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STARx National and International Team Papers

List of Dr. Ferris’ publications: MyBibliography: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/40874362/?sort=date&direction=ascending

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRODUCTS OF SCHOLARSHIP

Books and Chapters

  1. Filler G and Nagra R – Ferris ME Spanish Edition in press- (2019) Becoming a Successful Scholar Publisher: Springer ISBN 978-3-030-24447-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-24448-4
  2. Fair C., Rupp S., Hart L.C., Alvarez-Elias A.C., Perry M., Ferris M. (2018) Defining Successful Transition: Pediatric Provider Perspective. In: Hergenroeder A., Wiemann C. (eds) Health Care Transition. Building a Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Illness and Disability DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72868-1_21 Publisher: Springer, Cham Print ISBN 978-3-319-72867-4, online ISBN 978-3-319-72868-1
  3. Ferris ME, Ferris MT, Viall C, Stewart HD, Fenton N, Haberman C, Iglesia EA, Hancock LE, Harward DH, Gilleskie D, O’Neill J, Imperial R, Ko, Z, Benton MH, Doan M, Bickford K, Detwiler R, Andreoni K, Mahan JD, Smith Z and Gibson K (2012) The Self-management and Transition to Adulthood Program at the University of North Carolina: Lessons learned. In: Transition from Pediatric to Adult Medical Care. D Wood, JG Reiss, ME Ferris (eds.) Nova Science Publishers, Chapter 24, pp. 298-310, 2012.
  4. Ferris M and Bell L (2012): Health Care Transition and Chronic Kidney Disease. Pediatric Dialysis 2nd edition, Springer, Inc, NY 2010
  5. Ferris ME, Brannan P, Portman RJ. Neonatal Nephrology. In: Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 3rd Merenstein GB, Gardner SL, eds. Chapter 21 Mosby-Year Book, Inc.1993.

Refereed Papers/Articles

  1. Filler G, Medeiros M, Díaz-González de Ferris M. Appreciating the Impact of Tacrolimus Sampling Time Deviations in Pediatric Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 2020 (in press)
  2. Arvanitis M, Hart L, DeWalt D, Díaz-González de Ferris M, Sawicki G, Long M, Martin C and Kappelman M(2020) Transition Readiness Not Associated with Measures of Health in Youth with IBD. IBD 2020 (in press).
  3. Filler G, MD, PhD, Medeiros M, MD, PhD and Díaz-González de Ferris M, MD, MPH, PhD  Appreciating the Impact of Tacrolimus Sampling Time Deviations in Pediatric Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome (2020) Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (in press)
  4. Hart L; Ferris M; and vanTilburg M. Association of Youth Health Care Transition Readiness to Role Overload among Parents of Children with Chronic Illness. Health and Development Child Care Health Dev. 2019 Jul;45(4):577-584. doi: 10.1111/cch.12683. Epub 2019 May 23. PMID:31049987
  5. Vasylyeva TL, Díaz-González de Ferris ME, Hains DS, Ho J, Harshman LA, Reidy KJ, Brady TM, Okamura DM, Samsonov DV, Wenderfer SE, Hartung EA. Developing a Research Mentorship Program: The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology’s Experience.  Front Pediatr. 2019 Apr 24;7:155. doi: 10.3389/fped.2019.00155. eCollection. PMID: 31069203
  6. Zhong Y, Patel N, Ferris M, Rak E. Health literacy, nutrition knowledge, and health care transition readiness in youth with chronic kidney disease or hypertension: A cross-sectional study. J Child Health Care. 2019 Mar 13:1367493519831493. doi: 10.1177/1367493519831493. PMID: 30866644
  7. Webster-Clark M, Jaeger B, Zhong Y, Filler G, Alvarez-Elias A, Franceschini N, Díaz-González de Ferris ME. Low agreement between modified-Schwartz and CKD-EPI eGFR in young adults: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study. BMC Nephrol. 2018 Aug 6; 19(1):194. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-0995-1.PMID:30081844
  8. Hussein R, Alvarez-Elías AC, Topping A, Raimann JG, Filler G, Yousif D, Kotanko P, Usvyat LA, Medeiros M, Pecoits-Filho R, Canaud B, Stuard S, Xiaoqi X, Etter M, Díaz-González de Ferris ME; MONDO Consortium. A Cross-Sectional Study of Growth and Metabolic Bone Disease in a Pediatric Global Cohort Undergoing Chronic Hemodialysis. J Pediatr. 2018 Nov;202:171-178.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.033. Epub 2018 Sep 26.PMID: 30268401
