Pediatric Research

Stuart C. Sweet, M.D., Ph.D. scsweet@wustl.edu

W. McKim Marriott Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine

Researcher, Patient Oriented Research Unit

Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine

phone: (314) 454-2694

Education

BS, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and Arts, 1981
PhD, University of Michigan Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 1989
MD, University of Michigan Medical School, 1990

Training

Research Fellow, University of Michigan Medical School, 1989 - 1990
House Officer, University of Michigan Medical School , 1990 - 1990
Pediatric Resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1990 - 1993
Pediatric Pulmonology Fellow, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, 1993 - 1996

Licensure and Board Certification

1993 - 2007American Board of Pediatrics (recertified 2000, expired 2007)
1995 - PresMO
1998 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics, Sub Board of Pediatric Pulmonology

Honors and Awards

Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1978
William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize, University of Michigan, 1978
James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, 1979 - 1980
Class Honors, University of Michigan, 1979 - 1981
Phi Beta Kappa, 1980
B.S. (chemistry) with highest distinction, highest honors in chemistry and high honors in physics, University of Michigan, 1981
Roger B. Vanko Memorial Award for outstanding honors chemistry major, University of Michigan, 1981
Society of Nuclear Medicine student fellowship, 1982
Fellow, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Michigan, 1982 - 1989
Burton L. Baker Cancer Research Fellowship, Michigan Cancer Institute, 1986 - 1987
M.D. with distinction in research, University of Michigan, 1989
Medical Scientist Award for Excellence, University of Michigan, 1990
Scholar of the Child Health Research Center of Excellence in Developmental Biology, Washington University, 1996 - 1997
Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research, 1996 - 1997

Selected Publications view all (111)

Publication Co-Authors

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Shalini Shenoy, M.D.

Joshua Blatter, M.D., M.P.H.

Cadence Kuklinski, D.O.

Lori R. Holtz, M.D., M.S.P.H.

S. Paul Hmiel, M.D., Ph.D.

Ronald Jackups, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Richard Buller, Ph.D. D(ABMM)

Jennifer A Wambach, M.D.

Thomas Ferkol, M.D.

James D. Quirk

Peter Michelson, M.D.

Charles Canter, M.D.

R. Mark Grady, M.D.

David Balzer, M.D.

Robert J. Hayashi, M.D.

Philip C. Spinella, M.D., FCCM

Avihu Z. Gazit, M.D.

Vikas Dharnidharka, M.D., M.P.H.

Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.

1.	Gazit AZ, Sweet SC, Grady RM, Boston US, Huddleston CB, Hoganson DM, Shepard M, Raithel S, Mehegan M, Doctor A, Spinella PC, Eghtesady P. Recommendations for utilization of the paracorporeal lung assist device in neonates and young children with pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Transplant. 2016;20(2):256-70. doi:10.1111/petr.12673 PMID:26899454
2.	Hayes D Jr, Benden C, Sweet SC, Conrad CK. Current State of Pediatric Lung Transplantation. Lung. 2015;193(5):629-37. doi:10.1007/s00408-015-9765-z PMID:26238859
3.	Stehlik J, Mehra MR, Sweet SC, Kirklin JK, Cypel M, Kirk R, Dipchand AI, Van Raemdonck D, Edwards LB, Mario Bertolotti A, Mejia JC, Torres Navas A, Potena L, Akar R, West LJ, Zuckermann A, Khaliel F, Davis DR, Reichenspurner H. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registries in the Era of Big Data With Global Reach. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015;34(10):1225-32. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2015.08.001 PMID:26454736
4.	Nasr SZ, Sweet SC, ATS Health Policy Committee. Electronic Cigarette Use in Middle and High School Students Triples from 2013 to 2014. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;192(3):276-8. doi:10.1164/rccm.201505-0898ED PMID:26230233
5.	Martin DE, Nakagawa TA, Siebelink MJ, Bramstedt KA, Brierley J, Dobbels F, Rodrigue JR, Sarwal M, Shapiro R, Dominguez-Gil B, Danovitch G, Sweet SC, Trompeter RS, Moazam F, Bos MA, Delmonico FL, Transplantation Society. Pediatric Deceased Donation-A Report of the Transplantation Society Meeting in Geneva. Transplantation. 2015. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000758 PMID:25996634
6.	Towe C, Chester Ogborn A, Ferkol T, Sweet S, Huddleston C, White F, Faro A. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is not specific for bronchiolitis obliterans in pediatric lung transplant. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015;34(4):516-21. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2014.10.004 PMID:25499141
7.	Rychert J, Danziger-Isakov L, Yen-Lieberman B, Storch G, Buller R, Sweet SC, Mehta AK, Cheeseman JA, Heeger P, Rosenberg ES, Fishman JA. Multicenter comparison of laboratory performance in cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus viral load testing using international standards. Clin Transplant. 2014;28(12):1416-23. doi:10.1111/ctr.12473 PMID:25303316
8.	Hoganson DM, Gazit AZ, Boston US, Sweet SC, Grady RM, Huddleston CB, Eghtesady P. Paracorporeal lung assist devices as a bridge to recovery or lung transplantation in neonates and young children. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;147(1):420-6. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.078 PMID:24199759

1.	MacMurdo MG, Sweet SC. Impact and Implications following the November 2017 Emergency Change to the United States Lung Allocation Policy. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020. PMID:32068435
2.	Weigt SS, Wang X, Palchevskiy V, Li X, Patel N, Ross DJ, Reynolds J, Shah PD, Danziger-Isakov LA, Sweet SC, Singer LG, Budev M, Palmer S, Belperio JA. Usefulness of gene expression profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage cells in acute lung allograft rejection. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019;38(8):845-855. PMCID:PMC6663624 PMID:31122726
3.	Sweet SC, Chin H, Conrad C, Hayes D Jr, Heeger PS, Faro A, Goldfarb S, Melicoff-Portillo E, Mohanakumar T, Odim J, Schecter M, Storch GA, Visner G, Williams NM, Kesler K, Danziger-Isakov L. Absence of evidence that respiratory viral infections influence pediatric lung transplantation outcomes: Results of the CTOTC-03 study. Am J Transplant. 2019. PMID:31216376
4.	Danziger-Isakov L, Frazier TW, Worley S, Williams N, Shellmer D, Dharnidharka VR, Gupta NA, Ikle D, Shemesh E, Sweet SC, CTOTC-05 Consortium.. Perceived barriers to medication adherence remain stable following solid organ transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2019;23(3):e13361. PMCID:PMC6652201 PMID:31332928
5.	Puri V, Hachem RR, Frye CC, Harrison MS, Semenkovich TR, Lynch JP, Ridolfi G, Rowe C, Meyers BF, Patterson GA, Kozower BD, Pasque MK, Nava RG, Marklin GF, Brockmeier D, Sweet SC, Chapman WC, Kreisel D. Unintended consequences of changes to lung allocation policy. Am J Transplant. 2019. PMID:30758137
6.	Patel MR, Press VG, Gerald LB, Barnes T, Blake K, Brown LK, Costello RW, Crim C, Forshag M, Gershon AS, Goss CH, Han MK, Lee TA, Sweet S, Gerald JK. Improving the Affordability of Prescription Medications for People with Chronic Respiratory Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018;198(11):1367-1374. PMID:30601674
7.	Tambur AR, Campbell P, Claas FH, Feng S, Gebel HM, Jackson AM, Mannon RB, Reed EF, Tinckam K, Askar M, Chandraker A, Chang PP, Colvin M, Demetris AJ, Diamond JM, Dipchand AI, Fairchild RL, Ford ML, Friedewald J, Gill RG, Glotz D, Goldberg H, Hachem R, Knechtle S, Kobashigawa J, Levine DJ, Levitsky J, Mengel M, Milford E, Newell KA, O'Leary JG, Palmer S, Randhawa P, Smith J, Snyder L, Starling RC, Sweet S, Taner T, Taylor CJ, Woodle S, Zeevi A, Nickerson P. Sensitization in Transplantation: Assessment of Risk (STAR) 2017 Working Group Meeting Report. Am J Transplant. 2018;18(7):1604-1614. PMID:29603613
8.	Towe CT, White FV, Grady RM, Sweet SC, Eghtesady P, Wegner DJ, Sen P, Szafranski P, Stankiewicz P, Hamvas A, Cole FS, Wambach JA. Infants with Atypical Presentations of Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia with Misalignment of the Pulmonary Veins Who Underwent Bilateral Lung Transplantation. J Pediatr. 2017. PMID:29198536
9.	Sweet SC. Assessing the impact of program volume and composition on waiting list outcomes in pediatric lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017;36(11):1180-1182. PMID:28705645
10.	Nasr SZ, Nasrallah AI, Abdulghani M, Sweet SC. The impact of conventional and nonconventional inhalants on children and adolescents. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017. PMID:29084362
11.	Blatter JA, Sweet SC, Conrad C, Danziger-Isakov LA, Faro A, Goldfarb SB, Hayes D Jr, Melicoff E, Schecter M, Storch G, Visner GA, Williams NM, Wang D. Anellovirus loads are associated with outcomes in pediatric lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2017. PMID:29082660
12.	Ammerman E, Sweet SC, Fenchel M, Storch GA, Conrad C, Hayes D Jr, Faro A, Goldfarb S, Melicoff E, Schecter M, Visner G, Williams NM, Danziger-Isakov L. Risk and outcomes of pulmonary fungal infection after pediatric lung transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2017. PMID:28871606
13.	Parrish A, Fenchel M, Storch GA, Buller R, Mason S, Williams N, Ikle D, Conrad C, Faro A, Goldfarb S, Hayes D Jr, Melicoff-Portillo E, Schecter M, Visner G, Sweet S, Danziger-Isakov L, Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation in Children (CTOTC-03). Epstein-Barr viral loads do not predict post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric lung transplant recipients: A multicenter prospective cohort study. Pediatr Transplant. 2017;21(6). PMCID:PMC5568922 PMID:28639398
14.	Sweet SC. Pediatric Lung Transplantation. Respir Care. 2017;62(6):776-798. PMID:28546378
15.	Lancaster TS, Miller JR, Epstein DJ, DuPont NC, Sweet SC, Eghtesady P. Improved waitlist and transplant outcomes for pediatric lung transplantation after implementation of the lung allocation score. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017;36(5):520-528. PMID:27866928
