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Narendra Battula MD

Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Surgery
Division: Transplant Surgery
Program: Transplant Surgery

Research Areas of Interest

  • Liver Transplantation

    • Research Experience

  • Liver Transplantation
  • Living Donors
  • Organ Transplantation

    • Publications (43)

  • Updates on Machine Perfusion for Organ Preservation: Highlights From the World Transplant Congress 2025. (White K, Maheswaran H, Faria I, Battula NR, Martins PN, Pitchaimuthu M) Artif Organs 2025 Oct 28 PMID: 41147692 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105020587432 10/28/2025    
  • A Systematic Review of the Use of Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Large Vessel Vasculitis. (Chay T, Patel T, Dumaru N, Maddukuri S, Haddad RR, Battula NS, Mohammed L) Cureus 2025 Aug;17(8):e91235 PMID: 41030746 PMCID: PMC12478970 10/01/2025    
  • Real-Time Viability Assessment of Ex Vivo Mouse Kidneys for Transplant Applications Using Dynamic Optical Coherence Tomography. (Zhang KE, Yan F, Valerio T, Yan C, Zhang Q, Liu R, Ma X, Liu J, Wang C, Vu T, Mutembei B, Pandit K, Silveyra F, Duong D, Hostetler C, Milam A, Nave B, Squires R, Yu Z, Fung KM, Battula N, Potter S, Pan C, Chen WR, Martins P, Ling Y, Tang Q) bioRxiv 2025 Sep 04 PMID: 40950110 PMCID: PMC12424824 09/15/2025    
  • Posttransplant Biliary Complications in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Single Center Study. (Bouvette RD, Barber R, Sarwar Z, Martins PN, Battula NR, Pitchaimuthu M) Exp Clin Transplant 2025 Jul;23(7):466-472 PMID: 40878137 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105014374569 08/29/2025    
  • Reply to Letter to the Editor. (Pitchaimuthu M, Crochet C, Battula NR, Faria I, Martins PN) Artif Organs 2025 Sep;49(9):1472-1473 PMID: 40600365 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009694077 07/02/2025    
  • Role of Fasting in the Management of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials. (Haddad RR, Battula NS, Chay T, Patel T, Dumaru N, Maddukuri S, Khan S) Cureus 2025 May;17(5):e84259 PMID: 40525060 PMCID: PMC12168860 06/17/2025    
  • Tacrolimus dosing in liver transplant recipients using phenotypic personalized medicine: A phase 2 randomized clinical trial. (Khong J, Lee M, Warren C, Kim UB, Duarte S, Andreoni KA, Shrestha S, Johnson MW, Battula NR, McKimmy DM, Beduschi T, Lee JH, Li DM, Ho CM, Zarrinpar A) Nat Commun 2025 May 16;16(1):4558 PMID: 40379675 PMCID: PMC12084539 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105005401352 05/17/2025       2 Citations
  • Expanding the Use of Ex Situ Organ Machine Perfusion Beyond Transplantation. (Martins PN, Edil BH, McNally L, Battula NR) Artif Organs 2025 Aug;49(8):1229-1235 PMID: 40259786 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003300733 04/22/2025       1 Citation
  • Comprehensive Evaluation of Human Donor Liver Viability with Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography. (Yan F, Zhang Q, Mutembei BM, Wang C, Alhajeri ZA, Pandit K, Zhang F, Zhang K, Yu Z, Fung KM, Elgenaid SN, Parrack P, Ali W, Hostetler CA, Milam AN, Nave B, Squires R, Martins PN, Battula NR, Potter S, Pan C, Chen Y, Tang Q) medRxiv 2025 Apr 01 PMID: 40236439 PMCID: PMC11998830 04/16/2025    
  • Soluble DNA Concentration in the Perfusate is a Predictor of Posttransplant Renal Function in Hypothermic Machine Perfused Kidney Allografts. (Duarte S, Fassler AM, Willman M, Lewis D, Warren C, Angeli-Pahim I, Shah R, Vrakas G, El Hinnawi A, De Faria W, Beduschi T, Battula N, Zarrinpar A) Transplant Direct 2025 Apr;11(4):e1768 PMID: 40124244 PMCID: PMC11927653 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003036828 03/24/2025    
