Overview
Background
Dr. Jonathan Hand specializes in infectious diseases at Ochsner Health. He earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans and completed his internship, residency and infectious diseases fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He is currently an associate professor of medicine at The University of Queensland School of Medicine Ochsner Clinical School. Dr. Hand specializes in the treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients who anticipate or undergo solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as well as patients treated with other immunosuppressive therapies. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation and has served on the executive committee of the Infectious Diseases community of practice. He is also a member of The Transplantation Society, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and Fellow of The Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Hand is the Section Head of Transplant Infectious Diseases and the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Ochsner Medical Center. He also serves as co-chair of the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency's Advisory Board and Associate Medical Director providing guidance on infectious diseases-related concerns in organ donors and recipients. Dr. Hand leads clinical trials as Associate Research Medical Director of Infectious Diseases for Ochsner Health. His practice and research interests include infectious complications of transplant donors and recipients, vaccine and antimicrobial clinical trials and antimicrobial stewardship.
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Works
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2026
Journal Article
Management of norovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: a scoping review
Maung Myint, Thida, Hand, Jonathan, Lowe, Adam, Kotton, Camille N., Chen, Sharon C.-A., Beardsley, Justin, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Wong, Germaine and Chan, Samuel (2026). Management of norovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: a scoping review. Transplantation Direct, 12 (6) e1944, 1-10. doi: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001944
2026
Conference Publication
Cancer and infections after liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV
Rodrigues, M., Rana, M., Florman, S., Haydel, B., Wojciechowski, D., La Hoz, R., Price, J., Stock, P., Aslam, S., Hand, J., Anders, R., Eby, Y., Mehta, S., Stosor, V., Elias, N., Malinis, M., Simkins, J., Pereira, M., Haidar, G., Small, C. Butkus, Apewokin, S., Brown, D., Morsheimer, M., Tobian, A., Massie, A., Segev, D. and Durand, C. (2026). Cancer and infections after liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV. American Transplant Congress 2026, Boston, MA, United States, 20-24 June 2026. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.05.898
2026
Conference Publication
Safety of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV: results of the multicenter hope in action liver trial
Florman, S., Rodrigues, M., Rana, M., Haydel, B., Wojciechowski, D., La Hoz, R.M., Price, J., Stock, P., Aslam, S., Ajmera, V., Hand, J., Anders, R., Eby, Y., Mehta, S., Stosor, V., Elias, N., Malinis, M., Simkins, J., Pereira, M., Haidar, G., Small, C. Butkus, Apewokin, S., Brown, D., Morsheimer, M., Hamilton, J., Cameron, A., Tobian, A., Massie, A., Segev, D. and Durand, C. (2026). Safety of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV: results of the multicenter hope in action liver trial. American Transplant Congress 2026, Boston, MA, United States, 20-24 June 2026. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.05.160
2026
Conference Publication
Kaposi Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) in Transplant Recipients with HIV: KSHV DNA Monitoring and KSHV Associated Disease
Durand, C., Rodrigues, M., Labo, N., Marshall, V., Miley, W., Rana, M., Florman, S., Aslam, S., Mehta, S., La Hoz, R.M., Mehta, S., Haidar, G., Blumberg, E., Schaenman, J., Malinis, M., Roll, G., Simkins, J., Friedman-Moraco, R., Stosor, V., Santos, C., Hand, J., Elias, N., Pereira, M., Small, C. Butkus, Giorgakis, E., Massie, A., Segev, D., Tobian, A. and Whitby, D. (2026). Kaposi Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) in Transplant Recipients with HIV: KSHV DNA Monitoring and KSHV Associated Disease. American Transplant Congress 2026, Boston, MA, United States, 20-24 June 2026. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.05.335
