Jeffrey D Punch

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Professor of Surgery
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Jeffrey D Punch
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      Global REACH
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      Center for Global Health Equity

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    • Journal Article
      Deceased Organ Donation and Transplantation in LIMC: A Meeting Report
      Ahn C, Stock P, Kim YH, Mannon R, Najafizadeh K, Delpierre CB, Punch J, Lkhaakhuu OE, Niño-Murcia A, Danguilan R, West L, Tullius SG, Pamugas G, Lumpaopong A, Ahmed E, Matamoros MA, Min S, Moon IS, Yoon HB, Chapman JR. Transplantation, 2026 Apr 1; 110 (4): e729 - e732. DOI:10.1097/TP.0000000000005567
      PMID: 41869835
    • Journal Article
      Healthcare providers’ perceptions of the kidney transplant program at King Faisal Hospital Rwanda: A one-year evaluation
      Martinelli M, Twagirumukiza E, Elbasha AM, Sendegeya A, Uwurukundo BS, Karangwa J, Neil KL, Nshimiyimana L, Punch J. Plos Global Public Health, 2025 Jul 1; 5 (7): DOI:10.1371/journal.pgph.0004905
    • Journal Article
      246.11: Establishing a living donor kidney transplant program in Rwanda.
      Elbasha AM, Leichtman A, Punch J, Neil K, Sendegeya A, Twagirumukiza E, Tedla F, Gasana AG, Brown L, Ntihabose C. Transplantation, 2024 Sep 17; 108 (9S): DOI:10.1097/01.tp.0001064780.90220.4d
    • Journal Article
      Establishing a Kidney Transplantation Program in a Resource-limited Country: The Experience of Rwanda
      Ahmed MM, Neil KL, Gasana AG, Leichtman A, Brown L, Tedla F, Satarino C, Sendegeya A, Rusanganwa V, Punch J, Ntihabose C. Transplantation, 2024 May 1; 108 (5): 1033 - 1035. DOI:10.1097/TP.0000000000004923
      PMID: 38659113
    • Chapter
      How to Train Surgical Subspecialists in Sub-Saharan Africa
      Punch J. 2023 Jan 1; Global Surgery how to Work and Teach in Low and Middle Income Countries, 87 - 95. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-28127-3_8
    • Journal Article
      Impact of Donor and Recipient Clinical Characteristics and Hepatic Histology on Steatosis/Fibrosis following Liver Transplantation
      Shaked O, Demetris J, Levitsky J, Feng S, Loza BL, Punch J, Reyes J, Klintmalm G, Jackson W, Desmarais M, Sayre P, Shaked A, Reddy KR. Transplantation, 2022 Jan 1; 106 (1): 106 - 116. DOI:10.1097/TP.0000000000003681
      PMID: 33982909
    • Journal Article
      Promoting health and well-being through mobile health technology (Roadmap 2.0) in family caregivers and patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Protocol development of a mobile randomized trial.
      Lynch RJ, Kubus J, Englesbe MJ, Rozwadowski M, Dittakavi M, Mazzoli A, Hassett A, Braun T, Barton D, Carlozzi NE, Tewari M, Hanauer D, Choi S. JMIR Research Protocols, 2020 Sep 18; 9 (9):
    • Journal Article
      Global kidney exchange should expand wisely
      Roth AE, Marino IR, Ekwenna O, Dunn TB, Paloyo SR, Tan M, Correa-Rotter R, Kuhr CS, Marsh CL, Ortiz J, Testa G, Sindhwani P, Segev DL, Rogers J, Punch JD, Forbes RC, Zimmerman MA, Ellis MJ, Rege A, Basagoitia L, Krawiec KD, Rees MA. Transplant International, 2020 Sep 1; 33 (9): 985 - 988. DOI:10.1111/tri.13656
      PMID: 32430941

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    Beyond missions: Building a sustainable kidney transplant program in Rwanda

    Jeffrey Punch brings just one bag, a carry-on typically packed with a week's worth of underwear, socks and shirts, a jacket, three pairs of pants, a shaving kit and loupes. The pants are worn twice each to save on packing space. A mini pharmacy also collects frequent flier miles in case travel-related illness strikes