Roy D. Bloom - Faculty Biosketch

Roy D. Bloom, MBBCh.

Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Department of Medicine
Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension
3400 Spruce Street
2 Ravdin Courtyard, Transplant Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6144

Office: (215) 662-4643
Fax: (215) 615-0349

Email:
roy.bloom@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
BSc (Physiology and Biochemistry)
University of Witwatersrand, 1980.
M.B.B.Ch.
University of Witwatersrand, 1983.

Links
Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Kidney Transplant
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine and General Surgery, (6 mos. each) , Johannesburg Hospital, South Africa, 1984-1984.
Senior House Officer, Cardiothoracics , Guy's Hospital, London, UK , 1985-1985.
Senior House Officer, Internal Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1985-1986.
Senior House Officer, Internal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, 1986-1987.
Intern & Resident, Internal Medicine , Albert Einstein Medical Center, Phila, PA , 1987-1990.
Senior House Officer, Nephrology, St. Phillip's & St. Paul's Hospitals, London, UK, 1987-1987.
Fellow in Renal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA , 1990-1992.
Fellowship, Renal Electrolyte & Hypertension Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Phila, PA, 1992-1994.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology Recertification, 2007.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology Recertification, 2017.

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Selected Publications

Anand PM, Singh N, Gupta G, Doshi M, Tanriover B, Adey D, Lentine KL, Niederhaus S, Parsons RF, Wiseman A, Cooper M, Singer G, Dadhania D, Bloom RD.: Transition of Care of Kidney Recipients from Transplant Centers to Referring Nephrologists: Report From the American Society of Transplantation Controversies Conference. Am J Kidney Dis. 86(5), November 2025.

Kobashigawa J, Levitsky J, Singh N, Khush K, Pinney S, Aby E, Afzal A, Adey D, Bhalla A, Doshi M, Farouk S, Fox A, Hall S, Kittleson M, King L, Kuo A, Levine D, Manla Y, Modaresi Esfeh J, Mufti A, Anand PM, Nurok M, Norvell JP, Parikh N, Pillai A, Pradhan F, Ramsey A, Samaniego-Picota M, Poojary-Hohman I, Samra M, Sawinski D, Schlendorf K, Sweet S, Tanriover B, Virmani S, Bloom RD.: Recommendations to overcome barriers to transplant fellowship training: A report from the American Society of Transplantation Fellows Task Force. Am J Transplant. 25(8): 1601-1613, August 2025.

Ariyamuthu VK, Cheng XS, Hippen B, Bloom RD, Acharya D, Araj F, Gungor AB, Alhamad T, Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Akalin E, Molnar MZ, Mete M, Ayvaci MUS, Doshi M, Tanriover B.: "The Final Rule in a Bind: What We Are Learning From Suboptimal Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Outcomes and Potential Solutions to the Problem": Erratum. Transplantation. 109(8), August 2025.

Klötzer KA, Abedini A, Li S, Balzer MS, Liang X, Levinsohn J, Ha E, Dumoulin B, Hogan JJ, Quinn G, Bloom RD, Schuller M, Eller K, Halmos B, Zhang NR, Susztak K.: Analysis of individual patient pathway coordination in a cross-species single-cell kidney atlas. Nat Genet. 57(8): 1922-1934, August 2025.

Ariyamuthu VK, Cheng XS, Hippen B, Bloom RD, Acharya D, Araj F, Gungor AB, Alhamad T, Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Akalin E, Molnar MZ, Mete M, Ayvaci M, Doshi M, Tanriover B.: The Final Rule in a Bind: What We are Learning from Suboptimal Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Outcomes and Potential Solutions to the Problem Transplantation 109(6): e317-e325. June 2025.

Seif N, Bloom RD: Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients: This Jury Needs More Evidence. Kidney Int 107(5): 796-799, May 2025.

Singh N, Josephson MA, Kumar V, Bloom RD.: ACGME Accreditation for Transplant Nephrology Training: Clarifying Why This Is a Step in the Right Direction. Am J Kidney Dis. 85(4): 527, April 2025.

Potluri VS, Zhang S, Schaubel DE, Shaikhouni S, Blumberg EA, Nasta S, Bloom RD, Cruz-Peralta M, Mehta RB, Lavu N, Getachew B, Tandukar S, Reese PP, Puttarajappa CM.: The Association of Epstein–Barr Virus Donor and Recipient Serostatus With Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation. Annals of Internal Medicine 178(2): 157-166, February 2025.

Potluri VS, Rubin J, Zee J, Ratcliffe SJ, Harhay MO, Abt PL, Vail EA, Parikh CR, Bloom RD, Gasparini A, Crowther M, Goldberg DS, Reese PP: Assessing Deceased Donor Kidneys Through Post-Transplant Survival Prediction Algorithms. . Am J Kidney Dis (in press) 2025.

Valenzuela NM, Lan J, Hitchman KMK, Amstutz U, Bloom RD, Levine DJ, Mengel M, Mannon RB.: 2025 Report of the Sensitization in Transplantation: Assessment of Risk Working Group on donor-derived cell-free DNA: Establishing analytical validity as the basis for appropriate and effective clinical utilization. Am J Transplant (in press) 2025.