Mary Rude Institution-verified

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UAMS

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Internal Med, College of Medicine

8 h-index 26 pubs 499 cited

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Mary Rude's research focuses on liver transplantation, particularly outcomes for patients with co-existing kidney disease and the impact of organ allocation systems. She has investigated waitlist outcomes for simultaneous liver-kidney transplant recipients and the effects of UNOS acuity circles on deceased donor liver transplant rates. Her work also examines COVID-19 mortality in vaccinated versus unvaccinated liver and kidney transplant recipients, comparing outcomes in consecutive cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Additionally, Rude has published on the diagnostic challenges of metastatic jejunal adenocarcinoma in liver transplant patients with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and the underrepresentation of women referred for liver transplant, irrespective of socioeconomic status. Her scholarship includes 26 publications with 499 citations and an h-index of 8. She collaborates extensively with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Mary K. Rude, Lyle Burdine, Sushma Bhusal, and Allison Wells.

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Katherine Rude, M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Rude received her medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at the Uniiversity of Michigan. She also completed two fellowship programs at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington Univeristy in St. Louis - one in gastroenterology and one in transplant hepatology.

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h-index: 8
Publications: 26
Citations: 499

Selected Publications

Drug-coated balloon angioplasty with a focus on solid organ transplantation: a promising paradigm shift in cardiovascular interventions (2026)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Inferior Waitlist Outcomes Among Patients Listed for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation (2025)

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Metastatic Jejunal Adenocarcinoma in the Hepatobiliary Limb Post-Liver Transplant: Diagnostic Challenges in a Patient with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (2024)

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S4862 Multifaceted Diagnostic Approach for Unexplained Anemia in a Post Liver Transplant Patient With Metastatic Adenocarcinoma and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (2024)

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Women Referred for Liver Transplant Are Less Likely to Be Transplanted Irrespective of Socioeconomic Status (2023)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex
SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Unvaccinated Liver- and Kidney-Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Experience of 103 Consecutive Cases (2022)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex