Carlos Goncalves, PhD

Publications

• Goncalves C, Kaplan B. Building global registries in the era of collaborative, resource-conscious science. Transplantation. 2026.
• Goncalves C, Patel MS, Roberts J, Abreu P, Zhao W, Christians U, Pomposelli JJ, Bababekov YJ "Mind the Gap: Projecting Liver Transplant Supply, and Waitlist Demand, and Unmet Need in the United States", Transplantation (under revision)
• Goncalves C, Bababekov Y, Zhao W, Christians U, Pomposelli JJ, Bababekov YJ "Contemporary Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation Among Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates: A National Registry Analysis, 2016–2026", Transplantology (under revision)
• Goncalves C, Zhao W, Christinas U, "Pharmacometrics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning in Precision Dosing and Clinical Toxicology", Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (Accepted for Publication)
• Ha AH, Brosi DN, Lopez R, Arrigain S, Goncalves C, Chen DY, et al. Social determinants of health impact COVID-19-related mortality among liver transplant recipients in the United States. Transpl Infect Dis. 2026;28(1):e70151.
• Zhao W, Goncalves C, Ruggiano E, Trenton D, Navid E, Estrada F, et al. A retrospective toxicology study of polysubstance use patterns associated with xylazine. Int J Mol Sci. 2026;27(4):1822.
• Ha AH, Brosi DN, Goncalves C, Chen DY, Maksimuk T, Abreu P, et al. Recipient social determinants and geographic access in DCD liver transplantation: early lessons during the perfusion era. Transplantation. 2026;110(5):e1112-e1121.
• Rocha R, Araújo-Andrade L, Gonçalves C, Silva D, Ceia F, Santos L. Nocardia asiatica lymphadenitis in a lung transplant recipient following travel. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026;114(6):1089-1091.
• Kadri H, Maffei R, Dang R, Hansen K, Yoeli D, Di Napoli M, et al. Outcomes after robotic and open kidney transplant: a propensity score-matched analysis. Am J Surg. 2026:117245.
• Goncalves C, Bababekov Y, Roberts J, Pomfret E, Pomposelli J. Living donor liver transplantation remains essential amid growth of deceased donor liver transplantation: 5-year projections from UNOS data. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S48.
• Goncalves C, Jackson WE, Christians U, Pomposelli JJ, Kaplan B. Principal component analysis (PCA) reveals a sub-group of low MELD patients with high mortality risk. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(7):S843.
• Maksimuk T, Brosi D, Goncalves C, Zhao W, Cleveland J, Ha A, et al. Impact of FDA approval of normothermic machine perfusion on DBD and DCD liver transplant volume. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S113.
• Cleveland J, Diab MM, Goncalves C, Maksimuk T, Shinsako J, Ha A, et al. Perfusion technology challenges the futility of using DCD allografts for liver re-transplantation: early experience from two US transplant centers. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S42.
• Bababekov Y, Goncalves C, Domrique R, Klarman S, Pomposelli J. Differences in organ acquisition costs for DBD versus DCD heart transplant in the modern era of perfusion and preservation technologies. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S20-S21.
• Diab M, Goncalves C, Maksimuk T, Cleveland J, Shinsako J, Alderete I, et al. Real world perfusion strategies versus static cold storage for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation: a multi-center analysis. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S105-S106.
• Maksimuk T, Goncalves C, Ha A, Brosi D, Cleveland J, Ramadan R, et al. Increased DCD LT volume is associated with lower waitlist mortality at the center-level in the era of machine perfusion. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S53-S54.
• Bababekov Y, Goncalves C, Kaplan A, Gordon F, Pomfret E, Pomposelli J. Superior survival of living donor liver transplant in the modern era of perfusion technology. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(1):S101.
• Zhao W, Goncalves C, Ramadan R, Navid E, Estrada F, Trenton D, et al. Biochemistry of discarded human allografts after prolonged static cold storage. Liver Transpl. 2026;32(5):310.
