- Kidney transplant surgery
- Kidney-pancreas dual transplant surgery
- Liver transplant surgery
- Pancreas transplant surgery
James F. Markmann, MD, PhD
Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Vice President of Transplant Services
- William Maul Measey Professor in Surgical Research
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles
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, 1997
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons, National
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), National
- American Society of Transplantation (AST), National
- Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Centers (BADERC), Local
- Consortium for Islet Transplantation (CIT), International
- Immune Tolerance Network, International
- International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA), International
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), International
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, T1D: Islet Graft Acceptance, National
- National Institutes of Health, National
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), National
- New England Donor Services (NEDS) Clinical Policy Board, Local
- Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) National Liver Review Board, National
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), National
- Study B Title: "Safety and preliminary efficacy of donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell (DCreg) infusion and immunosuppression withdrawal in living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients", National
- The Transplantation Society (TTS), International
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), National
- University of Pittsburgh, National
- University of Pittsburgh DSMB, National
- University of Pittsburgh, Safety and preliminary efficacy of delayed donor-derived regulatory dendritic cell (DCreg) infusion and immunosuppression withdrawal in living donor liver transplant recipients, National
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
- Penn Liver Transplant Program
- Penn Pancreas Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Velidedeoglu E, Mange KC, Frank A, Abt P, Desai NM, Markmann JW, Reddy R, Markmann JF Factors differentially correlated with the outcome of liver transplantation in HCV+ and HCV- recipients , Transplantation, 77(12): 2004,1834-1842
Lee MK 4th, Moore DJ, Jarrett BP, Lian MM, Deng S, Huang X, Markmann JW, Chiaccio M, Barker CF, Caton AJ, Markmann JF Promotion of allograft survival by CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells: evidence for in vivo inhibition of effector cell proliferation , Journal of Immunology, 172(11): 2004,6539-6544
Kobinger GP, Deng S, Louboutin JP, Vatamaniuk M, Matschinsky F, Markmann JF, Raper SE, Wilson JM Transduction of human islets with pseudotyped lentiviral vectors , Human Gene Therapy, 15(2): 2004,211-9
Abt PL, Desai NM, Crawford MD, Forman LM, Markmann JW, Olthoff KM, Markmann, JF Survival following liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors , Annals of Surgery, 239(1): 2004,87-92
Wu Z, Bensinger SJ, Zhang J, Chen C, Yuan X, Huang X, Markmann JF, Kassaee, A, Rosengard BR, Hancock WW, Sayegh MH, Turka LA Homeostatic proliferation is a barrier to transplantation tolerance , Nature Medicine, 10(1): 2004,87-92
Lee MK 4th, Moore DJ, Markmann JF Regulatory CD4+CD25+T cells in prevention of allograft rejection , Frontiers in Bioscience, 8: 2003,s968-s981
Cao X, Gao Z, Robert CE, Greene S, Xu G, Xu W, Bell E, Campbell D, Zhu Y, Young R, Trucco M, Markmann JF, Naji A, Wolf BA Pancreatic-derived factor (FAM3B), a novel islet cytokine, induces apoptosis of insulin-secreting beta-cells , Diabetes, 52(9): 2003,2296-2303
Htaik TT, Santaniello NA, Markmann JF, Shaked A, Clark TW Treatment of obstructive nephroureteral clot with a rheolytic mechanical thrombectomy device , Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, 14(7): 2003,933-936
Markmann JF, Rosen M, Siegelman ES, Soulen MC, Deng S, Barker CF, Naji A Magnetic resonance-defined periportal steatosis following intraportal islet transplantation: A functional footprint of islet graft survival? , Diabetes, 52(7): 2003,1591-1594
Markmann JF, Deng S, Huang X, Desai NM, Velidedeoglu EH, Lui C, Frank A, Markmann E, Palanjian M, Brayman K, Wolf B, Bell E, Vitamaniuk M, Doliba N, Matschinsky F, Barker CF, Naji A Insulin independence following isolated islet transplantation and single islet infusions , Annals of Surgery, 237(6): 2003,741-750