Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases IV
- Professor of Medicine in Genetics
- Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics
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.
Dr. Susztak is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Abbvie Pharma, International
- American Association of Advancement of Science, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Diabetes Association, National
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, National
- American Society of Nephrology, National
- Astra Zeneca kidney portfolio, International
- Bayer Pharmaceuticals, International
- Biogen Idec, International
- Boehringer Ingelheim, International
- Glaxo Smith Kline, International
- International Society of Nephrology, International
- IONIS Pharma, International
- Jnana Biotech, International
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, International
- Kidney Research UK Review Panel, International
- Maze Biotech, International
- Merck, International
- Merck, International
- National Kidney Foundation, National
- NephCure Foundation, National
- NIH study section, National
- ONO Pharma, International
- Ostuka Pharma kidney and fibrosis portfolio, International
- Pfizer, International
- Salt and Water Club, National
- Third Rock Venture Capital, International
- UK Diabetes Foundation, International
- University of Arizona Diabetes Research Center, Local
- University of Michigan Diabetes Center, Local
- Vertex advisory panel, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Balzer MS, Zhou J, Abedini A, Ma Z, Hou Y, Yadav T, Grundmann M, Pavkovic M, Susztak K. Single-Cell Resolution Drug Effects of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Blockade in ZSF1 Rat Diabetic Kidney Disease , J Am Soc Nephrol, 37: 2026,1438-1456
Levinsohn J, Grindel S, Dumoulin B, Abedini A, Conte C, Huang AZ, Levin-Klein R, Weisz B, Rabinowitz G, Bergeson AM, Ha E, Klötzer KA, Zhang N, Titchenell P, Li M, Park JS, Arroyo JP, Finn LS, Sasaki K, Beckerman P, Pleniceanu O, Romagnani P, Hughes AJ, Susztak K. Single-cell spatial mapping of human kidney development implicates the microenvironment in guiding cell fate decisions , Nat Genet: 2026
Hou Y, Kloetzer K, Dumoulin B, Ha E, Liu H, Mukhi D, Andrade-Silva M, Hu X, Pan S, Susztak K. ELF3 links kidney function GWAS loci to maladaptive epithelial inflammation , Sci Adv, 12: 2026,eaec6741
Xu K, Khan A, Shang N, Zeng W, Wang C, Berrouet C, Shen TH, Narayanan P, Deng J, DiPerna C, Williams C, Cuacuas S, Olsen TR, Arace J, Ghotra A, Monical W, Borisov O, Haug S, Liu H, Ha E, Banlengchit R, Levitman A, Patel D, Chou C, Halibart B, Guo TW, Simmons S, Goswami S, Nesanir K, Fujita M, Kullo IJ, Jarvik GP, Wei WQ, Feng Q, Jiang L, Stein CM, Weng C, Hripscak G, Gharavi AG, Susztak K, De Jager PL, Köttgen A, Barasch J, Sims PA, Kiryluk K. Mapping Genetic Susceptibility to Urinary Tract Infection from Kidney Papilla to Bladder , medRxiv: 2026
Mohandes S, Fakhreddine M, Sheng H, Al Dulaimee M, Mottl A, Scialla J, Almaani S, Luciano R, Isakova T, Bansal S, Argyropoulos C, Avasare R, Singh M, Campbell KN, Townsend R, Coppock G, Palmer M, Susztak K; TRIDENT Consortium. Percutaneous Native Kidney Biopsy Complications in Diabetic Patients in the TRIDENT Cohort , Clin J Am Soc Nephrol: 2026
Yao S, Jing Z, Jiang S, Li W, Yamamoto Y, Dumoulin B, Sachs N, Maegdefessal L, Susztak K, Wang L, Kadara H, Li M. Cross-Modality Alignment of Spatial Transcriptomics, Multiplexed Imaging, and Histology with PHARAOH , Res Sq: 2026
Kolligundla LP, Mukhi D, Levinsohn J, Bergerson A, Hou Y, Liu H, Capell BC, Susztak K. KDM1A regulates nephron progenitor programs and is associated with human kidney disease risk , Nephrol Dial Transplant: 2026
Isnard P, Makinistoglu MP, Leibovici M, Levinsohn J, Zimmermann N, Cohen C, Garbay S, Nguyen C, Gaglioti D, Chiral M, Grevellec-Christophorou A, Fiorentino A, Peters DJM, Fischer E, Bienaimé F, Susztak K, Terzi F, Pontoglio M. HNF1B integrates signals in a feed-forward loop driving kidney disease progression , Science, 392: 2026,eaea3219
Sandholm N, Cole JB, Nair V, Brennan E, Giardini E, Haukka JK, Ha E, Syreeni A, Dahlström EH, Salem RM, Fermin D, Mercader J, Smyth L, Hill C, Mychaleckyj J, McGurnaghan S, Miller RG, Costacou T, Snell-Bergeon J, Paterson AD, Verkauskiene R, Sokolovska J, Panduru NM, Zerbini G, Brismar K, Krolewski AS, Harjutsalo V, Rossing P, Hadjadj S, McKay G, McKnight AJ, Maxwell AP, Susztak K, Godson C, Kretzler M, Hirschhorn JN, Florez JC, Groop PH; GENIE Consortium. Response to the Letter to the Editor Entitled "A Missing Genomic Dimension: The Small but Central Mitochondrial Genome in Diabetic Kidney Disease Genetics" , Kidney Int Rep, 11: 2026,106572
Sager RA, Susztak K, Hakimi AA. Inflammation-Driven Field Cancerization in End-Stage Kidney Disease , Cancer Discov, 16: 2026,426-427