Jonathan Merola, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Surgery

Publications

• Chiu CEN, Fujiki M, Truong R, Marquez JM, Venick R, Feist S, Jafri SM, Aburumman R, Di Cocco P, Alaniz MJ, Merola J, Garcia J, Selvaggi G, Merani S, Farell A, Cruz RJ, Ganoza A, Mazariegos G, Sudan D, Segovia MC, Sanha V, Kroemer A, Matsumoto C, Alemayehu C, Patil D, Muralidaran V, Pahl E, Weiner J. Second Report of the American Intestinal Transplant Working Group: New Insights Into Risk Factors, Treatment Regimens, and Outcomes of Malignancy After Intestinal Transplantation. Transplantation. 2026 Sep 1;110(9):e1916-e1926. PubMed PMID: 42319222
• Moore AN, Yemini R, Merola J. Go With the Flow: Hepatic Hemodynamics Impact Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2026 Mar;30(3):e70262. PubMed PMID: 41837576
• Becker ER, Price AD, Wetmore GC, Schuster RM, Merola J, Quillin RC, Goodman MD. Dynamics of Circulating Endothelial Injury Markers Following Kidney Transplantation. J Surg Res. 2025 Sep;313:297-304. PubMed PMID: 40680597
• Reza HA, Santangelo C, Iwasawa K, Reza AA, Sekiya S, Glaser K, Bondoc A, Merola J, Takebe T. Multi-zonal liver organoids from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature. 2025 May;641(8065):1258-1267. PubMed PMID: 40240593
• Merola J, Emond JC, Levitsky J. Novel Noninvasive Biomarkers in Liver Transplantation: A Tool on the Doorstep of Clinical Utilization. Transplantation. 2023 Oct 1;107(10):2120-2125. PubMed PMID: 37019173
• Merola J, Shamim A, Weiner J. Update on immunosuppressive strategies in intestinal transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2022 Apr 1;27(2):119-125. PubMed PMID: 35232925
• Baltazar T, Merola J, Catarino C, Xie CB, Kirkiles-Smith NC, Lee V, Hotta S, Dai G, Xu X, Ferreira FC, Saltzman WM, Pober JS, Karande P. Three Dimensional Bioprinting of a Vascularized and Perfusable Skin Graft Using Human Keratinocytes, Fibroblasts, Pericytes, and Endothelial Cells. Tissue Eng Part A. 2020 Mar;26(5-6):227-238. PubMed PMID: 31672103
• Luks VL, Merola J, Arnold BN, Ibarra C, Pei KY. Prophylactic Ureteral Stenting in Laparoscopic Colectomy: Revisiting Traditional Practice. J Surg Res. 2019 Feb;234:161-166. PubMed PMID: 30527469
• Pellowe AS, Sauler M, Hou Y, Merola J, Liu R, Calderon B, Lauridsen HM, Harris MR, Leng L, Zhang Y, Tilstam PV, Pober JS, Bucala R, Lee PJ, Gonzalez AL. Endothelial cell-secreted MIF reduces pericyte contractility and enhances neutrophil extravasation. FASEB J. 2019 Feb;33(2):2171-2186. PubMed PMID: 30252532
• Merola J, Fortune BE, Deng Y, Ciarleglio M, Amirbekian S, Chaudhary N, Shanbhogue A, Ayyagari R, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Teperman L, Charles HW, Sigal SH. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation for cirrhotic portal hypertension is well tolerated among patients with portal vein thrombosis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jun;30(6):668-675. PubMed PMID: 29462027
• Fu W, Merola J, Malinis M, Lacy J, Barbieri A, Liapakis AH, Mulligan DC, Yoo PS. Successful treatment of primary donor-derived human herpesvirus-8 infection and hepatic Kaposi Sarcoma in an adult liver transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018 Oct;20(5):e12966. PubMed PMID: 30014622
• Merola J, Arnold B, Luks V, Ibarra C, Resio B, Davis KA, Pei KY. Prophylactic Ureteral Stent Placement vs No Ureteral Stent Placement During Open Colectomy. JAMA Surg. 2018 Jan 1;153(1):87-90. PubMed PMID: 28973647
• Pei K, Merola J, Davis KA, Longo WE. Can residents detect errors in technique while observing central line insertions?. Am J Surg. 2017 Jun;213(6):1166-1170.e1. PubMed PMID: 27863720
• Merola J, Jane-Wit DD, Pober JS. Recent advances in allograft vasculopathy. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2017 Feb;22(1):1-7. PubMed PMID: 27898462
• Pierce RW, Merola J, Lavik JP, Kluger MS, Huttner A, Khokha MK, Pober JS. A p190BRhoGAP mutation and prolonged RhoB activation in fatal systemic capillary leak syndrome. J Exp Med. 2017 Dec 4;214(12):3497-3505. PubMed PMID: 29097442
• Choe J, Merola J, Kulkarni S, Mulligan DC. Allograft transmission of hepatitis C during the window period: Weighing the new risks and costs in the era of donor shortage. Clin Transplant. 2017 Aug;31(8). PubMed PMID: 28643333
• Merola J, Pei KY, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Gan G, Deng Y, Mulligan DC, Davis KA. Attitudes toward organ donation among waitlisted transplant patients: results of a cross-sectional survey. Clin Transplant. 2016 Nov;30(11):1449-1456. PubMed PMID: 27582432
• Merola J, Liapakis A, Mulligan DC, Yoo PS. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease following liver transplantation: a clinical review. Clin Transplant. 2015 Sep;29(9):728-37. PubMed PMID: 26147308
• Merola J, Garg K, Adelman MA, Maldonado TS, Cayne NS, Mussa FF. Endovascular versus medical therapy for uncomplicated type B aortic dissection: a qualitative review. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2013 Oct;47(7):497-501. PubMed PMID: 23853225

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Grants and Awards Committee
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• Starzl Network for Pediatric Liver Transplant, Chair, Surgeons Working Group

Practice Locations

Specialty Information

• Surgery
• Abdominal Organ Transplant, Board Certification (2024)

• Organ Transplant - Liver transplant
• Organ Transplant
• Organ Transplant - Living Donor Kidney Transplant
• Organ Transplant - Living Donor Liver Transplant
• Organ Transplant - Robotic Living Donor Liver Transplant
• Organ Transplant - Transplant Evaluation
• Organ Transplant - Kidney transplant
• Cancers - Liver Cancer
• Cancers
• Cancers - Pediatric Cancer
• Immune System - Immunodeficiency
• Immune System
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Kidney Failure
• Kidneys and Urinary System
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Nephrotic Syndrome
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Dialysis
• Kidneys and Urinary System - Chronic Kidney Disease