Racial/ethnic disparities in access and outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant among liver transplant candidates with renal dysfunction in the United States. Transplantation. 2019 Aug;103(8):1663-1674. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002574.
    PubMed PMID: 30720678; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6779036. [Link]

2018

  1. Axelrod DA, Schnitzler MA, Xiao H, Irish W, Tuttle-Newhall E, Chang S-H, Kasiske BL, Alhamad T, Lentine KL.An economic assessment of contemporary kidney transplant practice. Am J Transplant. 2018 May;18(5):1168-1176. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14702.
    PubMed PMID: 29451350. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Semenkovich TR, Panni RZ, Hudson JL, Thomas T, Elmore LC, Chang S-H, Meyers BF, Kozower BD, Puri V.Comparative effectiveness of upfront esophagectomy versus induction chemoradiation in clinical stage T2N0 esophageal cancer: A decision analysis.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 May;155(5):2221-2230.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.006.
    PubMed PMID: 29428700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5914532. [Link] [Altmetric]
  3. Hung MC, Ekwueme DU, White A, Rim SH, King JB, Wang JD, Chang S-H.Estimating health benefits and cost-savings for achieving the Healthy People 2020 objective of reducing invasive colorectal cancer. Prev Med. 2018 Jan;106:38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.09.022. PubMed PMID: 28964854; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5874792. [Link] [Altmetric]

2017

  1. Alhamad T, Malone AF, Brennan DC, Stratta RJ, Chang S-H, Wellen JR, Horwedel TA, Lentine KL. Transplant center volume and the risk of pancreas allograft failure. Transplantation. 2017 Nov;101(11):2757-2764. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001628. PubMed PMID: 28099402; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6319571. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Alhamad T, Malone AF, Lentine KL, Brennan DC, Wellen J, Chang S-H, Chakkera HA. Selected mildly obese donors can be used safely in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 2017 Jun;101(6):1159-1166. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001303. PubMed PMID: 27428713. [Link] [Altmetric]
  3. Chang S-H, Liu X, Carlsson NP, Park Y, Colditz GA, Garonzik-Wang JM, Chapman WC, Wellen JR, Doyle MB, Alhamad T.Reexamining the association of body mass index with overall survival outcomes after liver transplantation. Transplant Direct. 2017 Jun 12;3(7):e172. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000681. PubMed PMID: 28706975; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5498013. [Link] [Altmetric]
  4. Chang S-H, Yu YC, Carlsson NP, Liu X, Colditz GA.Racial disparity in life expectancies and life years lost associated with multiple obesity-related chronic conditions.
    Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 May;25(5):950-957. doi: 10.1002/oby.21822. PubMed PMID: 28329429; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5404943. [Link] [Altmetric]
  5. Leung MY, Carlsson NP, Colditz GA, Chang S-H.The burden of obesity on diabetes in the United States: medical expenditure panel survey, 2008 to 2012. Value Health. 2017 Jan;20(1):77-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.08.735. PubMed PMID: 28212973; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5319814. [Link] [Altmetric]

2016

  1. Chang S-H, Luo S, Thomas TS, O’Brian KK, Colditz GA, Carlsson NP, Carson KR.Obesity and the transformation of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance to multiple myeloma: a population-based cohort study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2016 Dec 31;109(5):djw264. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djw264. Print 2017 May.PubMed PMID: 28040690; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5203718. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Yaghjyan L, Ghita GL, Dumont-Driscoll M, Yost RA, Chang S-H.Maternal exposure to di-2-ethylhexylphthalate and adverse delivery outcomes: a systematic review.
    Reprod Toxicol. 2016 Oct;65:76-86. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.07.002.
    PubMed PMID: 27412369. [Link] [Altmetric]
  3. Yaghjyan L, Carlsson NP, Ghita GL, Chang S-H.Associations of individual characteristics and lifestyle factors with metabolism of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate in NHANES 2001-2012.
    Environ Res. 2016 Aug;149:23-31. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.05.002.
    PubMed PMID: 27174780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5536839. [Link]

