- Bone marrow transplant infection
- Infectious diseases in lymphoma
- Leukemia related infection
- Lyme disease
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
- Transplant infectious disease
- Travel-associated infection
- Traveler's diarrhea
- Tropical medicine
Kathryn Whitaker, MD
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
My education and training
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
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
- 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
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 2018
- Internal Medicine, 2016
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, National
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, International
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Mezochow A, Clausen E, Whitaker K, Claridge T, Blumberg E, Courtwright A Letermovir should be first-line cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients , American Journal of Transplantation, 6135(25): 2025,00044-99
A. K. Mezochow, K. D. He, K. Whitaker, E. Blumberg, M. Crespo, A. Courtwright. Letermovir Use Following Lung Transplantation: A Single Center Review , International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic: 2024
Kathryn Whitaker Immunizations in patients with end stage renal disease , UpToDate , 33(1): 2024,46-57
Whitaker K Endocarditis infecciosa , Cardiología para médicos no especialistas (bases para la práctica clínica integral): 2024,171-177
Rashed E, Whitaker K, Ambrose M, Feldbaum E, McLean R Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in a Cardiac Transplant Patient: When Prophylaxis Isn’t Enough. , International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado: 2023
A. Le Mahajan, K. Whitaker, E. Blumberg, L. Gardo, J. Lee, M. Crespo, C. Bermudez, L. Glaser, M. Wilck, J. Anesi Donor and Peri-Transplant Hospitalization Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients. , International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: 2022
Aaron Richterman, MD, MPH; Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, PhD; Kathryn Whitaker, MD Back Pain, Fever, and Cough in a 46-Year-Old Man , JAMA, 326(20): 2021,2070-2071
Imlay H, Whitaker K, Fisher CE, Limaye AP Clinical characteristics and outcomes of late-onset BK virus nephropathy in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients , Transp Infect Dis , 20(4): 2018,e12928
Whitaker K, Anesi J, Blumberg E, Gardo L, Lee J, Crespo M, Bermudez C, Glaser L, Wilck M Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infections Among Lung Transplant Recipients , American Transplant Congress, Seattle, Washington: 2018
Kathryn Whitaker, Valerie Cluzet and Emily A. Blumberg Enterobacteraciae Infectious in Solid Organ Transplant and Stem Cell Transplant , In Principles and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases: 2017,447-460