Whitney Jackson, MD

Professional Titles

• Medical Director of Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Publications

• Jackson WE, Lopez R, Forman LM, Arrigain S, Schold JD. Marked variation in disease acuity and outcomes on the liver transplant waiting list by sociodemographic characteristics. Liver Transpl. 2024 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39356520
• Vittorio J, Kosmach-Park B, Wadhwani S, Jackson W, Kerkar N, Corbo H, Vekaria P, Gupta N, Yeh H, King LY. Adult provider role in transition of care for young adult pediatric recipients of liver transplant: An expert position statement. Hepatol Commun. 2024 Aug 1;8(8). PubMed PMID: 39023314
• Forman LM, Jackson WE, Arrigain S, Lopez R, Schold JD. Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse patient and graft survival following adult liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2024 May 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38767448
• Jackson WE, Kaplan B. Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future!. Liver Transpl. 2024 Aug 1;30(8):773-774. PubMed PMID: 38471011
• Schold JD, Mohan S, Jackson WE, Stites E, Burton JR, Bababekov YJ, Saben JL, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Kaplan B. Differential in Kidney Graft Years on the Basis of Solitary Kidney, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, and Kidney-after-Liver Transplants. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Mar 1;19(3):364-373. PubMed PMID: 37962880
• Zimbrean PC, Rubman S, Andacoglu O, Bakhai D, Clifton E, Deng Y, Doshi M, Emamaullee J, Gan G, Holmes R, Jaber L, Jackson WE, Joyce M, Kalil R, Kumar V, Laflen J, Lentine KL, Prashar R, Winder GS, Yadav A, Liapakis A. Psychosocial evaluation of living liver donors-State of current practices in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2024 May 1;30(5):505-518. PubMed PMID: 37861339
• Malamon JS, Ho B, Jackson WE, Saben JL, Schold JD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Kaplan B. An evaluation of the organ procurement and transplantation network's expanded post-transplant performance metrics. Front Transplant. 2023;2:1237112. PubMed PMID: 38993926
• Schold JD, Mohan S, Jackson WE, Stites E, Burton JR, Bababekov YJ, Saben JL, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Kaplan B. Differential in Kidney Graft Years on the Basis of Solitary Kidney, Simultaneous Liver-Kidney, and Kidney-after-Liver Transplants. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37962880
• Zimbrean PC, Rubman S, Andacoglu O, Bakhai D, Clifton E, Deng Y, Doshi M, Emamaullee J, Gan G, Holmes R, Jaber L, Jackson WE, Joyce M, Kalil R, Kumar V, Laflen J, Lentine KL, Prashar R, Winder GS, Yadav A, Liapakis A. Psychosocial evaluation of living liver donors-State of current practices in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2023 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37861339
• Dozil SA, Jackson W, Goldberg DS. Geographic disparities in utilization of living donor liver transplants for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2023 Dec 1;29(12):1337-1339. PubMed PMID: 37379029
• Malamon JS, Kaplan B, Jackson WE, Saben JL, Schold JD, Pomfret EA, Pomposelli JJ. Reassessing the survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation: retrospective cohort study. Int J Surg. 2023 Sep 1;109(9):2714-2720. PubMed PMID: 37226874
• King LY, Kosmach-Park B, Parish A, Niedzwiecki D, Jackson WE, Vittorio JM. Current approach to health care transition and integration into adult care for pediatric liver transplant recipients: A call for partnership. Clin Transplant. 2023 Aug;37(8):e14990. PubMed PMID: 37105553
• Jesse MT, Jackson WE, Liapakis A, Ganesh S, Humar A, Goldaracena N, Levitsky J, Mulligan D, Pomfret EA, Ladner DP, Roberts JP, Mavis A, Thiessen C, Trotter J, Winder GS, Griesemer AD, Pillai A, Kumar V, Verna EC, LaPointe Rudow D, Han HH. Living donor liver transplant candidate and donor selection and engagement: Meeting report from the living donor liver transplant consensus conference. Clin Transplant. 2023 Jul;37(7):e14954. PubMed PMID: 36892182
