Sandra Amaral, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Fellow, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Hand Transplant Program (Vascular Composite Allograft Program), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Buerger Center 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Buerger Center 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-2449
Fax: 215-590-3705
Fax: 215-590-3705
Education:
BA
Wesleyan University, 1992.
MD
Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University, 2000.
MHS (Clinical Epidemiology)
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health , 2005.
Permanent linkBA
Wesleyan University, 1992.
MD
Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University, 2000.
MHS (Clinical Epidemiology)
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health , 2005.
Selected Publications
Husain S, Potluri V, Amaral S, Maclay L, Schold J, Mohan Sumit, Mcateer J, Yu, M.: Consent to review offers for kidneys from donors with hepatitis C among pediatric kidney transplant candidates in the United States. Pediatric Transplantation 29(7): e70167, Nov 2025.Guo Q., Wang C., Chung A., Maden B., Stimson E., Motter J., Moudgil A., Ingulli E., Grimm P., Verghese P., Hooper D., Smith J., Matossian D., Kizilbash S., Lestz R., Weng P., Blydt-Hansen T., Snyder M., Kumar J., Amaral S., Keating B: Large Scale Urinary Metabolomic Screening in the Prospective Multicenter VIRTUUS Children's Study AJT, World Transplant Congress Annual Meeting. Oral Presentation. San Francisco, CA. 25(8), August 2025.
Li, Y., T. Mosbruger, D. Ferriola, J. Duke, S. Morris, B. Marcellus, J. Savant, B. Laskin, D. Monos, and S. Amaral: Both Low Eplet Mismatch and Low Indirect T-Cell Recognition Scores Are Strong Prognosticators of Reduced Alloimmune Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation. World Transplant Congress Annual Meeting Poster Presentation. San Francisco, CA. 25(8), August 2025.
Serai SD, Morales T, Vossough D, Amaral S, Otero HJ, Viteri Baquerizo B: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) as a Non-Invasive Tool for Assessing Pediatric Kidney Transplants: A Feasibility Study. Pediatric Transplantation 29(5): e70119, August 2025.
Sonnenberg E., Amaral S., Zhang S., Rubin J., Levine M., Potluri V. : The Use of Deceased Donor Kidneys Prioritized for Pediatric Candidates and the Implications of the Refit KDPI Policy AJT, World Transplant Congress. Poster Presentation. San Francisco, CA. 25(8): S851-S852, August 2025.
Chu PY, Kelly A, Vajravelu ME, Hennessy S, Amaral S: Disparities in Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist (GLP-1RA) Utilization in Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Annual American Diabetes Association Conference. Poster Presentation. Chicago, IL June 2025.
Eaton CK, Pruette CS, Riekert KA, Yousefzadeh N, Pai AL, Amaral S, Dharnidharka VR, Knäuper B, Smith JM, Furth SL, Foster BJ: Tacrolimus IPV Group Membership Does Not Consistently Track With Electronically Monitored or Self-reported Adherence in Adolescent and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplantation Direct 11(6): e1806, May 2025.
Hewlett JL, Goka S, Nwaogazie U, Finkel R, Galea L, Lopez S, Laskin B, LaRosa C, Downes KJ, Amaral S, Savant JD, Viteri B : A case report of successful use of phenytoin/fosphenytoin in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir-induced tacrolimus allograft injury. Pediatric Transplantation 29(3): e70030, May 2025.
Morales T, Logan J, Zee J, Kaplan S, Back S, Pradhan S, Guay-Woodford L, Hartung E, Amaral S, Viteri B, Tasian G, Otero H: Association of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Perfusion Parameters with Histopathologic Findings in Pediatric Kidney Transplants. Society for Pediatric Radiology 2025 Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. Honolulu, HI April 2025.
Amaral S, Blydt-Hansen T, Moudgil A, Ingulli E, Grimm P, Verghese P, Hoooper D, Smith J, Weng PL, Matossian D, Kizilbash S, Chung A, Lestz R, Savant J, Bourgeois T, Zee J, Keating B, Kumar J: Biopsy Findings from the VIRTUUS Study: A North American Cohort of Incident Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Honolulu, HI April 2025.