  1. Díaz-González de Ferris ME, Díaz-González LM, Ferris MT. Living Donation: The Donors and Recipient Perspectives. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Jun 7;13(6):823-824. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05520518. Epub 2018 May 31. No abstract available. PMID:29853614
  2. Nazareth M, Hart L, Ferris M, Rak E, Hooper S, van Tilburg MAL. A Parental Report of Youth Transition Readiness: The Parent STARx Questionnaire (STARx-P) and Re-evaluation of the STARx Child Report. Journal of pediatric nursing. 2018; 38:122-126. PMID: 28941954
  3. Filler G, Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris M. We have to do more for former paediatric renal transplant recipients! Transplant International: official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation. 2018; 31(2):152-154. PMID: 28865119
  4. Zhong Y, Gilleskie DB, van Tilburg MAL, Hooper SR, Rak E, Javalkar K, Nazareth M, Pitts B, Ndugga M, Jain N, Hart L, Bhansali S, Richards J, Detwiler RK, True K, de Pomposo ASF,Ferris ME. Longitudinal Self-Management and/or Transition Readiness per the TRxANSITION Index among Patients with Chronic Conditions in Pediatric or Adult Care Settings. J Pediatr. 2018 Dec;203:361-370.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.06.052. Epub 2018 Sep 7. PMID:30201183
  5. Raina R, Wang J, Sethi SK, Ferris M. Survey on health care transition services in pediatric nephrology. Clinical and experimental nephrology. 2018; 22(1):206-207. PMID: 28585110
  6. Levine R; Javalkar K; Nazareth M; Faldowski R; Ferris ME; Cohen S; Cuttance J; Hooper SR and Rak E. Disparities in Health Literacy and Healthcare Utilization in Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic or End-Stage Kidney Disease 2018 J Pediatr Nurs. 38:57-61. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.10.008. Epub 2017 Oct 31.PMID: 29167082 Jan-Feb;38:57-61
  7. Mahan J, Betz C, Okumura M and Ferris M. Self-Management and Transition to Adult Health Care in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Team Process. Pediatr Rev. 2017 Jul;38(7):305-319. doi: 10.1542/pir.2016-0074
  8. Javalkar K, Ferris ME, Cuttance J, Hooper SR. Cognitive remediation in pediatric chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease: rationale, candidate interventions, and applicability. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Feb 25. doi: 10.1007/s00467-017-3617-4. PMID:28238157
  9. Eluri S, Book WM, Kodroff E, Strobel MJ, Gebhart JH, Jones PD, Menard-Katcher P, Ferris ME, Dellon ES.Lack of Knowledge and Low Readiness for Healthcare Transition in Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis. Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Jul;65(1):53-57. doi: 10.1097 PMID:27657884
  10. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris ME, MD, MPH, PhD; Alvarez-Elías AC, MD, MS; Ferris MT and Medeiros M, MD, PhD. Female Adolescents With Chronic or End-Stage Kidney Disease and Strategies for Their Care. Seminars in Nephrology 2017; 37(4):320-326 PMID: 28711070
  11. Javalkar K, Rak E, Phillips A, Haberman C, Ferris M van Tilburg M Predictors of Caregiver Burden among Mothers of Youth with Chronic Conditions. J of Adolescent Health 2017: Children (Basel, Switzerland). 2017; 4(5). PubMed [journal]PMID: 28509853 PMCID:PMC5447997
  12. Javalkar K, Williamson N, Vaidya S, Vaidya A, Ferris M. The association between educational resource utilization and knowledge/self-management among patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Pune, India. Diabetes & metabolic syndrome. 2016; 10(4):186-189. PMID: 2733979
  13. Ferris ME, Gibson K, Plattner B, Gipson DS, Kotanko P, Marcelli D, Marelli C, Etter M, Carioni P, von Gersdorff G, Xu X, Kooman JP, Xiao Q, van der Sande FM, Power A, Picoits-Filho R, Sylvestre L, Westreich K, Usvyat L. Hemodialysis outcomes in a global sample of children and young adult hemodialysis patients: the PICCOLO MONDO cohort. Clin Kidney J. 2016 Apr;9(2):295-302. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfv157
  14. Javalkar K, Johnson M, Kshirsagar A, Ocegueda S, Detwiler R, Ferris M. Ecological aspects of disease self-management among adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions. JAH 2016 Volume 58, Issue 1, Pages 40–46.
