Related Publications

The following links provide access to the published papers that informed the creation of the CEaD Trainings. The articles provide more information about the essential communication skills presented in these trainings.


Siminoff LA, Alolod GP, Davis EE, Sarwer DB, Gardiner HM. Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation: Knowledge and Attitudes of a National Sample of Organ Procurement Organization Professionals. Clinical Transplantation. 2020;34(11):e14071. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14071. PubMed PMID: 32885456.

Wainright JL, Wholley CL, Rosendale J, Cherikh WS, Di Battista D, Klassen DK. VCA Deceased Donors in the United States. Transplantation. 2019;103(5):990-997. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002457. PubMed PMID: 30234789.

Sarwer DB, Ritter S, Reiser K, Spitzer JC, Baumann BM, Patel SN, Mazzarelli AJ, Levin SL, Doll S, Caplan AL. Attitudes Toward Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation of the Hands and Face in an Urban Population. Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation. 2014;1(1-2):22-30. doi: 10.4161/23723505.2014.975021

Siminoff LA, & Traino HM. Consenting to Donation: an Examination of Current Practices in Informed Consent for Tissue Donation in the US. Cell and Tissue Banking. 2013;14(1):85-95. doi: 10.1007/s10561-012-9303-7. PubMed PMID: 22395736.

Traino HM & Siminoff LA. Attitudes and Acceptance of First Person Authorization: a National Comparison of Donor and Nondonor Families. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2013;74(1):294-300. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318270dafc. PubMed PMID: 23147186.

Siminoff LA. Traino HM, & Gordon NH. An Exploratory Study of Relational, Persuasive, and Nonverbal Communication in Requests for Tissue Donation. Journal of Health Communication. 2011;16(9):955-975. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2011.561908. PubMed PMID: 21512935.

Siminoff LA, Traino HM, & Gordon NH. Determinants of Family Consent to Tissue Donation. Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2010;69(4):956-963. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d8924b. PubMed PMID: 20526212.

Siminoff LA, Marshall HM, Dumenci L, Bowen G, Swaminathan A, Gordon N. Communicating Effectively about Donation: an Educational Intervention to Increase Consent to Donation. Progress in Transplantation. 2009;19(1):35-43. doi: 10.7182/prtr.19.1.9q02364408755h18. PubMed PMID: 19341061.