16.	Eldridge WB, Zhang Q, Faro A, Sweet SC, Eghtesady P, Hamvas A, Cole FS, Wambach JA. Outcomes of Lung Transplantation for Infants and Children with Genetic Disorders of Surfactant Metabolism. J Pediatr. 2017;184:157-164.e2. PMCID:PMC5443678 PMID:28215425
17.	Fishman EF, Quirk JD, Sweet SC, Woods JC, Gierada DS, Conradi MS, Siegel MJ, Yablonskiy DA. What makes a good pediatric transplant lung: Insights from in vivo lung morphometry with hyperpolarized ³ He magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatr Transplant. 2017;21(3). PMCID:PMC5378594 PMID:28120553
18.	Hayes D Jr, Sweet SC, Benden C, Kopp BT, Goldfarb SB, Visner GA, Mallory GB, Tobias JD, Tumin D. Transplant center volume and outcomes in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. Transpl Int. 2017;30(4):371-377. PMID:28012223
19.	Xu Z, Yang W, Steward N, Sweet SC, Danziger-Isakov L, Heeger PS, Mohanakumar T. Role of Circulating microRNAs in the Immunopathogenesis of Rejection Following Pediatric Lung Transplantation. Transplantation. 2016. PMCID:PMC5462875 PMID:27941431
20.	Levine DJ, Glanville AR, Aboyoun C, Belperio J, Benden C, Berry GJ, Hachem R, Hayes D Jr, Neil D, Reinsmoen NL, Snyder LD, Sweet S, Tyan D, Verleden G, Westall G, Yusen RD, Zamora M, Zeevi A. Antibody-mediated rejection of the lung: A consensus report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016;35(4):397-406. PMID:27044531
21.	Danziger-Isakov L, Frazier TW, Worley S, Williams N, Shellmer D, Dharnidharka VR, Gupta NA, Ikle D, Sweet SC, CTOTC-05 Consortium.. Perceived barriers to medication adherence in pediatric and adolescent solid organ transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2016;20(2):307-15. PMID:26670870
22.	Gazit AZ, Sweet SC, Grady RM, Boston US, Huddleston CB, Hoganson DM, Shepard M, Raithel S, Mehegan M, Doctor A, Spinella PC, Eghtesady P. Recommendations for utilization of the paracorporeal lung assist device in neonates and young children with pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Transplant. 2016;20(2):256-70. doi:10.1111/petr.12673 PMID:26899454
23.	Hayes D Jr, Benden C, Sweet SC, Conrad CK. Current State of Pediatric Lung Transplantation. Lung. 2015;193(5):629-37. doi:10.1007/s00408-015-9765-z PMID:26238859
24.	Fan LL, Dishop MK, Galambos C, Askin FB, White FV, Langston C, Liptzin DR, Kroehl ME, Deutsch GH, Young LR, Kurland G, Hagood J, Dell S, Trapnell BC, Deterding RR, Children’s Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease Research Network (chILDRN).. Diffuse Lung Disease in Biopsied Children 2 to 18 Years of Age. Application of the chILD Classification Scheme. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015;12(10):1498-505. PMCID:PMC4627419 PMID:26291470
25.	Stehlik J, Mehra MR, Sweet SC, Kirklin JK, Cypel M, Kirk R, Dipchand AI, Van Raemdonck D, Edwards LB, Mario Bertolotti A, Mejia JC, Torres Navas A, Potena L, Akar R, West LJ, Zuckermann A, Khaliel F, Davis DR, Reichenspurner H. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registries in the Era of Big Data With Global Reach. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015;34(10):1225-32. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2015.08.001 PMID:26454736
26.	Nasr SZ, Sweet SC, ATS Health Policy Committee. Electronic Cigarette Use in Middle and High School Students Triples from 2013 to 2014. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;192(3):276-8. doi:10.1164/rccm.201505-0898ED PMID:26230233
27.	Martin DE, Nakagawa TA, Siebelink MJ, Bramstedt KA, Brierley J, Dobbels F, Rodrigue JR, Sarwal M, Shapiro R, Dominguez-Gil B, Danovitch G, Sweet SC, Trompeter RS, Moazam F, Bos MA, Delmonico FL, Transplantation Society. Pediatric Deceased Donation-A Report of the Transplantation Society Meeting in Geneva. Transplantation. 2015. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000000758 PMID:25996634
28.	Towe C, Chester Ogborn A, Ferkol T, Sweet S, Huddleston C, White F, Faro A. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome is not specific for bronchiolitis obliterans in pediatric lung transplant. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015;34(4):516-21. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2014.10.004 PMID:25499141
29.	Meyer KC, Raghu G, Verleden GM, Corris PA, Aurora P, Wilson KC, Brozek J, Glanville AR, ISHLT/ATS/ERS BOS Task Force Committee., ISHLT/ATS/ERS BOS Task Force Committee.. An international ISHLT/ATS/ERS clinical practice guideline: diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Eur Respir J. 2014;44(6):1479-503. PMID:25359357
