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Paul Tso MD

  • Department of Surgery
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 727-9942
  • ptso@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Tso earned his MD from the University of Maryland, completed his general surgery residency at Louisiana State University, did his fellowship in traumatology and critical care at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, and completed his fellowship in transplantation at Ohio State University.

Dr. Tso's clinical specialties are dual renal transplant, islet transplant, pancreatic transplant, and live donor nephrectomy. His primary research pursuits are developing methods of increasing the donor organ pool and evaluating policies of organ allocation.

In 2017, Dr. Tso and his surgical team performed Emory's first HIV to HIV kidney transplant. The procedure was the first of its kind in Georgia and the first HIV to HIV positive kidney transplant that year.

Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of Maryland
  • BS from University of Maryland
  • High School Diploma from High Point High School

Research

Focus

  • One of the problems in transplantation is the shortage of donor organs. My research interests include methods to increase the donor pool. Expanded criteria or marginal donor organs are being transplanted but strategies to ensure optimal utilization without compromising graft and patient survival need to be developed and refined.

Publications

  • Transplant Radical Nephrectomy and Transplant Radical Nephroureterectomy for Renal Cancer: Postoperative and Survival Outcomes.
    Ann Transplant Volume: 25 Page(s): e925865
    10/23/2020 Authors: Nabavizadeh R; Noorali AA; Makhani SS; Hong G; Holzman S; Patil DH; Kim FY; Tso PL; Turgeon NA; Ogan K
  • Access to renal transplantation for the elderly in the face of new allocation policy: a review of contemporary perspectives on "older" issues.
    Transplant Rev (Orlando) Volume: 28 Page(s): 6 - 14
    01/01/2014 Authors: Tso PL
  • With respect to elderly patients: finding kidneys in the context of new allocation concepts.
    Am J Transplant Volume: 12 Page(s): 1091 - 1098
    05/01/2012 Authors: Tso PL; Dar WA; Henry ML
  • What Is Optimal Induction Therapy for Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys?
    Volume: 10 Page(s): 31 - 31
    01/01/2010 Authors: Tso PL; Turgeon NA; Newell KA; Pearson TC; Larsen CP; Kirk AD
  • Impact of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy on Reactivation of BK Virus in Renal Transplant Recipients.
    Volume: 9 Page(s): 422 - 422
    01/01/2009 Authors: Agarwal A; Metha A; Kokko K; Turgeon NA; Tso PY; Newell KA; Larsen CP; Kirk AD
  • A Single Center Comparison between Basiliximab and Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction Therapy for Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation.
    Volume: 9 Page(s): 547 - 547
    01/01/2009 Authors: Shen L; Turgeon N; Tso P; Newell K; Pearson T; Larsen C; Kirk A
  • Dynamic Hypercoagulability Following Pancreas Transplantation.
    Volume: 9 Page(s): 616 - 617
    01/01/2009 Authors: Shen L; Agarwal A; Turgeon N; Tso P; Newell K; Pearson T; Larsen C; Winkler A; Duncan A; Kirk A
  • Impact of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin induction therapy on reactivation of BK virus in renal transplant recipients.
    Volume: 8 Page(s): 460 - 460
    05/01/2008 Authors: Agarwal A; Meetha A; Kokko KE; Turgeon NA; Tso PL; Newell KA; Pearson TC; Larsen CP; Kirk AD
  • Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: Multiple arteries are not a predictor of recipient outcomes.
    Volume: 8 Page(s): 457 - 457
    05/01/2008 Authors: Bearden CM; Tso PL; Turgeon NA; Ogan K; Pearson TC; Kirk AD; Larsen CP; Newell KA
  • Transplanting the highly sensitized patient: The emory algorithm.
    Am J Transplant Volume: 6 Page(s): 2307 - 2315
    10/01/2006 Authors: Bray RA; Nolen JDL; Larsen C; Pearson T; Newell KA; Kokko K; Guasch A; Tso P; Mendel JB; Gebel HM
  • Comparable graft survival in sensitized and unsensitized renal transplant recipients: A 5 year single center review.
    Volume: 5 Page(s): 456 - 456
    05/01/2005 Authors: Nolen JDL; Gebel HM; Larsen C; Pearson T; Newell K; Kokko K; Guasch A; Tso P; Bray RA
  • Single center experience with allograft pancreatectomy.
    Volume: 5 Page(s): 358 - 358
    05/01/2005 Authors: Tso PL; Newell KA; Pearson TC; Larsen CP
  • Rational development of LEA29Y (belatacept), a high-affinity variant of CTLA4-Ig with potent immunosuppressive properties.
    Am J Transplant Volume: 5 Page(s): 443 - 453
    03/01/2005 Authors: Larsen CP; Pearson TC; Adams AB; Tso P; Shirasugi N; Strobert E; Anderson D; Cowan S; Price K; Naemura J
  • A 5 year single center review of graft survival in sensitized renal transplant recipients
    Volume: 66 Page(s): S56 - S56
    01/01/2005 Authors: Nolen JDL; Bray RA; Pearson T; Larsen C; Newell K; Kokko K; Guasch A; Tso P; Gebel HM
  • Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation utilizing a common arterial conduit: early experience and potential applications.
    Am J Transplant Volume: 3 Page(s): 1440 - 1443
    11/01/2003 Authors: Tso PL; Cash MP; Pearson TC; Larsen CP; Newell KA
  • Immediate renal allograft function following pulsatile preservation.
    TRANSPLANTATION Volume: 69 Page(s): S335 - S335
    04/27/2000 Authors: Henry ML; Tso P; Elkhammas EA; Davies EA; Pelletier RP; Bumgardner GL; Ferguson RM
  • Impact of serum lipids on long-term graft and patient survival after renal transplantation.
    Transplantation Volume: 60 Page(s): 1418 - 1421
    12/27/1995 Authors: Bumgardner GL; Wilson GA; Tso PL; Henry ML; Elkhammas EA; Davies EA; Qiu W; Ferguson RM
  • Obesity as a risk factor after combined pancreas/kidney transplantation.
    Volume: 60 Page(s): 1426 - 1430
    12/27/1995 Authors: Bumgardner GL; Henry ML; Elkhammas E; Wilson GA; Tso P; Davies E; Qiu W; Ferguson RM
  • Risk factors of long-term survivals in combined kidney/pancreas transplantation: a multivariate analysis of 259 recipients.
    Transplant Proc Volume: 27 Page(s): 3104
    12/01/1995 Authors: Tso PL; Elkhammas EA; Henry ML; Kim SI; Davies EA; Bumgardner GL; Ferguson RM
  • Gastric carcinoma in the young.
    Cancer Volume: 59 Page(s): 1362 - 1365
    04/01/1987 Authors: Tso PL; Bringaze WL; Dauterive AH; Correa P; Cohn I
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