Malek Kamoun, MD, PhD

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Call 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Director, Clinical Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My areas of clinical expertise:

Clinical laboratory immunology: Diagnostic tests used in the evaluation of autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and immune deficiencies. 

Clinical histocompatibility testing:  HLA genotyping and HLA antibody testing used for the evaluation of solid organ and allogeneic bone marrow/hematopoietic cell transplantion and donor selection.

My education and training

  • Medical School: University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI
  • Residency: University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI
  • Residency: University of Washington Hospitals
  • Fellowship: University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI
  • Fellowship: University of Washington Hospitals

Spoken languages

English
English
Français
French
العربية
Arabic

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.

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. Kamoun is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Kamoun M, Holmes JH, Israni AK, Kearns JD, Teal V, Yang WP, Rosas SE, Joffe MM, Li H, Feldman HI HLA-A amino acid polymorphism and delayed kidney allograft function , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(48): 2008,18883-8

Nikaein A, Cherikh W, Nelson K, Baker T, Leffell S, Bow L, Crowe D, Connick K, Head MA, Kamoun M, Kimball P, Klohe E, Noreen H, Rebellato L, Sell T, Sullivan K, Land G Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing Histocompatibility Committee collaborative study to evaluate prediction of crossmatch results in highly sensitized patients , Transplantation, 87(4): 2009,557-62

Harris RA, Sugimoto K, Kaplan DE, Ikeda F, Kamoun M, Chang KM Human leukocyte antigen class II associations with hepatitis C virus clearance and virus-specific CD4 T cell response among Caucasians and African Americans , Hepatology, 48(1): 2008,70-9

Sutter JA, Kwan-Morley J, Dunham J, Du YZ, Kamoun M, Albert D, Eisenberg RA, Luning Prak ET A longitudinal analysis of SLE patients treated with rituximab (anti-CD20): factors associated with B lymphocyte recovery , Clin Immunol, 126(3): 2008,282-90

Goral S, Prak EL, Kearns J, Bloom RD, Pierce E, Doyle A, Grossman R, Naji A, Kamoun M Preformed donor-directed anti-HLA-DP antibodies may be an impediment to successful kidney transplantation , Nephrol Dial Transplant, 23(1): 2008,390-2

Kamoun M, Israni AK, Joffe MM, Hoy T, Kearns J, Mange KC, Feldman D, Goodman N, Rosas SE, Abrams JD, Brayman KL, Feldman HI Assessment of differences in HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 allele mismatches among African-American and non-African-American recipients of deceased kidney transplants , Transplant Proc, 39(1): 2007,55-63

Rickels MR, Kamoun M, Kearns J, Markmann JF, Naji A Evidence for allograft rejection in an islet transplant recipient and effect on beta-cell secretory capacity , J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 92(7): 2007,2410-4

Monos D, Heliopoulos J, Argyris E, Cordopatis P, Zompra A, Kamoun M Analysis of the CD2 and spliceosomal Sm B/B' polyproline-arginine motifs defined by a monoclonal antibody using a phage-displayed random peptide library , J Mol Recognit, 19(6): 2006,535-41

Narula S, LaRosa DF, Kamoun M, Dalmau J, Levinson AI Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency and abnormal CD8+ T-cell subset distribution , Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, 98(5): 2007,483-9

Luning Prak ET, Young DS, Kamoun M, Nachamkin I, Alexander CB, Spitalnik SL, Peerschke EI, Smith BR 2008 ACLPS panel discussion on resident education in clinical pathology , Am J Clin Pathol, 131(5): 2009,618-22

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