30.	Rychert J, Danziger-Isakov L, Yen-Lieberman B, Storch G, Buller R, Sweet SC, Mehta AK, Cheeseman JA, Heeger P, Rosenberg ES, Fishman JA. Multicenter comparison of laboratory performance in cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus viral load testing using international standards. Clin Transplant. 2014;28(12):1416-23. doi:10.1111/ctr.12473 PMID:25303316
31.	Hoganson DM, Gazit AZ, Boston US, Sweet SC, Grady RM, Huddleston CB, Eghtesady P. Paracorporeal lung assist devices as a bridge to recovery or lung transplantation in neonates and young children. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014;147(1):420-6. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.078 PMID:24199759
32.	Egan TM, Sweet SC. Rationing lung transplants. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(21):2064-5. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1311946#SA1 PMID:24256395
33.	Kurland G, Deterding RR, Hagood JS, Young LR, Brody AS, Castile RG, Dell S, Fan LL, Hamvas A, Hilman BC, Langston C, Nogee LM, Redding GJ, American Thoracic Society Committee on Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease (chILD) and the chILD Research Network.. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: classification, evaluation, and management of childhood interstitial lung disease in infancy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;188(3):376-94. PMCID:PMC3778735 PMID:23905526
34.	Jackups R Jr, Canter C, Sweet SC, Mohanakumar T, Morris GP. Measurement of donor-specific HLA antibodies following plasma exchange therapy predicts clinical outcome in pediatric heart and lung transplant recipients with antibody-mediated rejection. J Clin Apher. 2013;28(4):301-8. doi:10.1002/jca.21270 PMID:23426730
35.	Sweet SC. Induction therapy in lung transplantation. Transpl Int. 2013;26(7):696-703. doi:10.1111/tri.12115 PMID:23701023
36.	Bharat A, Epstein DJ, Grady M, Faro A, Michelson P, Sweet SC, Huddleston CB. Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013;32(6):621-5. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2013.03.002 PMID:23701851
37.	Benden C, Ridout DA, Edwards LB, Boehler A, Christie JD, Sweet SC. Body mass index and its effect on outcome in children after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013;32(2):196-201. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2012.11.002 PMID:23200225
38.	Hoganson DM, Gazit AZ, Sweet SC, Grady RM, Huddleston CB, Eghtesady P. Neonatal paracorporeal lung assist device for respiratory failure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013;95(2):692-4. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.128 PMID:23336880
39.	Siebrasse EA, Bauer I, Holtz LR, Le BM, Lassa-Claxton S, Canter C, Hmiel P, Shenoy S, Sweet S, Turmelle Y, Shepherd R, Wang D. Human polyomaviruses in children undergoing transplantation, United States, 2008-2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(10):1676-9. doi:10.3201/eid1810.120359 PMCID:PMC3471627 PMID:23017293
40.	Danziger-Isakov LA, Arslan D, Sweet S, Benden C, Goldfarb S, Wong J. RSV prevention and treatment in pediatric lung transplant patients: a survey of current practices among the International Pediatric Lung Transplant Collaborative. Pediatr Transplant. 2012;16(6):638-44. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01744.x PMID:22738242
41.	Kasiske BL, McBride MA, Cornell DL, Gaston RS, Henry ML, Irwin FD, Israni AK, Metzler NW, Murphy KW, Reed AI, Roberts JP, Salkowski N, Snyder JJ, Sweet SC. Report of a consensus conference on transplant program quality and surveillance. Am J Transplant. 2012;12(8):1988-96. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04130.x PMID:22682114
42.	Goldstein BS, Sweet SC, Mao J, Huddleston CB, Grady RM. Lung transplantation in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: an 18-year experience. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011;30(10):1148-52. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2011.04.009 PMID:21620736
43.	Gazit AZ, Sweet SC, Grady RM, Huddleston CB. First experience with a paracorporeal artificial lung in a small child with pulmonary hypertension. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011;141(6):e48-50. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.005 PMID:21420104
44.	Puri V, Epstein D, Raithel SC, Gandhi SK, Sweet SC, Faro A, Huddleston CB. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;140(2):427-32. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.04.012 PMID:20538306
45.	Benden C, Faro A, Worley S, Arrigain S, Aurora P, Ballmann M, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Mallory GB, Mogayzel PJ, Parakininkas D, Solomon M, Visner G, Sweet SC, Danziger-Isakov LA. Minimal acute rejection in pediatric lung transplantation--does it matter? Pediatr Transplant. 2010;14(4):534-9. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01268.x PMCID:PMC2888626 PMID:20059725
