Roy Dennis Bloom
Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
One Founders Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pa 19104-6144
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pa 19104-6144
Office: (215) 662-4643
Fax: (215) 615-0349
Fax: (215) 615-0349
Email:
rdbloom@mail.med.upenn.edu
rdbloom@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
BSc (Physiology and Biochemistry)
University of Witwatersrand, 1980.
M.B.B.Ch.
University of Witwatersrand, 1983.
Permanent linkBSc (Physiology and Biochemistry)
University of Witwatersrand, 1980.
M.B.B.Ch.
University of Witwatersrand, 1983.
Description of Research Expertise
Kidney transplant outcomes, Post-transplant diabetes mellitus, hepatitis C in kidney transplantationDescription of Itmat Expertise
Dr. Bloom engages in clinical outcomes research, particularly pertaining to hepatitis C, transplant associated hyperglycemia and combined liver-kidney transplantation. He also has an active interest in immunosuppressive drug trials, both investigator-initiated and biopharmaceutical-initiated multicenter studies.Selected Publications
Sawinski D, Bloom RD: Medical Transplant Fellowships. Textbook of Organ Transplantation. Kirk AD (eds.). Wiley Blackwell, (in press), October 2013.Bloom RD: KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease. ASN Kidney News 5(4), April 2013.
Trofe-Clark J, Sparkes T, Gentile C, Van Deerlin V, D. Sawinski2, Bloom RD: BK Virus Genotype Variance and Discordant BK Viremia PCR Assay Results. American Journal of Transplantation 13(4): 1112-3, April 2013.
Bloom RD and Moussalem C: "Evaluation and Management of Transplant Associated Hyperglycemia" Kidney Transplantation: A Practical Guide to Medical Management. Weir M and Lerma E (eds.). Springer, 2013.
Ruebner R, Goldberg D, Abt PL, Bahirwani R; Levine M; Sawinski D; Bloom RD; Reese PP: Risk of end-stage renal disease among liver transplant recipients with pre-transplant renal dysfunction. American Journal of Transplantation 11(12): 2958-65, November 2012.
Alloway RR, Sadaka1 B, Trofe-Clark J, Wiland A, Bloom RD : A randomized pharmacokinetic study of generic tacrolimus versus reference tacrolimus in kidney transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation 12(10): 2825-31, October 2012.
Trofe-Clark J, Reese PR, Patel HJ, Jakobowski D, Goral S, Doll S, Abt PL, Bloom RD: Efficacy and Safety of Extended Duration Inpatient-to-Outpatient Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: Six Month Outcomes Transplantation 94(5): 506-12, September 2012.
Reese PP, Nair M, Bloom RD: Eliminating racial disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation: How can centers do better? American Journal of Kidney Diseases 59(6): 751-3, June 2012.
Reese PP, Bloom RD, Feldman HI, Huverserian A, Thomasson A, Shults J, Hamano T, Goral S, Shaked A, Olthoff K, Rickels MR, Bleicher M, Leonard MB: Changes in vitamin D binding protein and vitamin D concentrations associated with liver transplantation Liver International 32(2): 287-96, February 2012.
Cassuto JR, Levine MH, Reese PP, Bloom RD, Goral S, Naji A, Abt PL: The Influence of Induction Therapy for Kidney Transplantation after a Non-renal Transplant. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 7(1): 158-66, February 2012.