Douglas E. Schaubel, PhD

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Professor of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

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Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
614 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: (215) 898-2264
Fax: 215-573-4865
Education:
BMath (Actuarial Science, Statistics)
University of Waterloo: Waterloo, 1992.
MSc (Biostatistics)
McGill University, 1996.
PhD (Biostatistics)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002.
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Selected Publications

Reese PP, Mohan S, Schaubel DE, Forbes R, Mehta S, Woodle ES, Song N, Sise ME, Chung RT, Durand CM, Desai N, Verna EC, Bittermann T, Blanco M, Shaffer D, Concepcion BP, Alloway RR, Pagan JA, DuBay DA, McGillicuddy JW, Potluri V, Huml AM, Santoriello D, Stokes MB, Goldberg DS: Low prevalence of glomerulonephritis in transplanted kidneys from deceased donors with active hepatitis C virus infection. Kidney International 108(6): 1170-1178, DEC 2025.

Potluri VS, Schaubel DE, Blumberg EA, Morford H, Reese PP, Puttarajappa CM: High variability in the reported prevalence of EBV-seronegative status among US kidney transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation 25(8): 1799-1801, AUG 2025.

Bittermann T, Schaubel DE: Obeticholic acid as second-line therapy for primary biliary cholangitis: Does target trial emulation solve the issue? Hepatology 81(6): 1629-1631, JUN 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001198.

Serper M, Schaubel DE, Cousins KAQ, McMillan C, Asrani S, Boike J, Yoshino Benavente J, Wolf MS: Hepatic encephalopathy predicts early post-transplant cognitive and functional impairment: The Livcog cohort study. Hepatology Communications 9(4): e0696, APR 2025.

Potluri VS, Goldberg D, Zhang S, Schaubel DE, Molnar MZ, Forbes R, Sise ME, Rogers JL, Balaraman V, Bhalla A, Shaffer D, Concepcion BP, Chung RT, Strohbehn IA, Mapchan S, Vujjini V, Sangadi A, Martin E, Bloom RD, Ammazzalorso A, Blumberg EA, Reese PP: Risk of Cytomegalovirus Viremia Following Transplantation of Hepatitis C-Viremic Donor Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Transplant Infectious Disease Page: e70011, MAR 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/tid.70011.

Ho FY, Wang X, Schaubel DE, Biscotti M 3rd, Cevasco M, Parikh AG, Kerlin MP, Christie JD, Reese PP, Vail EA.: Heart donation and transplant recipient survival outcomes from deceased organ donors managed in hospital-based versus independent donor care units. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation S1053-2498(25): 01780-2, MAR 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.02.1694.

Potluri VS, Zhang S, Schaubel DE, Shaikhouni S, Blumberg EA, Nasta SD, Bloom RD, Cruz-Peralta M, Mehta RB, Lavu NR, Getachew B, Tandukar S, Reese PP, Puttarajappa CM: The Association of Epstein-Barr Virus Donor and Recipient Serostatus With Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation : A Retrospective Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine 178(2): 157-166, FEB 2025 Notes: doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-24-00165.

Bittermann T, Kathawate RG, Schaubel DE, Lewis JD, Goldberg DS: Hospital readmission for acute kidney injury is independently associated with de novo end-stage renal disease after liver transplantation Liver Transplantation 31(2): 140-150, FEB 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000463.

Durkin C, Schaubel DE, Kaplan DE, Mahmud N, Bittermann T: Survival Benefit From Corticosteroids in Severe Alcohol-associated Hepatitis Attributed to Clinical and Treatment Differences in a Large Multicenter Cohort. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 16(1): e00791, JAN 2025 Notes: doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000791.

Ismail MK, Araki T, Gefter WB, Suzuki Y, Raevsky A, Saleh A, Yusuf S, Marquis A, Alcudia A, Duncan I, Schaubel DE, Cantu E, Rizi R: Artificial intelligence-driven automated lung sizing from chest radiographs. American Journal of Transplantation 25(1): 198-203, JAN 2025.

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Last updated: 02/02/2026
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