- Kidney transplant surgery
- Kidney-pancreas dual transplant surgery
- Pancreas transplant surgery
Elizabeth Marie Sonnenberg, MD, MSHP
Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
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)
- 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
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Surgery, 2022
- American College of Surgeons, National
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons, National
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- Association For Academic Surgery, National
- International Pediatric Transplant Association, International
- Philadelphia Surgical Society, Local
- The Transplantation Society, International
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
- Penn Pancreas Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
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 Engl J Med, 394: 2026,2117-2125
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: 2026
Sonnenberg EM, Amaral S, Zhang S, Rubin J, Levine MH, Potluri VS. Allocation of Kidney Allografts From Donors With Kidney Donor Profile Index <35% and the Impact of Kidney Donor Profile Index Revisions on Access to Transplantation for Children , Am J Kidney Dis: 2026
Potluri VS, Tam V, Sonnenberg EM, Hasz RD, Adler JT, Wiebe DJ, Reese PP, Vail EA. Geographic Accessibility of Deceased Organ Donor Care Units , JAMA Netw Open, 9: 2026,e261703
Tandukar S, Wu Q, Chandrashekar S, Shah D, Chiang C, Couch K, Trofe J, Sonnenberg EM, Abt P, Lim MA, Potluri V, Bloom R Long-Term Outcomes of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients , Clin Transport, 39(10): 2025
Potluri VS, Amaral S, Puttarajappa CM, Zhnag S, Devine KJ, Reese PP, Sonnenberg EM Decreasing Donor-Derived Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients , Journal of the American Medical Association, 334(16): 2025,1482-1484
Sincavage J, Fischer RM, Cywes C, Ong OY, Minus E, Munoz N, Din S, Vyas F, Cederquist K, Sellers M, Ibeabuch T, Sonnenberg EM, Levine M, Markmann S, Abu-Gazala S, Olthoff K, Abt PL Utilizing Metabolomic Shifts to Assess Liver Recovery during Normothermic Regional Perfusion: A Preliminary Study , American Journal of Transplantation, Volume 25(8 Supp 1): 2025,S797
Tandukar S, Chen L, Patel R, Lee I, Seif N, Sonnenberg EM, Potluri V Impact of Cytomegalovirus Mismatch Serostatus on Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study , American Journal of Transplantation, 25(8 Supp 1): 2025,S599
Sonnenberg EM, Amaral S, Zhang S, Rubin J, Levine M, Potluri VS The Use of Deceased Donor Kidneys Prioritized for Pediatric Candidates and the Implications of the Refit KDPI Policy , American Journal of Transplantation, 25(8 Supp 1): 2025,S851-S852
Ong O, Munoz N, Schaubel D, Jackson K, Parsons R, Abt PL, Sonnenberg EM The Correlation of Total and Functional Warm Ischemic Time of Donation After Circulatory Death Donors with Transplant Kidney Graft Survival , American Journal of Transplantation, 25(8 Supp 1): 2025,S374