  15. Patel N, Ferris M, Rak E. Health and Nutrition Literacy and Adherence to Treatment in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension, North Carolina, 2015. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 Aug 4; 13:E101. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.160044.PMID:27490366
  16. Nazareth M, Richards J, Javalkar K, Haberman C, Zhong Y, Rak E, Jain N, Ferris M, van Tilburg MA Relating Health Locus of Control to Health Care Use, Adherence, and Transition Readiness Among Youths With Chronic Conditions, Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 Jul 21;13:E93. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.160046. PMID 27442993
  17. Dell KM, Matheson M, Hartung EA, Warady BA, Furth SL; Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study. Kidney Disease Progression in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Pediatr. 2016 Apr; 171:196-201.e1. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.12.079. Epub 2016 Jan 28.PMID:26831744
  18. Glenn D, Ocegueda S, Nazareth M, Zhong Y, Weinstein A, Primack W, Ferris M. Global Pediatric Nephrology Workforce: A Survey of International Pediatric Nephrology Association Members.  Pediatric Nephrology BMC Nephrol. 2016 Jul 15; 17(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12882-016-0299-2.P
  19. Rak EC, Hooper SR, Belsante MJ, Burnett O, Layton B, Tauer D, Mantoo B, DeWalt D, Ferris ME Caregiver word reading literacy and health outcomes among children treated in a pediatric nephrology practice. Clin Kidney J. 2016 Jun; 9(3):510-5. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfw015. PMID:27274841 MID:7422016
  20. Ferris ME, Miles JA, Seamon ML Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic or End-Stage Kidney Disease. Blood Purif. 2016; 41(1-3):205-10.doi: 10.1159/000441317. PMID:26765837
  21. Ecological Factors Predict Transition Readiness/Self-Management in Youth With Chronic Conditions. Javalkar K, Johnson M, Kshirsagar AV, Ocegueda S, Detwiler RK, Ferris M J Adolesc Health. 2016 Jan; 58(1):40-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.09.013.PMID:6707228
  22. Gibson KL, Hansrivijit P, Ferris ME Emerging Agents for the Management of Nephrotic Syndrome: Progress to Date. Paediatr Drugs. 2016; 18(1):25-9 doi: 10.1007/s40272-015-0148-y. PMID 26645400
  23. Fair C, Cuttance J, Sharma N, Maslow G, Wiener L, Betz C, Porter J, McLaughlin S, Gilleland-Marchak J, Renwick A, Naranjo D, Jan S, Javalkar K, Ferris M; International and Interdisciplinary Health Care Transition Research Consortium. International and Interdisciplinary Identification of Health Care Transition Outcomes. JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Nov 30:1-7. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3168. PMID:2661917
  24. Annaim A, Lassiter M, Viera AJ, Ferris M. Interactive media for parental education on managing children chronic condition: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Pediatr. 2015 Dec 3; 15:201. doi: 10.1186/s12887-015-0517-2
  1. Selewski DT, Chen A, Shatat IF, Pais P, Greenbaum LA, Geier P, Nelson RD, Kiessling SG, Brophy PD, Quiroga A, Seifert ME, Straatmann CE, Mahan JD, Ferris ME, Troost JP, Gipson DS. Vitamin D in incident nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015 Oct 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:26498119
  2. Kogon AJ, Matheson MB, Flynn JT, Gerson AC, Warady BA, Furth SL, Hooper SR; Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study Group; Chronic Kidney Disease in Children CKiD Study Group. Depressive Symptoms in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease. J Pediatr. 2015 Oct 21. pii: S0022-3476(15)01053-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.09.040. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26505290
  3. Ferris M, Cohen S, Haberman C, Javalkar K, Massengill S, Mahan JD, Bickford K, Cantu G, Medeiros M, Phillips A, Ferris MT, Hooper SR. Self-management and transition-readiness assessment: development, reliability, and factor structure of the STARx Questionnaire. J Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Jul 22. pii: S0882-5963(15)00153-0. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.05.009.
