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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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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 100482, 100482. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100482
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 PMID 9203213. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf656
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
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
2025
Journal Article
Safe use of heart donors with infection and strategies for donor-derived infection mitigation
Sharma, Divisha and Hand, Jonathan (2025). Safe use of heart donors with infection and strategies for donor-derived infection mitigation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.12.005
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
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. (2025). Increased Rate of Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Candidates Willing to Receive Organs from Donors With HIV. American Journal of Transplantation. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.09.017
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
2025
Conference Publication
Impact of APOL1 risk alleles on HIV plus to HIV plus kidney transplant outcomes in South Africa and the United States
Rodrigues, M., Manning, K., Freercks, R., Florman, S., Friedman-Moraco, R., Stock, P., Gilbert, A., Mehta, S., Stosor, V., Pereira, M., Small, C., Morris, M., Hand, J., Aslam, S., Haidar, G., Malinis, M., Carlos, S., Schaenman, J., Wojciechowski, D., Blumberg, E., Elias, N., Giorgakis, E., Segev, D., Odim, J., Heyman, J., Tobian, A., Redd, A., Muller, E. and Durand, C. (2025). Impact of APOL1 risk alleles on HIV plus to HIV plus kidney transplant outcomes in South Africa and the United States. World Transplant Congress 2025, San Francisco, CA United States, 2-5 August 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.100
2025
Conference Publication
PROMETHEUS: Patient Reported Ethics Outcomes Following Transplants from Donors with or without HIV
Hussain, S., Wu, A. W., Sung, H., Barnaba, B., Massie, I., Lapid, F., Paredes, L., Kuffar, B., Stock, P., Mehta, S., Hand, J., Pereira, M., Florman, S., Small, C., Husson, J., Haidar, G., Aslam, S., Friedman, R., Massie, A., Segev, D., Durand, C. and Sugarman, J. (2025). PROMETHEUS: Patient Reported Ethics Outcomes Following Transplants from Donors with or without HIV. World Transplant Congress 2025, San Francisco, CA USA, 2-6 August 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.159
2025
Conference Publication
Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus risk and disease in donors and liver transplant recipients with HIV
Rodrigues, M., Liang, T., Florman, S., Rana, M., Price, J., Wojciechowski, D., Aslam, S., Stosor, V., Elias, N., Mehta, S., Hand, J., Malinis, M., Pruett, T., Simkins, J., Kitchens, W., Spaggiari, M., Pereira, M., Small, C., Haidar, G., Wolfe, C., Morsheimer, M., Segev, D., Massie, A., Miley, W., Labo, N., Whitby, D., Tobian, A. and Durand, C. (2025). Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus risk and disease in donors and liver transplant recipients with HIV. World Transplant Congress 2025, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2 - 6 August 2025. Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.1736
2025
Journal Article
Activity of ampicillin-sulbactam, sulbactam-durlobactam, and comparators against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex strains isolated from respiratory and bloodstream sources: results from ACNBio study
Buyukyanbolu, Ecem, 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., Marino, Jamie, Westblade, Lars F., Mochon, A. Brian, Narayanan, Navaneeth, Kirn, Thomas J., 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 (2025). Activity of ampicillin-sulbactam, sulbactam-durlobactam, and comparators against Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex strains isolated from respiratory and bloodstream sources: results from ACNBio study. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy e0037925. doi: 10.1128/aac.00379-25
2025
Journal Article
Breaking barriers: successful outcomes of HCV D+/R- transplants in HIV+ recipients
Aslam, Saima, Hussain, Sarah, Haydel, Brandy, Florman, Sander S., Gilbert, Alexander J., Pereira, Marcus R., Elias, Nahel, Hand, Jonathan, Mekeel, Kristin, Schnickel, Gabriel, Shah, Mita, Ajmera, Veeral, Tobian, Aaron A.R., Odim, Jonah, Massie, Allan, Segev, Dorry L., Durand, Christine M. and Rana, Meenakshi (2025). Breaking barriers: successful outcomes of HCV D+/R- transplants in HIV+ recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 25 (7), 1568-1574. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.02.007
2025
Journal Article
HIV-Superinfection in Kidney Transplant Recipients with HIV who Received Organs from Donors with HIV
Rozek, Gracie M., Yang, Ping, Eby, Yolanda, Benner, Sarah E., Martens, Craig, Habtehyimer, Feben, Chahoud, Maggie, Brown, Diane, Desai, Niraj M., Florman, Sander, Rana, Meenakshi M., Pereira, Marcus R., Hand, Jonathan, Mehta, Sapna A., Schaenman, Joanna, Santos, Carlos A. Q., Aslam, Saima, Elias, Nahel, Odim, Jonah, Morsheimer, Megan, Segev, Dorry L., Durand, Christine M., Tobian, Aaron A. R. and Redd, Andrew D. (2025). HIV-Superinfection in Kidney Transplant Recipients with HIV who Received Organs from Donors with HIV. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 232 (2), 1-5. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf284
2025
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 (2025). Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Risk and Disease in Kidney Donors and Transplant Recipients with HIV in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf229
2025
Journal Article
Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study
Shields, Ryan K, Abbo, Lilian M, Ackley, Renee, Aitken, Samuel L, Albrecht, Benjamin, Babiker, Ahmed, Burgoon, Rachel, Cifuentes, Renzo, Claeys, Kimberly C, Curry, Brooke N, DeSear, Kathryn E, Gallagher, Jason C, Golnabi, Esther Y, Gross, Alan E, Hand, Jonathan, Heil, Emily L, Hornback, Krutika M, Kaye, Keith S, Khuu, Trieu-Vi, Klatt, Megan E, Kline, Ellen G, Kubat, Ryan C, Kufel, Wesley D, Lee, Jae Hyoung, Lepak, Alexander J, Lim, Ahmi, Ludwig, Justin M, Macdougall, Conan, Majumdar, Anjali ... Pogue, Jason M (2025). Effectiveness of ceftazidime–avibactam versus ceftolozane–tazobactam for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the USA (CACTUS): a multicentre, retrospective, observational study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 25 (5), 574-584. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00648-0
2025
Conference Publication
Association of pre-transplant CD4 count on post-renal transplant infectious outcomes among persons with HIV
Burns, Rebecca H, Rogers Marks, Christin, Booth, Sara, Durand, Christine, Hand, Jonathan, Abidi, Maheen, Malinis, Maricar F, Barnaba, Brittany, Pavlakis, Martha, Krakower, Douglas, Alonso, Carolyn D and Le Mahajan, Audrey (2025). Association of pre-transplant CD4 count on post-renal transplant infectious outcomes among persons with HIV. IDWeek 2024, Los Angeles, CA United States, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae631.199
2024
Journal Article
Antiviral Stewardship in Transplantation
Bonda, Sruthi, Trinh, Sonya and Hand, Jonathan (2024). Antiviral Stewardship in Transplantation. Viruses, 16 (12) 1884, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/v16121884
2024
Journal Article
Not just an oxymoron: the utilitarian's guide to antimicrobial stewardship in transplant infectious diseases
Gorsline, Chelsea A, Sharma, Divisha, Harris, Courtney E, Hand, Jonathan, Imlay, Hannah, Stohs, Erica J, So, Miranda and Kumar, Rebecca N (2024). Not just an oxymoron: the utilitarian's guide to antimicrobial stewardship in transplant infectious diseases. Transplant Infectious Disease, 26 (6) e14399, e14399. doi: 10.1111/tid.14399
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