Thomas G. Peters, M.D.

Thomas G. Peters M.D.

Emeritus Professor

Department: Department of Surgery
Business Phone: (904) 244-3925
Business Email: thomas.peters@jax.ufl.edu

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Surgery
  • Transplantation Surgery
Interests
  • Clinical Special Interests: Renal transplantation
  • Research Special Interests: Transplant outcomes

Publications

2023
Report From a Multidisciplinary Symposium on the Future of Living Kidney Donor Transplantation.
Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).33(4):363-371[DOI] 10.1177/15269248231212911.[PMID] 37968881.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2022
Projecting the Economic Impact of Compensating Living Kidney Donors in the United States: Cost-Benefit Analysis Demonstrates Substantial Patient and Societal Gains.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.25(12):2028-2033[DOI] 10.1016/j.jval.2022.04.1732.[PMID] 35690519.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Cost Structures of US Organ Procurement Organizations.
Transplantation.105(12):2612-2619[DOI] 10.1097/TP.0000000000003667.[PMID] 33988344.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Estimated impact of novel coronavirus-19 and transplant center inactivity on end-stage renal disease-related patient mortality in the United States.
Clinical transplantation.35(8):e14292-[DOI] 10.1111/ctr.14292.[PMID] 33749935.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2021
Reducing the Shortage of Transplant Kidneys: A Lost Opportunity for the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.77(6):963-966[DOI] 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.10.007.[PMID] 33271212.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2020
The cost of procuring deceased donor kidneys: Evidence from OPO cost reports 2013-2017.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.20(4):1087-1094[DOI] 10.1111/ajt.15669.[PMID] 31667990.
7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2019
Removing Disincentives to Kidney Donation: A Quantitative Analysis.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN.30(8):1349-1357[DOI] 10.1681/ASN.2019030242.[PMID] 31345987.
16 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2018
Would government compensation of living kidney donors exploit the poor? An empirical analysis.
PloS one.13(11):e0205655-[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0205655.[PMID] 30485269.
8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2017
US Democrats' vs Republicans' Views on Compensating Living Kidney Donors-Reply.
JAMA surgery.152(2):211-[DOI] 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4108.[PMID] 27902839.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2016
Views of US Voters on Compensating Living Kidney Donors.
JAMA surgery.151(8):710-6[DOI] 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0065.[PMID] 27007405.
16 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2015
Vascular management during live donor nephrectomy: an online survey among transplant surgeons.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.15(6):1701-7[DOI] 10.1111/ajt.13142.[PMID] 25833120.
20 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
Clips and the Live Kidney Donor'S Renal Artery: the Threat To Life Continues.
American Journal of Transplantation.12():449-450[DOI] .[PMID] .
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
Good news regarding race and kidney transplant access in America.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.12(4):810-1[DOI] 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03902.x.[PMID] 22225621.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
Impact of donor hepatitis C virus infection status on death and need for liver transplant in hepatitis C virus-positive kidney transplant recipients.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.60(1):112-20[DOI] 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.03.015.[PMID] 22560841.
36 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
Incentives for organ donation: proposed standards for an internationally acceptable system.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.12(2):306-12[DOI] 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03881.x.[PMID] 22176925.
65 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2012
Regulatory failure contributing to deaths of live kidney donors.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.12(4):829-34[DOI] 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03918.x.[PMID] 22233486.
27 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2011
Azathioprine in Modern Immunousuppressive Therapy for Kidney Transplantation
Journal of Investigative Medicine.59():312-[DOI] .[PMID] .
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2011
Satisfaction with renal replacement therapy and education: the American Association of Kidney Patients survey.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN.6(3):605-12[DOI] 10.2215/CJN.06970810.[PMID] 21330485.
78 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2011
Transplant Patient Education: a Flawed Concept
American Journal of Transplantation.11():67-[DOI] .[PMID] .
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2011
Transplantation of Hepatitis C Positive Kidneys Into Selected Hepatitis C Negative Recipients
.57():270-[DOI] .[PMID] .
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2010
Perioperative mortality and long-term survival in live kidney donors.
JAMA.303(22):2248-9; author reply 2249[DOI] 10.1001/jama.2010.728.[PMID] 20530772.
4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2010
The high-risk recipient: the Eighth Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons' State-of-the-Art Winter Symposium.
Clinical transplantation.24(1):23-8[DOI] 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01156.x.[PMID] 19919609.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2009
Defining High Risk in Adult Kidney Transplantation
Progress in Transplantation.19():252-258[DOI] .[PMID] .
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2006
Fatal and nonfatal hemorrhagic complications of living kidney donation.
Annals of surgery.243(1):126-30[DOI] .[PMID] 16371747.
127 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2006
Re: JSLS 2006;10:135-140 The development of a laparoscopic donor nephrectomy program in a De novo renal transplant program: evolution of technique and results in over 200 cases & JSLS 2006;10: 141-144 Laparoscopic vascular control techniques in donor nephrectomy: effects on vessel length.
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.10(4):547; author reply 547-8[DOI] .[PMID] 17575782.
PubMed·Publisher's Site
2005
Family Disagreement over Organ Donation.
The virtual mentor : VM.7(9):-[DOI] 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.ccas2-0509.[PMID] 23253584.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2005
Racial disparities and transplantation.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.46(4):760-2[DOI] .[PMID] 16183433.
3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2004
Differences in patient and transplant professional perceptions of immunosuppression-induced cosmetic side effects.
Transplantation.78(4):537-43[DOI] .[PMID] 15446312.
31 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2004
Late urinary tract infection after renal transplantation in the United States.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.44(2):353-62[DOI] .[PMID] 15264195.
201 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2004
Outcomes associated with recipient and donor hepatitis C serology status after kidney transplantation in the United States: analysis of the USRDS/UNOS database.
Clinical transplants.():51-61[DOI] .[PMID] 16704138.
28 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2004
The impact of transplantation with deceased donor hepatitis c-positive kidneys on survival in wait-listed long-term dialysis patients.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.4(12):2032-7[DOI] .[PMID] 15575906.
83 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2003
Hepatitis C and renal transplantation in the era of modern immunosuppression.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN.14(11):2908-18[DOI] .[PMID] 14569101.
75 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2002
A stand in favor of financial incentives in organ recovery.
Dialysis & transplantation.31(5):322, 324-5[DOI] .[PMID] 12785366.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2002
Education, pay, and job status: a national survey of transplant coordinators.
Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).12(3):212-6[DOI] .[PMID] 12371048.
4 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2002
Effect of donor factors on early graft survival in adult cadaveric renal transplantation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.2(1):68-75[DOI] .[PMID] 12095059.
80 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
1992
Financial incentives in organ donation: current issues.
Dialysis & transplantation.21(5):270, 273, 290-[DOI] .[PMID] 11654010.
2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site

Office Information

Academic Office
Suite 8000
580 West 8th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 244-9853
 thomas.peters@jax.ufl.edu
Senior Medical Secretary
 Jennifer Barcom
(904) 244-3925
jennifer.barcom@jax.ufl.edu

Education

Medical Degree
1970 · University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Surgery Residency
1977 · Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Transplantation Surgery Fellowship
1978 · University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA

News

June 10, 2010
UF surgery professorship named in honor of Methodist Medical Center

Media Coverage

March 24, 2016
Most people would donate a kidney— especially for money
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