  • Machine perfusion organ preservation: Highlights from the American transplant congress 2024. (Pitchaimuthu M, Crochet C, Battula NR, Faria I, Martins PN) Artif Organs 2025 Feb;49(2):326-331 PMID: 39763219 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85214365367 01/07/2025       4 Citations
  • Successful Liver Transplant From a Donor With Sickle Cell Disease. (Pardue K, Timmerman M, Elgenaid S, Hassell L, Battula NR, Pitchaimuthu M) Am Surg 2024 Dec;90(12):3301-3304 PMID: 39056458 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206959033 07/26/2024    
  • Machine perfusion organ preservation: Highlights from the American Transplant Congress 2023. (Faria I, Canizares S, Devos L, Strom C, Battula N, Eckhoff DE, Martins PN) Artif Organs 2024 Jul;48(7):794-799 PMID: 38693706 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192175008 05/02/2024       4 Citations
  • Personalized Tacrolimus Dosing After Liver Transplantation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (Khong J, Lee M, Warren C, Kim UB, Duarte S, Andreoni KA, Shrestha S, Johnson MW, Battula NR, McKimmy DM, Beduschi T, Lee JH, Li DM, Ho CM, Zarrinpar A) medRxiv 2023 Jun 03 PMID: 37397983 PMCID: PMC10312854 07/03/2023    
  • Portosystemic shunts versus endoscopic intervention with or without medical treatment for prevention of rebleeding in people with cirrhosis. (Simonetti RG, Perricone G, Robbins HL, Battula NR, Weickert MO, Sutton R, Khan S) Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Oct 22;10(10):CD000553 PMID: 33089892 PMCID: PMC8095029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85094126293 10/23/2020       10 Citations
  • An international multicenter study of protocols for liver transplantation during a pandemic: A case for quadripartite equipoise. (Chew CA, Iyer SG, Kow AWC, Madhavan K, Wong AST, Halazun KJ, Battula N, Scalera I, Angelico R, Farid S, Buchholz BM, Rotellar F, Chan AC, Kim JM, Wang CC, Pitchaimuthu M, Reddy MS, Soin AS, Derosas C, Imventarza O, Isaac J, Muiesan P, Mirza DF, Bonney GK) J Hepatol 2020 Oct;73(4):873-881 PMID: 32454041 PMCID: PMC7245234 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85088649347 05/27/2020       25 Citations
  • Utility of a routine bench cholangiogram for ex situ split liver procedure. (Battula NR, Anbarasan R, Thumma V, Perera MTPR, Muiesan P, Isaac JR, Sharif K, Mirza DF) Clin Transplant 2019 Jul;33(7):e13614 PMID: 31125455 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068970603 05/28/2019       6 Citations
  • Obtaining Optimal Long-Term Outcomes from Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Cancer. (Reichman TW, Bhati CS, Battula NR) Dig Dis Sci 2019 Apr;64(4):976-984 PMID: 30840163 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062704381 03/07/2019       4 Citations
  • Oxygenated Preservation Solutions for Organ Preservation. (Battula NR, Andreoni KA) Transplantation 2019 Feb;103(2):233-234 PMID: 30422951 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060541790 11/14/2018       5 Citations
  • Balloon-Occlusion Technique for Managing Portal Vein Hemorrhage in Liver Transplantation. (Seal JB, Bohorquez H, Battula N, DeGregorio L, Bugeaud E, Bruce DS, Carmody IC, Cohen AJ, Loss GE) Ochsner J 2017;17(1):76-79 PMID: 28331452 PMCID: PMC5349641 03/24/2017    
  • Safety and Outcomes in 100 Consecutive Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplants Using a Protocol That Includes Thrombolytic Therapy. (Bohorquez H, Seal JB, Cohen AJ, Kressel A, Bugeaud E, Bruce DS, Carmody IC, Reichman TW, Battula N, Alsaggaf M, Therapondos G, Bzowej N, Tyson G, Joshi S, Nicolau-Raducu R, Girgrah N, Loss GE) Am J Transplant 2017 Aug;17(8):2155-2164 PMID: 28276658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85017433865 03/10/2017       84 Citations
