Graduate Schools
- MPH, University of Puerto, Medical Sciences Campus (2002)
- MS, University of Michigan (2004)
Undergraduate School
- BS, University of Puerto Rico System (PR) (2001)
Department
Surgery-TransplantProfessional Titles
- Biostatistics Manager
Publications
- 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. 2025 Feb 1;31(2):211-220. PubMed PMID: 38767448
- Lopez R, Mohan S, Husain SA, Yu M, Arrigain S, Brosi D, Hoffman JRH, McCurry KR, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Crossing national borders for transplantation: A focused evaluation of deceased donor lung exports from the United States. Am J Transplant. 2025 Feb;25(2):424-434. PubMed PMID: 39209156
- 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. 2025 May 1;31(5):584-595. PubMed PMID: 39356520
- Lopez R, Mohan S, Rodrigue JR, Arrigain S, Brosi D, Lavanchy R, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Association of organ procurement organization volume with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services performance evaluations. Am J Transplant. 2025 May;25(5):1013-1020. PubMed PMID: 39608573
- Lopez R, Mohan S, Rodrigue JR, Arrigain S, Brosi D, Lavanchy R, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Authors' reply to letter regarding "Association of organ procurement organization volume with CMS performance evaluations". Am J Transplant. 2025 May;25(5):1135-1137. PubMed PMID: 39855342
- Giusti S, Arrigain S, Lopez R, Pomfret E, Cervantes L, Schold JD. Evaluating Long-Term Outcomes Among Hispanic Kidney Transplant Recipients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Jul;86(1):52-62.e1. PubMed PMID: 40054591
- Schold JD, Hoffman JRH, Mohan S, Gray AL, Lopez R, Arrigain S, Brosi D, LaVanchy R, Husain SA, Yu M, Pomfret EA. Association of the initial implementation of continuous distribution allocation policy with outcomes for lung transplant candidates by blood type. Am J Transplant. 2025 Aug;25(8):1756-1764. PubMed PMID: 40209905
- Schold JD, Arrigain S, Husain SA, Yu M, Lopez R, Brosi D, LaVanchy R, Mohan S. Variation of eGFR Wait Time Modifications for Black Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Oct 1;36(10):2019-2029. PubMed PMID: 40327843
- Lopez R, Mohan S, Rodrigue JR, Arrigain S, Brosi D, Lavanchy R, Zingmond D, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Evaluation of the stability of organ procurement organization performance metrics. Am J Transplant. 2025 Oct;25(10):2151-2160. PubMed PMID: 40409471
- Bashian EJ, Park SY, Lopez R, Schold JD, Teman NR, Cain MT, Hoffman JRH. Donation after circulatory death transplantation alleviates waitlist time for hard-to-transplant cardiac recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Jul 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 40752550
- Zubkov MR, Moore HB, Baimas-George M, Arrigain S, Lopez R, Brosi D, Brown K, Rodriguez IE, Nydam TL, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Is Model for End-stage Liver Disease 3.0 Better Than Model for End-stage Liver Disease? Evaluating the Association of Liver Disease Severity Scores With Perioperative Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc. 2025 Oct;57(8):1541-1548. PubMed PMID: 40992988
- Abidi MZ, Lopez R, Arrigain S, Weinberg A, Kaplan B, McAdams-DeMarco M, Schold JD, Erlandson KM. Area-Level Social Deprivation and Cytomegalovirus Seropositivity at the Time of Solid Organ Transplant. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 1;7(10):e2437878. PubMed PMID: 39374014
- 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
- Lopez R, Mohan S, Husain SA, Yu M, Arrigain S, Brosi D, Hoffman JRH, McCurry KR, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Crossing national borders for transplantation: A focused evaluation of deceased donor lung exports from the United States. Am J Transplant. 2024 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39209156
- 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
- Zubkov MR, Moore HB, Lopez R, Brosi D, Choudhury RA, Arrigain S, Saben J, Conzen KD, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Schold JD. Prognostic value of body mass index is highly modified by sex among recipients of liver transplant. Liver Transpl. 2024 Sep 1;30(9):962-966. PubMed PMID: 38687166
- Schold JD, Lopez R, Mohan S. Are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services metrics evaluating organ procurement organization performance too fragile?. Am J Transplant. 2024 Aug;24(8):1336-1338. PubMed PMID: 38519005
- Schold JD, Conzen KD, Cooper J, Arrigain S, Lopez R, Mohan S, Husain SA, Huml AM, Kennealey PT, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA. Quantifying the Effect of Consent for High-Kidney Donor Profile Index Deceased Donor Transplants in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 May 1;35(5):630-641. PubMed PMID: 38347668
- Amdani S, Lopez R, Schold JD, Tang WHW. 30- and 60-Day Readmission Rates for Children With Heart Failure in the United States. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Jan;12(1):83-96. PubMed PMID: 37943220