Jonica ER, Han S, Burton JR, Pomposelli JJ, Shah RJ. Choledocho-duodenostomy is associated with fewer post-transplant biliary complications compared to Roux-en-Y in primary sclerosing cholangitis patients. Clin Transpl 2022;May;36(5):e14597.
Hunter BM, Bababekov YJ, Pomposelli JJ, Adams MA, Crouch C, Yoeli D, Choudhury RA, Ferrell T, Burton JR, Pompret EA, Nydam TL. The vexing triad of obesity, alcohol and coagulopathy predicts the need for multiple operations in liver transplantation. Am J Surg 2022;224;69-74.
Burton JR Jr. The Loss of a Great One. Liver Transplantation 2022;28(4):728-29.
Yoeli D, Jackson WE, Adams MA, Wachs ME, Sundaram SS, Sater A, Cisek JR, Choudhury RA, Nydam TL, Pomposelli JJ, Conzen KD, Kriss MS, Burton JR Jr, Pomfret EA. Challenging the Traditional Paradigm of Supply and Demand in Pediatric Liver Transplantation Through Nondirected Living Donation: A Case Series. Liver Transpl. 2021 Oct;27(10):1392-1400. PubMed PMID: 34048131
Burton JR Jr, Helmke S, Lauriski S, Kittelson J, Everson GT. The within-individual reproducibility of the disease severity index from the HepQuant SHUNT test of liver function and physiology. Transl Res. 2021 Jul;233:5-15. PubMed PMID: 33400995
Jackson WE, Kriss MS, Burton JR Jr, Nydam TL, Conzen KD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA. Reply to "Living liver donation in previous kidney donors: A single-center experience". Am J Transplant. 2021 Jan;21(1):435-437. PubMed PMID: 32558135
Hughes DL, Rice JD, Burton JR, Jin Y, Peterson RA, Ambardekar AV, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Kriss MS. Presence of any degree of coronary artery disease among liver transplant candidates is associated with increased rate of post-transplant major adverse cardiac events. Clin Transplant. 2020 Nov;34(11):e14077. PubMed PMID: 32939833
Burton JR Jr, Terrault NA, Goldberg DS, Bloom RD, Gilroy R, Heimbach JK, Brown RS Jr, Everson GT, Rubin E, Wiesner R, Pomfret EA. Liver and Kidney Recipient Selection of Hepatitis C Virus Viremic Donors: Meeting Consensus Report From the 2019 Controversies in Transplantation. Transplantation. 2020 Mar;104(3):476-481. PubMed PMID: 31634329
Burton JR Jr, Terrault NA, Goldberg DS, Bloom RD, Gilroy R, Heimbach JK, Brown RS Jr, Everson GT, Rubin E, Wiesner R, Pomfret EA. Liver and Kidney Recipient Selection of HCV-Viremic Donors - Meeting Consensus Report from the 2019 Controversies in Transplantation. Transplantation. 2019 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31634329
MacBrayne CE, Castillo-Mancilla J, Burton JR Jr, MaWhinney S, Wagner CB, Micke K, Fey J, Huntley RT, Larson B, Bushman LR, Kiser JJ. Small increase in dolutegravir trough, but equivalent total dolutegravir exposure with simeprevir in HIV/HCV seronegative volunteers. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Jan 1;73(1):156-159. PubMed PMID: 29029135
Dew MA, Butt Z, Liu Q, Simpson MA, Zee J, Ladner DP, Holtzman S, Smith AR, Pomfret EA, Merion RM, Gillespie BW, Sherker AH, Fisher RA, Olthoff KM, Burton JR Jr, Terrault NA, Fox AN, DiMartini AF. Prevalence and Predictors of Patient-Reported Long-term Mental and Physical Health After Donation in the Adult-to-Adult Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study. Transplantation. 2018 Jan;102(1):105-118. PubMed PMID: 28885494
Kalra A, Burton JR Jr, Forman LM. Pro: Steroids Can Be Withdrawn After Transplant in Recipients With Autoimmune Hepatitis. Liver Transpl. 2018 Aug;24(8):1109-1112. PubMed PMID: 29923302
Rice J, Dodge JL, Bambha KM, Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, Gralla J, Ganapathy D, Mitrani R, Reuter B, Palecki J, Acharya C, Shaw J, Burton JR, Biggins SW. Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Associates Independently With Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Nov;16(11):1786-1791.e1. PubMed PMID: 29705264
MacBrayne CE, Castillo-Mancilla J, Burton JR Jr, MaWhinney S, Wagner CB, Micke K, Fey J, Huntley RT, Larson B, Bushman LR, Kiser JJ. Small increase in dolutegravir trough, but equivalent total dolutegravir exposure with simeprevir in HIV/HCV seronegative volunteers. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Jan 1;73(1):156-159. PubMed PMID: 29029135
Dew MA, Butt Z, Liu Q, Simpson MA, Zee J, Ladner DP, Holtzman S, Smith AR, Pomfret EA, Merion RM, Gillespie BW, Sherker AH, Fisher RA, Olthoff KM, Burton JR Jr, Terrault NA, Fox AN, DiMartini AF. Prevalence and Predictors of Patient-Reported Long-term Mental and Physical Health After Donation in the Adult-to-Adult Living-Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study. Transplantation. 2018 Jan;102(1):105-118. PubMed PMID: 28885494
O'Leary JG, Fontana RJ, Brown K, Burton JR Jr, Firpi-Morell R, Muir A, O'Brien C, Rabinovitz M, Reddy R, Ryan R, Shprecher A, Villadiego S, Prabhakar A, Brown RS Jr. Efficacy and safety of simeprevir and sofosbuvir with and without ribavirin in subjects with recurrent genotype 1 hepatitis C postorthotopic liver transplant: the randomized GALAXY study. Transpl Int. 2017 Feb;30(2):196-208. PubMed PMID: 27896858
