- Bone marrow transplant infection
- Infectious diseases in lymphoma
- Leukemia related infection
- Transplant infectious disease
Alyssa Kate Mezochow, MD
About me
- Instructor A of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
My education and training
- Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- 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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 2023
- Internal Medicine, 2021
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- Infectious Disease Society of America, National
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
He KD, Leonard SM, Mezochow A, Bermudez C, Courtwright A, Blumberg E. Impact of Donor Radiographic Pneumonia on Posttransplant Recipient Outcomes and Microbiology , Transpl Infect Dis: 2026
Mezochow AK, Clausen E, Whitaker K, Claridge T, Blumberg E, Courtwright AM. Letermovir should be first-line cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients , Am J Transplant: 2025
Torgersen J, Mezochow AK, Newcomb CW, Carbonari DM, Hennessy S, Rentsch CT, Park LS, Tate JP, Bräu N, Bhattacharya D, Lim JK, Mezzacappa C, Njei B, Roy JA, Taddei TH, Justice AC, Lo Re V 3rd. Severe Acute Liver Injury After Hepatotoxic Medication Initiation in Real-World Data , JAMA Intern Med, 184: 2024,943-952
Mezochow AK, He KD, Whitaker K, Blumberg E, Crespo MM, Courtwright A. Letermovir use for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis following lung transplantation: A single-center review , JHLT Open, 6: 2024,100149
Lo Re V 3rd, Newcomb CW, Carbonari DM, Mezochow AK, Hennessy S, Rentsch CT, Park LS, Tate JP, Bräu N, Bhattacharya D, Lim JK, Mezzacappa C, Njei B, Roy JA, Taddei TH, Justice AC, Torgersen J. Hepatotoxicity Score: A New Method to Adjust for Use of Potentially Hepatotoxic Medications by Chronic Liver Disease Status , Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf: 2024
Mezochow AK, Schaubel DE, Peyster EG, Lewis JD, Goldberg DS, Bittermann T. Hospitalizations for opportunistic infections following transplantation and associated risk factors: A national cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries , Transpl Infect Dis: 2024
Mezochow AK, Anesi J, West S, Hasz R, Edwards J, Blumberg EA. COVID-19 in organ donors: An organ procurement organization perspective , Transpl Infect Dis: 2024
Mezochow A, Anesi JA. The intricate interplay of immunosuppression and outcomes following Gram-negative bloodstream infection in solid organ transplantation , Transpl Infect Dis: 2022
Mezochow AK, Abt PL, Bittermann T. Differences in Early Immunosuppressive Therapy Among Liver Retransplantation Recipients in a National Cohort , Transplantation, 105: 2021,1800-1807
Torgersen J, Newcomb CW, Carbonari DM, Rentsch CT, Park LS, Mezochow A, Mehta RL, Buchwalder L, Tate JP, Bräu N, Bhattacharya D, Lim JK, Taddei TH, Justice AC, Lo Re V 3rd. Protease inhibitor-based direct-acting antivirals are associated with increased risk of aminotransferase elevations but not hepatic dysfunction or decompensation , J Hepatol: 2021