Roy D. Bloom, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Business Address:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-4643
Fax: 215-349-5176
Email: rdbloom@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
Undergraduate: University of Witwatersrand, BSc
Medical: University of Witwatersrand, M.B.B.Ch
Residency: Intern in Medicine and General Surgery (6 months each), Johannesburg Hospital, South Africa, 1984
Fellowship: Fellow in Renal Medicine, The Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1990-1992.
Fellowship, Renal-Electrolyte & Hypertension Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA1992-1994
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Clinical and Other Interests:
Kidney and pancreas transplantation
Hepatitis C in kidney disease and transplantation
New onset diabetes in transplantation
Kidney disease in solid organ transplant recipients
Immunosuppression in clinical transplantation
Selected References:
Imoagene-Oyedeji AE, Rosas SE, Doyle AM, Goral S, Bloom RD. Posttransplantation anemia at 12 months in kidney recipients treated with mycophenolate mofetil: risk factors and implications for mortality. J Am Soc Nephrol 2006 Nov;17(11):3240-7
Bloom RD, Lake JR. Emerging issues in hepatitis C virus-positive liver and kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2006 Oct;6(10):2232-7
Doyle AM, Warburton KM, Goral S, Blumberg E, Grossman RA, Bloom RD. 24-week oral ganciclovir prophylaxis in kidney recipients is associated with reduced symptomatic cytomegalovirus disease compared to a 12-week course. Transplantation. 2006 Apr 27;81(8):1106-11
Bloom RD, Doyle AM. Kidney disease after heart and lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2006 Apr;6(4):671-9.p