H. Albin Gritsch, MD Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation Program Associate Professor, Division of Urology Phone: 310-794-7152

Educational Background

Specialties

Professional Memberships

Academic & Medical Staff Appointments

Research & Clinical Interests

Awards & Honors

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Additional Information

Book Chapters

1.            Gritsch,H.A., Smith,C.V., Rajfer, J., Schulam,P., Rosenthal,J.T., Lassman,C., Ettenger,R.B., Kendrick,E., Pham,P.T., Wilkinson,A.H., Danovitch,G.M.  Kidney Transplantation at UCLA, Chap. 11. In Cecka and Terasaki (eds):  Clinical Transplants 2002, Los Angeles, UCLA Immunogenetics Center, 2003.

 

2.                  Tebyani,N. and Gritsch,H.A.  Renal Cell Carcinoma in Dialysis and Transplantation.  In Belldegrun,A., Figlin,R., Vaughn, Jr.,E.D., Ritchie,A., and Oliver,T. (eds):  Renal & Adrenal Tumours – Biology & Management.  Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2003.

 

3.                  Kendrick, E.A., Singer, J., Gritsch, H.A., and Rosenthal, J.T. Medical and surgical aspects of kidney donation. In Danovitch, G.M. (ed): Handbook of Kidney Transplantation, 4^th edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

 

4.                  Singer, J. Gritsch, H.A., and Rosenthal, J.T. The Transplantation Operation and it’s Surgical Complications. In Danovitch, G.M. (ed): Handbook of Kidney Transplantation, 4^th edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

 

Invited Publications

1. Gritsch, H.A. Percutaneous management of lymphocoele following renal transplant, Clinical Challenges in Transplant Medicine, August 2000.

2. Gritsch, H.A. Improving donor nephrectomy: laparoscopic and open advances, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation 7(2):166-170, 2002.

Journal Articles

1.          Brown-Saltzman,K., Diamant,A., Fineberg,I.C., Gritsch, H.A., Keane,M., Korenman,S., Lewis,M., Morgan,M., Rothenberg,L., Tymchuk,A., Weiss,F., Weiss,I., Wenger,N., and Wiley,F.  Surrogate consent for living related organ donation.  J.A.M.A. 291(6):728-731, 2004.

 

2.           Pham,P.T., Pham,P.T., Danovitch,G.M., Ross,D.J., Gritsch,H.A., Kendrick,E.A., Singer,J. Shah,T. and Wilkinson,A.H.  Sirolimus-associated pulmonary toxicity.  Transplantation 77:1215-20, 2004.

 

3.           Woodle,E.S., Vincenti,F. Lorber,M.I., Gritsch,H.A., Hricik,D., Washburn,K., Matas, A.J., Gallichio, M., and Neylan,J.  A multicenter pilot study of early (4-day) steroid cessation in renal transplant recipients under simulect, tacrolimus and sirolimus.  Am. J. Transplant. 5:157-166, 2005.

 

4.           Zhang,Q., Liang,L.W., Gjertson,D.W., Lassman,C., Wilkinson,A.H., Kendrick,E., Pham,T., Danovitch,G.M., Gritsch,H.A., Reed,E.F.  Development of post transplant anti-donor HLA antibodies is associated with acute humoral rejection and early graft dysfunction.  Transplantation 79(5):591-8, 2005.

 

5.          Singer, J.S., Ettenger, R.B., Gore, J.L., Gritsch, H.A., Rajfer, J., Rosenthal, J.T., Schulam, P.  Laparoscopic versus open renal procurement for pediatric recipients of living donor renal transplantation.
Am. J. Transplant. 5(10):2514-20, 2005.

 

6.          Pham, P.T., Pham, P.C., Danovitch, G.M., Gritsch, H.A., Singer, J., Wallace, W.D., Hayashi, R., Wilkinson, A.H.  Predictors and risk factors for recurrent scleroderma renal crisis in the kidney allograft: case report and review of the literature.  Am J Transplant. 5(10):2565-9, 2005

 

7.          Korin, Y.D., Lee, C., Gjertson, D.W., Wilkinson, A.H., Pham, P.T., Danovitch, G.M. Gritsch, H. A., and Reed, E.F. A novel flow assay for the detection of cytokine secreting alloreactive T cells: Application to immune monitoring. Human Immunology 66:1110-1124, 2005.

 

8.          Raman, S.S., Pojchamarnwiputh, S., Muangsomboon, K., Schulam, P.G., Gritsch, H.A., Lu, D.S.K.  Utility of 16-MDCT angiography for comprehensive preoperative vascular evaluation of laparoscopic renal donors.  Am. J. Roentgenol. 186(6):1630-1638, 2006.

 

9.          Breda, A., Bui, M.H., Liao, J.C., Gritsch, H.A., Schulam, P.G.  Incidence of ureteral strictures after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.  J. Urol. 176:1065-1068, 2006.

 

10.         Veale, J.L., Liang, L.W., Zhang, Q., Gjertson, D.W., Bloomquist, E.W., Jia, J., Qian, L., Wilkinson, A.H., Danovitch, G.M., Pham, P.T., Rosenthal, J.T, Lassman, C.R., Braun, J., Reed, E.F., Gritsch, H.A.  Non-invasive diagnosis of antibody mediated or cellular rejection by perforin and granzyme B in renal allografts.  Human Immunology 67(10):777-7786, 2006.

 

11.         Kowalski, R., Post, D., Mannon, R., Sebastian, A., Wright, H., Sigle, G., Burdick, J., Abu Elmagd, K., Zeevi, A., Lopez-Cepero, M., Daller, J., Gritsch, H.A., Reed, E., Jonnson, J., Hawkins, D., and Britz, J.  Assessing relative risks of infection and rejection in solid organ transplantation:  A meta-analysis using the Cylex® Immunknow™ assay.  Transplantation 82(5):663-668, 2006.

 

12.        Veale, J.L., Yew, J., Gjertson, D.W., Smith, C.V., Singer, J.S., Rosenthal, J.T., Gritsch, H.A.  Long-term comparitive outcomes between two common ureteroneocystostomy techniques in renal transplantation.  J. Urol.  Feb. 2007 (In Press).

 

13.        Jin, Y.,   Zhang, X.,  Jindra, P.T., Zhang, Q., Korin, Y., Li, F., Hsueh, A.,  Kobashigwa, J.A., Gritsch, H. A., Wallace, W.D.,  Fishbein, M.C., Reed, E.F.  Antibody Mediated Rejection: Role of HLA Class I and Class II Signaling in Transplant Arteriosclerosis and Accommodation.  Human Immunology (In Press).