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Medical Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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3a Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6144
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3a Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension
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122 Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
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110 Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Kidney Transplant
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122 Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
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Description of Research Expertise
74 Kidney transplant outcomes, Post-transplant diabetes mellitus, hepatitis C in kidney transplantation65
Description of Clinical Expertise
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164 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. 44 Am J Transplant 26(1): 20-31, January 2026.
114 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 Posttransplant Survival Prediction Algorithms 44 Am J Kidney Dis 87(1): 18-30, January 2026.
1af 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.
12a Tandukar S, Wu Q, Chandrashekar S, Shah D, Chiang C, Couch K, Trofe J, Sonnenberg EM, Abt P, Lim MA, Potluri V, Bloom R.: Long-Term Outcomes of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin Transplant 39(10), October 2025.
28c 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.
1b6 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.
176 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.
1b1 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.
e0 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.
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Selected Publications
1ac Tandukar S, Potluri V, Abt P, Kaplan DE, Bittermann T,Besharatian B, Hoteit MA, Levine M, Thomasson A, Hryzak S, Murali A, Thapaliya S, Ranganna K, Bloom RD, Dunn TB, Lim MA : Outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant and kidney after liver transplant using the safety net criteria – a single center experience. Transplant Direct 12(5), May 2026.164 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. 44 Am J Transplant 26(1): 20-31, January 2026.
114 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 Posttransplant Survival Prediction Algorithms 44 Am J Kidney Dis 87(1): 18-30, January 2026.
1af 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.
12a Tandukar S, Wu Q, Chandrashekar S, Shah D, Chiang C, Couch K, Trofe J, Sonnenberg EM, Abt P, Lim MA, Potluri V, Bloom R.: Long-Term Outcomes of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin Transplant 39(10), October 2025.
28c 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.
1b6 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.
176 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.
1b1 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.
e0 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.
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