  4. Johnson MA, Javalkar K, van Tilburg M, Haberman C, Rak E,Ferris ME. The Relationship of Transition Readiness, Self-Efficacy, and Adherence to Preferred Health Learning Method by Youths with Chronic Conditions. J Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Sep-Oct;30(5):e83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.05.014. Epub 2015 Jun 29. PMID: 26138374
  5. Cohen SE, Hooper SR, Javalkar K, Haberman C, Fenton N, Lai H, Mahan JD, Massengill S, Kelly M, Cantu G, Medeiros M, Phillips A, Sawicki G, Wood D, Johnson M, Benton MH, Ferris M. Self-management and transition-readiness assessment: concurrent, predictive and discriminant validation of the STARx Questionnaire. J Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Jul 9. pii: S0882-5963(15)00150-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.05.006.
  6. Phillips A, Fenton N, Cohen S, Javalkar K, Ferris M. Self-management and health care utilization in an adolescent and young adult Medicaid population with different chronic illnesses. Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 Jul 2; 12:E103.
  7. Johnson MA, Javalkar K, van Tilburg M, Haberman C, Rak E, Ferris ME. The relationship of transition readiness, self-efficacy and adherence to preferred health learning method by youths with chronic conditions. J Pediatr Nurs 2015 Jun 29. Pii: S0882-5963(15)00187-6. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2015.05.014
  8. Cantú-Quintanilla G, Ferris M, Otero A, Gutiérrez-Almaraz A, Valverde-Rosas S, Velázquez-Jones L, Luque-Coqui M, Cohen S, Medeiros M. Validation of the UNC TRXANSITION Scale Version 3 among Mexican adolescents with chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr Nurs 2015 Jul 20. pii: S0882-5963(15)00209-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.06.011.
