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Tiffany E. Kaiser, PharmD

Research Professor

Internal Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Residency : University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery - Division of Transplantation (Transplant Pharmacy )
  • Residency: University of Illinois, Department of Pharmacy Practice (Pharmacy Practice, ASHP-Accredited Emphasis in Critical Care )
  • Doctoral Degree: Ohio State University College of Pharmacy (Doctor of Pharmacy (cum laude))
  • Bachelor's Degree: Ohio State University College of the Arts and Sciences
Contact Information
Research Interests

Transplant Hepatology.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Anwar, Nadeem; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Bari, Khurram; Schoech, Michael; Diwan, Tayyab S; Cuffy, Madison C; Silski, Latifa; Quillin, Ralph C; Safdar, Kamran; Shah, Shimul A 2020. Use of Hepatitis C NAT Positive Liver Allografts in Hepatitis C Virus Seronegative Recipients. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, ,

Bari, Khurram; Shah, Shimul A; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Cohen, Robert M; Anwar, Nadeem; Kleesattel, David; Sherman, Kenneth E 2020. Safety and Efficacy of Budesonide for Liver Transplant Immune Suppression: Results of a Pilot Phase 2a trial. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, ,

Campara, Maya; Lourenco, Laura M; Melaragno, Jennifer I; Kaiser, Tiffany E 2020. Implications for Body Weight Extremes in Solid Organ Transplantation. Pharmacotherapy, ,

Jorgenson, Margaret R; Descourouez, Jillian L; Brady, Bethany L; Bowman, Lyndsey; Hammad, Sara; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Laub, Melissa R; Melaragno, Jennifer I; Park, Jeong M; Chandran, Mary M 2020. Alternatives to immediate release tacrolimus in solid organ transplant recipients: When the gold standard is in short supply. Clinical transplantation, , e13903

Lee, Tiffany C; Bittel, Lacey; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Quillin, R Cutler; Jones, Courtney; Shah, Shimul A 2020. Opioid Minimization after Liver Transplantation: Results of a Novel Pilot Study. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, ,

Dao, Ann; Cuffy, Madison; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Loethen, Ashley; Cafardi, John; Luckett, Keith; Rike, Adele Helen; Cardi, Michael; Alloway, Rita R; Govil, Amit; Diwan, Tayyab; Sherman, Kenneth E; Shah, Shimul A; Woodle, Ervin Steve 2019. Use of HCV Ab+/NAT- donors in HCV naïve renal transplant recipients to expand the kidney donor pool. Clinical transplantation, 33 7, e13598

Lee, Tiffany C; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Alloway, Rita; Woodle, Ervin Steve; Edwards, Michael J; Shah, Shimul A 2019. Telemedicine Based Remote Home Monitoring After Liver Transplantation: Results of a Randomized Prospective Trial. Annals of surgery, 270 3, 564-572

Lee, Tiffany C; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Luckett, Keith; Wima, Koffi; Winer, Leah K; Morris, Mackenzie C; Kassam, Al-Faraaz; Safdar, Kamran; Bari, Khurram; Anwar, Nadeem; Quillin, R Cutler; Shah, Shimul A 2019. Use, Safety, and Effectiveness of Viremic Hepatitis B Virus Donor Livers: A Potential Opportunity to Expand the Donor Pool. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 25 10, 1581-1584

Luckett, Keith; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Bari, Khurram; Safdar, Kamran; Schoech, Michael R; Apewokin, Senu; Diwan, Tayyab S; Cuffy, Madison C; Anwar, Nadeem; Shah, Shimul A 2019. Use of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive Donor Livers in Hepatitis C Nonviremic Liver Transplant Recipients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 228 4, 560-567

Morris, Mackenzie C; Jung, Andrew D; Kim, Young; Lee, Tiffany C; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Thompson, Jonathan R; Bari, Khurram; Shah, Shimul A; Cohen, Robert M; Schauer, Daniel P; Smith, Eric P; Diwan, Tayyab S 2019. Delayed Sleeve Gastrectomy Following Liver Transplantation: A 5-Year Experience. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 25 11, 1673-1681

Bari, Khurram; Luckett, Keith; Kaiser, Tiffany; Diwan, Tayyab; Cuffy, Madison; Schoech, Michael R; Safdar, Kamran; Blackard, Jason T; Apewokin, Senu; Paterno, Flavio; Sherman, Kenneth E; Zucker, Stephen D; Anwar, Nadeem; Shah, Shimul A 2018. Hepatitis C transmission from seropositive, nonviremic donors to non-hepatitis C liver transplant recipients. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 67 5, 1673-1682

Maldonado, Angela Q; West-Thielke, Patricia; Dew, Mary Amanda; Peipert, John Devin; Heldenbrand, Seth; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Chisholm-Burns, Marie; Potter, Lisa M 2018. Meeting report: Consensus recommendations for a research agenda to address immunosuppressant nonadherence in organ transplantation. Clinical transplantation, 32 9, e13362

Diwan, Tayyab S; Lichvar, Alicia B; Leino, Abbie D; Vinks, Alexander A; Christians, Uwe; Shields, Adele R; Cardi, Michael A; Fukuda, Tsuyoshi; Mizuno, Tomoyuki; Kaiser, Tiffany; Woodle, E Steve; Alloway, Rita R 2017. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic analysis of immunosuppressive agents after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Clinical transplantation, ,

