Publications About Transplant House Calls

Updated February 22, 2026

  1. Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Lin JK, Kaplan B, Howard RJ. Increasing live donor kidney transplantation: A randomized evaluation of a home-based educational intervention. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:394-401. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17173659
  2. Pradel FG, Bartlett ST. Does a home-based education program improve rates of living donor kidney transplantation? Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2007; 3:366-7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17489090/ 
  3. Rodrigue JR, Cornell DL, Lin JK, Kaplan B, Howard RJ. A randomized trial of a home-based educational approach to increase live donor kidney transplantation: Effects in blacks and whites. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 51:663-70. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18371542/
  4. Massey EK, Hilhorst MT, Nette RW, Smak Gregoor PJ, van den Dorpel MA, van Kooij AC, Zuidema WC, Zietse R, Busschbach JJ, Weimar W. Justification for a home-based education programme for kidney patients and their social network prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy. J Med Ethics. 2011; 37:677-81. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21613647/ 
  5. Rodrigue JR, Pavlakis M, Egbuna O, Paek MJ, Waterman AD, Mandelbrot DA. The “House Calls” trial: A randomized controlled trial to reduce racial disparities in live donor kidney transplantation: Rationale and design. Contemp Clin Trails. 2012; 33: 811-8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22510472/ 
  6. Ismail SY, Luchtenburg AE, Zuidema WC, Boonstra C, Weimar W, Massey EK, Busschbach JJ. Multisystemic engagement and nephrology based educational intervention: a randomized controlled trial protocol on the KidneyTteam At Home study. BMC Nephrol. 2012; 13:62. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-62. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22824537/ 
  7. Rodrigue JR, Paek M, Egbuna O, Waterman AD, Schold JD, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Readiness of wait-listed black patients to pursue live donor kidney transplantation. Prog Transplant. 2014; 24:355-361. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25488559/ 
  8. Rodrigue JR, Paek M, Egbuna O, Waterman AD, Schold JD, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Making house calls increases living donor inquiries and evaluations for blacks on the kidney transplant waiting list. Transplantation. 2014; 98:979-86. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24825528/ 
  9. Ismail SY, Luchtenburg AE, Timman R, Zuidema WC, Boonstra C, Weimar W, Busschbach JJ, Massey EK. Home-based family intervention increases knowledge, communication and living donation rates: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Transplant. 2014; 14:1862-9.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24935081/ 
  10. Rodrigue JR, Paek M, Schold JD, Pavlakis M, Mandelbrot DA. Predictors and moderators of educational interventions to increase the likelihood of potential living donors for black patients awaiting kidney transplantation. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2016; 10.1007/s40615-016-0286-0. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27631380/ 
  11. Massey EK, Gregoor PJ, Nette RW, van den Dorpel MA, van Kooij A, Zietse R, Zuidema WC, Timman R, Busschbach JJ, Weimar W. Early home-based group education to support informed decision-making among patients with end-stage renal disease: a multi-centre randomized controlled trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016; 31:823-30.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26330561/ 
  12. Barnieh L, Collister D, Manns B, Lam NN, Shojai S, Lorenzetti D, Gill JS, Klarenbach S. A scoping review for strategies to increase living kidney donation. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017; 12:1518-27. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28818845/ 
  13. Hunt HF, Rodrigue JR, Dew MA, Schaffer RL, Henderson ML, Bloom R, Kacani P, Shim P, Bolton L, Sanchez W, Lentine KL. Strategies for increasing knowledge, communication and access to living donor transplantation: An evidence review to inform patient education. Curr Transplant Rep. 2018; 5:27-44. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30873335/ 
  14. Redeker S, Oppe M, Visser M, Busschbach JJV, Weimar W, Massey E, Ismail S; ‘Nierteam aan Huis’ consortium. Cost-effectiveness of a home-based group educational programme on renal replacement therapies: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 2019; 9:e025684. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025684. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30904865/ 
  15. Sandal S, Dendukuri N, Wang S, Guadagno E, Ekmekjian T, Alam A. Efficacy of Educational Interventions in Improving Measures of Living-donor Kidney Transplantation Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Transplantation. 2019; 103:2566-2575. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30946222/ 
  16. Redeker S, Massey EK, Boonstra C, van Busschbach JJ, Timman R, Brulez HFH, Hollander DAAMJ, Hilbrands LB, Bemelman F, Berger SP, van de Wetering J, van den Dorpel RMA, Dekker-Jansen M, Weimar W, Ismail SY; Kidney Team at Home consortium. Implementation of the kidney team at home intervention: Evaluating generalizability, implementation process, and effects. Transpl Int. 2021; 34:2317-2328. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34390041/ 
  17. Rodrigue JR, Fleishman A, Schold JD, Medeiros L, Collins Damron K, Martin J, DuBay DA, Pavlakis P, Evenson A, Baliga PK. Transplant house calls plus peer mentorship: assessing impact on living donor kidney transplant access and patient-reported outcomes for black patients. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Feb 10. doi: 10.1007/s40615-026-02867-6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41667857/ 

