Kyle R. Jackson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Affiliate Member, Center for Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Penn Transplant Institute
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Ravdin Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street, 2 Ravdin Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-8929
Fax: 215-615-4900
Fax: 215-615-4900
Education
BS (Molecular Biology)
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2009.
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014.
PhD (Clinical Investigation)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2020.
Permanent linkBS (Molecular Biology)
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2009.
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014.
PhD (Clinical Investigation)
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2020.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Adult and pediatric kidney and pancreas transplantation, living donor kidney transplantation, minimally-invasive living donor nephrectomyDescription of Research Expertise
Extreme heat, air pollution, environmental epidemiology, exposomics, risk prediction, big data, analysis of registry and administrative claims data, infectious disease modelingSelected Publications
Bhoj VG, Kaminski M, Zhao H, Jackson K, Wang W, Liu C, Montgomery RA, Ali N, Mangiola M, Spitzer TR, Safa K, Pattanayak V, Taj R, Chiu J, Bui TM, Sonnenberg EM, Markmann JF, Milone MC, June CH, Siegel DL, Fraietta JA, Gonzalez V, Locci M, Palmer M, Monos D, Hwang WT, Sledge T, Bridges ND, Goldstein JS, Odim J, Sweet SC, Besharatian BD, Hussain SM, Brown NK, Kamoun M, Garfall AL, Naji A: Kidney Transplantation in Two Highly Sensitized Candidates after CAR T-Cell Therapy. N Eng J Med 394(21): 2117-2125, June 2026.Puvvula J, Szeto JJ, Taiba J, Ko J, Bell JE, Hwang WT, Simmons RA, Howarth M, Khatana SAM, Jackson K, Chen A: Pediatric Risk Mapping From Co-Exposure to Extreme Temperatures and Air Pollutants. Geohealth 10(6): e2025GH001743, 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. Transplantation May 2026.
Jackson KR, Abu-Gazala S: How to Safely Expand the Donor Pool? Understanding the Risks and Benefits of Accepting or Declining an Older Donation After Circulatory Death Liver. Transplantation 110(4): e757-e758, April 2026.
Jackson KR, Parsons RF: Managing the highly sensitized kidney transplant patient. Current Opinions in Organ Transplantation 31(2): 93-97, April 2026.
Bisen SS, Zeiser LB, Getsin SN, Chiang PY, Stewart DE, Herrick-Reynolds K, Yu S, Desai NM, Al Ammary F, Jackson KR, Segev DL, Lonze BE, Massie AB: A2/A2B to B deceased donor kidney transplantation in the Kidney Allocation System era. American Journal of Transplantation 24(4): 606-618, Apr. 2024 Notes: Epub Dec. 23, 2023.
Long JJ, Motter JD, Jackson KR, Chen J, Orandi BJ, Montgomery RA, Stegall MD, Jordan SC, Benedetti E, Dunn TB, Ratner LE, Kapur S, Pelletier RP, Roberts JP, Melcher ML, Singh P, Sudan DL, Posner MP, El-Amm JM, Shapiro R, Cooper M, Verbesey JE, Lipkowitz GS, Rees MA, Marsh CL, Sankari BR, Gerber DA, Wellen JR, Bozorgzadeh A, Gaber AO, Heher EC, Weng FL, Djamali A, Helderman JH, Concepcion BP, Brayman KL, Oberholzer J, Kozlowski T, Covarrubias K, Massie AB, McAdams-DeMarco MA, Segev DL, Garonzik-Wang JM: Characterizing the risk of human leukocyte antigen-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation in older recipients. American Journal of Transplantation 23(12): 1980-1989, Dec. 2023 Notes: Epub Sept. 23, 2023.
Khamash H, Bisen SS, Getsin SN, Chiang P, Herrick-Reynolds K, Zeiser LB, Yu S, Desai NM, Al Ammary F, Jackson KR, Segev DL, Lonze B, Massie AB: Patient and graft survival after A2/A2B to B deceased donor kidney transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation 23(6 Suppl 1): S803-S804, June 2023 Notes: Presented at the American Transplant Congress 2023, San Diego, CA, July 2023.
Priyadarshini M, Abhinav S, Jackson KR, Lentine KL, Schnitzler MA, Huiling X, Segev DL, Axelrod DA: Biliary complications after liver transplantation in the United States: changing trends and economic implications. Transplantation 107(5): e127-e138, May 1 2023.
Jackson KR: Leveraging big data for small patients: Identifying maternal and neonatal risk factors for pediatric organ transplant. Transplantation 107(3): 572-573, Mar. 1 2023 Notes: Commentary; Epub Oct. 17, 2022.