  • Outcomes utilizing imported liver grafts for recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma. (Battula N, Reichman TW, Amiri Y, Carmody IC, Galliano G, Seal J, Bugeaud E, Bohorquez H, Bruce D, Cohen A, Loss GE) Liver Transpl 2017 Mar;23(3):299-304 PMID: 28026108 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013840752 12/28/2016       1 Citation
  • Management of a pseudo-aneurysm in the hepatic artery after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. (Senthilkumar MP, Battula N, Perera M, Marudanayagam R, Isaac J, Muiesan P, Olliff SP, Mirza DF) Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2016 Sep;98(7):456-60 PMID: 27580308 PMCID: PMC5210007 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995655307 09/01/2016       16 Citations
  • Intention to Split Policy: A Successful Strategy in a Combined Pediatric and Adult Liver Transplant Center. (Battula NR, Platto M, Anbarasan R, Perera MT, Ong E, Roll GR, Ferraz Neto BH, Mergental H, Isaac J, Muiesan P, Sharif K, Mirza DF) Ann Surg 2017 May;265(5):1009-1015 PMID: 27257738 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84973529694 06/04/2016       82 Citations
  • Repeat liver resection for recurrent colorectal metastases: a single-centre, 13-year experience. (Battula N, Tsapralis D, Mayer D, Isaac J, Muiesan P, Sutcliffe RP, Bramhall S, Mirza D, Marudanayagam R) HPB (Oxford) 2014 Feb;16(2):157-63 PMID: 23530978 PMCID: PMC3921011 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84892600602 03/28/2013       53 Citations
  • Spontaneous liver haemorrhage and haemobilia as initial presentation of undiagnosed polyarteritis nodosa. (Battula N, Tsapralis D, Morgan M, Mirza D) Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2012 May;94(4):e163-5 PMID: 22613289 PMCID: PMC5827234 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84862870783 05/23/2012       16 Citations
  • Aetio-pathogenesis and the management of spontaneous liver bleeding in the West: a 16-year single-centre experience. (Battula N, Tsapralis D, Takhar A, Coldham C, Mayer D, Isaac J, Muiesan P, Sutcliffe RP, Marudanayagam R, Mirza DF, Bramhall SR) HPB (Oxford) 2012 Jun;14(6):382-9 PMID: 22568414 PMCID: PMC3384862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84861094472 05/10/2012       27 Citations
  • Utility of drain fluid amylase measurement on the first postoperative day after pancreaticoduodenectomy. (Sutcliffe RP, Battula N, Haque A, Ali A, Srinivasan P, Atkinson SW, Rela M, Heaton ND, Prachalias AA) World J Surg 2012 Apr;36(4):879-83 PMID: 22354484 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84863724806 02/23/2012       57 Citations
  • Simultaneous combined liver and kidney transplantation: a single center experience. (Chava SP, Singh B, Stangou A, Battula N, Bowles M, O'Grady J, Rela M, Heaton ND) Clin Transplant 2010;24(3):E62-8 PMID: 20618811 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77954164410 07/14/2010       25 Citations
  • Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy service provision is feasible and safe in the current UK National Health Service. (Agrawal S, Battula N, Barraclough L, Durkin D, Cheruvu CV) Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2009 Nov;91(8):660-4 PMID: 19686614 PMCID: PMC2966242 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-74049101489 08/19/2009       12 Citations
  • True giant aneurysm of gastroduodenal artery. (Battula N, Malireddy K, Madanur M, Srinivasan P, Karani J, Rela M) Int J Surg 2008 Dec;6(6):459-61 PMID: 19059144 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-57049085819 12/09/2008       5 Citations
  • Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma: a Western experience. (Battula N, Madanur M, Priest O, Srinivasan P, O'Grady J, Heneghan MA, Bowles M, Muiesan P, Heaton N, Rela M) Am J Surg 2009 Feb;197(2):164-7 PMID: 18926518 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-58949091574 10/18/2008       77 Citations
  • Auxiliary liver transplantation for propionic acidemia: a 10-year follow-up. (Rela M, Battula N, Madanur M, Mieli-Vergani G, Dhawan A, Champion M, Raiman J, Heaton N) Am J Transplant 2007 Sep;7(9):2200-3 PMID: 17697263 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34547850865 08/19/2007       44 Citations
  • Chylous ascites after pancreatico-duodenectomy cholangiocarcinoma xenografts in nude mice. (Madanur MA, Battula N, Azam MO, Heaton N, Rela M) Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2007 Aug;6(4):416-9 PMID: 17690041 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34548057326 08/11/2007       15 Citations
  • Pseudoaneurysm following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. (Madanur MA, Battula N, Sethi H, Deshpande R, Heaton N, Rela M) Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2007 Jun;6(3):294-8 PMID: 17548254 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34250323021 06/06/2007       50 Citations
  • Liver transplantation with caval thrombectomy and cavoatrial shunt in acute Budd-Chiari syndrome. (Tucker O, Battula N, Kane P, Karani J, Heaton N, Muiesan P) Liver Transpl 2007 Apr;13(4):624-5 PMID: 17394168 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34247281087 03/31/2007       5 Citations
  • Ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma following chemoembolization: a western experience. (Battula N, Srinivasan P, Madanur M, Chava SP, Priest O, Rela M, Heaton N) Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2007 Feb;6(1):49-51 PMID: 17287166 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33846967471 02/09/2007       29 Citations
  • Staged resection for a ruptured hepatoblastoma: a 6-year follow-up. (Madanur MA, Battula N, Davenport M, Dhawan A, Rela M) Pediatr Surg Int 2007 Jun;23(6):609-11 PMID: 17066271 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34249069584 10/27/2006       12 Citations
  • Primary pancreatic lymphoma: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. (Battula N, Srinivasan P, Prachalias A, Rela M, Heaton N) Pancreas 2006 Aug;33(2):192-4 PMID: 16868486 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33746813092 07/27/2006       65 Citations
  • Comparative analysis of the Bonanno catheter and tube thorocostomy in effective aspiration of pleural effusion. (Chetty GK, Battula NR, Govindaswamy R, Elahi MM) Heart Surg Forum 2006;9(4):E731-4 PMID: 16844630 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33751364476 07/18/2006       9 Citations
  • Acute renal failure in patients with ischemic heart disease: causes and novel approaches in breaking the cycle of self-perpetuating insults abrogated by surgery. (Elahi MM, Battula NR, Hakim NS, Matata BM) Int Surg 2005;90(4):202-8 PMID: 16548315 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33745585597 03/22/2006       3 Citations
  • Leg wound infections following cardiac surgery: a scoring system for assessment and management. (Elahi MM, Haesey AM, Graham KC, Battula NR, Manketlow B, Dhannapuneni RR, Hickey MS) J Wound Care 2005 Jul;14(7):337-40 PMID: 16048221 07/29/2005    
  • The use of the stroke risk index to predict neurological complications following coronary revascularisation on cardiopulmonary bypass. (Elahi M, Battula N, Swanevelder J) Anaesthesia 2005 Jul;60(7):654-9 PMID: 15960714 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-21344471161 06/18/2005       6 Citations
    • Last update: 12/03/2025