John Lee, MD
Transplant Surgery
Penn Kidney Transplant Bucks County
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical CenterMedical School
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterResidency
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterFellowship
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)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
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. Lee is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2011
- Nephrology, 2013
- Member, American Society of Nephrology (ASN); Fellow (2018-Present); Committee Member, Career Advancement (2019-2020), National
- Member, American Society of Transplantation, National
- Member, Chinese American Medical Society; Committee Member (2019-Present); Board of Directors Member (2022-2024); Co-Chair (2022-2024), Local
- Member, National Kidney Foundation, National
- Member, New York Society of Nephrology; Executive Board Member (2024-2025); Program Chair (2024-2025), Local
- Member, The Transplantation Society, National
- Member, Transplantation Infectious Disease, National
- National Institute of Health-DBDT Study Section Standing Member, National
- Kidney transplant
- Penn Transplant Institute
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Supram Hosuru Subramanya, Lee S Gottesdiener, Jamie Marino, Juliet N Barker , Tsiporah Shore, Rosemary Soave, Markus Plate, John R Lee, Barry N Kreiswirth, Laura B Goodman, Casey L Cazer, Lars F Westblade, Michael J Satlin Optimizing methods to detect colonization with fluoroquinolone-resistant viridans group streptococci prior to hematopoietic cell transplantation , Journal of Clinical Microbiology: 2026
Alex DeVito, Ananda L Kimm-Drapeau, William J Higgins, Mia Montecillo, Matthew N Bernstein, Sheavonnie Wright, Carol Li, Isha Bal, Darshana M Dadhania, Friederike Selbach, John R Lee Serial Blood Microbiome Profiles in Kidney Transplant Recipients Reveal Evidence of Circulating Gut and Non-Gut Derived Microbial DNA , Transplant Infectious Diseases: 2026
Maya S Schlesinger, Darshana M Dadhania, John R Lee, Iwijn De Vlaminck Precision monitoring of kidney transplant health via cell-free DNA and RNA , Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation: 2026
Friederike Selbach, Alyssa Mezochow, John R Lee Gut microbiota and complications in kidney transplantation: a balancing act between commensal and pathogenic bacteria , Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation: 2026
Grace A Maldarelli, Jamie Marino, John R Lee, Lars F Westblade, Michael Hovan, Claire Douglass, Emily Davidson, Randy S Longman, Michael J Satlin Enteric Microbiome Features that Contribute to Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients Colonized with Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Enterobacterales , The Journal of Infectious Disease: 2026
Liz-Audrey Kounatse Djomnang, Vesh Srivatana, Omary Mzava, Emma Belcher, Lars F Westblade, Darshana M Dadhania, Carol Li , Iwijn De Vlaminck, John R Lee A peritoneal effluent sequencing assay that removes environmental DNA contamination in peritoneal dialysis patients , Clinical Kidney Journal, 19(1):sfaf358: 2025
Silvia Wu, Nicholas Tedrow, Abhinav Bhalla, Alex Devito, Sheavonnie Wright, Friederike Selbach, Darshana M. Dadhania, Carol Li, Vesh Srivatana, Jeffrey Silberzweig, John R. Lee A Staphylococcus Dominant Nasal Microbiota in Hemodialysis Patients , Kidney Medicine, 7(10): 2025
Shuai Li, Runzhe Li, John R Lee, Ni Zhao, Wodan Ling ZINQ-L: a zero-inflated quantile approach for differential abundance analysis of longitudinal microbiome data , Frontiers in genetics, 1(5): 2025,1494401
Ying Li, Teresa Lee, Kai Marin, Xing Hua, Sujatha Srinivasan, David N Fredricks, John R Lee, Wodan Ling SurvBal: compositional microbiome balances for survival outcomes , Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 40(140): 2024,btae612
Mark B Lockwood, Choa Sung, Suzanne A Alvernaz, John R Lee, Jennifer L Chin, Mehdi Nayebpour, Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé, Lisa M Tussing-Humphreys, Hongjin Li, Mario Spaggiari, Alessandro Martinino, Chang G Park, George E Chlipala, Ardith Z Doorenbos, Stefan J Green The Gut Microbiome and Symptom Burden After Kidney Transplantation: An Overview and Research Opportunities , Biological research for nursing, 26(4): 2024,636-656