- Kidney transplant surgery
- Newly transplant
Karthik M. Ranganna, MD MBA FASN FACHE
About me
- Director, Kidney Transplant Satellite Program
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
My education and training
- Medical School: Mysore Medical College
- Residency: Allegheny University
- Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- 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.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Nephrology, 2000
- Internal Medicine, 1998
- American College of Health Executives, National
- American College of Physician, National
- American Society of Nephrology, National
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- International Society of Nephrology, International
- National Kidney Foundation, National
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2024
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Sulaiman A, Tamil Selvan M, Yang P, Zhu X, Eby Y, Benner SE, Fernandez RE, Hussain S, Brown D, Desai N, Florman S, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Pereira MR, Mehta S, Stock P, Gilbert A, Morris MI, Stosor V, Mehta SA, Small CB, Ranganna K, Santos CAQ, Aslam S, Malinis M, Elias N, Blumberg EA, Massie A, Smith ML, Morsheimer M, Laird GM, Siliciano R, Segev DL, Durand CM, Redd AD, Tobian AAR. Allograft Rejection and the Latent HIV Reservoir in Kidney Transplant Recipients With HIV , J Infect Dis, 234: 2026,e363-e368
Tandukar S, Potluri VS, Abt P, Kaplan DE, Bittermann T, Besharatian B, Hoteit MA, Levine M, Thomasson A, Hryzak S, Murali A, Thapaliya S, Ranganna K, Bloom RD, Dunn TB, Lim MA. Outcomes of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant and Kidney After Liver Transplant Using the Safety Net Criteria-A Single-center Experience , Transplant Direct, 12: 2026,e1940
Arant EC, Davy-Mendez T, Liang T, Rodrigues M, Gay CL, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Gilbert A, Stock P, Mehta SA, Mehta S, Stosor V, Pereira MR, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Malinis M, Haidar G, Small CB, Santos CAQ, Schaenman J, Baddley JW, Wojciechowski D, Blumberg EA, Ranganna K, Adebiyi O, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Morsheimer M, van Delden C, Manuel O, Mueller NJ, Neofyotos D, Tobian AAR, Massie A, Segev DL, Werbel W, Durand CM. Infections After Kidney Transplantation From Donors With HIV to Recipients With HIV , Clin Infect Dis, 82: 2026,e549-e557
Zhu X, Morgenlander WR, Brown DM, Eby Y, Morsheimer M, Odim J, Bagnasco SM, Rana MM, Florman SS, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Stock PG, Gilbert AJ, Mehta S, Stosor V, Mehta SA, Pereira MR, Small CB, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Haidar G, Malinis M, Santos CA, Schaenman J, Wojciechowski D, Ranganna K, Blumberg E, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Grabowski MK, Segev DL, Redd AD, Durand CM, Larman HB, Tobian AA; HOPE in Action investigators. Human antibody repertoire among kidney donors with and without HIV , JCI Insight, 11: 2026,e203645
J. Eguzoikpe1 B. Paganafanador ∙ K. Ranganna ∙ A. Zariat ∙ B. Music ∙ Y. Reddy ∙ F. Tentori ∙ W. Maixner Impact of Transplant Community Health Workers on Waitlisting and Living Donor Transplantation for End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients , American Journal of TransplantationVol. 26Issue 7SupplementS812–S813Published in issue: June, 2026: 2026
Y. Kadakia ∙ O. Perrine ∙ K. Krupp ∙ N. Platt ∙ M. Goldshore ∙ P. Abt ∙ K. Ranganna ∙ E.M. Sonnenberg ∙ K. Jackson ∙ R.F. Parsons Fourfold Increase in Marginal Kidney Transplants: A Two-Year Single Center Experience , American Journal of TransplantationVol. 26Issue 7SupplementS808Published in issue: June, 2026: 2026
K. BrandG. TogliaM. LimN. SeifK. RangannaA.S. Geara Rescue Obinutuzumab + Daratumumab in Recurrent Post Transplant FSGS , American Journal of TransplantationVol. 26Issue 7SupplementS670–S671Published in issue: June, 2026: 2026
Puttarajappa CM, Urbanski M, Fallahzadeh MK, Budhiraja P, Balaraman V, Butsch WS, Morford H, Anand PM, Woodside KJ, Orandi BJ; co-authors Practices in the management of kidney transplant candidates and recipients with obesity: A survey of United States transplant programs , American journal of transplantation: official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 25(10): 2025,2194-2205
Nambiar P, Liang T, Labo N, Hand J, Blumberg EA, Rana MM, Florman S, Haydel B, Morris MI, Schaenman J, Rodrigues MMS, Werbel WA, Bowring MG, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Stock P, Stosor V, Mehta S, Gilbert AJ, Elias N, Mehta SA, Small CB, Haidar G, Malinis M, Pereira MR, Aslam S, Wojciechowski D, La Hoz R, Santos CAQ, Apewokin S, Castillo-Lugo JA, Ranganna K, Morsheimer M, Massie A, Segev DL, Miley W, Marshall V, Whitby D, Tobian AAA, Durand CM. Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Risk and Disease in Kidney Donors and Transplant Recipients with HIV in the United States , Clinical Infectious Disease: 2025
Elizabeth C. Arant MD, Thibaut Davy-Mendez PhD, Tao Liang MSPH, Moreno Rodrigues PhD, Cynthia L. Gay MD, Meenakshi M. Rana MD, Rachel Friedman-Moraco MD, Alexander Gilbert MD, Peter Stock MD, Sapna A. Mehta MD, Shikha Mehta MD, Valentina Stosor MD, Marcus R. Pereira MD MPH, Michele I. Morris MD, Jonathan Hand MD, Saima Aslam MD MS, Maricar Malinis MD, Ghady Haidar MD, Catherine B. Small MD, Carlos A. Q. Santos MD MPHS, Joanna Schaenman MD PhD, John W. Baddley MD, David Wojciechowski DO, Emily A. Blumberg MD, Karthik Ranganna MD, Oluwafisayo Adebiyi MD, Nahel Elias MD, Jose A. Castillo-Lugo MD, Emmanouil Giorgakis MD, Senu Apewokin MD, Megan Morsheimer MD MPH, Christian van Delden MD, Oriol Manuel MD, Nicolas J. Mueller MD, Dionysios Neofyotos MD, Aaron A.R. Tobian MD PhD, Allan Massie PhD, Dorry L. Segev MD PhD, William Werbel MD PhD, Christine M. Durand MD Infections after kidney transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV , Clinical Infectious Disease : 2025
