Fields Transplant Surgery Field Organ transplantation | Spouse Sommer Gentry | |
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Residence Balti, Maryland, United States Alma maters Rice University, Johns Hopkins University | ||
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Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, FACS, is associate vice chair for research, director of the Epidemiology Research Group in Organ Transplantation, and associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins. He has made significant contributions to the field of transplantation including development of a mathematical model to facilitate nationwide Kidney Paired Donation program both in the US and Canada.
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- Beantown s got talent 2015 act 17 dorry segev being alive sondheim
- Will big data reshape transplantation by dorry segev baltimore usa
- HOPE Act and HIV Positive Transplantation in the US
- Hobbies
- Honors and awards
- Most cited publications
- References
Both Segev and his wife, Sommer Gentry, have been featured in the Baltimore Sun, Science (magazine), Time Magazine, and The New York Times.
Will big data reshape transplantation by dorry segev baltimore usa
HOPE Act and H.I.V. Positive Transplantation in the U.S.
On November 21, 2013, President Barack Obama signed into law the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (or HOPE Act), a bipartisan legislation that updated regulations from 1988 that had prevented research into HIV positive organs for transplant. Dr. Segev had been a front runner to push the legislation through by conducting a study to try to estimate how many potential HIV-positive deceased donors there would be. Findings found that available donors would about 500 per year, which would allow for over 1,000 organs available for transplant.
Before the HOPE Act was passed, there had been no previous American research on whether or not the transplants would be effective and any organ whose donor was diagnosed with HIV would be immediately thrown out.
With the HOPE Act, HIV positive patients on the current kidney and liver waiting lists can elect to also be open to any organs whose donors were diagnosed to be HIV positive. This would not remove the patients from accepting non-HIV positive organs. However, it does have the potential to significantly shorten a patient's wait time on the kidney and liver deceased donor wait list.
The first HIV-to-HIV transplants that were performed in the United States happened on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.
Hobbies
In addition to his scientific career, Segev is also a multi-award winner and international teacher in swing dance and Lindy Hop with Gentry. In 2005, Segev and Gentry started Charm City Swing, a non-profit organization in Baltimore, MD that is dedicated to introducing the art of swing dance to non-dancers. Charm City Swing found a permanent home at the Mobtown Ballroom in 2012.
Honors and awards
Most-cited publications