46.	Yusen RD, Shearon TH, Qian Y, Kotloff R, Barr ML, Sweet S, Dyke DB, Murray S. Lung transplantation in the United States, 1999-2008. Am J Transplant. 2010;10(4 Pt 2):1047-68. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03055.x PMID:20420652
47.	Adler FR, Aurora P, Barker DH, Barr ML, Blackwell LS, Bosma OH, Brown S, Cox DR, Jensen JL, Kurland G, Nossent GD, Quittner AL, Robinson WM, Romero SL, Spencer H, Sweet SC, van der Bij W, Vermeulen J, Verschuuren EA, Vrijlandt EJ, Walsh W, Woo MS, Liou TG. Lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2009;6(8):619-33. doi:10.1513/pats.2009008-088TL PMCID:PMC2797068 PMID:20008865
48.	Berk DR, Ciliberto HM, Sweet SC, Ferkol TW, Bayliss SJ. Aquagenic wrinkling of the palms in cystic fibrosis: comparison with controls and genotype-phenotype correlations. Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(11):1296-9. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2009.260 PMID:19917960
49.	Grady RM, Gandhi S, Sweet SC, Mao J, Huddleston CB. Dismal lung transplant outcomes in children with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia compared to Eisenmenger syndrome or pulmonary vein stenosis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009;28(11):1221-5. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2009.07.010 PMID:19783168
50.	Sweet SC. Update on pediatric lung allocation in the United States. Pediatr Transplant. 2009;13(7):808-13. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01237.x PMID:19832794
51.	Ranganathan K, Worley S, Michaels MG, Arrigan S, Aurora P, Ballmann M, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Mallory GB Jr, Mogayzel PJ, Parakininkas D, Solomon M, Visner G, Sweet SC, Faro A, Danziger-Isakov L. Cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin decreases the risk of cytomegalovirus infection but not disease after pediatric lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009;28(10):1050-6. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.032 PMCID:PMC2771443 PMID:19782286
52.	Liu M, Worley S, Arrigain S, Aurora P, Ballmann M, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Mallory GB, Mogayzel PJ, Parakininkas D, Visner G, Sweet S, Faro A, Michaels M, Danziger-Isakov LA. Respiratory viral infections within one year after pediatric lung transplant. Transpl Infect Dis. 2009;11(4):304-12. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00397.x PMID:19422670
53.	Uber PA, Ross HJ, Zuckermann AO, Sweet SC, Corris PA, McNeil K, Mehra MR. Generic drug immunosuppression in thoracic transplantation: an ISHLT educational advisory. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009;28(7):655-60. PMID:19560691
54.	Danziger-Isakov LA, Worley S, Michaels MG, Arrigain S, Aurora P, Ballmann M, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Mallory GB, Mogayzel PJ, Parakininkas D, Solomon M, Visner G, Sweet S, Faro A. The risk, prevention, and outcome of cytomegalovirus after pediatric lung transplantation. Transplantation. 2009;87(10):1541-8. doi:10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a492e8 PMCID:PMC2726779 PMID:19461492
55.	Elizur A, Faro A, Huddleston CB, Gandhi SK, White D, Kuklinski CA, Sweet SC. Lung transplantation in infants and toddlers from 1990 to 2004 at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(4):719-26. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02552.x PMID:19344463
56.	McCurry KR, Shearon TH, Edwards LB, Chan KM, Sweet SC, Valapour M, Yusen R, Murray S. Lung transplantation in the United States, 1998-2007. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(4 Pt 2):942-58. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02569.x PMID:19341417
57.	Sweet SC. Pediatric lung transplantation. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2009;6(1):122-7. doi:10.1513/pats.200808-095GO PMID:19131537
58.	McDiarmid SV, Cherikh WS, Sweet SC. Preventable death: children on the transplant waiting list. Am J Transplant. 2008;8(12):2491-5. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02443.x PMID:18976303
59.	Aurora P, Carby M, Sweet S. Selection of cystic fibrosis patients for lung transplantation. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2008;14(6):589-94. doi:10.1097/MCP.0b013e328313e3d4 PMID:18812837
60.	Danziger-Isakov LA, Worley S, Arrigain S, Aurora P, Ballmann M, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Mallory GB Jr, Michaels MG, Michelson P, Mogayzel PJ Jr, Parakininkas D, Solomon M, Visner G, Sweet S, Faro A. Increased mortality after pulmonary fungal infection within the first year after pediatric lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008;27(6):655-61. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.010 PMCID:PMC2447528 PMID:18503966