  9. Burns M, Fenton N, Javalkar K, Cohen S, Haberman C, Ferris M. USA pediatric subspecialty fellows’ participation in therapeutic camps. Therapeutic Recreation Journal 2015; Vol XLVII No. 4: 291-301
  10. Fenton N, Ferris M, Ko Z, Javalkar K, Hooper SR. The relationship of health care transition readiness to disease-related characteristics, psychosocial factors, and health care outcomes: preliminary findings in adolescents with chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr Rehab Med 2015;8(1):13-22
  11. Ferris ME, Iglesia E, Ko Z, Amamoo A, Mahan J, Desai T, Gibson K, Jhaveri K, Primack W. Wanted: pediatric nephrologists! – Why trainees are not choosing pediatric nephrology. Ren Fail. 2014 Sep;36(8):1340-4
  12. Javalkar K, Fenton N, Cohen S, Ferris ME. Socioecological factors as predictors of readiness for self-management and transition, medication adherence, and health care utilization among adolescents and young adults with chronic kidney disease. Prev.Chronic.Dis 2014; 11:E117. PMCID:PMC4093979
  13. Wood DL, Sawicki GS, Miller MD, Smotherman C, Lukens-Bull K, Livingood WC, Ferris ME, Kraemer DF. The Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ): its factor structure, reliability, and validity. Acad.Pediatr. 2014 Jul;14(4):415-22
  14. Betz CL, Ferris ME, Woodward JF, Okumura JF, Jan S, Wood DL. The health care transition research consortium health care transition model: a framework for research and practice. J Pediatr.Rehabil.Med 2014;7(1):3-15
  15. Selewski DT, Massengill SF, Troost JP, Wickman L, Messer KL, Herreshoff E, Bowers C, Ferris ME, Mahan JD, Greenbaum LA, et al. Gaining the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) perspective in chronic kidney disease: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatr.Nephrol 2014 Dec; 29(12):2347-56. PMCID:PMC4213233
  16. Bates CM, Charlton JR, Ferris ME, Hildebrandt F, Hoshizaki DK, Warady BA, Moxey-Mims MM. Pediatric kidney disease: tracking onset and improving clinical outcomes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Jun 6; 9(6):1141-3. PMCID:PMC4046717SF, Ferris M. Chronic kidney disease in children and adolescents. Pediatr.Rev. 2014 Jan;35(1):16-29 [Review]
  17. Brice JH, Foster MB, Principe S, Moss C, Shofer FS, Falk RJ, Ferris ME, DeWalt DA. Single-item or two-item literacy screener to predict the S-TOFHLA among adult hemodialysis patients. Patient.Educ.Couns. 2014 Jan;94(1):71-5
  18. Andreoni KA, Forbes R, Andreoni RM, Phillips G, Stewart H, Ferris M. Age-related kidney transplant outcomes: health disparities amplified in adolescence. JAMA Intern.Med 2013 Sep 9;173(16):1524-32
  19. Gipson DS, Selewski DT, Massengill SF, Wickman L, Messer KL, Herreshoff E, Bowers C, Ferris ME, Mahan JD, Greenbaum LA, et al. Gaining the PROMIS perspective from children with nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest pediatric nephrology consortium study. Health Qual.Life Outcomes. 2013;11:30. PMCID:PMC3599189
  20. Ferris M, Norwood V, Radeva M, Gassman JJ, Al-Uzri A, Askenazi D, Matoo T, Pinsk M, Sharma A, Smoyer W, et al. Patient recruitment into a multicenter randomized clinical trial for kidney disease: report of the focal segmental glomerulosclerosis clinical trial (FSGS CT). Clin Transl.Sci. 2013 Feb;6(1):13-20
  21. Al-Uzri A, Matheson M, Gipson DS, Mendley SR, Hooper SR, Yadin O, Rozansky DJ, Moxey-Mims M, Furth SL, Warady BA, Gerson AC; Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study Group. The impact of short stature on health-related quality of life in children with chronic kidney disease.J Pediatr. 2013 Sep;163(3):736-41.e1 doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.016.PMID:23628375
