Alfonso Santos, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Department:
MD-NEPHROLOGY-TRANSPLANT
Business Phone:
(352) 273-8821
About Alfonso Santos
I am a nephrologist and associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology, hypertension and renal transplantation at the University of Florida College of Medicine. My clinical interests, include screening and evaluation of kidney transplant candidates, medical complications of kidney transplantation and the outcomes of combined kidney and other solid organ transplants, while my academic and research interests, include patient selection, assessment in kidney transplantation and the clinical impact of blood pressure medications in kidney transplant recipients.
I attended medical school at the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and completed an internal medicine residency at New York Medical College, where I also served as chief medical resident. I then went on to complete a nephrology fellowship at Georgetown University Medical Center and a fellowship in transplant nephrology at UF.
Outside of practice, I have presented oral abstracts and chaired a scientific session at the American Transplant Congress (ATC). I have also reviewed scientific abstracts for ATC meetings and papers submitted to transplant journals.
Accomplishments
Exemplary Teacher Award
2019
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College of Medicine
Board Certifications
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
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NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Nephrology
Areas of Interest
- Kidney Transplant
- Kidney disease – resources
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0002-9207-4001
Publications
2023
Common predictors of adverse outcomes in adult deceased donor kidney transplant recipients with varying sensitization.
American journal of clinical and experimental urology.
11(3):235-248
[PMID] 37441440.
2023
Non-Renal Factors Associated with Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease and Stage 3-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Not Requiring Dialysis
OBM Transplantation.
7(1)
[DOI] 10.21926/obm.transplant.2301175.
2023
Phenomenology and Physiology of Tacrolimus Induced Tremor.
Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.).
13
[DOI] 10.5334/tohm.725.
[PMID] 36818753.
2023
Role of standard HLA mismatch in modifying associations between non-pharmacologic risk factors and solid organ malignancy after kidney transplantation.
Transplant immunology.
80
[DOI] 10.1016/j.trim.2023.101885.
[PMID] 37414265.
2022
Impact of antibody induction on the outcomes of new onset diabetes after kidney transplantation: a registry analysis
International Urology and Nephrology.
54(3):637-646
[DOI] 10.1007/s11255-021-02936-1.
2021
A pilot study of immunosuppression resumption following BK viremia resolution.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society.
23(2)
[DOI] 10.1111/tid.13508.
[PMID] 33176016.
2021
Association of HLA mismatch and MTOR inhibitor regimens with malignancy and mortality after kidney transplantation.
Transplant immunology.
66
[DOI] 10.1016/j.trim.2021.101391.
[PMID] 33838299.
2020
Outcomes of induction antibody therapies in the nonbroadly sensitized adult deceased donor kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective cohort registry analysis
Transplant International.
33(8):865-877
[DOI] 10.1111/tri.13583.
2019
Disseminated toxoplasmosis: a life-threatening complication of inadequate posttransplant prophylaxis.
Kidney international.
95(5)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.kint.2018.10.002.
[PMID] 31010482.
2019
Liver transplant, toxoplasmosis and kidney stones: connecting the dots.
BMJ case reports.
12(2)
[DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2019-229197.
[PMID] 30772835.
2019
Outcomes of sirolimus regimens in 65-year-old and older kidney transplant recipients: a registry-based observational study
International Urology and Nephrology.
51(11):2063-2072
[DOI] 10.1007/s11255-019-02251-w.
2019
Postbiopsy arteriovenous fistula in renal allograft: An ultrasound case study.
Clinical case reports.
7(4):834-835
[DOI] 10.1002/ccr3.2059.
[PMID] 30997097.
2018
Fever in a transplant recipient: think beyond infection.
Clinical case reports.
6(4):651-652
[DOI] 10.1002/ccr3.1432.
[PMID] 29636933.
2018
New-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation: can the risk be modified by choosing immunosuppression regimen based on pretransplant viral serology?
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association – European Renal Association.
33(1):177-184
[DOI] 10.1093/ndt/gfx281.
[PMID] 29045704.
2018
Not all inflammation in a renal allograft is rejection.
Clinical case reports.
6(11):2285-2286
[DOI] 10.1002/ccr3.1825.
[PMID] 30455940.
2018
The skin-kidney connection: bullous pemphigoid associated with acute allograft rejection and membranous nephropathy.
Clinical case reports.
6(2):432-433
[DOI] 10.1002/ccr3.1324.
[PMID] 29445491.
2017
Analysis of Risk Factors for Kidney Retransplant Outcomes Associated with Common Induction Regimens: A Study of over Twelve-Thousand Cases in the United States
Journal of Transplantation.
2017:1-10
[DOI] 10.1155/2017/8132672.
[PMID] 29312783.
2017
Association of Baseline Viral Serology and Sirolimus Regimens With Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A 14-Year Registry-Based Cohort Study in the United States.
Transplantation.
101(2):377-386
[DOI] 10.1097/TP.0000000000001520.
