Humberto Bohorquez, MD, FACS
- Sr Physician, Southshore Region
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121
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Overview
Overview
- Dr. Humberto Bohorquez received his MD from the Pontifical Xavierian University Faculty of Medicine in Bogotá, Colombia. he completed his abdominal transplant surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and performed the Ong GB fellowship in liver living transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. He worked in kidney and liver transplantation in his native city for several years previous to his appointment at Ochsner in 2007.
Publications
Selected publications
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2023Ex Situ End Ischemic Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) versus Static Cold Storage Prior to Liver Transplantation Positive Interim Results of the Bridge to Hope Pivotal Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on the Safety and Effectiveness of the VitaSmart Liver Machine Perfusion System (clinicaltrils.gov: Nct05045794). American Journal of Transplantation. 23:S420-S420.
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2022Ex Situ End Ischemic Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) Versus Static Cold Storage Prior to Liver Transplantation - Early Results of the Bridge to HOPE Pivotal Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on the Safety and Effectiveness of the VitaSmart Liver Machine Perfusion System ( clinicaltrils.gov: Nct05045794). American Journal of Transplantation. 23:S60-S61.
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2022Liver Transplantation in Older Patients. Journal of The American College of Surgeons. 235:S84-S84.
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2022A multicentre outcome analysis to define global benchmarks for donation after circulatory death liver transplantation. Journal of Hepatology. 76:371-382.
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2021Inferior Vena Caval Complications Following Orthotopic Liver Transplant. American Journal of Transplantation. 22:28-28.
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2021Quantifying the Interaction Between Posaconazole and Tacrolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Practical Approach. American Journal of Transplantation. 21:760-760.
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2021Liver Transplantation Using Hepatitis C Virus-Viremic Donors Into Hepatitis C Virus-Aviremic Recipients as Standard of Care. Liver Transplantation. 27:548-557.
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2020Assessment Of Hepatic Macrosteatosis Using A Convolutional Deep Neural Network. American Journal of Transplantation. 20:38-38.
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2020High PRA Increases Rejection but Does Not Worsen Renal Function in the First Year Post Kidney Transplant with Alemtuzumab Induction. American Journal of Transplantation. 20:912-912.
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2020Increased utilization of liver donors with infectious labels after implementation of a focused education program. American Journal of Transplantation. 20:38-39.
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2020Safety Outcomes in Lower-Weight vs Higher-Weight Recipients of Fixed Dose Alemtuzumab for Kidney Transplant Induction. American Journal of Transplantation. 20:904-905.
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2019
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2019Impact of Previous Abdominal Surgeries in Deceased Liver Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 19:37-37.
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2019Reduction in Waitlist Time Using HCV Positive Liver Grafts in HCV Negative Recipients.. American Journal of Transplantation. 19:461-462.
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2019Safety Outcomes in Elderly Patients Who Receive Alemtuzumab Induction for Kidney Transplant.. American Journal of Transplantation. 19:820-820.
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2019Use of HCV Positive Livers in HCV Negative Recipients: The Ochsner Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 19:70-70.
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2018Adipokines Alter Immune Surveillance & Promote an Aggressive HCC Phenotype. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:74-74.
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2018Endovascular Management of Hepatic Artery Stenosis: Risk Factors and Outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:67-68.
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2018Excellent Outcomes of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation Using Grafts From Older Donors: A US Single-Center Experience. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 113:S570.
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2018Impact of On-Site Overestimation of Macrosteatosis on Donor Liver Biopsy.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:573-573.
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2018Impact of Total Graft Steatotic Mass in Liver Transplant Outcomes.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:573-574.
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2018Long-Term Effects of Ketoconazole in Rapid Tacrolimus Metabolizers Post-Renal Transplantation.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:797-797.
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2018Outcomes in Liver and Combined Liver-Kidney Retransplantation.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:342-342.
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2018Outcomes of Livers Allocated to High UNOS Match Sequence Number Recipients at a High Volume Transplant Center.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:568-568.
