Kelley Marie Weinfurtner, MD

She/her
Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

I am a transplant hepatologist who cares for patients with a wide range of liver problems. In particular, I have significant expertise in caring for patients with advanced liver disease and patients with liver tumors. In addition, I have a research program centered around developing precision medicine strategies for patients with primary liver cancers.

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of California San Francisco
  • Residency: University of California San Francisco
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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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.
Dr. Weinfurtner is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Bukola Adebesin, Kelley Weinfurtner, Alexander Zavriyev, Molly Sheehan, Stephen Kadlecek, David Tischfield, Terence P. Gade Multimodal 18F-FDG PET and Hyperpolarized [1-13C] Pyruvate Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Subtype-Specific Treatment Response Prediction in Hepatocellular Carcinoma , World Molecular Imaging Congress Annual Meeting: 2026


Isabella Farkas, Kelley Weinfurtner, Kim Olthoff, Peter Abt, Fady Kaldas, Mark Rosen, Gentian Lluri, Jack Rychik, Maarouf Hoteit, Yuli Kim Incidental Hepatocellular Carcinoma on Explant Pathology in Patients With Fontan Circulation After Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation , JACC Case Reports: 2026


Boehmler D, Baron R, Crainic J, Islam A, Kim Y, Gurevich A, Perkons N, Zavriyev A, Amin R, Andrew-Udoh J, Tuzneen Supan E, El Ghazal R, Hunt SJ, McClung G, Tischfield D, Ackerman D, Weljie A, Weinfurtner K, Skuli N, Gade TPF. Locoregional Lactate Dehydrogenase Inhibition Potentiates Therapy and Overcomes Treatment Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma , Hepatology: 2026


Weinfurtner K, Amin R, Skuli N, Gade TPF, Kaplan DE Patient-derived models of liver cancer to inform therapeutic decision: recent updates , Seminars in Liver Disease, 46: 2026,51-62


Yan L, Huang L, Wright C, Gade TPF, Weinfurtner K Intra-patient tumor-level outcomes of transarterial chemoembolization versus transarterial radioembolization for multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma , Society of Interventional Oncology Annual Meeting: 2026


Bukola Y. Adebesin Multiparametric Hyperpolarized-13C-MRI for Sensitive Assessment of Early-Stage Liver Disease , AASLD Annual Liver Meeting: 2026


Kim Y, McClung G, Wright C, Tischfield D, Furth EE, Kaffe E, Weinfurtner K, Gade TPF Hepatocyte Humanization in an SRG Rat Model After Partial Hepatectomy , AASLD The Liver Meeting : 2025


Hoteit MA, Abt PL, Priore SF, Tondon R, Abu-Gazala A, Agarwal P, Weinfurtner K, Hilscher MB, Wangensteeen KJ Molecular patterns associated with recurrence and survival in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) / hepatocholangiocarcinoma (HCC-CCA) after liver transplantation , AASLD The Liver Meeting: 2025


Ferrante ND, Hubbard RA, Weinfurtner K, Mezina AI, Newcomb CW, Furth EE, Bhattacharya D, Njei B, Taddei, TH, Singal A, Hoteit MA, Park LS, Kaplan DE, Lo Re V. Validity of Diagnostic Codes and Laboratory Tests to Identify Cholangiocarcinoma and Its Subtypes , Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 34(5): 2025,e70154


Hoteit M, Weinfurtner K Recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation: Small steps, while awaiting a breakthrough. , Liver Transplantation: 2025