61.	Sweet SC, Benden C, Elidemir O. Lung transplantation and survival in children with cystic fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2008;358(16):1754; author reply 1755. PMID:18426004
62.	Bartosh SM, Ryckman FC, Shaddy R, Michaels MG, Platt JL, Sweet SC. A national conference to determine research priorities in pediatric solid organ transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2008;12(2):153-66. PMID:18345550
63.	Sweet SC, Aurora P, Benden C, Wong JY, Goldfarb SB, Elidemir O, Woo MS, Mallory GB Jr, International Pediatric Lung Transplant Collaborative. Lung transplantation and survival in children with cystic fibrosis: solid statistics--flawed interpretation. Pediatr Transplant. 2008;12(2):129-36. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00924.x PMID:18307660
64.	Faro A, Shepherd R, Huddleston CB, Lowell J, Gandhi S, Nadler M, Sweet SC. Lower incidence of bronchiolitis obliterans in pediatric liver-lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis. Transplantation. 2007;83(11):1435-9. doi:10.1097/01.tp.0000266067.44499.07 PMID:17565316
65.	Spivey JF, Singleton D, Sweet S, Storch GA, Hayashi RJ, Huddleston CB, Danziger-Isakov LA. Safety and efficacy of prolonged cytomegalovirus prophylaxis with intravenous ganciclovir in pediatric and young adult lung transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2007;11(3):312-8. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00626.x PMCID:PMC1930168 PMID:17430489
66.	Faro A, Mallory GB, Visner GA, Elidemir O, Mogayzel PJ Jr, Danziger-Isakov L, Michaels M, Sweet S, Michelson P, Paranjape S, Conrad C, Waltz DA, American Society of Transplantation. American Society of Transplantation executive summary on pediatric lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2007;7(2):285-92. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01612.x PMID:17109726
67.	Elizur A, Sweet SC, Huddleston CB, Gandhi SK, Boslaugh SE, Kuklinski CA, Faro A. Pre-transplant mechanical ventilation increases short-term morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007;26(2):127-31. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2006.11.597 PMID:17258145
68.	Horslen S, Sweet S, Gish RG, Shepherd R. Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception for cystic fibrosis. Liver Transpl. 2006;12(12 Suppl 3):S98-9. doi:10.1002/lt.20967 PMID:17123272
69.	Sweet SC. Pediatric living donor lobar lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2006;10(7):861-8. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00559.x PMID:17032437
70.	Palomar LM, Nogee LM, Sweet SC, Huddleston CB, Cole FS, Hamvas A. Long-term outcomes after infant lung transplantation for surfactant protein B deficiency related to other causes of respiratory failure. J Pediatr. 2006;149(4):548-53. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.06.004 PMID:17011330
71.	Fisher EJ, Berk DR, Greene RE, Shaner P, Sweet SC, Mallory SB. Preferred methods of excess hair removal in pediatric patients with lung transplantation. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006;55(2):320-3. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2006.03.031 PMID:16844521
72.	Kozower BD, Sweet SC, de la Morena M, Schuler P, Guthrie TJ, Patterson GA, Gandhi SK, Huddleston CB. Living donor lobar grafts improve pediatric lung retransplantation survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;131(5):1142-7. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.08.074 PMID:16678602
73.	Herrmann BW, Sweet SC, Hayashi RJ, Canter CE, White FV, Lieu JE. Otolaryngological manifestations of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric thoracic transplant patients. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006;70(2):303-10. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.07.011 PMID:16125255
74.	Sweet SC, Faro A. Not so fast--don't deprive children with cystic fibrosis of the option for lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006;173(2):246-7; author reply 247-8. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.173.2.246a PMID:16391305
75.	Choong CK, Sweet SC, Zoole JB, Guthrie TJ, Mendeloff EN, Haddad FJ, Schuler P, De la Morena M, Huddleston CB. Bronchial airway anastomotic complications after pediatric lung transplantation: incidence, cause, management, and outcome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;131(1):198-203. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.06.053 PMID:16399312
76.	Egan TM, Murray S, Bustami RT, Shearon TH, McCullough KP, Edwards LB, Coke MA, Garrity ER, Sweet SC, Heiney DA, Grover FL. Development of the new lung allocation system in the United States. Am J Transplant. 2006;6(5 Pt 2):1212-27. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01276.x PMID:16613597
