My research interests are focused on developing a better understanding of the immune system within the liver. My work focuses on understanding the effects of curing hepatitis C virus on the liver's immune system. In addition, we are studying how the liver responds to bacterial and viral infections to develop a better understanding of how these infections may exacerbate underlying chronic liver disease.
Publications
Jackson WE, Kaplan A, Saben JL, Kriss MS, Cisek J, Samstein B, Liapakis A, Pillai AA, Brown RS Jr, Pomfret EA. Practice patterns of the medical evaluation of living liver donors in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2022 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36111606
Mowry C, Kohli R, Bhat C, Truesdale A, Menard-Katcher P, Scallon A, Kriss M. Gastroesophageal Balloon Tamponade Simulation Training with 3D Printed Model Improves Knowledge, Skill, and Confidence. Dig Dis Sci. 2022 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35989387
Lim N, Kwong AJ, Jafri SM, Jesse MT, Kriss M, Nair K, Pillai A, Shingina A, Tang Q, Desai AP. Heterogeneity in Center Practices in Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Sep 1;117(9):1530-1535. PubMed PMID: 35916539
Izzy M, Fortune BE, Serper M, Bhave N, deLemos A, Gallegos-Orozco JF, Guerrero-Miranda C, Hall S, Harinstein ME, Karas MG, Kriss M, Lim N, Palardy M, Sawinski D, Schonfeld E, Seetharam A, Sharma P, Tallaj J, Dadhania DM, VanWagner LB. Management of cardiac diseases in liver transplant recipients: Comprehensive review and multidisciplinary practice-based recommendations. Am J Transplant. 2022 Dec;22(12):2740-2758. PubMed PMID: 35359027
Sundaram V, Lindenmeyer CC, Shetty K, Rahimi RS, Al-Attar A, Flocco G, Fortune BE, Gong C, Challa S, Maddur H, Jou JH, Kriss M, Stein LL, Xiao AH, Vyhmeister RH, Green EW, Campbell B, Piscitello AJ, Cranford W, Levitsky J, Karvellas CJ. Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Have Greater Healthcare Resource Utilization After Liver Transplantation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35337982
Pillai AA, Kriss M, Al-Adra DP, Chadha RM, Cushing MM, Farsad K, Fortune BE, Hess AS, Lewandowski R, Nadim MK, Nydam T, Sharma P, Karvellas CJ, Intagliata N. Coagulopathy and hemostasis management in patients undergoing liver transplantation: Defining a dynamic spectrum across phases of care. Liver Transpl. 2022 Oct;28(10):1651-1663. PubMed PMID: 35253365
Sundaram V, Patel S, Shetty K, Lindenmeyer CC, Rahimi RS, Flocco G, Al-Attar A, Karvellas CJ, Challa S, Maddur H, Jou JH, Kriss M, Stein LL, Xiao AH, Vyhmeister RH, Green EW, Campbell B, Cranford W, Mahmud N, Fortune BE. Risk Factors for Posttransplantation Mortality in Recipients With Grade 3 Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Analysis of a North American Consortium. Liver Transpl. 2022 Jun;28(6):1078-1089. PubMed PMID: 35020260
Rao SS, Jensen AM, Kriss MS, Morgan RL, Ho PM, Ryu RK, Trivedi PS. Racial Differences in the Use of Endoscopy and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding in the United States. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Apr;33(4):465-468.e1. PubMed PMID: 34929343
Pourmand K, Schiano TD, Motwani Y, Kriss M, Keefer L, Patel A. Burnout Among Transplant Hepatologists in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2022 May;28(5):867-875. PubMed PMID: 34826182
Kriss M, Biggins SW. Evaluation and selection of the liver transplant candidate: updates on a dynamic and evolving process. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2021 Feb 1;26(1):52-61. PubMed PMID: 33278150
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
Attwell A, Han S, Kriss M. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and liver biopsy in the evaluation of elevated liver function tests after liver transplantation. World J Hepatol. 2021 Jan 27;13(1):132-143. PubMed PMID: 33584992
Kriss M, Te HS, Verna EC, VanWagner LB, Scott FI, Lai JC. National Early Career Transplant Hepatologist Survey: Compensation, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction. Hepatol Commun. 2021 Apr;5(4):701-712. PubMed PMID: 33860127
Pourmand K, Schiano TD, Motwani Y, Kriss M, Keefer L, Patel A. Burnout among Transplant Hepatologists in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2021 Nov 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34826182