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2018Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT) in Liver Transplantation - Recent Experience.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:556-557.
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2018Pre Liver Transplant (LT) Prediction of Surgical Complexity by Recipient Risk Grading and Optimizing Outcomes: The Ochsner Experience.. American Journal of Transplantation. 18:848-849.
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2018Surgical Categorization Improve Outcomes and Organ Utilization in Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 102:S3-S4.
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2017Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A Review. The Ochsner Journal. 17:46-55.
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2017Balloon-Occlusion Technique for Managing Portal Vein Hemorrhage in Liver Transplantation. The Ochsner Journal. 17:76-79.
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2017Clinical Predictors of Biliary Obstruction at ERCP After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT). Hepatology. 66:921A-921A.
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2017Interpreting Outcomes in DCDD Liver Transplantation: First Report of the Multicenter IDOL Consortium. Transplantation. 101:1067-1073.
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2017Is Ischemic Cholangiopathy in DCD, due to Donor Graft, Recipient Selection or Something Else?. Transplantation. 101:51-51.
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2017Novel Biliary Reconstruction Techniques During Liver Transplantation. The Ochsner Journal. 17:42-45.
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2017Outcomes Utilizing Imported Liver Grafts for Recipients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Liver Transplantation. 23:299-304.
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2017Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Increases Mortality and Length of Stay. The Ochsner Journal. 17:25-30.
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2017Pre-TACE Immune Status Correlates with Treatment Response and Tumor Biology in HCC as a Bridge to Transplant. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:436-436.
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2017Predicting Recurrence Prior to Transplant: The Response of HCC to Chemoembolization. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:436-437.
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2017Results of High Risk Donation-after-Circulatory Death (DCD) Donor Liver Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:19-19.
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2017Safety and Outcomes in 100 Consecutive Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplants Using a Protocol That Includes Thrombolytic Therapy. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:2155-2164.
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2017SiLK: Single Incision Approach for Combined Liver Kidney Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 17:75-75.
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2017Thromboprophylaxis With Heparin During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Comparison of Hepcon HMS Plus and Anti-Xa Assays for Low-Range Heparin. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 31:575-581.
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2016Donor-Recipient Matching in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: Analysis of Outcomes Using UNOS Match Sequence Data. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:77-77.
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2016Elevated Lung Shunt Fraction as a Prognostic Indicator for Disease Progression and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. JVIR: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 27:804-811.
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2016Elevated Lung Shunt Fraction as an Independent Predictor of Local Disease Progression and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:461-462.
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2016Epsilon-Aminocaproic Acid Has No Association With Thromboembolic Complications, Renal Failure, or Mortality After Liver Transplantation. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 30:917-923.
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2016Outcomes of DCD Liver Transplantation Utilizing Donors With High Donor Risk Index. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:83-83.
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2016Results from 100 Consecutive Donation-After-Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplants Using a Thrombolytic Protocol.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:584-584.
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2016Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for Severe Aortic Stenosis as a Bridge to Liver Transplantation.. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:676-676.
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2016Using on-site liver 3-D reconstruction and volumetric calculations in split liver transplantation. Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International. 15:587-592.
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2016Utilizing Imported Liver Grafts for HCC Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation. 16:82-82.
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2015Calciphylaxis in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 15:1105-1109.
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2015
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2015Expanding the Donor Pool: Comparison of Outcomes in DCD vs Living Donor Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 99:129-129.
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2015Expanding the Donor Pool: Comparison of Outcomes in DCD vs. Living Donor Liver Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 15:93-93.
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2015Is BMI of 28 an Appropriate Cutoff for Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant in Type II Diabetes?. American Journal of Transplantation. 15.
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2015Long Term Outcomes With Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy for Deceased and Living Renal Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 15.
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2015Outcomes Following Endovascular Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenosis Following Liver Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 15.
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2015Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Is Associated With Increased Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay. American Journal of Transplantation. 15.
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2015Pre-Transplant Factors Associated with Increased Risk of Post-Liver Transplant Delirium. Transplantation. 99:299-299.