  22. Jhaveri KD, Sparks MA, Shah HH, Khan S, Chawla A, Desai T, Iglesia E, Ferris M, Parker MG, Kohan DE. Why not nephrology? A survey of US internal medicine subspecialty fellows. Am J Kidney Dis 2013 Apr;61(4):540-6. PMCID:PMC4164433
  23. Alexander T, Iglesia E, Park Y, Duncan D, Sheikh S, Ferris M. Severe DRESS syndrome managed with therapeutic plasma exchange. Pediatrics 2013 Mar; 131(3):e945-9
  24. Desai T, Sanghani V, Fang X, Christiano C, Ferris M. Assessing a nephrology-focused YouTube channel’s potential to educate health care providers. J Nephrol 2013 Jan;26(1):81-5
  25. Dellon ES, Jones PD, Martin NB, Kelly M, Kim SC, Freeman KL, Dellon EP, Ferris ME, Shaheen NJ. Health-care transition from pediatric to adult-focused gastroenterology in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Dis Esophagus. 2013 Jan;26(1):7-13. PMCID:PMC3349775
  26. Hooper DK, Williams JC, Carle AC, Amaraf S, Chand DH, Ferris ME, Patel HP, Licht C, Barletta GM, Zitterman V, Mitsnefes M, Patel UD. The quality of cardiovascular disease care for adolescents with kidney disease: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatr Nephrol 2013 Jun; 28(6):939-49. PMCID: PMC3637925
  27. Neu AM, Sander A, Borzych-Duzalka D, Watson AR, Valles PG, Ha IS, Patel H, Askenazi D, Balasz-Chmielewska I, Lauronen J, Groothoff JW, Feber J, Schaefer F, Warady BA, IPPN investigators. Comorbidities in chronic pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients: a report of the International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network. Perit Dial Int 2012 Jul; 32(4):410-8. PMCID: PMC3524853
  28. Ferris ME, Harward DH, Bickford K, Layton JB, Ferris MT, Hogan SL, Gipson DS, McCoy LP, Hooper SR. A clinical tool to measure the components of health-care transition from pediatric care to adult care: the UNC TRxANSITION scale. Ren Fail. 2012;34(6):744-53
  29. Flynn JT, Pierce CB, Miller ER 3rd, Charleston J, Samuels JA, Kupferman J, Furth SL, Warady BA; Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study Group. J Pediatr 2012 Mar; 160(3):434-40. PMCID: PMC3274610
  30. Desai T, Fang X, Ferris M. Introducing the global medical community to the information presented at local scientific conferences through nephrology blogs. F1000Res. 2012; 1:66. PMCID:PMC3894799
  31. Desai T, Ferris M, Christiano C, Fang X. Predicting the number of US medical graduates entering adult nephrology fellowships using search term analysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2012 Mar;59(3):467-9
  32. Desai T, Shariff A, Shariff A, Kats M, Fang X, Christiano C, Ferris M. Tweeting the meeting: an in-depth analysis of Twitter activity at Kidney Week 2011. PLoS.One. 2012; 7(7):e40253. PMCID:PMC3390326
  33. Desai T, Talento R, Christiano C, Ferris M, Hewan-Lowe K. Web-based nephropathology teaching modules and user satisfaction: the nephrology on-demand experience. Ren Fail. 2011;33(10):1046-8
  34. Foster M, Brice JH, Shofer F, Principe S, Dewalt D, Falk R, Ferris M. Personal disaster preparedness of dialysis patients in North Carolina. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2011 Oct; 6(10):2478-84. PMCID:PMC3359553
  35. Watson AR, Harden P, Ferris M, Kerr PG, Mahan J, Ramzy MF. Transition from pediatric to adult renal services: a consensus statement by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA). Pediatr.Nephrol 2011 Oct;26(10):1753-7
  36. Watson AR, Harden PN, Ferris ME, Kerr PG, Mahan JD, Ramzy MF. Transition from pediatric to adult renal services: a consensus statement by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA). Kidney Int 2011 Oct;80(7):704-7
  37. Perry EE, Zheng K, Ferris ME, Torres L, Bickford K, Segal JH. Invited manuscript poster on renal-related education American Society of Nephrology, Nov. 16-21, 2010. Adolescents with chronic kidney disease and their need for online peer mentoring a qualitative investigation of social support and healthcare transition. Ren Fail. 2011;33(7):663-8