[PMID] 28121742.
2017
Kidney-pancreas transplant recipient with dysuria and hematuria.
Internal and emergency medicine.
12(4):549-550
[DOI] 10.1007/s11739-016-1534-3.
[PMID] 27586860.
2016
Nebivolol Effects on Nitric Oxide Levels, Blood Pressure, and Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Patients.
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.).
18(8):741-9
[DOI] 10.1111/jch.12745.
[PMID] 26692375.
2015
Rethinking the advantage of zero-HLA mismatches in unrelated living donor kidney transplantation: implications on kidney paired donation.
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation.
28(4):401-9
[DOI] 10.1111/tri.12495.
[PMID] 25440520.
2015
Survival With Dialysis Versus Kidney Transplantation in Adult Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Patients: A Fifteen-Year Study of the Waiting List.
Transplantation.
99(12):2608-16
[DOI] 10.1097/TP.0000000000000784.
[PMID] 26050014.
2014
Association of Serum Mycophenolic Acid (Mpa) Levels and Mycophenolic Acid (Mmf) Dose With Bk Viremia Post Kidney Transplantation (Kt).
American Journal of Transplantation.
14(3)
2014
Dual Versus Single Graft Failure Affects Retransplantation Rate in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients.
American Journal of Transplantation.
14(3):69-70
2014
Effect of different tacrolimus levels on early outcomes after kidney transplantation.
Annals of transplantation.
19:68-75
[DOI] 10.12659/AOT.889858.
[PMID] 24509826.
2014
Outcome of kidney transplants for adults with hemolytic uremic syndrome in the U.S.: a ten-year database analysis.
Annals of transplantation.
19:353-61
[DOI] 10.12659/AOT.890682.
[PMID] 25042028.
2014
Statistical Approaches for Competing Risk in Kidney Transplant (Kt) Outcome Research.
American Journal of Transplantation.
14(3)
2014
Ten-Year Patient and Graft Survival of Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients With Prior Malignancy in the Us
American Journal of Transplantation.
14(3)
2014
The Effect of Single Versus Dual Graft Loss On Sensitization in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients
American Journal of Transplantation.
14(3)
2014
Use of Sirolimus in Renal Allograft Recipients With Pre-Transplant History of Cancer: Analysis of Practice Trend and Outcomes in the Us.
American Journal of Transplantation.
14(3)
2013
Analysis of Patient Survival Outcome Between Waiting List Adult Hus Patients Who Received Kidney Transplants (Kt) and Those Who Did Not
American Journal of Transplantation.
13
2013
Comparison of Patient and Graft Outcomes of Hus Kidney Transplants (Kt) With and Without Post Transplant Recurrence: a 10 Year Retrospective Analysis.
American Journal of Transplantation.
13
2013
Early Steroid Avoidance Reduces the Chance for a Subsequent Transplant in Renal Transplant Recipients With Graft Failure
American Journal of Transplantation.
13
2013
Effects of Various Therapeutic Levels of Tacrolimus On Early Post Transplant Outcomes.
American Journal of Transplantation.
13
2013
Extended Criteria Donor (Ecd) Renal Allograft Use in Older Recipients in a Short Wait Time Center: Is There An Advantage?
American Journal of Transplantation.
13:157-158
2013
Impact of Tacrolimus (Fk) Level On Evolution of Graft Function in the First Year After Kidney Transplant (Kt) Among Recipients With Dgf: a Ten Year Retrospective Analysis.
American Journal of Transplantation.
13
2013
Outcome of Kidney Transplants (Kt) in Us Adult Hus Patients: a Ten Year Database Analysis
American Journal of Transplantation.
13:147-148
2012
Effect of Kidney Transplant (Kt) Donor Age and Recipient Blood Pressure On Five Year Graft Function; a Single Center Five-Year Retrospective Study
American Journal of Transplantation.
12
2010
A Detailed Look At Socioeconomic Factors and Kidney Allograft Loss: Education Level Is An Important Contributor Regardless of Race.
American Journal of Transplantation.
10
2009
Impact of Steroid Avoidance After Kidney Transplantation On Graft Survival.
American Journal of Transplantation.
9
2009
Risk Factors for Initiating Steroids After Steroid Avoidance Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Us.
American Journal of Transplantation.
9
2009
The success of continued steroid avoidance after kidney transplantation in the US.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.
9(12):2768-76
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02838.x.
[PMID] 19845594.
Grants
May 2020
– May 2023
APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF MIAMI
via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDDK
Education
Fellowship – Nephrology
2009
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University of Florida
Fellowship – Nephrology
2007
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University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship – Nephrology
2001
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Georgetown University
Residency – Internal Medicine
1999
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New York Medical College
Medical Degree
1988
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University of Santo Tomas
Bachelor of Science
1984
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University of Santo Tomas
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-8821
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100224
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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PO Box 100224
GAINESVILLE FL 32610