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2015Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Decreasing Length of Stay. The Ochsner Journal. 15:19-24.
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2015
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2015Three Year Outcomes of Renal Allograft Transplants in African American Recipients Receiving Alemtuzumab for Induction Immunosuppression. American Journal of Transplantation. 15.
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2015Thrombolytic Protocol Minimizes Ischemic-Type Biliary Complications in Liver Transplantation From Donation After Circulatory Death Donors. Liver Transplantation. 21:321-328.
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2015Use of On-Site 3D Volumetrics for In-Situ Split-Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 99:108-108.
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2015Weighing the risk: Obesity and outcomes following liver transplantation. World Journal of Hepatology. 7:1484-1493.
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2014DCD Procurements: Low Incidence of Ischemic Cholangiopathy and Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation (LT) from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD). American Journal of Transplantation. 14:56-57.
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2014
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2014Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death. American Journal of Transplantation. 14:95-95.
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2014Improving Outcomes in Liver Transplantation from Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD). Liver Transplantation. 20:S165-S165.
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2014Role of Special Coagulation Studies for Pre-Operative Screening in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 14:863-863.
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2014
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2014Thrombolytic Protocol Minimizes Ischemic-type Biliary Complications in Liver Transplantation from Donation-After-Cardiac Death Donors. American Journal of Transplantation. 14:65-65.
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2014Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Recipients Achieved Excellent Outcomes in Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Despite High Post-Operative Weight Gain.. American Journal of Transplantation. 14:857-858.
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2013Benefits of a Robotic Donor Nephrectomy Program: A Series of 100 Consecutive Donors.. American Journal of Transplantation. 13:392-392.
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2013Excellent liver retransplantation outcomes in hepatitis C-infected recipients. Clinical Transplantation. 27:E512-E520.
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2013IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION UTILIZING DONATION AFTER CARDIAC DEAHT: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE. Transplant International. 26:53-53.
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2013Liver Transplantation (OLT) Utilizing Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Allografts: A Single Center Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 13:87-87.
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2013Liver Transplantation at the Ochsner Clinic: Quality and Outcomes Improvement. The Ochsner Journal. 13:413-418.
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2013Liver transplantation in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Liver Transplantation. 19:565-566.
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2013Liver transplantation in hepatitis B core-negative recipients using livers from hepatitis B core-positive donors: A 13-year experience. Liver Transplantation. 19:611-618.
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2013Liver transplantation in the morbidly obese: Do the outcomes justify the use of scarce organs?. Hepatology. 58:1031A-1031A.
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2013OUTCOME EFFECT OF INTRA-ARTERIAL VERAPAMIL INFUSION ON DCD LIVER TRANSPLANTATION. Transplant International. 26:52-53.
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2013Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha: Life and Death of Hepatocytes During Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. The Ochsner Journal. 13:119-130.
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2012Excellent Outcomes after Liver Retransplantation for Recurrent HCV: A Single Centre Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 12:432-432.
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2012Late Liver Retransplantation: A Single Center Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 12:86-86.
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2012Peer Review, Performance Improvement and the UNOS Membership and Professional Standards Committee: One Center's Experience. American Journal of Transplantation. 12:87-87.
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2011Anti-HBc Positive Donor Livers in Naive Hepatitis B Recipients: 10 Years Experience in a Single Center. American Journal of Transplantation. 11:202-202.
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2011LIVER TRANSPLANT BILIARY MISMATCH: BILIARY TRANSPOSITION VS DUCTOPLASTY. Transplant International. 24:309-309.
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2011Lessons Learned from the Introduction of a Robotic Assisted Donor Nephrectomy Program. American Journal of Transplantation. 11:73-73.
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2010IMPAIRED JAK-STAT SIGNALING OF INTERFERON-alpha IN CHRONICALLY HCV INFECTED LIVER TISSUE. Hepatology. 52:746A-746A.
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2010Improving Donor Livers by Inhibiting TNF-alpha Production. The Ochsner Journal. 10:250-255.
