Biography

Dr. Woojin James Chon is currently working as Assistant Professor at University of Chicago, USA. He has completed his Ph.D. in Medical Science from same University. He specializes in the evaluation of donors and recipients for Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation. Dr. Chon has extensive experience in Post-Transplant Treatment, particularly in the Management of Immunosuppressive Therapy for these patients. His area of expertise includes Renal Transplantation, Pancreas Transplantation, Polyomavirus, and Vaccination in Transplantation, Ethics in Transplantation, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, and Leflunomide. He has 14 publications in journals as author/co-author. Dr. Chon has been actively involved in numerous clinical research projects that deal with complex medical issues in renal transplant candidates and recipients. He is also interested in protecting deceased donor kidneys from tissue injury that can occur during the procurement surgery and transport process. He is member of American College of Physicians, American Society of Nephrology, and American Society of Transplantation.

Area of Interest:

Medicine

100%

Renal Medicine

62%

Internal Medicine

90%

Immunology

75%

Medical Sciences

55%

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Selected Publications

Savari, O., K. Golab, L. Wang, L. Schenck and R. Grose et al., 2015. Preservation of beta cell function following pancreatic islet autotransplantation: University of Chicago experience. Am. Surgeon, 81: 421-427.
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Chon, W.J., P.V. Kadambi, C. Xu, Y.T. Becker and P. Witkowski et al., 2015. Use of leflunomide in renal transplant recipients with ganciclovir-resistant/refractory cytomegalovirus infection: A case series from the University of Chicago. Case Rep. Nephrol. Dialysis, 5: 96-105.
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Kadambi, P.V., A.K. Gamilla-Crudo, M. Almiani, M.A. Josephson and W.J. Chon, 2014. Differing tales of two patients after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Case Rep. Transplantation, Vol. 2014. 10.1155/2014/754256.
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Cowan, M., W.J. Chon, A. Desai, S. Andrews and Y. Bai et al., 2014. Impact of immunosuppression on recall immune responses to influenza vaccination in stable renal transplant recipients. Transplantation, 97: 846-853.
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Chon, W.J., M.A. Josephson, E.J. Gordon, Y.T. Becker and P. Witkowski et al., 2014. When the living and the deceased cannot agree on organ donation: a survey of US organ procurement organizations (OPOs). Am. J. Transplantation, 14: 172-177.
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Lockwood, M.B., M.R. Saunders, C.S. Lee, Y.T. Becker and M.A. Josephson et al., 2013. Kidney transplant and the digital divide: is information and communication technology a barrier or a bridge to transplant for African Americans? Prog. Transplantation, 23: 302-309.
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Gordon, E.J., Z. Butt, S.E. Jensen, A.L.M. Lehr and J. Franklin et al., 2013. Opportunities for shared decision making in kidney transplantation. Am. J. Transplantation, 13: 1149-1158.
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Kadambi, P.V., W.J. Chon, M.A. Josephson, A. Desai and J.R. Thistlethwaite et al., 2012. Reuse of a previously transplanted kidney: does success come with a price? Clin. Kidney J., 5: 434-437.
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Chang, A., J.M. Moore, M.L. Cowan, M.A. Josephson and W.J. Chon et al., 2012. Plasma cell densities and glomerular filtration rates predict renal allograft outcomes following acute rejection. Transplant Int., 25: 1050-1058.
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Chon, W.J. and M.A. Josephson, 2011. Leflunomide in renal transplantation. Expert Rev. Clin. Immunol., 7: 273-281.
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Kadambi, P.V., W.J. Chon and M.A. Josephson, 2010. Smoking-does it "burn" the kidney transplant? Am. J. Kidney Dis., 55: 817-819.
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Chon, W.J., P.V. Kadambi, R.C. Harland, J.R. Thistlethwaite and B.L. West et al., 2010. Changing attitudes toward influenza vaccination in U.S. Kidney transplant programs over the past decade. Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., 5: 1637-1641.
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Avihingsanon, Y., N. Ma, M. Pavlakis, W.J. Chon and M.E. Uknis et al., 2005. On the intraoperative molecular status of renal allografts after vascular reperfusion and clinical outcomes. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., 16: 1542-1548.
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Luan, F.L., R. Ding, V.K. Sharma, W.J. Chon and M. Lagman et al., 2003. Rapamycin is an effective inhibitor of human renal cancer metastasis. Kidney Int., 63: 917-926.
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