Levitsky, J; Formica, R N; Bloom, R D; Charlton, M; Curry, M; Friedewald, J; Friedman, J; Goldberg, D; Hall, S; Ison, M; Kaiser, T; Klassen, D; Klintmalm, G; Kobashigawa, J; Liapakis, A; O'Conner, K; Reese, P; Stewart, D; Terrault, N; Theodoropoulos, N; Trotter, J; Verna, E; Volk, M 2017. The American Society of Transplantation Consensus Conference on the Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Solid Organ Transplantation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 17 11, 2790-2802

Ertel, Audrey E; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2016. Use of video-based education and tele-health home monitoring after liver transplantation: Results of a novel pilot study. Surgery, 160 4, 869-76

Tremblay, Simon; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Alloway, Rita R; Woodle, E Steve; Diwan, Tayyab S 2016. Absence of the Effect of Pretransplant Body Mass Index on Post Kidney Transplant Outcomes. Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 26 2, 183-90

Ertel, Audrey E; Kaiser, Tiffany; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Using Telehealth to Enable Patient-Centered Care for Liver Transplantation. JAMA surgery, 150 7, 674-5

Kaiser, Tiffany E; Alloway, Rita R 2015. Complications in Transplantation: Medication Nonadherence. Clinical transplants, 31 , 275-284

Singhal, Ashish; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Quillin, R Cutler; Cuffy, Madison; Anwar, Nadeem; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Paterno, Flavio; Diwan, Tayyab S; Woodle, E Steve; Abbott, Daniel E; Shah, Shimul A 2015. Impact of recipient morbid obesity on outcomes after liver transplantation. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 28 2, 148-55

Taber, D J; Pilch, N A; Trofe-Clark, J; Kaiser, T E 2015. A National Survey Assessing the Current Workforce of Transplant Pharmacists Across Accredited U.S. Solid Organ Transplant Programs. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 15 10, 2683-90

Paterno, Flavio; Wilson, Gregory C; Wima, Koffi; Quillin, Ralph C; Abbott, Daniel E; Cuffy, Madison C; Diwan, Tayyab S; Kaiser, Tiffany; Woodle, E Steve; Shah, Shimul A 2014. Hospital utilization and consequences of readmissions after liver transplantation. Surgery, 156 4, 871-8

Eckman, Mark H; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Sherman, Kenneth E 2011. The Cost-effectiveness of Screening for Chronic Hepatitis B Infection in the United States. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 52 11, 1294-306

Neff, Guy; Zacharias, Victoria; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Gaddis, Amy; Kemmer, Nyingi 2010. Rifaximin for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection after liver transplantation: A case series. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 16 8, 960-3

Kemmer, Nyingi; Zacharias, Victoria; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Neff, Guy W 2009. Access to liver transplantation in the MELD era: role of ethnicity and insurance. Digestive diseases and sciences, 54 8, 1794-7

Kemmer, N; Kaiser, T; Zacharias, V; Neff, G W 2008. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: outcomes after liver transplantation. Transplantation proceedings, 40 5, 1492-4

Kemmer, Nyingi; Neff, Guy; Secic, Michelle; Zacharias, Victoria; Kaiser, Tiffany; Buell, Joseph 2008. Ethnic differences in hepatocellular carcinoma: implications for liver transplantation. Digestive diseases and sciences, 53 2, 551-5

Kemmer, Nyingi; Safdar, Kamran; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Zacharias, Victoria; Neff, Guy W 2008. Liver transplantation trends for older recipients: regional and ethnic variations. Transplantation, 86 1, 104-7

Kemmer, Nyingi; Safdar, Kamran; Kaiser, Tiffany; Zacharias, Victoria; Neff, Guy W 2008. Impact of geographic location on access to liver transplantation among ethnic minorities. Transplantation, 85 2, 166-70

Kemmer, N; Secic, M; Zacharias, V; Kaiser, T; Neff, G W 2007. Long-term analysis of primary nonfunction in liver transplant recipients. Transplantation proceedings, 39 5, 1477-80

Kemmer, Nyingi; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Zacharias, Victoria; Secic, Michelle; Neff, Guy W 2007. Revisiting posttransplant survival for hepatitis C virus recipients. Transplantation, 84 7, 932-3

Neff, G W; Kemmer, N; Kaiser, T; Zacharias, V; Majoras, N; Safdar, K 2007. Outcomes in adult and pediatric liver transplantation among various ethnic groups. Transplantation proceedings, 39 10, 3204-6

Neff, Guy W; Kemmer, Nyingi; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Zacharias, Victoria C; Alonzo, Michele; Thomas, Mark; Buell, Joseph 2007. Combination therapy in liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B virus without hepatitis B immune globulin. Digestive diseases and sciences, 52 10, 2497-500

Kemmer, Nyingi; Neff, Guy; Kaiser, Tiffany; Zacharias, Victoria; Thomas, Mark; Tevar, Amit; Satwah, Supriya; Shukla, Rakesh; Buell, Joseph 2006. An analysis of the UNOS liver transplant registry: high serum alpha-fetoprotein does not justify an increase in MELD points for suspected hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 12 10, 1519-22

Neff, G W; Kemmer, N; Zacharias, V C; Kaiser, T; Duncan, C; McHenry, R; Jonas, M; Novick, D; Williamson, C; Hess, K; Thomas, M; Buell, J 2006. Analysis of hospitalizations comparing rifaximin versus lactulose in the management of hepatic encephalopathy. Transplantation proceedings, 38 10, 3552-5

Rike, Adele H; Mogilishetty, Gautham; Alloway, Rita R; Succop, Paul; Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir; Cardi, Michael; Kaiser, Tiffany E; Thomas, Mark; Woodle, E Steve . Cardiovascular risk, cardiovascular events, and metabolic syndrome in renal transplantation: comparison of early steroid withdrawal and chronic steroids. Clinical transplantation, 22 2, 229-35