Peter Than, M.D.

Bio

Peter A. Than, MD, is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in abdominal organ (liver and kidney) transplantation in adults and children. His expertise also includes living donor organ transplantation, general surgery procedures in patients with liver and kidney disease, dialysis access surgery, and surgical treatment of hepatobiliary (liver, bile duct, and gallbladder) disorders.

Dr. Than is associate surgical director of adult kidney transplantation at UC San Diego Health. As an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, he trains medical students, residents and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

His research investigates strategies to increase the supply of suitable organs for transplantation, develop techniques for organ assessment and improve allograft outcomes. He co-directs the Transplant Revitalization Laboratory at UC San Diego. His research has been presented at numerous national meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Than completed a fellowship in abdominal multi-organ transplantation at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also completed residency training in general surgery and served as administrative chief resident. He also completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Stanford focusing on regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and cell and gene therapies.

He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American Society of Transplantation. Dr. Than is board certified in general surgery.

Outside of work Dr. Than enjoys cycling, sailing, traveling and spending time with his family.

Publications

Breaking the p-type doping barrier in β-Ga(2)O(3): a GaN-based heterojunction bipolar transistor with high gain, high breakdown, and RF capability.
Than PH, Than TQ, Takaki Y

[Potential use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in the public health-epidemiology sector of medicine].
Venczel V, Mód M, Schlégl ÁT, Than P

Clinical and Histologic Risk Factors for the Development of Early Allograft Dysfunction in Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplantation.
Loza J, Alghannam K, Howard B, De Leon F, Fine J, Wang AX, Jen KY, Goussous N, Sageshima J, Perez RV, Than PA

Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation From Donors on Renal Replacement Therapy.
Goussous N, Alghannam K, Than PA, Wang AX, Chen LX, Alexopoulos SP, Sageshima J, Perez RV

A Conjugate of an EGFR-Binding Peptide and Doxorubicin Shows Selective Toxicity to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.
Than PP, Yao SJ, Althagafi E, Kaur K

Outcomes Using High KDPI Kidneys in Recipients Over 65 y of Age.
Goussous N, De Leon F, Alghannam K, Howard BC, Than PA, Wang AX, Sageshima J, Perez RV

A Survey of United States Transplant Center Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplant Practices in the Modern Era.
Alghannam K, Howard B, Loza J, Goussous N, Sageshima J, Mineyev NM, Wang A, Perez RV, Than PA

Impact of Warm Ischemia Time on Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Alghannam K, Fine J, Howard B, Loza J, Goussous NM, Sageshima J, Mineyev NM, Wang AX, Perez RV, Than PA

Comparative analysis of the quality of life regarding patients who underwent hip replacement in public versus private hospitals in Hungary.
Kajos LF, Molics B, Than P, Gőbel G, Elmer D, Pónusz-Kovács D, Csákvári T, Kovács B, Horváth L, Bódis J, Boncz I

Effectiveness of Postoperative Single-shot and Continuous Transverse Abdominis Plane Block Compared to Conventional Analgesia in Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Live-donor Nephrectomy.
De Leon F, Alghannam K, Gul HL, Goussous N, Mineyev N, Than PA, Perez RV, Sageshima J

Prediction of High-Risk Donors for Kidney Discard and Nonrecovery Using Structured Donor Characteristics and Unstructured Donor Narratives.
Sageshima J, Than P, Goussous N, Mineyev N, Perez R

Allometrically scaling tissue forces drive pathological foreign-body responses to implants via Rac2-activated myeloid cells.
Padmanabhan J, Chen K, Sivaraj D, Henn D, Kuehlmann BA, Kussie HC, Zhao ET, Kahn A, Bonham CA, Dohi T, Beck TC, Trotsyuk AA, Stern-Buchbinder ZA, Than PA, Hosseini HS, Barrera JA, Magbual NJ, Leeolou MC, Fischer KS, Tigchelaar SS, Lin JQ, Perrault DP, Borrelli MR, Kwon SH, Maan ZN, Dunn JCY, Nazerali R, Januszyk M, Prantl L, Gurtner GC

Long-term Survival of Grafts From Small and Very Small Pediatric Donors in Women vs Men With End-stage Kidney Disease.
Yu JM, Sageshima J, Nuño MA, Mineyev NM, Goussous N, Than PA, Perez RV

Author Correction: Neck-shaft angle measurement in children: accuracy of the conventional radiography-based (2D) methods compared to 3D reconstructions.
Schlégl ÁT, Nyakas V, Kovács D, Maróti P, Józsa G, Than P

Neck-shaft angle measurement in children: accuracy of the conventional radiography-based (2D) methods compared to 3D reconstructions.
Schlégl ÁT, Nyakas V, Kovács D, Maróti P, Józsa G, Than P

Effect of single end-range and not end-range Maitland mobilization on pressure pain threshold and functional measures in knee osteoarthritis: randomised, controlled clinical trial.
Pozsgai M, Udvarácz K, Péter IA, Than P, Nusser N

Characteristics of human leptospirosis in three different geographical and climatic zones of Vietnam: a hospital-based study.
Mai LTP, Dung LP, Mai TNP, Hanh NTM, Than PD, Tran VD, Quyet NT, Hai H, Ngoc DB, Hai PT, Hoa LM, Thu NT, Duong TN, Anh DD

A case-control study of agricultural and behavioral factors associated with leptospirosis in Vietnam.
Dung LP, Hai PT, Hoa LM, Mai TNP, Hanh NTM, Than PD, Tran VD, Quyet NT, Hai H, Ngoc DB, Thu NT, Mai LTP

[Investigation of the short-term quality of life and socio-demographic factors of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty].
Kajos LF, Molics B, Than P, Gőbel G, Boncz I

End-range Maitland mobilization decreasing pain sensitivity in knee osteoarthritis: randomized, controlled clinical trial.
Pozsgai M, Péter IA, Farkas N, Than P, Nusser N

Alternative methods for skeletal maturity estimation with the EOS scanner-Experience from 934 patients.
Schlégl ÁT, O'Sullivan I, Varga P, Than P, Vermes C

Maximal Axial Vertebral Rotation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Is the Apical Vertebra the Most Rotated?
József K, Schlégl ÁT, Burkus M, Márkus I, O'Sullivan I, Than P, Csapó MT

Selective Microvascular Tissue Transfection Using Minicircle DNA for Systemic Delivery of Human Coagulation Factor IX in a Rat Model Using a Therapeutic Flap.
Than PA, Davis CR, Rennert RC, Morrison SD, Findlay MW, Kay MA, Gurtner GC

Operative Technique of Donor Organ Procurement for En Bloc Heart-liver Transplantation.
Elde S, Brubaker AL, Than PA, Rinewalt D, MacArthur JW, Alassar A, Bonham CA, Esquivel CO, Shudo Y, Concepcion W, Woo YJ

Leptospira infection among human-close-contact animals in different geographical areas in Vietnam.
Mai LTP, Dung LP, Than PD, Dinh TV, Quyet NT, Hai H, Mai TNP, Hanh NTM, Ly NK

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