• Malamon JS, Jackson WE, Saben JL, Conzen K, Schold JD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Kaplan B. A model for calculating the long-term estimated post-transplant survival of deceased donor liver transplant patients. EBioMedicine. 2023 Apr;90:104505. PubMed PMID: 36870199
• Jackson WE, Malamon JS. Living-Donor Liver Transplant for Patients With End-stage Liver Disease-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2023 Apr 1;158(4):428-429. PubMed PMID: 36630146
• Yoeli D, Feldman AG, Choudhury RA, Moore HB, Sundaram SS, Nydam TL, Wachs ME, Pomfret EA, Adams MA, Jackson WE. Can non-directed living liver donation help improve access to grafts and correct socioeconomic disparities in pediatric liver transplantation?. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 Mar;27(2):e14428. PubMed PMID: 36329627
• 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. 2023 Feb 1;29(2):164-171. PubMed PMID: 36111606
• 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. 2023 Feb 1;29(2):164-171. PubMed PMID: 36111606
• Jackson WE, Malamon JS. Living-Donor Liver Transplant for Patients With End-stage Liver Disease-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2023 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36630146
• Yoeli D, Feldman AG, Choudhury RA, Moore HB, Sundaram SS, Nydam TL, Wachs ME, Pomfret EA, Adams MA, Jackson WE. Can non-directed living liver donation help improve access to grafts and correct socioeconomic disparities in pediatric liver transplantation?. Pediatr Transplant. 2022 Nov 3;:e14428. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36329627
• Jackson WE, Malamon JS, Kaplan B, Saben JL, Schold JD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA. Survival Benefit of Living-Donor Liver Transplant. JAMA Surg. 2022 Oct 1;157(10):926-932. PubMed PMID: 35921119
• Yoeli D, Choudhury RA, Moore HB, Jackson WE, Nydam TL, Wachs ME, Pomfret EA, Adams MA. Living Donor Liver Transplant Center Volume Influences Waiting List Survival Among Children Listed for Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2022 Sep 1;106(9):1807-1813. PubMed PMID: 35579406
• Adams MA, Andacoglu O, Crouch CE, de Santibañes M, Jackson WE, Jalal A, Montasser IF, Rubman S, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Miller C, Pomfret E. Does pre-operative counselling of the donor improve immediate and short-term outcomes after living liver donation? - A review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 Oct;36(10):e14636. PubMed PMID: 35343601
• Kaplan A, Rosenblatt R, Jackson W, Samstein B, Brown RS Jr. Practices and Perceptions of Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Nondirected Donation, and Liver Paired Exchange: A National Survey. Liver Transpl. 2022 May;28(5):774-781. PubMed PMID: 34862704
• Fox AN, Liapakis A, Batra R, Bittermann T, Emamaullee J, Emre S, Genyk Y, Han H, Jackson W, Pomfret E, Raza M, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Rubman Gold S, Samstein B, Shenoy A, Taner T, Roberts JP. The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidance. Hepatology. 2022 Jun;75(6):1579-1589. PubMed PMID: 34859474
• Shaked O, Demetris J, Levitsky J, Feng S, Loza BL, Punch J, Reyes J, Klintmalm G, Jackson W, DesMarais M, Sayre P, Shaked A, Reddy KR. Impact of Donor and Recipient Clinical Characteristics and Hepatic Histology on Steatosis/Fibrosis Following Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2022 Jan 1;106(1):106-116. PubMed PMID: 33982909
• 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
