Selected Grants
Selected Publications
Di Cocco, Pierpaolo, Martinino, Alessandro, Pinto, Federico, Valdepenas, Benito, Spaggiari, Mario, Tzvetanov, Ivo, Benedetti, Enrico. (2024). Living Donor Intestinal Transplantation. Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 53, (3), 441-452. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2023.12.005.
Di Cocco, Pierpaolo, Martinino, Alessandro, Bencini, Giulia, Christensen, Rachel, Valdepenas, Benito, Petrochenkov, Egor, Akshelyan, Stepan, Almario-Alvarez, Jorge, Spaggiari, Mario, Tzvetanov, Ivo, Benedetti, Enrico. (2024). Clinical outcomes of intestinal transplant recipients receiving maintenance basiliximab, sublingual tacrolimus and prednisone: A case series. Human Immunology, 85, (3), 110787. doi:10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110787.
Alzahrani, Mohammed, Belcher, Rachel M, Benken, Jamie, Valdepenas, Benito, Di Cocco, Pierpaolo, Kajavathanan, Mathula, Benken, Scott T. (2023). Retrospective evaluation of LCP‐tacrolimus (Envarsus XR) dosing in de novo kidney transplant. Clinical Transplantation, 37, (11), e15082. doi:10.1111/ctr.15082.
Di Cocco, Pierpaolo, Gaitonde, Sujata, Spaggiari, Mario, Fratti, Alberto, Alvarez, Jorge Almario, Petrochenkov, Egor, Valdenepas, Bentio T, Gupta, Priyanka, Benedetti, Enrico, Tzvetanov, Ivo. (2023). Desensitizing With Temporary Donor Splenic Transplant: Hope for the Sensitized Patients on Pancreas and Kidney -Pancreas Transplant Waitlist. Transplantation Proceedings, 55, (2), 295-302. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.01.006.
Dabbas, Walaa, Kumar, Prerna, Naik, Ruchi, Pierce, Dana, Heagler, Kristin, Valdepenas, Benito, Tang, Ignatius. (2022). P16.28: COVID 19 Outcomes in Hospitalized Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Recipients During Omicron Variant Wave. Transplantation, 106, (9S), s740-s740. doi:10.1097/01.tp.0000889720.45202.30.
Dabbas, Walaa, Kumar, Prerna, Naik, Ruchi, Pierce, Dana, Heagler, Kristin, Valdepenas, Benito, Benken, Scott, Tang, Ignatius. (2022). 314.7: Outcomes of SARS -Cov-2 in Hospitalized Solid Organ Transplant Recipients During the Omicron Wave in the United States. Transplantation, 106, (9S), s226-s226. doi:10.1097/01.tp.0000886532.02082.97.
article, Contributors to the C4. (2021). C4 article: Implications of COVID-19 in transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation, 21, (5), 1801-1815. doi:10.1111/ajt.16346.
Article, Contributors to the C4. (2020). C4 article: Challenges and solutions to appropriate and timely medication access in transplantation in the United States. American Journal of Transplantation, 20, (2), 362-376. doi:10.1111/ajt.15732.
Professional Leadership
Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 1/1/2022 - Present
National Alliance for Caregiving, 1/1/2022 - Present
American Society of Transplantation, 1/6/2021 - Present
American Society of Transplantation, Public Policy Work Group, 1/6/2019 - Present
American Society of Transplantation, Pediatrics Medication Access Subgroup, 1/6/2019 - Present
Education
Degrees:
MS, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2018
ADN, Oakton Community College, United States, 2011
Postgraduate Training:
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2019
PGY2 Specialty Residency in Solid Ogan Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Licensures and Certifications
Board Certified Transplant Pharmacist, Board of Pharmacy Specialties, Date Not Set - Present