  38. Desai T, Christiano C, Ferris M. Understanding the mobile internet to develop the next generation of online medical teaching tools. J Am Med Inform.Assoc. 2011 Nov; 18(6):875-8. PMCID:PMC3198003
  39. So TY, Layton JB, Bozik K, Farrington E, Gipson PE, Gibson K, Primack W, Conley W, III, Gipson DS, Ferris M. Cognitive pharmacy services at a pediatric nephrology and hypertension clinic. Ren Fail. 2011;33(1):19-25
  40. Omoloja A, Chand D, Greenbaum L, Wilson A, Bastian V, Ferris M, Bernert J, Stolfi A, Patel H. Cigarette smoking and second-hand smoking exposure in adolescents with chronic kidney disease: a study from the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium. Nephrol Dial.Transplant. 2011 Mar;26(3):908-13
  41. Icard P, Hooper SR, Gipson DS, Ferris ME. Cognitive improvement in children with CKD after transplant. Pediatr.Transplant. 2010 Nov; 14(7):887-90. PMCID:PMC2955816
  42. Mahan JD, Ferris ME. Case-based education at the 2009 pediatric nephrology fellows’ conference. Ren Fail. 2010 Jan;32(1):14-20
  43. Bomback AS, Kshirsagar AV, Ferris ME, Klemmer PJ. Disordered aldosterone-volume relationship in end-stage kidney disease. J Renin.Angiotensin.Aldosterone.Syst. 2009 Dec; 10(4):230-6. PMCID:PMC2848168
  44. Gibson KL, Gipson DS, Massengill SA, Dooley MA, Primack WA, Ferris M, Hogan SL. Predictors of relapse and end stage kidney disease in proliferative lupus nephritis: focus on children, adolescents, and young adults. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009 Dec; 4(12):1962-7. PMCID:PMC2798882
  45. Ferris ME, Mahan JD. Pediatric chronic kidney disease and the process of health care transition. Semin.Nephrol 2009 Jul;29(4):435-44
  46. Ferris M, Shoham DA, Pierre-Louis M, Mandhelker L, Detwiler RK, Kshirsagar AV. High prevalence of unlabeled chronic kidney disease among inpatients at a tertiary-care hospital. Am J Med Sci. 2009 Feb;337(2):93-7
  47. Ferris M, Patel UD, Massengill S, Gipson D, Conley W, Layton JB, Nagaraj S, Primack W. Pediatric chronic kidney disease in North Carolina. N.C.Med J 2008 May; 69(3):208-14. PMCID:PMC2849284
  48. Ferris M, Hogan SL, Chin H, Shoham DA, Gipson DS, Gibson K, Yilmaz S, Falk RJ, Jennette JC. Obesity, albuminuria, and urinalysis findings in US young adults from the Add Health Wave III study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2007 Nov;2(6):1207-14
  49. Gipson DS, Hooper SR, Duquette PJ, Wetherington CE, Stellwagen KK, Jenkins TL, Ferris ME. Memory and executive functions in pediatric chronic kidney disease. Child Neuropsychol. 2006 Dec;12(6):391-405
  50. Ferris ME, Gipson DS, Kimmel PL, Eggers PW. Trends in treatment and outcomes of survival of adolescents initiating end-stage renal disease care in the United States of America. Pediatr.Nephrol 2006 Jul;21(7):1020-6
  51. Gipson DS, Chin H, Presler TP, Jennette C, Ferris ME, Massengill S, Gibson K, Thomas DB. Differential risk of remission and ESRD in childhood FSGS. Pediatr.Nephrol 2006 Mar;21(3):344-9
  52. Huang K, Ferris ME, Andreoni KA, Gipson DS. The differential effect of race among pediatric kidney transplant recipients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Am J Kidney Dis 2004 Jun;43(6):1082-90
  53. Gipson DS, Ferris ME, Dooley MA, Huang K, Hogan SL. Renal transplantation in children with lupus nephritis. Am J Kidney Dis 2003 Feb;41(2):455-63
  54. Green HL, Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris ME, Vasquez E, Lau EM, Yusim J. Caring for the child with fetal alcohol syndrome. JAAPA 2001 Jun; 15(6):31-40
  55. Gitomer JJ, Khan AM, Ferris ME. Treatment of severe theophylline toxicity with hemodialysis I a preterm neonate. Pediatr Nephrol 2001 Oct; 16(1):784-6.