Trivedi PS, Jensen AM, Brown MA, Morgan RL, Lindrooth RC, Ryu RK, Ho PM, Kriss MS. High Prevalence of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation Without Prior Endoscopy During Acute Variceal Bleeding Hospitalization in the United States. Hepatol Commun. 2021 Oct;5(10):1784-1790. PubMed PMID: 34558832
Aby ES, Kriss M, Rubin DT, Pillai A. How to Navigate National Societal Organizations for Leadership Development and Academic Promotion: A Guide for Trainees and Young Faculty. Gastroenterology. 2021 Nov;161(5):1361-1365. PubMed PMID: 34464630
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
Trivedi PS, Jensen AM, Kriss MS, Brown MA, Morgan RL, Lindrooth RC, Ho PM, Ryu RK. Ethnoracial Disparity in Hospital Survival following Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation for Acute Variceal Bleeding in the United States. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jul;32(7):941-949.e3. PubMed PMID: 33901695
Rao SS, Jensen AM, Kriss MS, Morgan RL, Ho PM, Ryu RK, Trivedi PS. Racial differences in use of endoscopy and Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt creation for treatment of acute variceal bleeding in the United States. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34929343
Kriss M, Te HS, Verna EC, VanWagner LB, Scott FI, Lai JC. National Early Career Transplant Hepatologist Survey: Compensation, Burnout, and Job Satisfaction. Hepatol Commun. 2021 Apr;5(4):701-712. PubMed PMID: 33860127
Attwell A, Han S, Kriss M. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and liver biopsy in the evaluation of elevated liver function tests after liver transplantation. World J Hepatol. 2021 Jan 27;13(1):132-143. PubMed PMID: 33584992
Kriss M, Biggins SW. Evaluation and selection of the liver transplant candidate: updates on a dynamic and evolving process. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2021 Feb 1;26(1):52-61. PubMed PMID: 33278150
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
Burchill MA, Finlon JM, Goldberg AR, Gillen AE, Dahms PA, McMahan RH, Tye A, Winter AB, Reisz JA, Bohrnsen E, Schafer JB, D'Alessandro A, Orlicky DJ, Kriss MS, Rosen HR, McCullough RL, Jirón Tamburini BA. Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Drives Dysfunction of the Liver Lymphatic System. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32961356
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
Sherman CB, Said A, Kriss M, Potluri VS, Levitsky J, Reese PP, Shea JA, Serper M. In-Person Outreach and Telemedicine in Liver and Intestinal Transplant: A Survey of National Practices, Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019, and Areas of Opportunity. Liver Transpl. 2020 Oct;26(10):1354-1358. PubMed PMID: 32772459
Kriss M, Golden-Mason L, Kaplan J, Mirshahi F, Setiawan VW, Sanyal AJ, Rosen HR. Increased hepatic and circulating chemokine and osteopontin expression occurs early in human NAFLD development. PLoS One. 2020;15(7):e0236353. PubMed PMID: 32730345
Sundaram V, Mahmud N, Perricone G, Katarey D, Wong RJ, Karvellas CJ, Fortune BE, Rahimi RS, Maddur H, Jou JH, Kriss M, Stein LL, Lee M, Jalan R. Longterm Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. Liver Transpl. 2020 Dec;26(12):1594-1602. PubMed PMID: 32574423
Kolb JM, Conzen K, Wachs M, Crossno J Jr, McMahon B, Abidi MZ, Pomfret EA, Kriss M. Liver Transplantation for Decompensated Cirrhosis Secondary to Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Mutation. Hepatology. 2020 Jul;72(1):356-358. PubMed PMID: 31943309
Turkeltaub J, Kriss M. Management of Portal and Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis. Dig Dis Interv. June 2020;2(4):122-133.
Rice J, Hughes D, Burton JR Jr, Pomfret, EA, Pomposelli JJ, Ambardekar AV, Kriss M. Impact of Pre-liver Transplant Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Standardization on Resource Utilization and Recipient Selection. Poster presentation, American Transplant Congress, 5/30/2020.
Rosenblatt R, Kriss MS, Patel Y, Seetharam AB, Izzy M, Kapila N, Lopez CR, Nguyen V, Li N, Pereira M, Verna EV. MULTICENTER CONSORTIUM TO INVESTIGATE RISK FACTORS
OF INFECTIONS WITH MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ORGANISMS IN
LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. Poster Presentation, Young Investigators Award, The Liver Meeting Digital, November 2020.
