Clinical Interests Cirrhosis Diabetes Mellitus Type I Diabetes Mellitus Type II Fatty Liver Disease Kidney Transplant Liver Cancer Liver Failure Liver Transplant Minimally Invasive Surgery Pancreas Divisum Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
Education Medical School Kilpauk Medical College and University of Madra, India
Site of Internship University of Madra, India
Site of Residency Howard University College of Medicine
Site of Fellowship University of Minnesota (Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery)
Awards & Honors Mpls. St. Paul Magazine Top Doctors 2008 1997, Chairman's Award for Best Chief Resident Department of Surgery, Howard University Hospital 1997, Hospital-wide Outstanding Resident Award Howard University Hospital Medical Staff Association 1996, Laparoscopic Skills Top Gun Shootout - Third place Conducted by Yale University School of Medicine ACS Congress, San Francisco, CA 1996, Poster Exhibit Contest - Second place 101st Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly National Medical Association, Chicago, IL 1992-current, AMA Physician's Recognition Award
Research Interest(s) Islet Transplantation Immune Tolerance
Selected Recent Publications Pancreas After Kidney Transplants in Posturemic Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus." AC Gruessner, DER Sutherland, DL Dunn, JS Najarian, A Humar, R Kandaswamy, RW Gruessner. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. accepted for publication.
"2,500 Living Donor Kidney Transplants: A Single-Center Experience." AJ Matas, WD Payne, DER Sutherland, A Humar, RW Gruessner, R Kandaswamy, DL Dunn, K Gillingham, JS Najarian. Annals of Surgery 2001, 234(3): 1490164.
"Lessons Learned from more than 1,000 Pancreas Transplants at a Single Institution." DER Sutherland, RW Gruessner, DL Dunn, AJ Matas, A Humar, R Kandaswamy, SM Mauer, WR Kennedy, FC Goetz, RP Robertson, AC Gruessner. Annals of Surgery. Apr. 2001; 233(4):463-501.
"Pretransplant Immunosuppression for Pancreas Transplants Alone in Nonuremic Diabetics." DER Sutherland, RW Gruessner, A Humar, R Kandaswamy, JS Najarian, DL Dunn, AC Gruessner. Transplantation Proceedings Feb.-Mar. 2001; 33(1-2): 1656-8.
"Laparoscopic Simultaneous Nephrectomy and Distal Pancreatectomy from a Live Donor." RW Gruessner, R Kandaswamy, R Denny. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Accepted for publication. Sept. 2001.
"Risk Factors for Kidney Transplant Acute Rejection: a multivariate analysis." R Kandaswamy, A Humar, WD Payne, DL Dunn, DER Sutherland, AJ Matas. Transplantation Proceedings Feb.-Mar. 2001; 33(102): 1112.
"The Impact of HLA-ABDR Match on Chronic Rejection in Kidney Transplants." R Kandaswamy, K Gillingham, A Humar, WD Payne, DL Dunn, DER Sutherland, JS Najarian, AJ Matas. Transplantation Proceedings Feb.-Mar. 2001; 33(1-2):1292.
"Transplantation without a Final Crossmatch - It Can Be Done." R Kandaswamy, DER Sutherland, A Humar, WD Payne, RW Gruessner, AJ Matas. Transplantation Proceedings Feb.-Mar. 2001; 33(1-2): 1234.
"Risk Factors for Acute Rejection (AR) in Pancreas Transplant Recipients: a multivariate analysis." A Humar, R Kandaswamy, T Ramcharan, S Paraskevas, R Meirelles, RW Gruessner, AC Gruessner, David ER Sutherland. Transplantation Proceedings, Feb.-Mar. 2001; 33(1-2):1112.
"Optimal Timing for a Pancreas Transplant After a Successful Kidney Transplant." A Humar, DER Sutherland, T Ramcharan, RW Gruessner, AC Gruessner, R Kandaswamy. Transplantation Oct. 27, 2000; 70(8): 1247-50.