77.	Sweet SC, Wong HH, Webber SA, Horslen S, Guidinger MK, Fine RN, Magee JC. Pediatric transplantation in the United States, 1995-2004. Am J Transplant. 2006;6(5 Pt 2):1132-52. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01271.x PMID:16613592
78.	Choong CK, Haddad FJ, Huddleston CB, Bell J, Guthrie TJ, Mendeloff EN, Schuler P, De la Morena M, Sweet SC. Role of open lung biopsy in lung transplant recipients in a single children's hospital: a 13-year experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006;131(1):204-8. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.059 PMID:16399313
79.	Hmiel SP, Beck AM, de la Morena MT, Sweet S. Progressive chronic kidney disease after pediatric lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2005;5(7):1739-47. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00930.x PMID:15943634
80.	Herrmann BW, Sweet SC, Molter DW. Sinonasal posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric lung transplant patients. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;133(1):38-41. doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2005.03.064 PMID:16025050
81.	Meyers BF, de la Morena M, Sweet SC, Trulock EP, Guthrie TJ, Mendeloff EN, Huddleston C, Cooper JD, Patterson GA. Primary graft dysfunction and other selected complications of lung transplantation: A single-center experience of 983 patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005;129(6):1421-9. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.01.022 PMID:15942587
82.	Danziger-Isakov LA, Sweet S, Delamorena M, Huddleston CB, Mendeloff E, Debaun MR. Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in the first year after pediatric lung transplantation. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005;24(4):324-30. PMID:15818292
83.	Harmon WE, McDonald RA, Reyes JD, Bridges ND, Sweet SC, Sommers CM, Guidinger MK. Pediatric transplantation, 1994-2003. Am J Transplant. 2005;5(4 Pt 2):887-903. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6135.2005.00834.x PMID:15760416
84.	Choong CK, Sweet SC, Guthrie TJ, Mendeloff EN, Haddad FJ, Schuler P, De La Morena M, Huddleston CB. Repair of congenital heart lesions combined with lung transplantation for the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension: a 13-year experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005;129(3):661-9. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.058 PMID:15746752
85.	Danziger-Isakov LA, Faro A, Sweet S, Michaels MG, Aurora P, Mogayzel PJ Jr, Mallory GB Jr, Boyer DM, Rice TB, DelaMorena M, DeBaun MR, International Pediatric Lung Transplant Collaborative Group. Variability in standard care for cytomegalovirus prevention and detection in pediatric lung transplantation: survey of eight pediatric lung transplant programs. Pediatr Transplant. 2003;7(6):469-73. PMID:14870896
86.	Siegel MJ, Lee EY, Sweet SC, Hildebolt C. CT of posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric recipients of lung allograft. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003;181(4):1125-31. doi:10.2214/ajr.181.4.1811125 PMID:14500243
87.	Lee R, Mendeloff EN, Huddleston C, Sweet SC, de la Morena M. Bilateral lung transplantation for pulmonary hypoplasia caused by congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126(1):295-7. PMID:12878973
88.	Danziger-Isakov LA, DelaMorena M, Hayashi RJ, Sweet S, Mendeloff E, Schootman M, Huddleston CB, DeBaun MR. Cytomegalovirus viremia associated with death or retransplantation in pediatric lung-transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2003;75(9):1538-43. doi:10.1097/01.TP.0000061607.07985.BD PMID:12792511
89.	Pechet TV, de le Morena M, Mendeloff EN, Sweet SC, Shapiro SD, Huddleston CB. Lung transplantation in children following treatment for malignancy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003;22(2):154-60. PMID:12581763
90.	Lu KC, Jaramillo A, Mendeloff EN, Huddleston CB, Sweet SC, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T. Concomitant allorecognition of mismatched donor HLA class I- and class II-derived peptides in pediatric lung transplant recipients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003;22(1):35-43. PMID:12531411
91.	Huddleston CB, Bloch JB, Sweet SC, de la Morena M, Patterson GA, Mendeloff EN. Lung transplantation in children. Ann Surg. 2002;236(3):270-6. doi:10.1097/01.SLA.0000027173.38874.31 PMCID:PMC1422580 PMID:12192313
92.	Ibrahim JE, Sweet SC, Flippin M, Dent C, Mendelhoff E, Huddleston CB, Trinkhaus K, Canter CE. Rejection is reduced in thoracic organ recipients when transplanted in the first year of life. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002;21(3):311-8. PMID:11897518
