Siavash Raigani, MD

Publications

• Transforming the logistics of liver transplantation with normothermic machine perfusion: Clinical impact versus cost.

  (Gao Q, Alderete IS, Aykun N, Samy KP, Nauser CL, Raigani S, DeLaura IF, Kahan R, Anwar IJ, Abraham N, Dunkman WJ, Miller TE, King LY, Berg CL, Vikraman DS, Ravindra K, Rege AS, Collins BH, McElroy LM, Jamieson I, Knechtle SJ, Sudan DL, Barbas AS.) Liver Transpl. 2025 Jun 01;31(6):750-761 PMID: 39723976 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85213709075 12/26/2024

• Castleman Disease Associated with the Head of the Pancreas: An Uncommon Differential Diagnosis.

  (Halpern SE, Raigani S, Fernandez-Del Castillo C.) J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Dec;27(12):3099-3101 PMID: 37464144 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164981303 07/19/2023

• A Novel Digital Algorithm for Identifying Liver Steatosis Using Smartphone-Captured Images.

  (Xu K, Raigani S, Shih A, Baptista SG, Rosales I, Parry NM, Shroff SG, Misdraji J, Uygun K, Yeh H, Fairchild K, Anne Dageforde L.) Transplant Direct. 2022 Sep;8(9):e1361 PMID: 35935028 PMCID: PMC9355111 08/09/2022

• Partial freezing of rat livers extends preservation time by 5-fold.

  (Tessier SN, de Vries RJ, Pendexter CA, Cronin SEJ, Ozer S, Hafiz EOA, Raigani S, Oliveira-Costa JP, Wilks BT, Lopera Higuita M, van Gulik TM, Usta OB, Stott SL, Yeh H, Yarmush ML, Uygun K, Toner M.) Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 15;13(1):4008 PMID: 35840553 PMCID: PMC9287450 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134224669 07/16/2022

• Pan-caspase inhibition during normothermic machine perfusion of discarded livers mitigates ex situ innate immune responses.

  (Raigani S, Santiago J, Ohman A, Heaney M, Baptista S, Coe TM, de Vries RJ, Rosales I, Shih A, Markmann JF, Gruppuso P, Uygun K, Sanders J, Yeh H.) Front Immunol. 2022;13:940094 PMID: 35958587 PMCID: PMC9360556 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135607799 08/13/2022

• Activation of autophagy during normothermic machine perfusion of discarded livers is associated with improved hepatocellular function.

  (Ohman A, Raigani S, Santiago JC, Heaney MG, Boylan JM, Parry N, Carroll C, Baptista SG, Uygun K, Gruppuso PA, Sanders JA, Yeh H.) Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2022 Jan 01;322(1):G21-G33 PMID: 34730028 PMCID: PMC8698515 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122584194 11/04/2021

• A portable single-sided magnetic-resonance sensor for the grading of liver steatosis and fibrosis.

  (Bashyam A, Frangieh CJ, Raigani S, Sogo J, Bronson RT, Uygun K, Yeh H, Ausiello DA, Cima MJ.) Nat Biomed Eng. 2021 Mar;5(3):240-251 PMID: 33257853 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096915218 12/02/2020

• Non-invasive quantification of the mitochondrial redox state in livers during machine perfusion.

  (de Vries RJ, Cronin SEJ, Romfh P, Pendexter CA, Jain R, Wilks BT, Raigani S, van Gulik TM, Chen P, Yeh H, Uygun K, Tessier SN.) PLoS One. 2021;16(10):e0258833 PMID: 34705828 PMCID: PMC8550443 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118247907 10/28/2021

• Taking the Temperature on Machine Perfusion

  (Raigani S, Yeh H.) Current Transplantation Reports. September 2021;8(3):241-249 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85110094142 09/01/2021

• Thrombolytic Therapy During ex-vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Livers Reduces Peribiliary Vascular Plexus Injury.

  (Haque O, Raigani S, Rosales I, Carroll C, Coe TM, Baptista S, Yeh H, Uygun K, Delmonico FL, Markmann JF.) Front Surg. 2021;8:644859 PMID: 34222314 PMCID: PMC8245781 07/06/2021

• Steatotic livers for transplantation: Improving utilization of a prevalent resource through organ repair

  (Raigani S, Acun A, Uygun B, Uygun K, Yeh H.) Organ Repair and Regeneration Preserving Organs in the Regenerative Medicine Era. 1 January 2021:247-256 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85126419875 01/01/2021

• Viability testing of discarded livers with normothermic machine perfusion: Alleviating the organ shortage outweighs the cost.

  (Raigani S, De Vries RJ, Carroll C, Chen YW, Chang DC, Shroff SG, Uygun K, Yeh H.) Clin Transplant. 2020 Nov;34(11):e14069 PMID: 32860634 PMCID: PMC7944462 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091271497 08/30/2020