Research Vision:

My research focuses on outcomes after pediatric total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation.

Research Areas:

• Pediatric auto islet transplantation

• Outcomes after liver transplantation

• Complications of living liver donation

Research Publications:

1. Berglund D, Kirchner VA, Pruett TL, Mangalick S, Kandaswamy R, Serrano OK, Benson B, Mongin S, Lake J, Chinnakotla S. Complications after Living Donor Hepatectomy: Analysis of 176 Cases at a Single Center. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Jul;227(1):24-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.007. Epub 2018 Mar 17.

2. • Impact Factor: 2.967 1. Chinnakotla S, Bellin MD, Schwarzenberg SJ, Radosevich DM, Cook M, Dunn TB, Beilman GJ, Freeman ML, Balamurugan AN, Wilhelm J, Bland B, Jimenez-Vega JM, Hering BJ, Vickers SM, Pruett TL, Sutherland DE. Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation in Children for Chronic Pancreatitis: Indication, Surgical Techniques, Postoperative Management, and Long-term Outcomes. Ann Surg. 2014 Jul;260(1):56-64.

3. Evans, M. D., Diaz, J., Adamusiak, A. M., Pruett, T. L., Kirchner, V. A., Kandaswamy, R., Humphreville, V. R., Leventhal, T. M., Grosland, J. O., Vock, D. M., Matas, A. J., Chinnakotla, S. (2020). Predictors of Survival After Liver Transplantation in Patients With the Highest Acuity (MELD ≥40). Annals of surgery. PMID: 32740239 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004211

4. Chinnakotla S, Beilman GJ, Dunn TB, Bellin MD, Freeman ML, Radosevich DM, Arain M, Amateau SK, Mallery JS, Schwarzenberg SJ, Clavel A, Wilhelm J,Robertson RP, Berry L, Cook M, Hering BJ, Sutherland DE, Pruett TL. Factors Predicting Outcomes After a Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation Lessons Learned From Over 500 Cases. Ann Surg. 2015 Oct;262(4):610-22

5. Wilhelm, J. J., Balamurugan, A. N., Bellin, M. D., Hodges, J. S., Diaz, J., Jane Schwarzenberg, S., Swanson, Z. A., Cook, M. E., Downs, E. M., Sutherland DER, Hering, B. J., & Chinnakotla, S. (2020). Progress in individualizing autologous islet isolation techniques for pediatric islet autotransplantation after total pancreatectomy in children for chronic pancreatitis. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. PMID: 32678932 doi: 10.1111/ajt.16211