2026
Journal Article
International survey on screening and management of Strongyloidiasis in solid organ transplant patients
Simkins, Jacques, Ravindra, Akshatha, Wolfe, Cameron R., Mularoni, Alessandra, Slavin, Monica, Ushiro‐Lumb, Ines, Baddley, John W., Hand, Jonathan, Pouch, Stephanie, Malinis, Maricar, Freire, Maristela P., Radisic, Marcelo, Roberts, Matthew B., Tan, Ban Hock, Watcharananan, Siriorn and Clemente, Wanessa T. (2026). International survey on screening and management of Strongyloidiasis in solid organ transplant patients. Transplant Infectious Disease e70233. doi: 10.1111/tid.70233
2026
Journal Article
The looming threat of invasive fungal infections in heart transplant recipients: will it be the last of us
Lowe, Adam, King, S. Travis and Hand, Jonathan (2026). The looming threat of invasive fungal infections in heart transplant recipients: will it be the last of us. JHLT Open, 12 100482, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100482
2026
Journal Article
Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus risk and disease in kidney donors and transplant recipients with HIV in the United States
Nambiar, Puja, Liang, Tao, Labo, Nazzarena, Hand, Jonathan, Blumberg, Emily A, Rana, Meenakshi M, Florman, Sander, Haydel, Brandy, Morris, Michele I, Schaenman, Joanna, Rodrigues, Moreno M S, Werbel, William A, Bowring, Mary G, Friedman-Moraco, Rachel J, Stock, Peter, Stosor, Valentina, Mehta, Shikha, Gilbert, Alexander J, Elias, Nahel, Mehta, Sapna A, Small, Catherine B, Haidar, Ghady, Malinis, Maricar, Pereira, Marcus R, Aslam, Saima, Wojciechowski, David, La Hoz, Ricardo, Santos, Carlos A Q, Apewokin, Senu ... Durand, Christine M (2026). Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus risk and disease in kidney donors and transplant recipients with HIV in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 82 (4), 709-719. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf229
2026
Journal Article
APOL1 genotype and patient outcomes in US and South African transplant recipients with HIV who received kidneys from donors with HIV
Freercks, Robert, Rodrigues, Moreno, Manning, Kathryn, Heymann, Jurgen, Kopp, Jeffrey B., Nagiah, Savania, Rana, Meenakshi, Florman, Sander, Friedman-Moraco, Rachel, Stock, Peter, Gilbert, Alexander, Mehta, Shikha, Stosor, Valentina, Pereira, Marcus R., Morris, Michele I., Hand, Jonathan, Haidar, Ghady, Malinis, Maricar, Santos, Carlos A. Q., Schaenman, Joanna, Blumberg, Emily A., Wojciechowski, David, Odim, Jonah, Massie, Allan, Selvan, Miruthula Tamil, Bagnasco, Serena, Segev, Dorry, Tobian, Aaron A. R., Muller, Elmi ... Redd, Andrew D. (2026). APOL1 genotype and patient outcomes in US and South African transplant recipients with HIV who received kidneys from donors with HIV. Transplantation, 110 (4), e897-e904. doi: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005556
2026
Conference Publication
WCN26-4881 Management of norovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: a scoping review
Myint, Thida Maung, Hand, Jonathan, Lowe, Adam, Kotton, Camille N., Chen, Sharon C-A, Beardsley, Justin, Teixeira-Pinto, Armando, Wong, Germaine and Chan, Samuel (2026). WCN26-4881 Management of norovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: a scoping review. ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2026 (ISN WCN26), Yokohama, Japan, 28-31 March 2026. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.105486
2026
Journal Article
Antimicrobial activity of sulbactam-durlobactam against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex strains causing non-respiratory and non-bloodstream infections from the United States (2023-2025)
