Ellie Kelepouris, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Outpatient Dialysis Programs
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Athens
  • Residency: Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

105 reviews

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September 2025
she cares
September 2025
thorough with explanations
July 2025
excellence personified!
June 2025
on time

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Kelepouris is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Ellie Kelepouris and Connie M. Rhee CKD-Associated Pruritus: A Patient-Centered Approach to Reduce Symptom Burden , Kidney Medicine, 7(12): 2025


Stephen J Greene, Andrew J Sauer, Michael Böhm, Biykem Bozkurt, Javed Butler, John G F Cleland, Andrew J S Coats, Nihar R Desai, Diederick E Grobbee, Ellie Kelepouris, Fausto Pinto, Giuseppe Rosano, Victoria Donachie, Solenn Fabien, Sandra Waechter, Maria G Crespo-Leiro, Martin Hülsmann, Tibor Kempf, Otmar Pfister, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Manish Saxena, Martin Schulz, Maurizio Volterrani, Stefan D Anker, Mikhail N Kosiborod Management of patients with heart failure at high risk of hyperkalaemia: The CARE-HK in HF registry , European journal of heart failure: 2025


Martinez, O.C., Greene, S., Anker, S., Bozkurt, B., Butler, J., Cleland, J.G., Desai, N., Grobbee, D., Kelepouris, E., Rosano, G., Brandes, C.M., Donachie, V., Sauer, A. Real-world use and effectiveness of patiromer among patients with heart failure at high risk of hyperkalemia: insights from the CARE-HK in HF registry , European Society of Cardiology: 2025


Stephen J. Greene, MD, Michael Bohm, MD, Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD., Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA., John G.F. Cleland, MD., PhD., Andrew J.S. Coats, MD., Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH., Diederick E. Grobbee, MD., PhD., Ellie Kelepouris, MD, Fausto Pinto, Md., PhD., Giuseppe Rosano, MD, PhD., Isabelle Morin, MSc., et. al Cardiovascular and Renal Treatment in Heart Failure Patients with Hyperkalemia or High Risk of Hyperkalemia: Rational and Design of the CARE-HK in HF Registry , Journal of Cardiac Failure, 31(6): 2025,881-891


Stephen J Greene, Michael Böhm, Biykem Bozkurt, Javed Butler, John G F Cleland, Andrew J S Coats, Nihar R Desai, Diederick E Grobbee, Ellie Kelepouris, Fausto Pinto, Giuseppe Rosano, Isabelle Morin, Peter Szecsödy, Solenn Fabien, Sandra Waechter, Maria G Crespo-Leiro, Martin Hülsmann, Tibor Kempf, Otmar Pfister, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Andrew J Sauer, Manish Saxena, Martin Schulz, Maurizio Volterrani, Stefan D Anker, Mikhail N Kosiborod Cardiovascular and Renal Treatment in Heart Failure Patients With Hyperkalemia or High Risk of Hyperkalemia: Rationale and Design of the CARE-HK in HF Registry , Journal of cardiac failure, 31(6): 2025,881-891


Quinn, G., Greene, S, Sauer, A., Anker, S.D., Bohm, M., Bozkurt, B., Butler, J., Cleland, J.G., Coats, A.J.S., Desai, N., Pinto, F., Rosano, G., Brandes, C, M, Donachie, V., Kelepouris, E. Optimisation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors use in chronic kidney disease patients with heart failure: is hyperkalemia barrier? , European Society of Cardiology: Heart Failure Association. Belgrade, Serbia: 2025,16-20


Martinez, O.C., Greene, S., Anker, S, Bozkurt, B, Butler, J., Cleland, J.G., Desai, N, Grobbee, D, Kelepouris, E. Rosano, G, Brandes, C.M., Donachie, V, Sauer, A. Real-world use and effectiveness of patiromer among patients with heart failure at high risk of hyperkalemia: insights from the CARE-HK in HF registry , European Heart Failure Association - Belgrade, Serbia: 2025


G. Quinn, S.J. Greene, A.J. Sauer, S.D. Anker, M. Bloom, B. Bozkurt, J. Butler, J.G.F. Cleland, A.J.S. Coats, N.R. Desai, F. Pinto, G. Rosano, Brandes, C-M, V. Donachie and Kelepouris, E. Optimisation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors use in chronic kidney disease patients with heart failure: is hyperkalemia a barrier? , European Heart Failure Association, Belgrade, Serbia: 2025


Ellie Kelepouris, Nihar Desai, Katherine A A Clark, Mikhail N Kosiborod 3, Jeffrey Budden, Sandra Waechter, Michael Böhm Collaborative Management of Hyperkalemia in Patients with Complex Heart Failure , Case reports in nephrology and dialysis, 15(1): 2025,47-52


Kelepouris, E., Desai, N., Kosirobod, M., Budden, J., Boehm, M. Collaborative Management o Hyperkalemia in Patients with Complex Heart Failure. , Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, Case Reports: 2025