Deirdre Sawinski, m.d.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF medicine
Business Address:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-615-6571
Fax: 215-349-5703
Email: deirdre.sawinski@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
Undergraduate: New York University, New York
Medical: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
Residency: Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Renal Transplant Fellowship in Nephrology: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Board Certification: Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Research Interests:
Clinical and Other Interests:
Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
Selected References:
Sawinski D, Uribarri J, Peace D, Yao T, Wauhop P, Trzcinka P, Ostrow K, Poggio E, Heeger P: 25-OH Vitamin D deficiency and cellular alloimmunity as measured by panel of reactive T cell testing in dialysis patients. American Journal of Transplantation 10:2287-95, 2010.
Sawinski D, Wyatt CM, Casagrande L: Factors associated with failure to list HIV positive kidney transplant candidates. American Journal of Transplantation 9(6): 1467-71, 2009.
Trimarch H, Lombi F, Forrester M, Elizondo C, Sawinski D, Pereyra H, Freixas E: Disodium pamidronate for treating severe hypercalemia in a hemodialysis patient. Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology 2(8): 459-63, 2006.
Marvin MR, Droogan C, Sawinski D, Cohen DJ, Hardy MA: Adminiistration of rabbit antithymocyte globulin (thymoglobulin) in ambulatory renal-transplant patients. Transplantation 75(4): 488-9, 2003.