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
Sulaiman A, Tamil Selvan M, Yang P, Zhu X, Eby Y, Benner SE, Fernandez RE, Hussain S, Brown D, Desai N, 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 CAQ, Aslam S, Malinis M, Elias N, Blumberg EA, Massie A, Smith ML, Morsheimer M, Laird GM, Siliciano R, Segev DL, Durand CM, Redd AD, Tobian AAR.: Allograft Rejection and the Latent HIV Reservoir in Kidney Transplant Recipients With HIV. J Infect Dis 234: e363-e368, Sep 2026.Tandukar S, Potluri VS, Abt P, Kaplan DE, Bittermann T, Besharatian B, Hoteit MA, Levine M, Thomasson A, Hryzak S, Murali A, Thapaliya S, Ranganna K, Bloom RD, Dunn TB, Lim MA.: Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant and Kidney After Liver Transplant Using the Safety Net Criteria-A Single-center Experience. Transplant Direct 12: e1940, Apr 2026.
Arant EC, Davy-Mendez T, Liang T, Rodrigues M, Gay CL, 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 JW, Wojciechowski D, Blumberg EA, Ranganna K, Adebiyi O, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Morsheimer M, van Delden C, Manuel O, Mueller NJ, Neofyotos D, Tobian AAR, Massie A, Segev DL, Werbel W, Durand CM.: Infections After Kidney Transplantation From Donors With HIV to Recipients With HIV. Clin Infect Dis 82: e549-e557, Mar 2026.
Zhu X, Morgenlander WR, Brown DM, Eby Y, Morsheimer M, Odim J, Bagnasco SM, Rana MM, Florman SS, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Stock PG, Gilbert AJ, Mehta S, Stosor V, Mehta SA, Pereira MR, Small CB, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Haidar G, Malinis M, Santos CA, Schaenman J, Wojciechowski D, Ranganna K, Blumberg E, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Grabowski MK, Segev DL, Redd AD, Durand CM, Larman HB, Tobian AA; HOPE in Action investigators.: Human antibody repertoire among kidney donors with and without HIV. JCI Insight 11: e203645, Mar 2026.
J. Eguzoikpe1 B. Paganafanador ∙ K. Ranganna ∙ A. Zariat ∙ B. Music ∙ Y. Reddy ∙ F. Tentori ∙ W. Maixner: Impact of Transplant Community Health Workers on Waitlisting and Living Donor Transplantation for End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients. American Journal of TransplantationVol. 26Issue 7SupplementS812–S813Published in issue: June, 2026 2026.
Y. Kadakia ∙ O. Perrine ∙ K. Krupp ∙ N. Platt ∙ M. Goldshore ∙ P. Abt ∙ K. Ranganna ∙ E.M. Sonnenberg ∙ K. Jackson ∙ R.F. Parsons : Fourfold Increase in Marginal Kidney Transplants: A Two-Year Single Center Experience. American Journal of TransplantationVol. 26Issue 7SupplementS808Published in issue: June, 2026 2026.
K. BrandG. TogliaM. LimN. SeifK. RangannaA.S. Geara: Rescue Obinutuzumab + Daratumumab in Recurrent Post Transplant FSGS. American Journal of TransplantationVol. 26Issue 7SupplementS670–S671Published in issue: June, 2026 2026.
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: official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 25(10): 2194-2205, October 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.
Elizabeth C. Arant MD, Thibaut Davy-Mendez PhD, Tao Liang MSPH, Moreno Rodrigues PhD, Cynthia L. Gay MD, Meenakshi M. Rana MD, Rachel Friedman-Moraco MD, Alexander Gilbert MD, Peter Stock MD, Sapna A. Mehta MD, Shikha Mehta MD, Valentina Stosor MD, Marcus R. Pereira MD MPH, Michele I. Morris MD, Jonathan Hand MD, Saima Aslam MD MS, Maricar Malinis MD, Ghady Haidar MD, Catherine B. Small MD, Carlos A. Q. Santos MD MPHS, Joanna Schaenman MD PhD, John W. Baddley MD, David Wojciechowski DO, Emily A. Blumberg MD, Karthik Ranganna MD, Oluwafisayo Adebiyi MD, Nahel Elias MD, Jose A. Castillo-Lugo MD, Emmanouil Giorgakis MD, Senu Apewokin MD, Megan Morsheimer MD MPH, Christian van Delden MD, Oriol Manuel MD, Nicolas J. Mueller MD, Dionysios Neofyotos MD, Aaron A.R. Tobian MD PhD, Allan Massie PhD, Dorry L. Segev MD PhD, William Werbel MD PhD, Christine M. Durand MD: Infections after kidney transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV. Clinical Infectious Disease 2025 Notes: (accepted for publication, not in print).
