Ty Blink Dunn, MD, MS, FACS
Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Surgical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2 Ravdin Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
2 Ravdin Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-5629
Fax: 215-615-4900
Fax: 215-615-4900
Links
International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
American Society of Transplantation
International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
American Society of Transplantation
Education:
B.A. (Biology)
Hamline University, 1988.
M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School, 1994.
M.S. (Surgery)
University of Illinois, 1998.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biology)
Hamline University, 1988.
M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School, 1994.
M.S. (Surgery)
University of Illinois, 1998.
Description of Clinical Expertise
pancreas transplantationpancreas retransplantation
complications of pancreas transplant
living kidney donation
kidney transplantation
kidney autotransplantation
desensitization
abo incompatible transplantation
chronic pancreatitis
islet autotransplantation
reoperative surgery
Selected Publications
Long JJ, Nijhar K, Jenkins RT, Yassine A, Motter JD, Jackson KR, Jerman S, Besharati S, Anders RA, Dunn TB, Marsh CL, Rayapati D, Lee DD, Barth RN, Woodside K, Philosophe B.: Digital Imaging Software vs. the “Eyeball” Method in Quantifying Steatosis in a Liver Biopsy. Liver Transplantation 29(3): 268-278, March 2023.Paula Ferrada, Jeremy W. Cannon, Rosemary A. Kozar, Eileen M. Bulger, Michael Sugrue, Lena M. Napolitano, Samuel A. Tisherman, Craig M. Coopersmith, Phil A. Efron, David J. Dries, Ty B. Dunn, Lewis J. Kaplan, : Surgical Science and the Evolution of Critical Care Medicine. Critical Care Medicine 51(2): 182-211, February 2023.
Ronald F. Parson, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Arpita Basu, Yee Lu, KristaL.Lentine, Kenneth J. Woodside, Neeraj Singh, Joseph Scalea, Tarek Alhamad, Ty. Dunn, Franco H. Cabeza Rivera, Sandesh Parajuli, Martha Pavlakis, Matthew Cooper: Comprehensive review: Frailty in pancreas transplant candidates and recipients. Clinical Transportation, The Journal of Clinical Transportation Research 37(2), January 2023.
Ty B. Dunn, Michele Molinari: Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation. Long-term Care of Kidney Transplant Patients. by Sundaram Hariharan (eds.). Oxford University Press, 2023 Notes: accepted.
Michele Molinari, Ty Dunn: Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation. Long-term care of Kidney Transplant Patients. Sundaram Hariharan (eds.). Oxford University Press, 2023 Notes: accepted.
Schoephoerster J, Matas A, Jackson S, Pruett TL, Finger EB, Kandaswamy R, Dunn T, Kirchner V, Anderson JK, Humphreville V.: Orchialgia After Living Donor Nephrectomy: An Underreported Entity. Transplant Direct 8(11): e1383, Oct 2022.
Chinnakotla S, Beilman GJ, Vock D, Freeman ML, Kirchner V, Dunn TB, Pruett TL, Amateau SK, Trikudanathan G, Schwarzenberg SJ, Downs E, Armfield M, Bellin MD.: Intraportal Islet Autotransplantation Independently Improves Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy in Patients with Chronic Refractory Pancreatitis. Annals of Surgery 276(3): 441-449, September 2022.
Melissa Chen, Ty B. Dunn: Pancreas transplant for combined pancreatic endocrine and exocrine insufficiency. Current Transplantation Reports. Springer Nature, 9: 108-113, June 2022.
Ty B. Dunn and Robert R. Redfield III: Chapter 33: Retransplantation. Transplantation of the Pancreas, 2nd Edition Eds. Rainer Gruessner, Angelika Gruessner. Springer Nature, IN PRESS 2022.
Abdel-Karim TR, Hodges JS, Pruett TL, Ramanathan KV, Hering BJ, Dunn TB, Kirchner VA, Beilman GJ, Bellin MD: A randomized controlled pilot trial of etanercept and alpha-1 antitrypsin to improve autologous islet engraftment. Pancreatology epub Nov 2022.