Selected Publications

Guo Q., Wang C., Chung A., Maden B., Stimson E., Motter J., Moudgil A., Ingulli E., Grimm P., Verghese P., Hooper D., Smith J., Matossian D., Kizilbash S., Lestz R., Weng P., Blydt-Hansen T., Snyder M., Kumar J., Amaral S., Keating B: Large Scale Urinary Metabolomic Screening in the Prospective Multicenter VIRTUUS Children's Study AJT, World Transplant Congress Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation. San Francisco, CA. 25(8), August 2025.

Li, Y., T. Mosbruger, D. Ferriola, J. Duke, S. Morris, B. Marcellus, J. Savant, B. Laskin, D. Monos, and S. Amaral: Both Low Eplet Mismatch and Low Indirect T-Cell Recognition Scores Are Strong Prognosticators of Reduced Alloimmune Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation. World Transplant Congress Annual Meeting Poster Presentation. San Francisco, CA. 25(8), August 2025.

Serai SD, Morales T, Vossough D, Amaral S, Otero HJ, Viteri Baquerizo B: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) as a Non-Invasive Tool for Assessing Pediatric Kidney Transplants: A Feasibility Study. Pediatric Transplantation 29(5), August 2025.

Sonnenberg E., Amaral S., Zhang S., Rubin J., Levine M., Potluri V. : The Use of Deceased Donor Kidneys Prioritized for Pediatric Candidates and the Implications of the Refit KDPI Policy AJT, World Transplant Congress. Poster Presentation. San Francisco, CA. 25(8): S851-S852, August 2025.

Chu PY, Kelly A, Vajravelu ME, Hennessy S, Amaral S: Disparities in Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist (GLP-1RA) Utilization in Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Annual American Diabetes Association Conference. Poster Presentation. Chicago, Illinois. June 2025.

Eaton CK, Pruette CS, Riekert KA, Yousefzadeh N, Pai AL, Amaral S, Dharnidharka VR, Knäuper B, Smith JM, Furth SL, Foster BJ: Tacrolimus IPV Group Membership Does Not Consistently Track With Electronically Monitored or Self-reported Adherence in Adolescent and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplantation Direct 11(6), May 2025.

Morales T, Logan J, Zee J, Kaplan S, Back S, Pradhan S, Guay-Woodford L, Hartung E, Amaral S, Viteri B, Tasian G, Otero H: Association of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Perfusion Parameters with Histopathologic Findings in Pediatric Kidney Transplants. Society for Pediatric Radiology 2025 Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. Honolulu, HI April 2025.

Chung A, Najmola S, Amaral S.: CHOP It Up: A Kidney Friendly Cooking Program for Children with Kidney Disease and their Caregivers to Promote Healthy Dietary Habits and Social Engagement. National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting, Poster Presentation, Boston, MA April 2025.

Kerkvliet S, Deitrick J, Amaral S. : Comparing barriers and promoters to pediatric living kidney donor transplantation by language preference: a mixed methods study. National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting, Poster Presentation, Boston, MA. April 2025.

Amaral S, Blydt-Hansen T, Moudgil A, Ingulli E, Grimm P, Verghese P, Hoooper D, Smith J, Weng PL, Matossian D, Kizilbash S, Chung A, Lestz R, Savant J, Bourgeois T, Zee J, Keating B, Kumar J: Biopsy Findings from the VIRTUUS Study: A North American Cohort of Incident Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Honolulu, HI April 2025.