Faculty | Infectious Diseases Division

Emily A. Blumberg, MD

Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director, Transplant Infectious Disease, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Member, Antibiotic Subcommittee of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

3 Silverstein, Suite E
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
blumbere@mail.med.upenn.edu

Education:
A.B. (History)
Princeton University, 1977.
M.D.
New York University, 1981.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL, 1981-1982.
Resident in Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago, IL, 1982-1984.
Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1984-1985.
Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1985-1987.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1984.
American Board of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), 1986.

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Description of Research Expertise

Infections in transplant recipients, Transplantation in HIV infected patients, Antiviral therapies in transplant recipients, Donor derived infections

Description of Clinical Expertise

infections in transplant recipients

Selected Publications

Pruett T L, Blumberg E A, Cohen D J, Crippin J S, Freeman R B, Hanto D W, Mulligan D C, Green M D: A consolidated biovigilance system for blood, tissue and organs: one size does not fit all. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 12(5): 1099-101, May 2012.

Blyth D, Lee I, Sims K D, Gasink L B, Barton T D, Van Deerlin V M, Pfeiffenberger P, Blumberg E A: Risk factors and clinical outcomes of cytomegalovirus disease occurring more than one year post solid organ transplantation. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 14(2): 149-55, Apr 2012.

Grossi Paolo A, Costa Alessandro Nanni, Fehily Deirdre, Blumberg Emily A, Kuehnert Matthew J, Fishman Jay A, Ison Michael G, Lattes Roberta, Kotton Camille N, Lilleri Daniele, Kabanova Anne, Lanzavecchia Antonio, Gerna Giuseppi, Razonable Raymund R, Comoli Patrizia, Zecca Marco, Basso Sabrina, Ginevri Fabrizio, Grossi Alessandra, Schena Francesco P, Rimola Antoni, Burra Patrizia, De Martin Elenora, Rodriguez-Castro Kryssia Isabel, Fagiuoli Stefano, Pasulo Luisa, Bruno Raffaele, Andreone Pietro, Loggi Elisabetta, Arena Fabio, Maria Rossolini Gian, Sganga Gabriele, Cozza Valerio: Infections and organ transplantation: new challenges for prevention and treatment--a colloquium. Transplantation 93(5 Suppl): S4-S39, Mar 2012.

Blumberg E, Covington S, Taranto S, Taylor K, Parker K, Green M, Comellas C, Dominguez E, Ehsan A, Friedman B, Kaul D, Kusne S, Lyon GM, Miller R, Mitchell S, Nalesnik M, Nickeleit V, Pavlakis M, Ruiz P, Souter M, Tuttle-Newhall JE, Weiss L, Wiesner R, Pruett T.: Impact of Organism on Outcomes: Donor Derived Infections. American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA 2012. American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA 2012.

Pavlakis M, Taranto S, Covington S, Taylor K, Parker K, Gross T, Nalesnik M, Green M, Comellas C, Dominguez E, Ehsan A, Friedman B, Kaul D, Kusne S, Lyon GM, Miller R, Mitchell S, Nickeleit V, Pruett T, Ruiz P, Souter M, Tuttle-Newhall JE, Weiss L, Wiesner R, Blumberg E. : Donor Derived Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Transmission Events 2008-2011: A Report of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC). American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA 2012.

Kumar D, Cordero E, Blumberg E, Munoz P, Moreno A, Bodro M, Limaye A, Montejo M, Lopez-Medrano F, Husain S, Levi M, Gavalda J, Farinas C, Humar A. : A Prospective Multicenter Study of Seasonal Influenza Infection in Transplant Recipients. American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA 2012.

Ehsan A, Taranto S, Covington SH, Miller RA, Taylor KH, Parker KB, Friedman BS, Green MD, Ruiz P, Blumberg EA. : Donor-Derived Infections in LungTransplantation. International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Prague, Czech Republic 2012.

Ehsan A, Taranto S, Covington SH, Miller RA, Taylor KH, Parker KB, Friedman BS, Green MD, Ruiz P, Blumberg EA.: Donor-Derived Infections in Heart Transplantation. International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Prague, Czech Republic 2012.

Limaye A, Hauser I, Loveless M, Mu Y, Blumberg E, Jardine A, Humar A. : Factors Associated with the Development of CMV Viremia in High-Risk (D+/R-) Renal Transplant Patients on Valganciclovir Prophylaxis. American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA 2012.

Blumberg E, Covington S, Taranto S, Taylor K, Parker K, Comellas C, Dominguez E, Ehsan A, Friedman B, Kaul D, Kusne S, Lyon GM, Miller R, Mitchell S, Nalesnik M, Nickeleit V, Pavlakis M, Pruett T, Ruiz P, Souter : A Report of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC). American Transplant Congress, Boston, MA 2012.