Matthew B Palmer, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Electron Microscopy, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Renal Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff, Surgical Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
6 Founders
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
6 Founders
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S. (Zoology and Russian)
Brigham Young University, 1998.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
Emory University, 2008.
M.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Emory University School of Medicine, 2008.
Permanent linkB.S. (Zoology and Russian)
Brigham Young University, 1998.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
Emory University, 2008.
M.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Emory University School of Medicine, 2008.
Selected Publications
Abedini A, Levinsohn J, Klötzer KA, Dumoulin B, Ma Z, Frederick J, Dhillon P, Balzer MS, Shrestha R, Liu H, Vitale S, Bergeson AM, Devalaraja-Narashimha K, Grandi P, Bhattacharyya T, Hu E, Pullen SS, Boustany-Kari CM, Guarnieri P, Karihaloo A, Traum D, Yan H, Coleman K, Palmer M, Sarov-Blat L, Morton L, Hunter CA, Kaestner KH, Li M, Susztak K.: Single-cell multi-omic and spatial profiling of human kidneys implicates the fibrotic microenvironment in kidney disease progression. Nature Genetics 56(8): 1712-1724, August 2024.Allaf ME, Kim SE, Master V, McDermott DF, Harshman LC, Cole SM, Drake CG, Signoretti S, Akgul M, Baniak N, Li-Ning E, Palmer MB, Emamekhoo H, Adra N, Kaimakliotis H, Ged Y, Pierorazio PM, Abel EJ, Bilen MA, Ogan K, Moon HH, Ramaswamy KA, Singer EA, Mayer TM, Lohrey J, Margulis V, Gills J, Delacroix SE, Waples MJ, James AC, Wang P, Choueiri T, Michaelson MD, Kapoor A, Heng DY, Shuch B, Leibovich BC, Lara PN, Manola J, Maskens D, Battle D, Uzzo R, Bratslavsky G, Haas NB, Carducci MA.: Perioperative nivolumab versus observation in patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing nephrectomy (PROSPER ECOG-ACRIN EA8143): an open-label, randomised, phase 3 study. Lancet Oncology 25(8): 1038-1052, August 2024.
Yan Y, Liu H, Abedini A, Sheng X, Palmer M, Li H, Susztak K.: Unraveling the epigenetic code: human kidney DNA methylation and chromatin dynamics in renal disease development. Nature Communications 15(1): 873, January 2024.
Murphy JD, Caza TN, Cassol CA, Storey A, Ambruzs JM, Boils C, Walker PD, Sharma S, Messias N, Hennigar R, Andeen NK, VanBeek C, Palmer M, Sankar L, Sanghi P, Dinesh K, Dicker L, Urisman A, Larsen CP.: Clinicopathologic Features of Antibrush Border Antibody Disease. Kidney International Reports 9(2): 370-382, November 2023.
Matthew B Palmer; Virginie Royal; J. Charles Jennette; Abigail R. Smith; Qian Liu; Josephine M. Ambruzs; Nicole K. Andeen; Vivette D. D’Agati; Agnes B. Fogo; Joseph Gaut; Rasheed A. Gbadegesin; Larry A. Greenbaum; Jean Hou; Margaret E Helmuth; Richard A. Lafayette; Helen Liapis; Bruce Robinson; Michael B. Stokes; Katherine Twombley; Hong Yin; Cynthia C. Nast; for the CureGN Consortium: Cure Glomerulonephropathy Pathology Classification and Core Scoring Criteria, Reproducibility, and Clinicopathologic Correlations. Glomerular Diseases 3(1): 248-257, October 2023.
Nova-Camacho LM, Acosta AM, Trpkov K, Sangoi AR, Pierre A, Chou A, Yilmaz A, Morini A, Rodrigues Â, Fletcher CDM, Perez-Montiel D, Maclean F, Contreras F, Queipo FJ, Muñiz Unamunzaga G, Mesa H, de Torres I, Ruiz I, Alvarado-Cabrero I, Lobo J, Schwartz L, Cheng L, Akgul M, García-Martos M, Palmer MB, Aron M, Raspollini MR, Manrique Celada M, Hwang M, Idrees MT, Rioux-Leclercq N, Zalles N, Vergara N, Lal P, Wobker S, Kammerer-Jacquet SF, Prendeville S, Tilmant T, Ulbright TM, Verkarre V, Collins K, Williamson SR, Panizo A.: Metastatic solid tumors to the testis: a clinicopathologic evaluation of 157 cases from an international collaboration. Human Pathology 139: 37-46, September 2023.
Hirohama D, Abedini A, Moon S, Surapaneni A, Dillon ST, Vassalotti A, Liu H, Doke T, Martinez V, Md Dom Z, Karihaloo A, Palmer MB, Coresh J, Grams ME, Niewczas MA, Susztak K: Unbiased Human Kidney Tissue Proteomics Identifies Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 as a Kidney Disease Biomarker. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 34(7): 1279-1291, July 2023.
Mottl AK, Bomback AS, Mariani LH, Coppock G, Jennette JC, Almaani S, Gipson DS, Kelley S, Kidd J, Laurin LP, Mucha K, Oliverio A, Palmer M, Rizk D, Sanghani N, Stokes MB, Susztak K, Wadhwani S, Nast CC.: CureGN-Diabetes Study: Rationale, Design, and Methods of a Prospective Observational Study of Glomerular Disease Patients with Diabetes. Glomerular Diseases 3(1): 155-164, June 2023.
Alghamdi M, Chen JF, Jungbluth A, Koutzaki S, Palmer MB, Al-Ahmadie HA, Fine SW, Gopalan A, Sarungbam J, Sirintrapun SJ, Tickoo SK, Reuter VE, Chen YB.: L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule (L1CAM) Expression and Molecular Alterations Distinguish Low-Grade Oncocytic Tumor From Eosinophilic Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma. Modern Pathology 37(5): 100467, May 2023.
Goodwin AT, John AE, Joseph C, Habgood A, Tatler AL, Susztak K, Palmer M, Offermanns S, Henderson NC, Jenkins RG: Stretch regulates alveologenesis and homeostasis via mesenchymal Gαq/11-mediated TGFβ2 activation. Development 150(9), May 2023.