Karthik Ranganna, MD MBA FASN FACHE

Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
Director, Kidney Pancreas Transplant Satellite Program, Penn Transplant Institute - University of Pennsylvania
Member, Penn Evergreen KCE Governing Body
Member, Davita CKCC Governing Body
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Department of Medicine
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
3400 Spruce Street
1 Founders, Renal Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
3400 Spruce Street
1 Founders, Renal Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
MBBS (Medicine)
Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India, 1991.
MBA (Business)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2014.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medicine)
Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India, 1991.
MBA (Business)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2014.
Selected Publications
Puttarajappa CM, Urbanski M, Fallahzadeh MK, Budhiraja P, Balaraman V, Butsch WS, Morford H, Anand PM, Woodside KJ, Orandi BJ; co-authors: Practices in the management of kidney transplant candidates and recipients with obesity: A survey of United States transplant programs. American Journal of Transplantation May 2025.Nambiar P, Liang T, Labo N, Hand J, Blumberg EA, Rana MM, Florman S, Haydel B, Morris MI, Schaenman J, Rodrigues MMS, Werbel WA, Bowring MG, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Stock P, Stosor V, Mehta S, Gilbert AJ, Elias N, Mehta SA, Small CB, Haidar G, Malinis M, Pereira MR, Aslam S, Wojciechowski D, La Hoz R, Santos CAQ, Apewokin S, Castillo-Lugo JA, Ranganna K, Morsheimer M, Massie A, Segev DL, Miley W, Marshall V, Whitby D, Tobian AAA, Durand CM.: Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Risk and Disease in Kidney Donors and Transplant Recipients with HIV in the United States. Clinical Infectious Disease May 2025.
Durand CM, Massie A, Florman S, Liang T, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Gilbert A, Stock P, Mehta SA, Mehta S, Stosor V, Pereira MR, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Malinis M, Haidar G, Small CB, Santos CAQ, Schaenman J, Baddley J, Wojciechowski D, Blumberg EA, Ranganna K, Adebiyi O, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Brown D, Ostrander D, Eby Y, Desai N, Naqvi F, Bagnasco S, Watson N, Brittain E, Odim J, Redd AD, Tobian AAR, Segev DL; HOPE in Action Investigators.: Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 17;391(15):1390-1401. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2403733. 391(15), October 2024.
Asheen Zariat1, Yuvaram Reddy1, Brittany Music2, Belinda Paganafanador2, William Maixner2, Unini Odama2, Francesca Tentori2, Karthik Ranganna1. 1University of Pennsylvania: SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PATIENTS – A DIALYSIS ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH EQUITY PILOT: American Journal of Kidney Disease 83(4), April 2024.
Asheen Zariat1, Yuvaram Reddy1, Brittany Music2, Belinda Paganafanador2, William Maixner2, Unini Odama2, Francesca Tentori2, Karthik Ranganna1. 1University of Pennsylvania: SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PATIENTS – A DIALYSIS ORGANIZATION’S HEALTH EQUITY PILOT: Asheen Zariat1, Yuvaram Reddy1, Brittany Music2, Belinda Paganafanador2, William Maixner2, Unini Odama2, Francesca Tentori2, Karthik Ranganna1. 1University of Pennsylv. American Journal of Kidney Disease Volume 83(4), April 2024.
Benner SE, Eby Y, Zhu X, Fernandez RE, Patel EU, Ruff JE, Habtehyimer F, Schmidt HA, Kirby CS, Hussain S, Ostrander D, Desai NM, Florman S, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Pereira MR, Mehta S, Stock P, Gilbert A, Morris MI, Stosor V, Mehta SA, Small CB, Ranganna K, Santos CA, Aslam S, Husson J, Malinis M, Elias N, Blumberg EA, Doby BL, Massie AB, Smith ML, Odim J, Quinn TC, Laird GM, Siliciano RF, Segev DL, Redd AD, Durand CM, Tobian AA.: The effect of induction immunosuppression for kidney transplant on the latent HIV reservoir. Journal of Clinical Investigation November 2022.
Mejia CD, Malat GE, Boyle SM, Ranganna K, Lee DH.: Experience with a six-month regimen of Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis in 122 HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis 23(3 ), June 2021.
Lee DH, Malat G, Boyle SM, Talluri S, Bias TE, Harhay MN, Ranganna K, Doyle A.: Safety and Efficacy of Universal Postoperative Decolonization for Kidney Transplant Recipients. Exp Clin Transplant 18(2): 153-156, April 2020.
Boyle SM, Fehr K, Deering C, Raza A, Harhay MN, Malat G, Ranganna K, Lee DH.: Barriers to kidney transplant evaluation in HIV-positive patients with advanced kidney disease: A single-center study. Transpl Infect Dis 22(2), April 2020.
Crow LD, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Chung CL, Baran DA, Lowenstein SE, Abdelmalek M, Ahmed RL, Anadkat MJ, Arcasoy SM, Berg D, Bibee KP, Billingsley E, Black WH, Blalock TW, Bleicher M, Brennan DC, Brodland DG, Brown MR, Carroll BT, Carucci JA, Chang TW, Chaux G, Cusack CA, Dilling DF, Doyle A, Emtiazjoo AM, Ferguson NH, Fosko SW, Fox MC, Goral S, Gray AL, Griffin JR, Hachem RR, Hall SA, Hanlon AM, Hayes D Jr, Hickey GW, Holtz J, Hopkins RS, Hu J, Huang CC, Brian Jiang SI, Kapnadak SG, Kraus ES, Lease ED, Leca N, Lee JC, Leitenberger JJ, Lim MA, Longo MI, Malik SM, Mallea JM, Menter A, Myers SA, Neuburg M, Nijhawan RI, Norman DJ, Otley CC, Paek SY, Parulekar AD, Patel MJ, Patel VA, Patton TJ, Pugliano-Mauro M, Ranganna K, Ravichandran AK, Redenius R, Roll GR, Samie FH, Shin T, Singer JP, Singh P, Soon SL, Soriano T, Squires R, Stasko T, Stein JA, Taler SJ, Terrault NA, Thomas CP, Tokman S, Tomic R, Twigg AR, Wigger MA, Zeitouni NC, Arron ST.: Initial skin cancer screening for solid organ transplant recipients in the United States: Delphi method development of expert consensus guidelines. Transpl Int 32(12): 1268-1276, Dec 2019.