"Surgical risks and outcome of pancreas retransplants." A Humar, R Kandaswamy, MB Drangstveit, E Parr, AC Gruessner, DER Sutherland, University of Minnesota. Surgery 2000; 127(6): 634-640.
"Decreased surgical risks of pancreas transplantation in the modern era." A Humar, R Kandaswamy, D Granger, RW Gruessner, AC Gruessner, DER Sutherland. Ann. Surg. 2000; 231(2): 269-75.
"Steroid withdrawal in pancreas transplant recipients." A Humar, E Parr, MB Drangstveit, R Kandaswamy, AC Gruessner, DER Sutherland. Clinical Transplantation 2000; 14(1): 75-8.
"Prolonged preservation time increases the risk of surgical complications in pancreas transplantation." A Humar, R Kandaswamy, AC Gruessner, DER Sutherland. Surgery 2000; 127(5): 545-51.
"Immunologic factors: the major risk factor for decreased long-term renal allograft survival." A Humar, A Hassoun, R Kandaswamy, WD Payne, DER Sutherland, AJ Matas, University of Minnesota. Transplantation 68(12)(1999): 1842-1846.
R Kandaswamy, M Kamps, AJ Matas, University of Minnesota. Transplantation 68(5)(1999): 709-710.
"Administration of OKT3 as a two-hour infusion does not attenuate first dose side effects." R Kandaswamy, M Kamps, AJ Matas. Transplantation, Sep. 15 1999; 68(5):709-10.
"Vascular graft thrombosis after pancreas transplantation - comparison of the FK vs. CsA era." R Kandaswamy, A Humar, AC Gruessner, D Granger, DER Sutherland, RW Gruessner, University of Minnesota. Transplantation Proceedings, Feb.-Mar. 1999; 31(1-2): 602-603.
"MRI is superior to angiography in the evaluation of living related simultaneous kidney pancreas donors." R Kandaswamy, A Stillman, D Granger, DER Sutherland, RW Gruessner, University of Minnesota. Transplantation Proceedings Feb.-Mar. 1999; 31(1-2): 604-605.
"Surgical complications requiring early relaparotomy in pancreas transplantation - comparison of FK vs. CsA era." A Humar, J Harmon, AC Gruessner, R Kandaswamy, D Granger, K Zhang, MB Drangstveit, DER Sutherland, RW Gruessner, University of Minnesota. Transplantation Proceedings Feb-Mar 1999; 31(1-2): 606-607
Pending "Clinical application of the two-layer (University of Wisconsin solution [UW] / perfluorocarbons [PFC]) method of pancreas preservation before transplantation." S Matsumoto, R Kandaswamy, DER Sutherland, A Hassoun, K Hiraoka, J Sageshima, S Shibata, Y Tanioka, Y Kuroda. Transplantation, Sep 2000; 70(5):771-4.
"Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: living related vs. cadaver donor." A Humar, AC Gruessner, R Kandaswamy, J Harmon, D Granger, K Zhang, S Lynch, DER Sutherland, RW Gruessner, University of Minnesota. Submitted
"Association between CMV disease and chronic rejection in kidney transplant recipients." A Humar, K Gillingham, R Kandaswamy, WD Payne, DL Dunn, DER Sutherland, AJ Matas. Transplantation submitted
"2500 living donor kidney transplants - a single center experience." AJ Matas, WD Payne, DER Sutherland, A Humar, RW Gruessner, R Kandaswamy, DL Dunn, K Gillingham, JS Najarian. Ann. Surg. Submitted
"Split Liver Transplantation for 2 Adult Recipients: an initial experience." A Humar, T. Sielaff, R Kandaswamy, RW Gruessner, J. Lake, WD Payne. accepted.
Laparoscopic living related kidney-pancreas donation
Book Chapters 5000 Kidney Transplants - A Single-Center Experience." A Moss, JS Najarian, DER Sutherland, WD Payne, RW Gruessner, A Humar, R Kandaswamy, K Gillingham, DL Dunn, AJ Matas. Clinical Transplants 2000, UCLA Immunogenetics Center, 2000.
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