• Diab MM, Maksimuk TE, Goncalves C, Cleveland JC, Shinsako J, Alderete IS, et al. Multicenter assessment of biliary complications of normothermic regional perfusion and normothermic machine perfusion for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2026;32(5):58.
• Jackson WE, Goncalves C, Pomposelli J, Malamon JS, Kaplan B. MELD score is not accurate for patients who remain on the wait list for a year. Am J Transplant. 2026;26(7):S842.
• Bhagwandin B., Nydam T., Goncalves C., "The future of Artificial Intelligence in Transplant Surgery ", Frontiers in Transplantation (under revision)
• Zhao W, Goncalves C, Ha AH, Shinsako JR, Chen DY, Reynolds DM, et al. Benchmarking in vivo metabolomics of DCD NRP and DBD human livers. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S806.
• Bababekov YJ, Goncalves C, Ha AH, Maksimuk TE, Malamon JS, Yule A, Chen DY, Hoffman JRH, Schold JD, Pomfret EA, Kaplan B, Pomposelli JJ. Managing Expectations of Prolonged Warm Ischemia Time: A Calculator to Predict Donation After Circulatory Death Donor Progression to Circulatory Death Within 30 Min. Clin Transplant. 2025 Oct;39(10):e70336. PubMed PMID: 41051386
• Bababekov Y, Goncalves C, Malamon J, Choudhury R, Ha A, Yule A, et al. Predicting DCD progression within 30 minutes: a calculator to assist decisions to implement perfusion strategies. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(1):S83-S84.
• Goncalves C, Di Napoli M, Schwartz D, Kaplan B. Hidden Markov Models Offer a Powerful Approach for Understanding Gene Regulation Mechanisms Relevant for Organ Transplantation. Transplantation. 2025 Aug 1;109(8):1335-1339. PubMed PMID: 40551300
• Ha A, Goncalves C, Reynolds D, Yoshida C, Chen D, Maksimuk T, et al. Increasing access to DCD liver transplant via perfusion technology: time is on our side. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(1):S51-S52
• Bababekov YJ, Ha AH, Nydam TL, Goncalves C, Choudhury R, Shinsako J, Baimas-George M, Reynolds DM, Yoshida C, Racke CA, Grewal H, Pomposelli S, Rodriguez IE, Hoffman JRH, Schold JD, Kaplan B, Pomfret EA, Pomposelli JJ. Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion: Real-world Experience and Outcomes of DCD Liver Transplantation. Transplant Direct. 2025 Mar;11(3):e1767. PubMed PMID: 40034160
• Maksimuk T, Goncalves C, Bakhtiyar SS, Patel M, Moscoso RL, Arrigain S, et al. Geographic variation in utilization of normothermic machine perfusion for liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(1):S120.
• Ha A, Chen D, Goncalves C, Reynolds D, Yoshida C, Nydam T, Schold J, et al. Should EAD be redefined in the modern era of DCD liver transplantation? Am J Transplant. 2025;25(1):S112-S113.
• Maksimuk T, Goncalves C, Bakhtiyar SS, Patel M, Moscoso RL, Arrigain S, et al. DCD liver transplantation—contemporary US experience with NRP and NMP. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(1):S57-S58.
• Goncalves, C., Bhagwandin, B., Malamon, J., & Kaplan, B. (2024). AI-enhanced information navigation: Insights from information theory in transplantation data. Transplantation.
• Anna H. Ha, Deena N. Brosi, Rocio Lopez, Susana Arrigain, Carlos Goncalves, Jonathan Rice, Trevor L. Nydam, Bruce Kaplan, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, James J. Pomposelli, Jesse D. Schold, Yanik J. Bababekov. Social Determinants of Health are Associated with COVID-19 Related Mortality among Liver Transplant Recipients in the United States.
• Anna H. Ha, Carlos Goncalves, Cassidy T. Yoshida, Wells B. Lariviere, Deena N. Brosi, Bruce Kaplan, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, James J. Pomposelli, Jesse D. Schold, Yanik J. Bababekov. Increasing Access to Liver Transplant via Donation after Circulatory Death Donors: What is the impact of Distressed Community Index?