Cyr, Elizabeth, Argotsinger, Jill, Beck, Eric T, Chamberland, Robin R., Clark, Andrew E., Daniels, Anne R., Liesman, Rachael, Fisher, Mark, Gialanella, Philip, Hand, Jonathan, Harrington, Amanda T., Humphries, Romney M., Huse, Holly, Hamilton-Seth, Robert, Hankins, Julia D., Kufel, Wesley D., Riddell, Scott W., Mehta, Meera, Demkowicz, Ryan, Mochon, A. Brian, Salimnia, Hossein, Khan, Ayesha, Pierce, Virginia M., Potula, Raghava, Tekle, Tsigereda, Simner, Patricia J., Tibbetts, Robert J., Vu, Christine, Abbo, Lilian M. ... Acinetobacter baumannii Complex National Biorepository (ACNBio) Study Group (2026). Antimicrobial activity of sulbactam-durlobactam against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex strains causing non-respiratory and non-bloodstream infections from the United States (2023-2025). Microbiology Spectrum, 14 (5) e0328925, 1-9. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03289-25
2026
Journal Article
Human antibody repertoire among kidney donors with and without HIV
Zhu, Xianming, Morgenlander, William R., Brown, Diane M, Eby, Yolanda, Morsheimer, Megan, Odim, Jonah, Bagnasco, Serena M., Rana, Meenakshi M., Florman, Sander S., Friedman-Moraco, Rachel J., Stock, Peter G., Gilbert, Alexander J., Mehta, Shikha, Stosor, Valentina, Mehta, Sapna A., Pereira, Marcus R., Small, Catherine B., Morris, Michele I., Hand, Jonathan, Aslam, Saima, Haidar, Ghady, Malinis, Maricar, Santos, Carlos A. Q., Schaenman, Joanna, Wojciechowski, David, Ranganna, Karthik M., Blumberg, Emily, Elias, Nahel, Castillo-Lugo, Josa A. ... Tobian, Aaron A. R. (2026). Human antibody repertoire among kidney donors with and without HIV. JCI Insight, 11 (8) e203645, 8. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.203645
2026
Journal Article
Clinical presentation, risk factors and outcome of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a multinational case-control study
Fernández-Ruiz, Mario, Silva, Jose Tiago, Carver, Peggy L., Rutjanawech, Sasinuch, Aranha-Camargo, Luis F., Fernandes, Ruan, Belga, Sara, Alghamdi, Amenah, Mueller, Nicolas J., Burkhard, Sara, Theodoropoulos, Nicole M., Postma, Douwe F., van Duijn, Pleun J., Arnaiz de las Revillas, Francisco, Pérez del Molino-Bernal, Concepción, Hand, Jonathan, Lowe, Adam, Bodro, Marta, Vanino, Elisa, Fernández-Cruz, Ana, Ramos-Martínez, Antonio, Jankovic Makek, Mateja, Mjahed, Ribal Bou, Manuel, Oriol, Calvo-Cano, Antonia, Rueda-Carrasco, Laura, Álvarez-Uría, Ana, Rodríguez-Álvarez, Regino, Mularoni, Alessandra ... López-Medrano, Francisco (2026). Clinical presentation, risk factors and outcome of non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a multinational case-control study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 13 (2) ofag082, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofag082
2026
Journal Article
Increased rate of deceased donor liver transplantation for candidates willing to receive organs from donors with HIV
Nauroz, Zeba, Florman, Sander, Rana, Meenakshi M., Motter, Jennifer D., Price, Jennifer C., Mehta, Sapna A., Hand, Jonathan, Wojciechowski, David, Aslam, Saima, Malinis, Maricar, Elias, Nahel, Haidar, Ghady, Pereira, Marcus R., Simkins, Jacques, Stosor, Valentina, Small, Catherine B., Baddley, John, Apewokin, Senu, Morsheimer, Megan, Tobian, Aaron A.R., Segev, Dorry L., Durand, Christine M., Massie, Allan B. and Bowring, Mary G. (2026). Increased rate of deceased donor liver transplantation for candidates willing to receive organs from donors with HIV. American Journal of Transplantation, 26 (2), 383-392. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.09.017
2026
Journal Article
Safe use of heart donors with infection and strategies for donor-derived infection mitigation
Sharma, Divisha and Hand, Jonathan (2026). Safe use of heart donors with infection and strategies for donor-derived infection mitigation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 42 (2) PMID 8510280, 286-296. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.12.005
2026
Journal Article
Infections after kidney transplantation from donors with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV
Arant, Elizabeth C., Davy-Mendez, Thibaut, Liang, Tao, Rodrigues, Moreno, Gay, Cynthia L., Rana, Meenakshi M., Friedman-Moraco, Rachel, Gilbert, Alexander, Stock, Peter, Mehta, Sapna A., Mehta, Shikha, Stosor, Valentina, Pereira, Marcus R., Morris, Michele I., Hand, Jonathan, Aslam, Saima, Malinis, Maricar, Haidar, Ghady, Small, Catherine B., Santos, Carlos A. Q., Schaenman, Joanna, Baddley, John W., Wojciechowski, David, Blumberg, Emily A., Ranganna, Karthik, Adebiyi, Oluwafisayo, Elias, Nahel, Castillo-Lugo, Jose A., Giorgakis, Emmanouil ... Durand, Christine M. (2026). Infections after kidney transplantation from donors with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 82 (3) PMID 9203213, e549-e557. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf656
