About the Authors

Daniel John Womac

Affiliation Divisions of Transplant Surgery, Department Of Surgery, Medical University Of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Arun Prathap Palanisamy

arunp@musc.edu

Affiliation Divisions of Transplant Surgery, Department Of Surgery, Medical University Of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Rene Eslick

Affiliation Divisions of Transplant Surgery, Department Of Surgery, Medical University Of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Dennis Kenneth Schimpf

Affiliation Divisions of Plastic Surgery, Department Of Surgery, Medical University Of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Kenneth David Chavin

Affiliation Divisions of Transplant Surgery, Department Of Surgery, Medical University Of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJW APP RE DKS KDC. Performed the experiments: DJW APP RE. Analyzed the data: DJW APP DKS KDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APP KDC. Wrote the paper: DJW APP KDC.