Penn Medicine Provider
Transplant Surgery
Elizabeth Marie Sonnenberg, MD, MSHP
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has 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

My research

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

Muñoz N, Minus E, Abt P, Sonnenberg E. The underreporting of liver machine perfusion in US national data , Am J Transplant, 25(3): 2025,633-634

M. Kossoff, N. Abusafiyah, A. Gurevich, G. Nadolski, M. Itkin, E.M. Sonnenberg Intranodal Glue Embolization Compared to Surgical Fenestration for Management of Post-Kidney Transplant Lymphoceles , American Journal of Transplantation , 25(1 suppl 1): 2025

E. Minus, N. Munoz, S. Abu-Gazala, E. Sonnenberg, P. Abt Does Normothermic Regional Perfusion Modify the Relationship Between UK DCD Risk Score and Graft Failure? , American Journal of Transplantation , 25(1 suppl 1): 2025

Sonnenberg EM, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt PL. Invited Response to Letter to the Editor by Callaghan et al, "Following the Flow: Changes in Organ Preservation Methods Require Changes in Our Data Collection" , Transplantation, 108: 2024,e153

Rasheed HA, Pensler M, Diaz S, Roney E, Barrett M, Sonnenberg EM. Organ Offer Review Cards: Improving Transparency on the Kidney Transplant Waitlist , Clin Transplant, 38(7): 2024

E.A. Vail, V. Tam, E.M. Sonnenberg, N.D. Martin, P.L. Abt, P.P., Reese, V.S. Potluri Transfers of Deceased Organ Donors after Brain Death to United States Donor Care Units , American Journal of Transplantation , 24(6 Supp 1): 2024

N. Lavu, E.A. Vail, V. Tam, E.M. Sonnenberg, V.S. Potluri Optimizing the Geographic Location of Donor Care Units through Location-Allocation Analyses , American Journal of Transplantation, 24(6 supp 1): 2024

Vail EA, Tam VW, Sonnenberg EM, Lavu NR, Reese PP, Abt PL, Martin ND, Hasz RD, Olthoff KD, Kerlin MP, Christie JD, Neuman MD, Potluri VS. Characterizing proximity and transfers of deceased organ donors to donor care units in the United States , Am J Transplant, 24(6): 2024,983-992

Sonnenberg EM, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt PL. Following the Flow: Changes in Organ Preservation Methods Require Changes in Our Data Collection , Transplantation: 2024