Elizabeth Marie Sonnenberg, MD, MSHP

Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366
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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

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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.
Dr. Sonnenberg is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

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

Potluri VS, Tam V, Sonnenberg EM, Adler J, Hasz R, Reese PP, Vail E Establishing Donor Care Units for Donation After Circulatory Death Donors: An Exploratory Analysis Using Geospatial Epidemiology Framework , American Journal of Transplantation, 25(8 Supp 1): 2025,S236

Munoz M, Rekhtman D, Minus E, Ong OY, Sincavage J Fischer RM, Cywes C, Sonnenberg EM, Abt PL Expanding the Donor Pool for Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation Using Ex-Situ Machine Perfusion , American Journal of Transplantation, 25(8 Supp 1): 2025,S750-S751

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

Sonnenberg EM, Markmann JF. Machine Perfusion in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: Promises of Improved Outcomes but Gaps in Implementation , Am J Kidney Dis, 85(5): 2025,651-653