93.	Mendeloff EN, Meyers BF, Sundt TM, Guthrie TJ, Sweet SC, de la Morena M, Shapiro S, Balzer DT, Trulock EP, Lynch JP, Pasque MK, Cooper JD, Huddleston CB, Patterson GA. Lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002;73(1):209-17; discussion 217-9. PMID:11834012
94.	Siegel MJ, Bhalla S, Gutierrez FR, Hildebolt C, Sweet S. Post-lung transplantation bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: usefulness of expiratory thin-section CT for diagnosis. Radiology. 2001;220(2):455-62. doi:10.1148/radiology.220.2.r01au19455 PMID:11477251
95.	Sweet SC, De La Morena MT, Shapiro SD, Mendeloff EN, Huddleston CB. Interleukin-2-receptor blockade with daclizumab decreases the incidence of acute rejection in pediatric lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20(2):221-222. PMID:11250413
96.	Huddleston CB, Sweet S, Shapiro S, Mendeloff EN, De La Morena M. Lung transplantation in children following treatment for mallignancy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20(2):221. PMID:11250412
97.	Markovitz MS, Doyle A, Shaner MA, Schuller D, Sweet SC. Pediatric living donor lung transplantation: psychosocial considerations. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20(2):245. PMID:11250481
98.	De La Morena M, Sweet S, White F, Mendeloff E, McBride G, Huddleston C, Shapiro S, Schootman M. Pediatric lung transplantation and CMV pneumonitis: a ten year experience. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20(2):221. PMID:11250411
99.	Hayashi RJ, Kraus MD, Patel AL, Canter C, Cohen AH, Hmiel P, Howard T, Huddleston C, Lowell JA, Mallory G Jr, Mendeloff E, Molleston J, Sweet S, DeBaun MR. Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in children: correlation of histology to clinical behavior. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001;23(1):14-8. PMID:11196263
100.	Cohen AH, Sweet SC, Mendeloff E, Mallory GB Jr, Huddleston CB, Kraus M, Kelly M, Hayashi R, DeBaun MR. High incidence of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161(4 Pt 1):1252-5. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.161.4.9901013 PMID:10764320
101.	Huddleston CB, Sweet SC, Mallory GB, Hamvas A, Mendeloff EN. Lung transplantation in very young infants. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999;118(5):796-804. PMID:10534684
102.	Huddleston CB, Mendeloff EN, Cohen AH, Sweet SC, Balzer DT, Mallory GB Jr. Lung retransplantation in children. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998;66(1):199-203; discussion 203-4. PMID:9692464
103.	Mendeloff EN, Huddleston CB, Mallory GB, Trulock EP, Cohen AH, Sweet SC, Lynch J, Sundaresan S, Cooper JD, Patterson GA. Pediatric and adult lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1998;115(2):404-13; discussion 413-4. doi:10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70285-5 PMID:9475536
104.	Sweet SC, Spray TL, Huddleston CB, Mendeloff E, Canter CE, Balzer DT, Bridges ND, Cohen AH, Mallory GB Jr. Pediatric lung transplantation at St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1990-1995. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1997;155(3):1027-35. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9116982 PMID:9116982
105.	Bridges ND, Mallory GB Jr, Huddleston CB, Canter CE, Sweet SC, Spray TL. Lung transplantation in children and young adults with cardiovascular disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995;59(4):813-20; discussion 820-1. PMID:7695402
106.	Sweet SC, Gnegy ME, Welsh MJ. Presence of matrix-specific antibodies in affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies. J Immunol Methods. 1991;136(1):31-6. PMID:1995710
107.	Sweet SC, Rogers CM, Welsh MJ. Calmodulin is associated with microtubules forming in PTK1 cells upon release from nocodazole treatment. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 1989;12(2):113-22. doi:10.1002/cm.970120206 PMID:2713899
108.	Sweet SC, Rogers CM, Welsh MJ. Calmodulin stabilization of kinetochore microtubule structure to the effect of nocodazole. J Cell Biol. 1988;107(6 Pt 1):2243-51. PMCID:PMC2115647 PMID:3198685
109.	Sweet SC, Welsh MJ. Calmodulin colocalization with cold-stable and nocodazole-stable microtubules in living PtK1 cells. Eur J Cell Biol. 1988;47(1):88-93. PMID:3068060
110.	Stemple DL, Sweet SC, Welsh MJ, McIntosh JR. Dynamics of a fluorescent calmodulin analog in the mammalian mitotic spindle at metaphase. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 1988;9(3):231-42. doi:10.1002/cm.970090305 PMID:2896549
111.	Sweet SC, Griffin HC. Microcomputer control of radiochemical processes Int J Appl Radiat Isot. 1985;36:908-910.