  56. Bonilla-Felix M, Parra C, Dajani T, Ferris M, Swinford RD, Portman RJ, Verani R. Changing patterns in the histopathology of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children. Kidney Int 1999 May;55(5):1885-90
  57. Meier-Kriesche HU, Bonilla-Felix MA, Ferris ME, Swinford R, Kahan BD, Brannan P, Portman RJ. A limited sampling strategy for the estimation of Neoral AUCs in pediatric patients. Pediatr Nephrol 1999 Nov; 13(9):742-7
  58. Ferris ME. Systems analysis for improved patient care. Hosp.Pract.(1995.) 1997 Nov 15;32(11):41-2
  59. Reznik VM, Griswold WR, Peterson BM, Rodarte A, Ferris ME, Mendoza SA. Peritoneal dialysis for acute renal failure in children. Pediatr.Nephrol 1991 Nov;5(6):715-7
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Editorials and Invited Reviews

  1. Díaz-González de Ferris ME, Del Villar-Vilchis M, Guerrero R, Barajas-Valencia VM, Vander-Schaaf EB, de Pomposo A, Medeiros M, Rak E, Cantu-Quintanilla G, Raina R, Alvarez-Elias AC. Self-Management and Health Care Transition among Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: Medical and Psychosocial Considerations. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2017 Nov; 24(6):405-409. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2017.09.010. Review. PMID: 29229172
  2. Ferris ME, Miles JA and Seamon, ML. Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic or End-stage Kidney Disease Blood Purif. 2016;41(1-3):205-10. doi: 10.1159/000441317. Epub 2016 Jan 15
  3. Gibson KL, Hansrivijit P, Ferris ME. Emerging Agents for the Management of Nephrotic Syndrome: Progress to Date. Paediatr Drugs. 2015 Dec 8. PMID:26645400
  4. Annaim A, Lassiter M, Viera AJ, Ferris M. Interactive media for parental education on managing children chronic condition: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Pediatr. 2015 Dec 3;15:201. doi: 10.1186/s12887-015-0517-2. PMID:26634913
  5. Coyne I, Ferris M. Transition from child to adult services: current research, theory and practice. J Pediatr Nurs 2015 Aug 4. Pii: S0882-5963(15)00223-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.07.002.
  6. Ferris ME, Ferris MT, Okumura MJ, Cohen SE, Hooper SR. Health care transition preparation in youth with chronic conditions: working towards translational evidence with a patient perspective. J Pediatr Rehab Med 2015; 8(1):31-7.
  7. Ferris ME, Cuttance JR, Javalkar K, Cohen SE, Phillips A, Bickford K, Gibson K, Ferris MT, True K. Self-management and transition among adolescents/young adults with chronic or end-stage kidney disease. Blood Purif 2015; 39(1-3):99-104.
  8. Gibson KL, Glenn D, Ferris ME. Back to the future: therapies for idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Blood Purif 2015; 39(103):105-9.
  9. Kaskel F, Batlle D, Beddhu S, Daugirdas J, Feldman H, Ferris ME, Fine L, Freedman BI, Kimmel PL, Flessner MF et al. Improving CKD therapies and care: a national dialogue. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 9(4):815-7. PMCID:PMC3974372
  10. Bell LE, Ferris ME, Fenton N, Hooper SR. Health care transition for adolescents with CKD—the journey from pediatric to adult care. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2011; 18(5):384-90.
  11. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris ME. Adolescents and emerging adults with chronic kidney disease: their unique morbidities and adherence issues. Blood Purif 2011; 31(1-3):203-8.
  12. Bunchman TE, Ferris ME. Management of toxic ingestions with the use of renal replacement therapy. Pediatr Nephrol 2011; 26(4):535-41. PMCID: PMC3043241
  13. Warady BA, Ferris M. The transition of pediatric to adult-centered health care. Nephrol News Issues 2009; 23(10):49-51.
  14. Jennette CE, Ferris M. Building the bridge: social workers are needed for transitional work with pediatric renal patients. J Nephrol Social Work 2006; 225:48-9.
  15. Gipson DS, Ferris ME. A measure of success in kidney transplant Pediatr Transplant 2004; 8(2):104-5.