Elizabeth Godfrey, MD
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Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Rice University
Professional Interests: Liver and kidney disease; health services and outcomes research in surgery, particularly resource allocation and prioritization with a focus on reducing disparities; space medicine (and other extreme environments)
Hobbies: Playing viola, trying new sports (most recently sailing), building miniatures, cooking and baking international dishes
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- MD
- Baylor College of Medicine (2021)
- BS
- Rice University, Bioengineering (2017)
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A big-picture view of Elizabeth Godfrey's research output by year.
15Publications
217Citations
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2022
Trends in Survival for Pediatric Transplantation.
Hickner B, Anand A, Godfrey E, Dunson J, Reul R, Cotton R, Galvan N, O'Mahony C, Goss J, Rana A. Trends in Survival for Pediatric Transplantation. Pediatrics 2022, 149 PMID: 35079811, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-049632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsTreat survivalKidney transplantPosttransplant survivalHeart transplantPediatric transplantationMultivariable Cox regressionPercentage of patientsKaplan-Meier methodLog-rank testLiver transplantPosttransplant outcomesTreat analysisTransplant ratesCox regressionDonor poolPatient's perspectiveTransplantPatient careStudy periodΧ2 testLiverSurvivalTransplantationSignificant increaseChildren
2021
Disease-Specific Variation in Intention to Treat (ITT) Survival for Lung Transplant Candidates in the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) Era
Godfrey E, Garcha P, Carrott P, Liao K, Shafii A, Rana A, Segraves J, Li G, Kumar A, Loor G. Disease-Specific Variation in Intention to Treat (ITT) Survival for Lung Transplant Candidates in the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) Era. 2021, a1780-a1780. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_meetingabstracts.a1780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2020
Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List
Bakhtiyar SS, Godfrey EL, Ahmed S, Lamba H, Morgan J, Loor G, Civitello A, Cheema FH, Etheridge WB, Goss J, Rana A. Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List. JAMA Cardiology 2020, 5: 1227-1235. PMID: 32785619, PMCID: PMC7675100, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.2795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVentricular assist deviceHeart transplant waiting listList survivalTransplant waiting listWaiting listMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysisCox proportional hazards regression analysisProportional hazards regression analysisHeart transplantation waiting listAdjusted survival analysisHazards regression analysisTransplantation waiting listWait-listed candidatesCandidate risk factorsHeart transplantationList mortalityUNOS databaseClinical improvementHeart transplantPrimary outcomeAdjusted analysisSurvival outcomesKaplan-MeierPatient groupUnited NetworkA Data-Driven Approach to Defining the Volume-Outcome Relationship in Lung Transplantation
Godfrey E, Frankel W, Rana A, Liao K, Loor G, Suarez E. A Data-Driven Approach to Defining the Volume-Outcome Relationship in Lung Transplantation. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s364. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHigh-volume centersStratum-specific likelihood ratiosLung transplantationVolume centersVolume strataLung transplant centersOrgan Sharing databaseExtended criteria donorsVolume-outcome relationshipEx vivo perfusionMajority of transplantsLTx casesLTx centersLung transplantIschemic timeFinal cohortOlder recipientsPrimary outcomeSharing databaseSubstantial morbidityTransplant centersRecipient outcomesYear mortalityPatient survivalUnited NetworkData-Driven Volume Thresholds Predictive of Improved Outcomes after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Frankel W, Godfrey E, Suarez E, Rana A, Shafii A, Loor G, Liao K. Data-Driven Volume Thresholds Predictive of Improved Outcomes after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s363. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrthotopic heart transplantationHigh-volume centersStratum-specific likelihood ratio (SSLR) analysisVolume centersHeart transplantationVolume strataImproved outcomesIntra-aortic balloon pumpImproved early outcomePost-transplant dialysisOrgan Sharing databaseLow-volume centersYears of ageLow-volume counterpartsComplex surgical careHalf of recipientsOHT casesPreoperative characteristicsPostoperative outcomesBalloon pumpFinal cohortPrimary outcomeSharing databaseMedication usageEarly mortalityResponse to “Reply to: ‘The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease’”
Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, Mindikoglu AL, Galván NTN, Cotton RT, O'Mahony CA, Goss JA, Rana A. Response to “Reply to: ‘The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease’”. American Journal Of Transplantation 2020, 20: 903-904. PMID: 31943742, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2019
The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease
Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, Mindikoglu AL, Galván NTN, Cotton RT, O'Mahony CA, Goss JA, Rana A. The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease. American Journal Of Transplantation 2019, 19: 3299-3307. PMID: 31394020, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMELD scoreLiver diseaseNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseHCV-positive patientsHCV-positive statusLab-MELD scoreAlcoholic liver diseaseFatty liver diseaseBest supportive therapyDe-identified dataLiver transplantLiver transplantationMELD eraFailure etiologyWaitlist deathsSupportive therapyUnited NetworkEtiology of diseaseOrgan SharingConcordance statisticDiseaseMortalityEtiologyMELDPatientsThe Man with 2 Hearts: 25 Years from Heterotopic to Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.
Godfrey EL, Kueht ML, Rana A, Frazier OH. The Man with 2 Hearts: 25 Years from Heterotopic to Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Texas Heart Institute Journal / From The Texas Heart Institute Of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital 2019, 46: 199-202. PMID: 31708703, PMCID: PMC6827470, DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-17-6544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn Infertile Couple's Long and Expensive Path to Varicocele Repair.
Balasubramanian A, Thirumavalavan N, Scovell J, Lo J, Ji B, Godfrey EL, Pastuszak AW, Lipshultz LI. An Infertile Couple's Long and Expensive Path to Varicocele Repair. Urology 2019, 124: 131-135. PMID: 30359710, PMCID: PMC6387868, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2018.10.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease An Update
Godfrey EL, Stribling R, Rana A. Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease An Update. Clinics In Liver Disease 2019, 23: 127-139. PMID: 30454827, DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2018.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAlcoholic liver diseaseLiver diseaseAbstinence periodBetter long-term outcomesLiver disease burdenSevere alcoholic hepatitisOverall favorable outcomeLong-term outcomesAlcohol use treatmentUnique health concernsMinimum abstinence periodPosttransplantation riskAlcoholic hepatitisLiver transplantationMetabolic complicationsEarly transplantationDisease burdenFavorable outcomeBetter outcomesHealth concernUse treatmentTransplantationOutcomesDiseaseSelection criteria