Presentations About Transplant House Calls

Updated February 22, 2026

  1. Rodrigue JR. A Home-Based Educational Program to Increase Living Kidney Donation. United Network for Organ Sharing Transplant Management Forum (Plenary Session), Miami, FL, 2004.
  2. Rodrigue JR. Randomized Evaluation of a Home-Based Educational Program to Increase Living Kidney Donation. American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 2005.
  3. Rodrigue JR. A Novel Home-Based Educational Program to Increase Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. World Organ Donation Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
  4. Rodrigue JR. Can We Reduce the Racial Disparity in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation? Nephrology Grand Rounds, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2008.
  5. Rodrigue JR. Effective Strategies for Increasing Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. Nephrology Grand Rounds, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2008.
  6. Rodrigue JR. Strategies for Increasing Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. Nephrology Grand Rounds, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, 2008.
  7. Rodrigue JR. Strategies for Increasing Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. Visiting Professor Lecture, University of Iowa, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, 2009.
  8. Rodrigue JR. Old-Fashioned House Calls: Can They Reduce the Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplantation? American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA, 2010.
  9. Rodrigue JR. Making House Calls: How a Novel Home-Based Program Can Increase Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation (ELPAT) Congress, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2010.
  10. Rodrigue JR. Old-Fashioned House Calls: Can They Reduce Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation? Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2012.
  11. Rodrigue JR. Increasing Live Donor Kidney Transplantation Via House Calls. The International Congress of The Transplantation Society, Berlin, Germany, 2012.
  12. Rodrigue JR. Can Old-Fashioned House Calls Reduce Disparities in Live Donor Kidney Transplantation? Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Nashville, TN, 2012.
  13. Rodrigue JR. Novel Measures to Respond to the Declining Volume of Living Donation. Transplant Rounds, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2013.
  14. Rodrigue JR. Promoting Living Donation and Home-Based Education. Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation (ELPAT) Congress, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2013.
  15. Rodrigue JR. Home-Based Education for Increasing LDKT. Congress of the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT), Vienna, Austria, 2013.
  16. Rodrigue JR. The House Calls Trial. American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 2013.
  17. Rodrigue JR. The Decline in Living Kidney Donation in the United States. Surgery Grand Rounds, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, 2013.
  18. Rodrigue JR. The House Calls Trial and Implications for Donor Awareness. Living Donor Advocate Symposium, Baylor University, Dallas, TX, 2013.
  19. Rodrigue JR. The Decline in Living Kidney Donation and Strategies to Attenuate It. Transplant Grand Rounds, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2014.
  20. Rodrigue JR. The House Calls Project and Its Importance in Living Donation. International Conference on Living Donor Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Padova, Italy, 2014.
  21. Rodrigue JR. Breaking the 25% Barrier: How MUSC Can Increase Its Live Donor Kidney Transplantation Volume. Visiting Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Surgery, Charleston, SC, 2016.
  22. Rodrigue JR. Strategies to Expand the Living Donor Pool. Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation (ELPAT) Congress, Rome, Italy, 2016.
  23. Rodrigue JR. Educating the Social Network of Black Patients Predicts the Likelihood of a Living Donor Evaluation and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation. Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Transplantation (ELPAT) Congress, Rome, Italy, 2016.
  24. Rodrigue JR. Strategies for Safely Expanding Live Donor Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Grand Rounds, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2017.
  25. Rodrigue JR. Transplant House Calls: A Primer. The Living Bank, Houston, TX, 2017.
  26. Rodrigue JR. Strategies to Reduce Racial and Income Disparities in Access to Kidney Transplantation. Surgery Grand Rounds, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2018.
  27. Rodrigue JR. How to Help Patients with Kidney Failure Find a Living Donor. Ontario Renal Network, Access to Kidney Transplantation and Living Donation Initiative, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2018.
  28. Rodrigue JR. Evidence-Based Approaches to Increase Living Donation. American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation Annual Meeting, Clearwater Beach, FL, 2019.
  29. Rodrigue JR. Increasing Access to Living Donor Transplantation, One Social Network at a Time. Visiting Professor, University of Colorado Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Denver, CO, 2023.
  30. Rodrigue JR. Increasing Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, One Social Network at a Time. Nephrology Grand Rounds, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2024.
  31. Rodrigue JR. Comparing the Effectiveness of Transplant House Calls and Peer Mentorship. Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation (AMAT) Annual Meeting, Convington, KY, 2025.
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