Preceptor Publications

University of Maryland Medical Center PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Preceptor Publications

• Farghaly S, Sparkes T, Masters B, Haririan A, Jakhete N, Barth RN, Maluf D, Freedman SR. Accepting Rejection in Liver Transplant Recipients Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy: A Practice Paradigm. Prog Transplant. Manuscript accepted for publication Dec 2023. Final proof pending.
• Sibai RE, Freedman SR, Gatz JD. A Narrative Review of the Evaluation and Management of Liver Transplant Complications in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2023;64(5):596-609.
• Freedman SR, Saunders K, Plazak ME, Ravichandran BR, Saharia KK, Masters BM, Sparkes T. Impact of high MELD scores on CMV viremia following liver transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023;25(1):e14001.
• Ruiz I, Sparkes T, Masters B, Barth R, Maluf D, Freedman SR. Impact of Steroid Only Induction on Rejection in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation. Prog Transplant. 2022;32(4):363-369.
• Reed BN, Gale SE, Martinelli AN, Sparkes TM, Tata AL, Williams C, Yeung SY, Armahizer MJ. Personality: a potentially untapped resource in the selection of postgraduate pharmacy residents. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2022 Apr 1;79(7):540-6.
• Pluckrose DM, Szczepanik A, Bova SE, Freedman SR. Hepatitis C viral clearance with co-administration of crushed sofosbuvir-velpatasvir and high dose pantoprazole post liver transplantation. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2022;79(4):S101-S105.
• Doligalski CT, Anger LB, Dick T, Feist A, Harris M, Masters B, Pilch N, Quan D, Sparkes T, Suarez T, Yakubu I. Considerations and approaches to expansion of solid organ transplant pharmacist services. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2021 Nov;4(11):1445-56.
• Booth IA, Clark JE, LaMattina JC, Barth RN, Haririan A, Ravichandran BR. The impact of treatment delay on Hepatitis C liver transplant outcomes. J Pharm Pract. 2021 Jul 21:8971900211034261.
• Bova S, Cameron A, Durand C, Katzianer J, LeGrand M, Boyer L, Glorioso J, Toman LP. Access to direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C-negative transplant recipients receiving organs from hepatitis C-viremic donors. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 May 14:zxab207.
• Hsu G, Sparkes TM, Reed BN, Gale SE, Crossley BE, Ravichandran BR. The impact of atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk on graft failure in deceased-donor renal transplantation. Prog Transplant. 2021 Sep;31(3):201-210.
• Song CC, Christensen J, Kumar D, Vissichelli N, Morales M, Gupta G. Early experience with SARs-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine breakthrough among kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;23(4):e13654.
• Tinkham T, Song CC, Winstead R, Yakubu I, Brown A, Sterling S, Gupta G, Kumar D. Changes in cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell immunity with immunomodulation in serodiscordant high-risk transplant recipients. Transpl Infec Dis. 2021 Aug;23(4): e13678.
• Winstead RJ, Kumar D, Brown A, Yakubu I, Song CC, Thacker L, Gupta G. Letermovir prophylaxis in solid organ transplant-Assessing CMV breakthrough and tacrolimus drug interaction. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;23(4):e13570.
• Yakubu I, Ravichandran B, Sparkes T, Barth RN, Haririan A, Masters B. Comparison of alemtuzumab versus basiliximab induction therapy in elderly kidney transplant recipients: a single-center experience. J Pharm Pract. 2021 Apr;34(2):199-206.
• Ravichandran BR, Sparkes TM, Masters BM, Thomas B, Demehin M, Bromberg JS, Haririan A. Survival benefit of renal transplantation in octogenarians. Clinical Transplantation. 2020 Nov;34(11):e14074.
• Sparkes TM, Contributors to the C4 Article (Appendix 1). C4 article: Challenges and solutions to appropriate and timely medication access in transplantation in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2020 Feb;20(2):362-376.
• Ravichandran BR, Sparkes TM, Masters BM, Thomas B, Demehin M, Bromberg JS, Haririan A. Survival benefit of renal transplantation in octogenarians. Clinical Transplantation. 2020 Nov;34(11):e14074.
• Song CC, Brown A, Winstead R, et al. Early initiation of sodium-glucose linked transporter inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and associated metabolic and electrolyte outcomes in diabetic kidney transplant recipients. Endocrinol Diab Metab. 2020;00:e00185.
• Winstead RJ, Demehin M, Yakubu I, Song CC , Brown A, Levy M, Gupta G. Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate Use in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and its Effect on Potassium and Immunosuppression. Clin Transplant. 2020; e13791.
• Freedman SR, Ravichandran BR, Masters BM, Bromberg JS, Haririan A, Saharia K, Heil EL, Sparkes T. Clinical outcomes of valganciclovir prophylaxis in high-risk (D+/R-) renal transplant recipients experiencing delayed graft function. Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;21(4):e13125.
• Sparkes T, Lemonovich TL; AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. Interactions between anti-infective agents and immunosuppressants-Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. Clin Transplant. 2019 Sep;33(9):e13510.
• Sparkes T, Ravichandran B, Opara O, Ugarte R, Drachenberg CB, Philosophe B, Bromberg JS, Barth RN. Alemtuzumab induction and belatacept maintenance in marginal pathology renal allografts. Clin Transplant. 2019 Jun;33(6):e13531.
• Sparkes T, Manitpisitkul W, Masters B, Bartlett ST, Davis C, Husson J, Amoroso A, Haririan A. Impact of antiretroviral regimen on renal transplant outcomes in HIV-infected recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018 Dec;20(6):e12992.
• Ravichandran BR, Gillespie MW, Sparkes TM, Williams C, Bartlett ST, Haririan A, Masters BM. Collaborative practice agreement in solid organ transplantation. Int J Clin Pharm. 2018 Apr;40(2):474-479.
• Yakubu I, Haririan A, Bartlett S, Sparkes T. Successful renal transplantation between identical twins with very brief immunosuppression. Case Rep Transplant. 2018 Jun 27;2018:9842893.
• Ravichandran B, Sparkes TM, Casale JP, Hammad S, Clark JE, Freedman SR, Masters BM. Immunosuppression for the Transplant Surgical Patient. In: Spain DA, editor. Critical Care of the Surgical Patient. Decker Medicine LLC; 2020.
• Husson J, Stafford K, Bromberg J, Haririan A, Sparkes T, Davis C, Redfield R, Amoroso A. Association between duration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 viral suppression prior to renal transplantation and acute cellular rejection. Am J Transplant. 2017 Feb;17(2):551-556.
• Trofe-Clark J, Sparkes T, Gentile C, Van Deerlin V, Sawinski D, Bloom RD. BK virus genotype variance and discordant BK viremia PCR assay results. Am J Transplant. 2013 Apr;13(4):1112-1113.