Global kidney exchange should expand wisely
Ignazio R. Marino
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSiegfredo R. Paloyo
Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
Search for more papers by this authorRicardo Correa-Rotter
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Search for more papers by this authorChristian S. Kuhr
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher L. Marsh
Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorGiuliano Testa
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey Rogers
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRachel C. Forbes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMichael A. Zimmerman
Froedtert Hospital-Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew J. Ellis
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLaura Basagoitia
General Regional Hospital No 1, Dr. Carlos Macgregor Sánchez Navarro, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
Search for more papers by this authorKimberly D. Krawiec
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA
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Michael A. Rees
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation, Perrysburg, OH, USA
Correspondence
Michael A. Rees, University of Toledo Medical Center, Department of Urology, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Mail Stop 1091, Toledo, OH, USA.
Tel.: 419-383-3961;
fax: 419-383-3785;
e-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorIgnazio R. Marino
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorSiegfredo R. Paloyo
Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
Search for more papers by this authorRicardo Correa-Rotter
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Search for more papers by this authorChristian S. Kuhr
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher L. Marsh
Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorGiuliano Testa
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey Rogers
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRachel C. Forbes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMichael A. Zimmerman
Froedtert Hospital-Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew J. Ellis
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLaura Basagoitia
General Regional Hospital No 1, Dr. Carlos Macgregor Sánchez Navarro, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
Search for more papers by this authorKimberly D. Krawiec
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Michael A. Rees
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation, Perrysburg, OH, USA
Correspondence
Michael A. Rees, University of Toledo Medical Center, Department of Urology, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Mail Stop 1091, Toledo, OH, USA.
Tel.: 419-383-3961;
fax: 419-383-3785;
e-mail: [email protected]
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Conflict of interest
Michael Rees is the unpaid CEO of the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation. Michael Rees and Alvin Roth have an ownership interest in Rejuvenate Healthcare, LLC that consults on care for patients with end-stage renal disease. The other authors have no conflicts of interest.
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