Sandra Amaral, MD, MHS

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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Fellow, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Hand Transplant Program (Vascular Composite Allograft Program), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-2449
Fax: 215-590-3705
Education:
B.A.
Wesleyan University (College of Letters), 1992.
MD
Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University, 2000.
MHS
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health , 2005.
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Selected Publications

Spiwak E, Bartosh SM, Smith J, Seifert ME, Amaral S, George RP. : Assessment of Pediatric Kidney Transplant Experience and Exposure during Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Training. Kidney360 June 2023.

44. Christian Rosas-Salazar, Leonard Bacharier, Lisa H. Buckley, Sandra Amaral, Susan Sirota, Paul E. Moore: Defining and Promoting Pediatric Pulmonary Health (DAP3H): A NHLBI Workshop Summary. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute June 2023.

Hewlett J, Goka S, Nwaogazie U, Finkel R, Laskin B, Larosa C, Amaral S, Savant J, Viteri B. : Successful use of phenytoin/fosphenytoin in a pediatric transplant recipient with nimatrelvir/ritonavir induced tacrolimus toxicity. American Transplant Congress, Poster presentation, San Diego, CA June 2023.

Zhang L, Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Grimes BA, Ku E. : Risk of death among dialysis patients treated at hospital-affiliated versus free-standing facilities in the US. Kidney360 June 2023.

Elsingergy MM, Viteri B, Otero HJ, Bhatti T, Morales T, Roberts TPL, Amaral S, Hartung E, Serai SD.: Imaging fibrosis in pediatric kidney transplantation: A pilot study. Pediatric Transplantation May 2023.

Michelle N Rheault, Sandra Amaral, Margret Bock, Eileen Chambers, Blanche Chavers, Mireile El Ters, Rouba Garro, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Amit Govil, Lyndsay Harshman, Hatem Amer, David Hooper, Ajay K Israni, Samy Riad, Junichiro Sageshima, Ron Shapiro, Michael Seifert, Jodi Smith, Randall Sung, Christie Thomas, Qi Wang, Priya S Verghese. : A Randomized Controlled Trial of Preemptive Rituximab to Prevent Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Post-Kidney Transplant (PRI-VENT FSGS): Protocol and Study Design. Frontiers in Nephrology 3, May 2023.

26. Nwaogazie U, Savant JD, Viteri B, Faig W, Najmola SL, Hewlett JL, Galea L, Strong A, Buchinsky A, LaRosa C, Laskin BL, Amaral S : A single center retrospective cohort study of risk factors associated with COVID-19 infection in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2023, Poster Presentation, Washington DC April 2023.

W. Gaetz, C. Dockstader, P. Furlong, S. Amaral, A. Vossough, E.S. Schwartz, T.P.L. Roberts and L.S. Levin. : Somatosensory and motor representations following bilateral transplants of the hands: A 6-year longitudinal case report on the first pediatric bilateral hand transplant patient. Brain Research April 2023.

Zona N, Savant JD, Galea L, Hewlett J, Lopez S, Laskin B, LaRosa C, Goka S, Amaral S, Viteri B.: Single center experience of surveillance biopsies in pediatric kidney transplants. International Pediatric Transplant Association 2023. Poster presentation. March 2023.

Amaral S, Schuchard J, Claes D, Dart A, Greenbaum LA, Massengill SF, Atkinson MA, Flynn JT, Dharnidharka VR, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Yadin O, Modi ZJ, Al-Uzri A, Wilson AC, Dell KM, Patel HP, Bruno C, Warady B, Furth S, Forrest CB. : Patient-Reported Outcomes Over 24 Months in Pediatric CKD: Findings From the MyKidneyHealth Cohort Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases March 2023.

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