Ronald F. Parsons, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Transplant Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2nd Fl. Ravdin Courtyard Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 2nd Fl. Ravdin Courtyard Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 4047272063
Education
BA
Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2000.
MD
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 2005.
Permanent linkBA
Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2000.
MD
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 2005.
Selected Publications
LEONBERG-YOO A, LEONBERG KE, ABU-GAZALA S, HRYZAK S, REDFIELD RR 3RD, PARSONS RF, AGARWAL AK, : Patient-reported Opioid use and Pain Management After Living Kidney Donation. Transplantation Direct 12(6): E1954, May 2026.ONG, OY, MUNOZ N, SCHAUBEL DE, JACKSON, KR, PARSONS RF, ABT PL, SONNENBERG EM. : Do Prolonged Donor Warm Ischemic Times Correlate with Kidney Transplant Outcomes? The Largest Study of Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in the United States. American Journal of Transplantation MAY 2026.
Singh, N, Parajuli S, Rao S, Alhamad T, Niederhaus S, Nieves F, Diab A, Stumpf M, Albritton M, Singh A, Pelletier R, Bongu A, Parsons RF, Stratta RJ.: Hyperglycemia following pancreas transplantation: Rethinking graft function and metabolic control. American Journal of Transplantation May 2026 Notes: In Press - Available online 5/16/26.
Parsons RF: Age Stratification of Deceased Donors Suggests Transplantation Opportunities for Countries. Transplantation 110(3): E530-E531, March 2026.
CIMENO A, BANSKOTA S, NADEEM SO, PARSONS RF: Comparison of Multiple Frailty Scoring Metrics in Renal Transplant Candidates: A Large Single-center Cohort Study. TRANSPLANT DIRECT 12(3): E1921, February 2026.
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, American Journal of Kidney Diseases. American Society of Transplantation November 2025.
Parajuli S, Mandelbrot D, Stratta RJ, Kandaswamy R, Parsons RF, Singh N, Gruessner A, Kaufman DB, Odorico J.: The Challenge of Minding the Glomerular Filtration Rate Gap Between Pancreas Transplant Alone and Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Stuck in the Middle. American Journal of Transplantation 109(7): 1062-1065, July 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Mar 25.
Parsons RF: Risk Factors for Kidney Disease Progression in Pancreas Alone Recipients Obligate a Kidney Transplant Safety Net. Transplantation 109(6): 901-904, June 2025 Notes: Epub 2024 Dec 12.
Fischer RMJ, Muñoz N, Ong O, L. Abt P, C. Gruessner A, F. Parsons R: National Trends in Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Simultaneous Pancreas–Kidney Transplantation. Clinical Transplantation 2025.
Anand PM, Woodside KJ, Singh N, Alhamad T, Bloom RD, Gupta G, Singer G, Doshi M, Dadhania DM, Tanriover B, Parsons RF, Wagner C, Xiao H, Lentine KL;: Transition of Care of Stable Kidney Transplant Patients to Referring Nephrologists: A Survey of U.S. Transplant Program Staff. Clinical Transplantation 38(11), November 2024.