Michael Wachs, MD
Professor, Surgery-Transplant

Professional Titles

• Chief of Abdominal Transplant Surgery CHCO
• Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery

Teaching

Publications

• Huang J, Yoeli D, Sundaram SS, Carpenter T, Annam A, Pahlavan S, Wachs M, Adams MA. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in a pediatric liver transplant recipient with very severe hepatopulmonary syndrome. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Nov 6;:e14185. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34741368
• Steinberg Christofferson E, Ruzicka EB, Bolt M, Lyons E, Wachs M, Buchanan CL, Schmiege SJ, Monnin K. Understanding disparities and barriers associated with pediatric transplant evaluation and time to listing: Moving toward a more comprehensive picture. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Nov 5;:e14182. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34738706
• Wachs S, Kuiper B. Liver Failure, Renal Failure, and a Rash: An Unusually Severe Case of Multi-Organ Failure Due to Murine Typhus. Cureus. 2021 Jul;13(7):e16661. PubMed PMID: 34462691
• Yoeli D, Jackson WE, Adams MA, Wachs ME, Sundaram SS, Sater A, Cisek JR, Choudhury RA, Nydam TL, Pomposelli JJ, Conzen KD, Kriss MS, Burton JR Jr, Pomfret EA. Challenging the Traditional Paradigm of Supply and Demand in Pediatric Liver Transplantation Through Nondirected Living Donation: A Case Series. Liver Transpl. 2021 Oct;27(10):1392-1400. PubMed PMID: 34048131
• Yoeli D, Choudhury RA, Nydam TL, Pomposelli JJ, Goss JA, Pomfret EA, Wachs ME, Adams MA. The Surge in Deceased Liver Donors Due to the Opioid Epidemic: Is It Time to Split the Difference?. Transplantation. 2021 Oct 1;105(10):2239-2244. PubMed PMID: 33065726
• Yoeli D, Choudhury RA, Nydam TL, Pomposelli JJ, Goss JA, Pomfret EA, Wachs ME, Adams MA. The Surge in Deceased Liver Donors Due to the Opioid Epidemic: Is it Time to Split the Difference?. Transplantation. 2020 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33065726
• Choudhury RA, Yoeli D, Dagan A, Yaffe H, Moore HB, Conzen KD, Adams M, Wachs M, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Nydam TL. Offspring to Parent LDLT: Narrowing the Gap Between Theory and Evidence. Transplantation. 2020 Oct;104(10):e307. PubMed PMID: 32969991
• Schulick AC, Moore HB, Walker CB, Yaffe H, Pomposelli JJ, Azam F, Wachs M, Bak T, Kennealey P, Conzen K, Adams M, Pshak T, Choudhury R, Chapman MP, Pomfret EA, Nydam TL. A clinical coagulopathy score concurrent with viscoelastic testing defines opportunities to improve hemostatic resuscitation and enhance blood product utilization during liver transplantation. Am J Surg. 2020 Dec;220(6):1379-1386. PubMed PMID: 32907709
• Moore HB, Yaffe H, Pomposelli JJ, Wachs M, Bak T, Kennealey P, Conzen K, Adams M, Pshak T, Choudhury R, Walker C, Schulick A, Ferrell T, Chapman MP, Pomfret EA, Nydam TL. Detection of early allograft dysfunction at 30 min of reperfusion in liver transplantation: An intraoperative diagnostic tool with real time assessment of graft function. Am J Surg. 2020 Dec;220(6):1518-1525. PubMed PMID: 32907708
• Walker CB, Moore HB, Nydam TL, Schulick AC, Yaffe H, Pomposelli JJ, Wachs M, Bak T, Conzen K, Adams M, Pshak T, Choudhury R, Chapman MP, Pomfret EA, Kennealey P. The use of thromboelastography to assess post-operative changes in coagulation and predict graft function in renal transplantation. Am J Surg. 2020 Dec;220(6):1511-1517. PubMed PMID: 32878689
• Dagan A, Choudhury RA, Yaffe H, Yoeli D, Moore HB, Conzen KD, Adams M, Wachs M, Pomposelli JJ, Pomfret EA, Nydam TL. Offspring Versus Nonoffspring to Parent Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Does Donor Relationship Matter?. Transplantation. 2020 May;104(5):996-1002. PubMed PMID: 31568397
• Chirichella TJ, Dunham CM, Zimmerman MA, Phelan EM, Mandell MS, Conzen KD, Kelley SE, Nydam TL, Bak TE, Kam I, Wachs ME. Donor preoperative oxygen delivery and post-extubation hypoxia impact donation after circulatory death hypoxic cholangiopathy. World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Mar 28;22(12):3392-403. PubMed PMID: 27022221
• Kriss M, Wachs M, Attwell A. An Unusual Cause of Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a Patient With Prior Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Gastroenterology. 2016 Mar;150(3):e7-9. PubMed PMID: 26827800
• Mandell MS, Seres T, Lindenfeld J, Biggins SW, Chascsa D, Ahlgren B, Wachs M, Bambha KM. Risk factors associated with acute heart failure during liver transplant surgery: a case control study. Transplantation. 2015 Apr;99(4):873-8. PubMed PMID: 25208319
• Mandell MS, Seres T, Lindenfeld J, Biggins SW, Chascsa D, Ahlgren B, Wachs M, Bambha KM. Risk Factors Associated With Acute Heart Failure During Liver Transplant Surgery: A Case Control Study. Transplantation. 2014 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25208319
• Kelly MA, Kaplan M, Nydam T, Wachs M, Bak T, Kam I, Zimmerman MA. Sirolimus reduces the risk of significant hepatic fibrosis after liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus: a single-center experience. Transplant Proc. 2013 Nov;45(9):3325-8. PubMed PMID: 24182811
• Maybrook RJ, Campsen J, Wachs ME, Levi ME. A case of Mycobacterium mucogenicum infection in a liver transplant recipient and a review of the literature. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;15(6):E260-3. PubMed PMID: 24131754

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), Member
• American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), Member
• The Transplantation Society (TTS), Member
• Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), Member
• American College of Surgeons (ACS), Member
• International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS), Member
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), Member