2026
Conference Publication
P-667. The outcomes of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in patients with cancer, solid organ transplant, and other co-morbidities: an international multicenter comparative study
Shafat, Tali, Hand, Jonathan, Manzoor, Kamil, Marschalk, Nicholas, Nichols, Courtney, Gorfinkel, Rotem, Nesher, Lior, Ong, David S Y, Mak, W Ashwin, Liu, Po-Yu, Huang, Hsien-Po, Lopez, Vielka, Jackson, Jennifer, Ohashi, Yusuke, Angelidakis, Georgios, Spallone, Amy and Chemaly, Roy F (2026). P-667. The outcomes of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in patients with cancer, solid organ transplant, and other co-morbidities: an international multicenter comparative study. IDWeek 2025, Washington, DC, United States, 21-24 October 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf695.880
2026
Conference Publication
P-1215. In vitro activity of Sulbactam-durlobactam and Standard-of-Care Antibiotics against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex isolates from wound and urinary tract sources: ACNBio Study 2023-2025
Asempa, Tomefa E, Cyr, Elizabeth, Argotsinger, Jill, Beck, Eric T, Chamberland, Robin R, Daniels, Anne R, Liesman, Rachel, Gialanella, Philip, Hand, Jonathan, Harrington, Amanda, Humphries, Romney, Huse, Holly, Hamilton-Seth, Robert, Kufel, Wesley D, Riddell, Scott W, Westblade, Lars, Marino, Jamie, Narayanan, Navaneeth, Kirn, Thomas, Pierce, Virginia M, Potula, Raghava, Tekle, Tsigereda, Simner, Patricia J, Mochon, Brian, Hankins, Julia, Fisher, Mark, Dumm, Rebekah, Mutnal, Manohar B, Jenkins, Timothy C ... Nicolau, David P (2026). P-1215. In vitro activity of Sulbactam-durlobactam and Standard-of-Care Antibiotics against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex isolates from wound and urinary tract sources: ACNBio Study 2023-2025. IDWeek 2025, Washington, DC, United States, 21-24 October 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf695.1408
2026
Conference Publication
P-2022. Variability in Peri-operative Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in the Liver Transplant Setting across the USA
Bell, Elizabeth, Imlay, Hannah, Pisano, Jennifer, Hand, Jonathan, Koff, Alan, Fuller, Risa, Jorgenson, Margaret, Angarone, Michael P, Kumar, Rebecca Nirmal, Luk, Alfred, Tayyar, Ralph and McCort, Margaret E (2026). P-2022. Variability in Peri-operative Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in the Liver Transplant Setting across the USA. IDWeek 2025, Washington, DC, United States, 21-24 October 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf695.2186
2025
Journal Article
Inflammation among kidney transplant donors with and without HIV: Multicenter HOPE in Action Consortium
Zaman, Fatima, Zhu, Xianming, Hunt, Joanne H., Rozek, Gracie, Eby, Yolanda, Hussain, Sarah, Desai, Niraj M., Florman, Sander, Rana, Meenakshi M., Friedman-Moraco, Rachel, Pereira, Marcus R., Mehta, Shikha, Stock, Peter, Gilbert, Alexander, Hand, Jonathan, Morris, Michele I., Stosor, Valentina, Mehta, Sapna A., Small, Catherine B., Schaenman, Joanna, Santos, Carlos A. Q., Aslam, Saima, Wojciechowski, David, Malinis, Maricar, Haidar, Ghady, Odim, Jonah, Morsheimer, Megan, Segev, Dorry L., Redd, Andrew D. ... Tobian, Aaron A. R. (2025). Inflammation among kidney transplant donors with and without HIV: Multicenter HOPE in Action Consortium. Clinical Immunology, 280 110563, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2025.110563
2025
Journal Article
Measles and solid organ transplantation: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
Pouch, Stephanie M., Ravindra, Akshatha, Dong, Sara W., Clemente, Wanessa Trindade, La Hoz, Ricardo M., Mishkin, Aaron, Hand, Jonathan, Freire, Maristela Pinheiro, Simkins, Jacques, Wolfe, Cameron and Baddley, John W. (2025). Measles and solid organ transplantation: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Transplant Infectious Disease, 27 (5) e70066, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/tid.70066
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