In this episode, Dr Jamie Coleman is joined by Bradley Kushner, MD, from the Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis. They discuss Dr Kushner’s study, which found that patients who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 have worse compliance and healthcare follow-up after a kidney transplant compared with those who were preoperatively vaccinated.

Disclosure Information: Drs Kushner and Coleman have nothing to disclose.

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Kushner, Bradley S MD; Doyle, Maria B MD, MBA; Khan, Adeel S MD, MPH; Lin, Yiing MD, PhD; Alhamad, Tarek MD, MS; Yu, Jennifer MD, MPHS; Chapman, William C MD, FACS; Wellen, Jason R MD, MBA, FACS. COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Operative Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 237(1):p 139-145, July 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000657 

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