• Kripps K, Nakayuenyongsuk W, Shayota BJ, Berquist W, Gomez-Ospina N, Esquivel CO, Concepcion W, Sampson JB, Cristin DJ, Jackson WE, Gilliland S, Pomfret EA, Kueht ML, Pettit RW, Sherif YA, Emrick LT, Elsea SH, Himes R, Hirano M, Van Hove JLK, Scaglia F, Enns GM, Larson AA. Successful liver transplantation in mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE). Mol Genet Metab. 2020 May;130(1):58-64. PubMed PMID: 32173240
• Ramanan P, Scherger S, Benamu E, Bajrovic V, Jackson W, Hage CA, Hakki M, Baddley JW, Abidi MZ. Toxoplasmosis in non-cardiac solid organ transplant recipients: A case series and review of literature. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;22(1):e13218. PubMed PMID: 31769583
• Rich NE, Yang JD, Perumalswami PV, Alkhouri N, Jackson W, Parikh ND, Mehta N, Salgia R, Duarte-Rojo A, Kulik L, Rakoski M, Said A, Oloruntoba O, Ioannou GN, Hoteit MA, Moon AM, Rangnekar AS, Eswaran SL, Zheng E, Jou JH, Hanje J, Pillai A, Hernaez R, Wong R, Scaglione S, Samant H, Kapuria D, Chandna S, Rosenblatt R, Ajmera V, Frenette CT, Satapathy SK, Mantry P, Jalal P, John BV, Fix OK, Leise M, Lindenmeyer CC, Flores A, Patel N, Jiang ZG, Latt N, Dhanasekaran R, Odewole M, Kagan S, Marrero JA, Singal AG. Provider Attitudes and Practice Patterns for Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Apr;18(4):974-983. PubMed PMID: 31357028
• Raza MH, Jackson WE, Dell A, Ding L, Shapiro J, Pomfret EA, Genyk Y, Sher L, Emamaullee J. Health-related quality of life after anonymous nondirected living liver donation: A multicenter collaboration. Am J Transplant. 2020 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32741102
• Ramanan P, Scherger S, Benamu E, Bajrovic V, Jackson W, Hage CA, Hakki M, Baddley JW, Abidi MZ. Toxoplasmosis in non-cardiac solid organ transplant recipients: A case series and review of literature. Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 26;:e13218. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31769583
• Rich NE, Yang JD, Perumalswami PV, Alkhouri N, Jackson W, Parikh ND, Mehta N, Salgia R, Duarte-Rojo A, Kulik L, Rakoski M, Said A, Oloruntoba O, Ioannou GN, Hoteit MA, Moon AM, Rangnekar AS, Eswaran SL, Zheng E, Jou JH, Hanje J, Pillai A, Hernaez R, Wong R, Scaglione S, Samant H, Kapuria D, Chandna S, Rosenblatt R, Ajmera V, Frenette CT, Satapathy SK, Mantry P, Jalal P, John BV, Fix OK, Leise M, Lindenmeyer CC, Flores A, Patel N, Jiang ZG, Latt N, Dhanasekaran R, Odewole M, Kagan S, Marrero JA, Singal AG. Provider Attitudes and Practice Patterns for Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31357028
• Jackson WE, Everson GT. Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for the treatment of hepatitis C. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Jun;11(6):501-505. PMID: 28468532
• Jackson WE, Achkar JP, Macaron C, Lee L, Liu X, Pai RK, Lopez R, Burke CA, Allende DS. The Significance of Sessile Serrated Polyps in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016 Sep;22(9):2213-20. PubMed PMID: 27508509
• Jackson WE, Hanouneh M, Apfel T, Alkhouri N, John BV, Zervos X, Zein NN, Hanouneh IA. Sofosbuvir and simeprevir without ribavirin effectively treat hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection after liver transplantation in a two-center experience. Clin Transplant. 2016 Jun;30(6):709-13. PubMed PMID: 27019204
• Modaresi Esfeh J, Jackson W, Ansari-Gilani K, Putka B. An unusual cause of acute anemia in an immunosuppressed patient. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2016 Aug;4(3):254-6. PubMed PMID: 25688101
• Jackson WE and Verna EC. Does SVR prevent transplant in HCV? Current Hepatology Report: Management of the cirrhotic patient, A Cardenas and N Reau (Section Eds.) (2016) 15:44-52. DOI: 10.1007/s11901-016-0288-8.

Professional Memberships

• AASLD, Member
• AST, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Transplant Hepatology, Board Certification
• Gastroenterology, Board Certification
• Internal Medicine, Board Certification

• Digestive System - Hepatology (Liver Disorders)
• Digestive System
• Surgery - Liver Transplant Surgery
• Surgery
• Surgery - Living Liver Donation