Roy Dennis Bloom, MBBCh.
Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) 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
Links
Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Kidney Transplant
Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Clinical Trials--Kidney Transplant
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 Clinical Expertise
Kidney TransplantationSelected Publications
Seif N, Bloom RD: Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients: This Jury Needs More Evidence. Kidney Int (in press) 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 (in press) 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 19, Nov 2024.
Nguyen L, Forte A, Malat G, Liu X, Rivera J, Christopher C, Samudralwar R, Ilori T, Norris M, Bleicher M, Redfield RR 3rd, Weinrieb R, Bloom RD, Dunn TB, Trofe-Clark J.: Program Evaluation of Pharmacist-Performed Medication Adherence Assessments in Candidates for Living Donor Kidney Transplant. Prog Transplant 34(3): 141-147, Sept 2024.
Parsons RF, Lentine KL, Doshi M, Dunn TB, Forbes R, Fridell JA, Jesse MT, Pavlakis M, Sawinski D, Singh N, Axelrod DA, Cooper M; Workshop Participants: Generating strategies for a national comeback in pancreas transplantation: A Delphi survey and US conference report. Am J Transplant 24(8): 1473-1485, Aug 2024.
Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Sawinski D, Fix O, Adey D, Akalin E, Zayas C, Dadhania D, Doshi M, Cibrik D, Gupta M, Parsons R, Leca N, Santos RD, Concepcion BP, Nishio Lucar AG, Ong S, Sridhar VS, Parajuli S, Zachariah M, Mehta S, Soliman K, Shawar S, Husain SA, Preczewski L, Friedewald J, Mohan S, Wiseman A, Samaniego M, Kumar V, Tanriover B, Bloom R.: Should Transplant Nephrology Pursue Recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 19(8): 1051-1060, Aug 2024.
Shah S, Potluri VS, Bloom RD, Lim MA.: The Status of Kidney Transplant Fellowship in the United States: A Survey of Program Directors. Am J Kidney Dis. 83(3), Mar 2024.
Anand PM, Woodside KJ, Singh N, Alhamad T, Bloom RD, Gupta G, Singer G, Doshi M, Dhadhania D, Tanriover B, Parsons RF, Wagner Xiao H, Lentine KL.: Transition of Care of Stable Kidney Transplant Patients to Referring Nephrologists: A Survey of U.S. Transplant Program Staff. Clin Transplant 38(11), (in press) 2024.
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 (in press) 2024.
Ali Husain SA, Hippen B, Singh N, Parsons RF, Bloom RD, Anand PM, Lentine KL: Right-Sizing Multiorgan Allocation Involving Kidneys Clin J Am Soc Nephrol June 2023.