O'Leary JG, Fontana RJ, Brown K, Burton JR Jr, Firpi-Morell R, Muir A, O'Brien C, Rabinovitz M, Reddy R, Ryan R, Shprecher A, Villadiego S, Prabhakar A, Brown RS Jr. Efficacy and safety of simeprevir and sofosbuvir with and without ribavirin in subjects with recurrent genotype 1 hepatitis C postorthotopic liver transplant: the randomized GALAXY study. Transpl Int. 2017 Feb;30(2):196-208. PubMed PMID: 27896858
Dew MA, DiMartini AF, Ladner DP, Simpson MA, Pomfret EA, Gillespie BW, Merion RM, Zee J, Smith AR, Holtzman S, Sherker AH, Weinrieb R, Fisher RA, Emond JC, Freise CE, Burton JR Jr, Butt Z. Psychosocial Outcomes 3 to 10 Years After Donation in the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study. Transplantation. 2016 Jun;100(6):1257-69. PubMed PMID: 27152918
Wilkey BJ, Hanson R, Reece TB, Forman L, Burton JR Jr, Messenger JC, Kim MS, Cleveland JC Jr, Fiegel MJ, Nydam TL, Mandell MS. Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Mixed Aortic Valve Disease in Child's Class C Liver Disease Prior to Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Case Report. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Jun;20(2):158-62. PubMed PMID: 26620139
Brown RS Jr, O'Leary JG, Reddy KR, Kuo A, Morelli GJ, Burton JR Jr, Stravitz RT, Durand C, Di Bisceglie AM, Kwo P, Frenette CT, Stewart TG, Nelson DR, Fried MW, Terrault NA. Interferon-free therapy for genotype 1 hepatitis C in liver transplant recipients: Real-world experience from the hepatitis C therapeutic registry and research network. Liver Transpl. 2016 Jan;22(1):24-33. PubMed PMID: 26519873
Ladner DP, Dew MA, Forney S, Gillespie BW, Brown RS Jr, Merion RM, Freise CE, Hayashi PH, Hong JC, Ashworth A, Berg CL, Burton JR Jr, Shaked A, Butt Z. Long-term quality of life after liver donation in the adult to adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study (A2ALL). J Hepatol. 2015 Feb;62(2):346-53. PubMed PMID: 25195558
Moorehead KJ, Burton JR Jr, Everson GT, Zheng JH, Kerr BJ, Bushman LR, Wang M, Ju C, Nydam T, Kiser JJ. Intrahepatic antiviral quantification in a patient undergoing orthotopic cadaveric liver transplantation. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015 Jan;70(1):315-7. PubMed PMID: 25213274
Burton JR Jr, O'Leary JG, Verna EC, Saxena V, Dodge JL, Stravitz RT, Levitsky J, Trotter JF, Everson GT, Brown RS Jr, Terrault NA. A US multicenter study of hepatitis C treatment of liver transplant recipients with protease-inhibitor triple therapy. J Hepatol. 2014 Sep;61(3):508-14. PubMed PMID: 24801415
Kwo PY, Mantry PS, Coakley E, Te HS, Vargas HE, Brown R Jr, Gordon F, Levitsky J, Terrault NA, Burton JR Jr, Xie W, Setze C, Badri P, Pilot-Matias T, Vilchez RA, Forns X. An interferon-free antiviral regimen for HCV after liver transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 18;371(25):2375-82. PubMed PMID: 25386767
Kiser JJ, Burton JR Jr, Everson GT. Drug-drug interactions during antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Oct;10(10):596-606. PubMed PMID: 23817323
Biggins SW, Trotter J, Gralla J, Burton JR Jr, Bambha KM, Dodge J, Brocato M, Cheng L, McQueen M, Forman L, Chang M, Kam I, Everson G, Spritz RA, Klintmalm G, Rosen HR. Differential effects of donor and recipient IL28B and DDX58 SNPs on severity of HCV after liver transplantation. J Hepatol. 2013 May;58(5):969-76. PubMed PMID: 23333445
Burton JR Jr, Everson GT. Management of the transplant recipient with chronic hepatitis C. Clin Liver Dis. 2013 Feb;17(1):73-91. PubMed PMID: 23177284
Hammond KP, Wolfe P, Burton JR Jr, Predhomme JA, Ellis CM, Ray ML, Bushman LR, Kiser JJ. Pharmacokinetic interaction between boceprevir and etravirine in HIV/HCV seronegative volunteers. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jan 1;62(1):67-73. PubMed PMID: 23075915
Clinical Interests
Liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, hepatitis C virus infection
Care Philosophy
I am a transplant hepatologist who specializes in the care of patients with acute and chronic liver disease before and after liver transplantation. My goal is to provide outstanding care to patients with complex problems in a way that my patients and their family can understand.
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, University of Washington School of Medicine
(1997)
Undergraduate Schools:
BA, University of Washington (WA)
(1992)
Internships:
Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Program
(1998)
Residency Programs:
Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Program, Internal Medicine (2000)
Fellowships:
Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Program, Transplant Hepatology
(2001)
Oregon Health & Science University, Gastroenterology
(2004)