2015

  1. Samson P, Patel A, Robinson CG, Morgensztern D, Chang S-H, Colditz GA, Waqar S, Crabtree TD, Krupnick AS, Kreisel D, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Puri V.The role of surgical resection in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer: a decision and cost-effectiveness analysis.
    Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Dec;100(6):2026-32; discussion 2032. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.05.091. PubMed PMID: 26319488; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4847712. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Leung MY, Pollack LM, Colditz GA, Chang S-H. Diabetes Care. Life years lost and lifetime health care expenditures associated with diabetes in the U.S., National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2000. 2015 Mar;38(3):460-8. doi: 10.2337/dc14-1453. PubMed PMID: 25552420; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4338508. [Link] [Altmetric]
  3. Drake BF, Abadin SS, Lyons S, Chang S-H, Steward LT, Kraenzle S, Goodman MS. Mammograms on-the-go-predictors of repeat visits to mobile mammography vans in St Louis, Missouri, USA: a case-control study. BMJ Open. 2015 Mar 20;5(3):e006960. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006960. PubMed PMID: 25795693; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4368932. [Link] [Altmetric]
  4. Chang S-H, Luo S, O’Brian KK, Thomas TS, Colditz GA, Carlsson NP, Carson KR.Association between metformin use and progression of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance to multiple myeloma in US veterans with diabetes mellitus: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Lancet Haematol. 2015 Jan;2(1):e30-6. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(14)00037-4.PubMed PMID: 26034780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4448731. [Link] [Altmetric]

2014

  1. Yaghjyan L, Wolin K, Chang S-H, Colditz G. Racial disparities in healthy behaviors and cancer screening among breast cancer survivors and women without cancer: National Health Interview Survey 2005. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 May;25(5):605-14. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0365-7.PubMed PMID: 24634091; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4097016. [Link]
  2. Chang S-H, Stoll CR, Song J, Varela JE, Eagon CJ, Colditz GA.The effectiveness and risks of bariatric surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis, 2003-2012. JAMA Surg. 2014 Mar;149(3):275-87. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3654.PubMed PMID: 24352617; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3962512. [Link] [Altmetric]

2013

  1. Chang S-H, Pollack LM, Colditz GA.Prev Chronic Dis.Obesity, mortality, and life years lost associated with breast cancer in nonsmoking US Women. National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2000.2013 Nov 14;10:E186. doi: 10.5888/pcd10.130112.PubMed PMID: 24229569; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3830922. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Strope SA, Chang S-H, Chen L, Sandhu G, Piccirillo JF, Schootman M. J Urol. Survival impact of followup care after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. 2013 Nov;190(5):1698-703. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.05.051. PubMed PMID: 23727308; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3896325. [Link] [Altmetric]
  3. Chang S-H, Pollack LM, Colditz GA.Life years lost associated with obesity-related diseases for U.S. non-smoking adults. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 18;8(6):e66550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066550. Print 2013.PubMed PMID: 23823705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3688902. [Link] [Altmetric]
  4. Beason TS, Chang S-H, Sanfilippo KM, Luo S, Colditz GA, Vij R, Tomasson MH, Dipersio JF, Stockerl-Goldstein K, Ganti A, Wildes T, Carson KR.Influence of body mass index on survival in veterans with multiple myeloma. Oncologist. 2013;18(10):1074-9. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0015. PubMed PMID: 24048366; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3805147. [Link] [Altmetric]

2012

  1. Carson KR, Bartlett NL, McDonald JR, Luo S, Zeringue A, Liu J, Fu Q, Chang S-H, Colditz GA.
    Increased body mass index is associated with improved survival in United States veterans with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 10;30(26):3217-22. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.2100. PubMed PMID: 22649138; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3434980. [Link] [Altmetric]
  2. Chang S-H, Beason TS, Hunleth JM, Colditz GA.A systematic review of body fat distribution and mortality in older people.Maturitas. 2012 Jul;72(3):175-91. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.04.004. PubMed PMID: 22595204; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3367099. [Link] [Altmetric]

2011

  1. Chang S-H, Stoll CR, Colditz GA.Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery: should it be universally available?. Maturitas. 2011 Jul;69(3):230-8. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.04.007. PubMed PMID: 21570782. [Link] [Altmetric]