AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks
Description:  Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Dr. Al-Faraaz Kassam to discuss the key articles of the January issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.
Al-Faraaz Kassam is an Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins University
[03:45] <a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02870-9/fulltext'>Evaluation of kidney procurement biopsy and machine perfusion on allograft outcomes: A retrospective cohort study of the OPTN database</a>
[11:23] <a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02943-0/fulltext'>Improving the  histologic detection of donor-specific antibody-negative antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplants</a>
[23:01] <a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02988-0/fulltext'>Exosome-primed T cell immunity is facilitated by complement activation</a>
[32:26] <a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02934-X/fulltext'>Landscape of subclinical rejection in a large international cohort of pediatric kidney transplant (kTx) recipients</a>
[42:19] <a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02941-7/fulltext'>Donor Heart Preservation at 10°C After Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion Lowers Rates of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction and Improves Recipient Transplant Outcomes</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Description:  Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Dr. Al-Faraaz Kassam to discuss the key articles of the January issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Al-Faraaz Kassam is an Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins University&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[03:45] &lt;a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02870-9/fulltext'&gt;Evaluation of kidney procurement biopsy and machine perfusion on allograft outcomes: A retrospective cohort study of the OPTN database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[11:23] &lt;a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02943-0/fulltext'&gt;Improving the  histologic detection of donor-specific antibody-negative antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[23:01] &lt;a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02988-0/fulltext'&gt;Exosome-primed T cell immunity is facilitated by complement activation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[32:26] &lt;a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02934-X/fulltext'&gt;Landscape of subclinical rejection in a large international cohort of pediatric kidney transplant (kTx) recipients&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[42:19] &lt;a href='https://www.amjtransplant.org/article/S1600-6135(25)02941-7/fulltext'&gt;Donor Heart Preservation at 10°C After Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion Lowers Rates of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction and Improves Recipient Transplant Outcomes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks
Description:  Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Dr. Al-Faraaz Kassam to discuss the key articles of the January issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.
Al-Faraaz Kassam is an Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins University
[03:45] Evaluation of kidney procurement biopsy and machine perfusion on allograft outcomes: A retrospective cohort study of the OPTN database
[11:23] Improving the  histologic detection of donor-specific antibody-negative antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplants
[23:01] Exosome-primed T cell immunity is facilitated by complement activation
[32:26] Landscape of subclinical rejection in a large international cohort of pediatric kidney transplant (kTx) recipients
[42:19] Donor Heart Preservation at 10°C After Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion Lowers Rates of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction and Improves Recipient Transplant Outcomes
 

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AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks

AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks

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