Narendra Battula, MD, FRCS, PhD

Publications

• Machine-perfused Donation After Circulatory Death Grafts Improve Access to Liver Transplant for Primary Biliary Cholangitis Patients.

  (Kleinertz A, Asassfeh A, Rawashdeh B, Harris M, Battula N, Prasad KR, Raigani S.) Transplant Direct. 2026 Oct;12(10):e2009 PMID: 42769892 PMCID: PMC13593061 09/22/2026

• Machine Perfusion Preservation as a Platform for Advanced Liver Surgery.

  (Viana P, Irby M, Battula NR, Pitchaimuthu M, Edil B, Jain A, Goumard C, Scatton O, Martins PN.) Artif Organs. 2026 Oct;50(10):1335-1345 PMID: 42538726 08/01/2026

• Advancing Organ Preservation and Perfusion: Introducing the International Society of Organ Preservation and Perfusion Therapy (ISOPPT).

  (Battula NR, Romagnoli R, Patrono D, Keshavjee S, Ghinolfi D, Tullius S, Hessheimer A, Guarrera J, Mas V, Oniscu G, Oltean M, Tchantchaleishvili V, Tang Q, Clavien PA, Martins PN.) Artif Organs. 2026 Aug;50(8):1098-1100 PMID: 42310847 PMCID: PMC13452908 06/18/2026

• Human donor liver viability evaluation with polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography.

  (Yan F, Zhang Q, Mutembei BM, Zhang K, Cui Y, Liu R, Liu J, Wang C, Alhajeri ZA, Pandit K, Zhang F, Yu Z, Fung KM, Elgenaid SN, Parrack P, Ali W, Hostetler CA, Milam AN, Nave B, Squires R, Martins PN, Battula NR, Potter S, Chen Y, Pan C, Tang Q.) Sci Transl Med. 2026 Jun 24;18(855):eadv7124 PMID: 42341084 06/24/2026

• Deep-learning-Assisted Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Evaluation for Pre-transplant Human Liver Graft Quality and Transplant Suitability.

  (Zhang Q, Pandit K, Cui Y, Yan F, Wang N, Li J, Yao A, Menozzi L, Fung KM, Yu Z, Parrack P, Ali W, Liu R, Wang C, Liu J, Hostetler CA, Milam AN, Nave B, Squires RA, Battula NR, Pan C, Martins PN, Yao J, Vu T, Tang Q.) medRxiv. 2026 Apr 15 PMID: 42064957 PMCID: PMC13127501 05/01/2026

• Label-free viability assessment of ex vivo mouse kidneys for transplant applications using dynamic optical coherence tomography.

  (Zhang K, Zhang Q, Valerio T, Yan F, Cui Y, Liu R, Ma X, Liu J, Vu T, Wang C, Mutembei B, Pandit K, Silveyra F, Duong D, Hostetler C, Milam A, Nave B, Squires R, Yu Z, Fung KM, Battula N, Potter S, Pan C, Chen WR, Qiu Y, Jo J, Martins P, Ling Y, Tang Q.) Biomed Opt Express. 2026 Jan 01;17(1):68-81 PMID: 41532103 PMCID: PMC12795428 01/14/2026

• Updates on Machine Perfusion for Organ Preservation: Highlights From the World Transplant Congress 2025.

  (White K, Maheswaran H, Faria I, Battula NR, Martins PN, Pitchaimuthu M.) Artif Organs. 2026 Jan;50(1):156-160 PMID: 41147692 10/28/2025

• Real-Time Viability Assessment of Ex Vivo Mouse Kidneys for Transplant Applications Using Dynamic Optical Coherence Tomography.

  (Zhang KE, Yan F, Valerio T, Yan C, Zhang Q, Liu R, Ma X, Liu J, Wang C, Vu T, Mutembei B, Pandit K, Silveyra F, Duong D, Hostetler C, Milam A, Nave B, Squires R, Yu Z, Fung KM, Battula N, Potter S, Pan C, Chen WR, Martins P, Ling Y, Tang Q.) bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 04 PMID: 40950110 PMCID: PMC12424824 09/15/2025

• Reply to Letter to the Editor.

  (Pitchaimuthu M, Crochet C, Battula NR, Faria I, Martins PN.) Artif Organs. 2025 Sep;49(9):1472-1473 PMID: 40600365 07/02/2025

• A Systematic Review of the Use of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Large Vessel Vasculitis.

  (Chay T, Patel T, Dumaru N, Maddukuri S, Haddad RR, Battula NS, Mohammed L.) Cureus. 2025 Aug;17(8):e91235 PMID: 41030746 PMCID: PMC12478970 10/01/2025

• Posttransplant Biliary Complications in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Single Center Study.

  (Bouvette RD, Barber R, Sarwar Z, Martins PN, Battula NR, Pitchaimuthu M.) Exp Clin Transplant. 2025 Jul;23(7):466-472 PMID: 40878137 08/29/2025

• Role of Fasting in the Management of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials.

  (Haddad RR, Battula NS, Chay T, Patel T, Dumaru N, Maddukuri S, Khan S.) Cureus. 2025 May;17(5):e84259 PMID: 40525060 PMCID: PMC12168860 06/17/2025