Transplant Decision Aid

Info about the Project

In this project, we have used machine learning to develop a decision support tool for patients on the deceased-donor organ transplant waiting list. The idea is to evaluate the trade-offs in accepting organs that are labelled as 'Increased Risk Donor' (or IRD) organ versus choosing to remain on the waitlist to receive a non-IRD organ. We have built post-transplant survival models to predict the outcomes in both cases and compared them, based on the patient and donor characteristics, to help patients in making more informed decisions.
Faculty: 
David Goldsman, Brian Gurbaxani, Pinar Keskinocak, Joel Sokol
Students: 
Ethan Mark, Kirthana Hampapur