• Anna Heewoo. Ha, BA, Carlos Goncalves, PhD, Cassidy Yoshida, BA, Wells B. LaRiviere, MD, Deena N. Brosi, PhD, MPH, Elizabeth Pomfret, MD, FACS, James J. Pomposelli, MD, FACS, Jesse D. Schold, Ph.D, M.Stat, M.Ed and Yanik J. Bababekov, MD, MPH. Increasing Access To Liver Transplant Via Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: What Is The Impact of Distressed Community Index?
• Anna Heewoo Ha, Carlos Goncalves, Cassidy Yoshida, BA, David M. Reynolds, David Chen, Kate Gustilo, Ivan Rodriguez, Wells B. Lariviere, Deena N. Brosi, Bruce Kaplan, James Pomposelli, Jesse D. Schold, Yanik J. Bababekov. Does Perfusion Technology Facilitate Access to Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplant for Recipients who Live Far Away from a Transplant Center?
• Anna Heewoo Ha, Carlos Goncalves, Cassidy Yoshida, BA, David M. Reynolds, David Chen, Kate Gustilo, Ivan Rodriguez, Wells B. Lariviere, Deena N. Brosi, Bruce Kaplan, James Pomposelli, Jesse D. Schold, Yanik J. Bababekov. Does in situ Viability Testing during Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) Predict Early Allograft Dysfunction (EAD) in Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplant Recipients.
• Anna Heewoo Ha, Carlos Goncalves, Cassidy Yoshida, BA, David M. Reynolds, David Chen, Kate Gustilo, Ivan Rodriguez, Wells B. Lariviere, Deena N. Brosi, Bruce Kaplan, James Pomposelli, Jesse D. Schold, Yanik J. Bababekov. What Factors Predict Early Allograft Dysfunction in Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplant Recipients?
• Anna Heewoo Ha, Carlos Goncalves, Cassidy Yoshida, BA, David M. Reynolds, David Chen, Kate Gustilo, Ivan Rodriguez, Wells B. Lariviere, Deena N. Brosi, Bruce Kaplan, James Pomposelli, Jesse D. Schold, Yanik J. Bababekov. Does Perfusion Technology Facilitate Access to Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplant for Recipients who Live Far Away from a Transplant Center?
• Carlos Goncalves, Marissa Di Napoli, David Schwartz, Bruce Kaplan, A Comparative Study of Hidden Markov Models and Adaptive Window Techniques to Identify CpG Islands in MUC5B and DSP genes, Transplantation
• Yanik J. Bababekov, Anna H. Ha, Trevor L. Nydam, Carlos Goncalves, Rashikh Choudhury, JoLynn Shinsako, Maria Baimas-George, David M. Reynolds, Cassidy Yoshida, Han Grewal, Sophia Pomposelli, Ivan E. Rodriguez, Jordan R.H. Hoffman, Jesse D. Schold, Bruce Kaplan, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, James J. Pomposelli, Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion (TA-NRP): Decreased Ischemic Cholangiopathy in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors, Transplantation Direct
• Carlos Goncalves, Yanik J. Bababekov, Anna Ha, Bryon Bhagwandin, John Malamon, Bruce Kaplan, Enhanced CpG Island Identification Using AI-Hidden Markov Models: A Study on the MUC5B Gene Sequence,
• Carlos Goncalves, Yanik J. Bababekov, Anna Ha, Bryon Bhagwandin, John Malamon, Bruce Kaplan, AI to Enhance Liver Allograft Selection during DCD TA-NRP
• Yanik J. Bababekov, Carlos Goncalves, Anna H. Ha, Trevor L. Nydam, Rashikh Choudhury, JoLynn Shinsako, Maria Baimas-George, David M. Reynolds, Cassidy Yoshida, Han Grewal, Sophia Pomposelli, Ivan E. Rodriguez, Jordan R.H. Hoffman, Jesse D. Schold, Bruce Kaplan, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, James J. Pomposelli, Predicting DCD Progression within 30 minutes: A Calculator to Assist Decisions to Implement Perfusion Strategies