Meera Nair Harhay, MD, MSCE
Attending Physician, Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty-Fellow, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street, Founders 1
Renal Division
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Renal Division
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2638
Education:
BA (Biology & English)
Johns Hopkins University, 2003.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007.
MSCE
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2013.
Permanent linkBA (Biology & English)
Johns Hopkins University, 2003.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2007.
MSCE
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2013.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Harhay's clinical expertise is in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease, acute kidney failure, and patients requiring acute and chronic renal replacement therapy. Dr. Harhay has further training and expertise in the area of renal transplantation, including the evaluation, in-hospital management, and post-operative management of kidney transplant recipients.Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Harhay's research interests include improving risk stratification of renal transplant candidates on the waiting list and study of quality-of-care metrics in renal transplantation.Selected Publications
Brown Justin C, Harhay Michael O, Harhay Meera N: Walking Cadence and Mortality Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of general internal medicine Jun 2014.Reese PP, Harhay MN, Bloom R, Shults J, Mussell A, Johansen K, Abt P, Levine M, Karlawish J, Feldman H: Functional status, change in function and outcomes for patients awaiting a kidney transplant. World Transplant Congress Annual Meeting 2014.
Harhay M, Lin E, Pai A, Harhay M O, Huverserian A, Mussell A, Abt P, Levine M, Bloom R, Shea J A, Troxel A B, Reese P P: Early rehospitalization after kidney transplantation: assessing preventability and prognosis. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 13(12): 3164-72, Dec 2013.
Beltrán-Sánchez Hiram, Harhay Michael O, Harhay Meera M, McElligott Sean: Prevalence and trends of metabolic syndrome in the adult U.S. population, 1999-2010. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 62(8): 697-703, Aug 2013.
Harhay Michael O, Harhay Jason S, Nair Meera M: Education, household wealth and blood pressure in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine: findings from the Demographic Health Surveys, 2005-2009. European journal of internal medicine 24(2): 117-26, Mar 2013.
Nair M, Lin E, Pai A, Harhay MO, Huverserian A, Mussell A, Abt P, Levine M, Bloom R, Shea JA, Troxel AB, Reese PP. : Assessment of Preventable and Non-Preventable Early Rehospitalization following Kidney Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation 13, 2013.
Nair M, Lin E, Pai A, Harhay MO, Huverserian A, Mussell A, Abt P, Levine M, Bloom R, Shea JA, Troxel AB, Reese PP: Early Reshospitalization after Kidney Transplantation: Predictors and Prognosis. American Journal of Transplantation 13, 2013.
Potluri V, Harhay MN, Wilson F, Bloom, R, Reese PP: Kidney Transplant Outcomes Among Prior Live Organ Donors. American Society of Nephrology 2013.
Reese Peter P, Nair Meera, Bloom Roy D: Eliminating racial disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation: how can centers do better? American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 59(6): 751-3, Jun 2012.
Nair M, Ruskin L, Chiang C, Abt P, Huverserian A, Mussell A, Schaeffer G, Doll S, Reese P, Levine M. : Categories and Predictors of early rehospitalization after Kidney Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation 12, 2012.