- Kidney transplant surgery
- Kidney-pancreas dual transplant surgery
- Pancreas transplant surgery
Ali Naji, MD, PhD
Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Jonathan E. Rhoads Professor of Surgical Science II
My education and training
- Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Persian (Farsi)
Persian (Farsi)
Reviews
30 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, National
- American College of Surgeons, National
- American Diabetes Association, National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Gene Therapy, National
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons, National
- American Surgical Association, National
- Association for Academic Surgery, National
- D. Hayes Agnew Surgical Society, Local
- Delaware Valley Vascular Society, Local
- Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant Surgeons, Local
- Halsted Society, National
- International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association, International
- Iranian American Medical Association, International
- John Morgan Society, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, International
- Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local
- Philadelphia County Medical Society, Local
- Ravdin-Rhoads Surgical Society, Local
- Societe Internationale De Chirurgie, U.S. Chapter, Inc., International
- Society of University Surgeons, National
- Surgical Biology Club III, National
- Transplantation Society, International
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
- Penn Pancreas Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Jordan, M.S., Boesteanu, A., Reed, A.J., Petrone, A.L., Holenbeck, A., Lerman, M.A., Naji, A., and Caton, A.J. Thymic Selection of CD4+ CD25+ Regulatory T Cells Induced by an Agonist Self-Peptide. , Nature Immunology., 2(4): 2001,301-306
Alfrey EJ, Campos L, Naji A, Barker CF, and Dafoe DC Liver Allografts Confer Donor Specific Tolerance to Transplanted Islets in Rats , : 2001
Greeley SAW, Moore DJ, Noorchashm H, Noto L, Rostami SY, Schlachterman, A, Song HK, Koeberlein B, Barker CF, and Naji A Impaired Lymph Node CD4 T-Cell Activation in MT-/-NOD Mice , : 2001
Wu, H., Wasik, MA., Haynes, B., Moore, H.C.F., Leonard, D.G.B., Montone, K.T., Kamoun, M., Przybylski, G., Naji, A., Tomaszewski, J., and Salhany, K. Hepatosplenic γδ T-Cell Lymphoma as a Late-Onset Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder in Renal Transplant Patients. , American Journal of Clinical Pathology., 113(4): 2000,487-496
Shaw, L.M., Korecka, M., Aradhye, S., Grossman, R., Bayer, L., Innes, C., Cucciara, A., Barker, C., Naji, A., Nicholls, A. and Brayman, K. Mycophenolic Acid Area Under the Curve Values in African American and Caucasian Renal Transplant Patients are Comparable. , Journal of Clinical Pharmacology., 40(6): 2000,624-633
Noorchashm, H., Moore, D.J., Noto, L.E., Noorchashm, N, Reed, A.J., Reed, A.L., Song, H.K., Mozaffari, R., Jevnikar, A.M., Barker, C.F., and Naji, A. Impaired CD4 T Cell Activation Due to Reliance upon B-Cell Mediated Costimulation in Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mice. , Journal of Immunology., 165: 2000,4685-4696
Larson, R.A., Naji, M., Lombardi, J.V., Naji, A., Koeberlein, B., Golden, M.A. Ryan, S. Adenoviral-Mediated Uteroglobin Gene Transfer Inhibits Neointimal Hyperplasia after Balloon Injury in the Rat Carotid Artery. , Journal of Vascular Surgery., 32(6): 2000,1111-1117
Noorchashm, H., Moore, D.J., Lieu, Y.K., Noorchashm, N., Schlacterman, A., Song, H.K., Lambris, J.D., Barker, C.F., and Naji, A. Contribution of the Innate Immune System to Autoimmune Diabetes: A Role for the Cr1/Cr2 Complement Receptors. , Cellular Immunology., 195(1): 1999,75-79
Noorchashm H., Lieu Y.K., Noorchashm N, Rostami S.Y., Greeley, S.A.S., Schlacterman A., Song H.K., Noto, L.E., Jevnikar A.M., Barker C.F., and Naji A. I-A g7-Mediated Antigen Presentation by B Lymphocytes Is Critical in Overcoming a Checkpoint in T Cell Tolerance to Islet β Cells of Nonobese Diabetic Mice. , Journal of Immunology., 163(2): 1999,743-750
Song, H.K., Noorchashm, H., Lieu, Y.K., Rostami, S., Greeley, S.A.S., Barker, C.F., and Naji, A. Tracking Alloreactive Cell Division In Vivo. , Transplantation., 68(2): 1999,297-299