Li N, Rosenblatt R, Patel Y, Kapila N, Izzy M, Lopez CR, Verna EC, Pereira M, Ison M, Angarone M, Seetharam AB, Nguyn V, Kriss MS. MULTICENTER CONSORTIUM TO INVESTIGATE THE
INCIDENCE, RISK FACTORS, AND IMPACT OF MULTI-DRUG
RESISTANT ORGANISM INFECTION (MDROI) IN LIVING
VERSUS DECEASED DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
(LTR). Poster presentation, The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, November 2020.
Kapila N, Izzy M, Kriss MS, Li N, Lopez CR, Nguyen V, Pereira M, Seetharam Ab, Verna EC, Rosenblatt R, Patel Y. THE IMPACT OF PRE-LIVER TRANSPLANT MULTIDRUG
RESISTANT ORGANISM INFECTIONS ON POST-TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES: ANALYSIS FROM THE AMERICAN LIVER
TRANSPLANT RESISTANT ORGANISM CONSORTIUM. Poster presentation, The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, November 2020.
Pourmand K, Patel AA, Kriss MS, Schiano TD, Keefer L. BURNOUT AMONG TRANSPLANT HEPATOLOGISTS: A
NATIONAL SURVEY. Presidential Poster of Distinction, Oral Presentation, The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, November 2020.
Kalra A, Kriss M, Francis P, Norvell JP. CON: Patients of Advanced Age Should Not Routinely Undergo Liver Transplantation. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2019 Aug;14(2):70-73. PubMed PMID: 31508224
Tamburini BAJ, Finlon JM, Gillen AE, Kriss MS, Riemondy KA, Fu R, Schuyler RP, Hesselberth JR, Rosen HR, Burchill MA. Chronic Liver Disease in Humans Causes Expansion and Differentiation of Liver Lymphatic Endothelial Cells. Front Immunol. 2019;10:1036. PubMed PMID: 31156626
Kriss M, Verna EC, Rosen HR, Lozupone CA. Functional Microbiomics in Liver Transplantation: Identifying Novel Targets for Improving Allograft Outcomes. Transplantation. 2019 Apr;103(4):668-678. PubMed PMID: 30507741
Kriss M, Burchill M. HCV and nonhepatic malignancy: Is pre-emptive direct-acting antiviral therapy indicated prior to treatment?. Hepatology. 2018 Jan;67(1):4-6. PubMed PMID: 28768054
Kriss M, Verna EC, Rosen HR, Lozupone CA. Functional Microbiomics in Liver Transplantation: Identifying Novel Targets for Improving Allograft Outcomes. Transplantation. 2018 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30507741
Kriss M, Hazleton KZ, Nusbacher NM, Martin CG, Lozupone CA. Low diversity gut microbiota dysbiosis: drivers, functional implications and recovery. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2018 Aug;44:34-40. PubMed PMID: 30036705
Golden-Mason L, McMahan RH, Kriss MS, Kilgore AL, Cheng L, Dran RJ, Wieland A, Rosen HR. Early and late changes in natural killer cells in response to ledipasvir/sofosbuvir treatment. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Apr;2(4):364-375. PubMed PMID: 29619416
Burchill MA, Roby JA, Crochet N, Wind-Rotolo M, Stone AE, Edwards MG, Dran RJ, Kriss MS, Gale M Jr, Rosen HR. Rapid reversal of innate immune dysregulation in blood of patients and livers of humanized mice with HCV following DAA therapy. PLoS One. 2017;12(10):e0186213. PubMed PMID: 29040318
Kriss M, Wachs M, Attwell A. An Unusual Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a Patient With Prior Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Gastroenterology. 2016 Mar;150(3):e7-9. PubMed PMID: 26827800
Attwell A, Han S, Kriss M. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and liver biopsy in the evaluation of elevated liver function tests after liver transplantation. World J Hep. Accepted 12/4/2020. In press.
Clinical Interests
My clinical interests include providing care to patients with chronic liver disease including evaluation of patients for liver transplantation and providing post-transplant care. In addition, I perform endoscopy (upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy) and liver biopsies.
Care Philosophy
I provide comprehensive care for liver diseases to my patients. This is done with a multidisciplinary team of hepatologists, surgeons, radiologists, and interventional radiologists to provide the highest quality of care. I focus on patient education and communication with the goal that my patients develop a deep understanding of their medical condition. I also strive to provide personalized care specific to each individual patient's care goals.
Public Speaking Yes
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
(2008)
Undergraduate Schools:
BA, Washington University in Saint Louis (MO)
(2003)
Residency Programs:
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2012)
Fellowships:
University of Colorado, Gastroenterology
(2015)
University of Colorado, Transplant Hepatology
(2016)