
Karen Woo
Vascular surgeon and Professor of Surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, expert in dialysis vascular access and outcomes research.
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Sep 17, 2026
JVS Author Spotlight - Wei, Woo & Zielasek
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Karen WooGUEST
So the idea of using the multimorbidity weighted index and applying it to dialysis access patients was, first of all, we know that patients who require dialysis access have probably high multimorbidity.

Karen WooGUEST
And those comorbid conditions historically have been examined in the literature in isolation, right? We looked at the association of diabetes with AV access outcomes and coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, etc.

Karen WooGUEST
So some authors have found that there is an association, others authors have found that they aren't.

Karen WooGUEST
So When I met Dr. Wei and learned about the multi-morbidity weighted index, I thought that this would be a perfect opportunity to try to see if it's really about the constellation of comorbidities that affects the outcome rather than and individual comorbidity in isolation.
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Dr. Wu, the clinical side of it, even if you do end up implementing all of this and doing the heavy lifting and you can see a score, is that score going to change what you offer to a patient? Would you not offer surgery to somebody who's got high multimorbidity index?

