- Kidney transplant surgery
- Kidney-pancreas dual transplant surgery
- Newly transplant
- Pancreas transplant surgery
- Renal transitional care
Mary Ann C. Lim, MD
she/her/hers
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
My education and training
- Medical School: University of the Philippines College of Medicine
- Residency: University of Connecticut Health Center
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Hokkien
Hokkien
中文 / 普通话
Chinese - Mandarin
Tagalog
Tagalog
Filipino
Filipino
Reviews
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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
- 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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Nephrology, 2009
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Transplant Nephrology Milestones Work Group, National
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN), National
- American Society of Transplantation (AST), International
- AST Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Training Accreditation Program, LLC, International
- University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society of America (UPMASA)-Delaware Valley Chapter, National
- Women in Nephrology, National
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
- Penn Pancreas Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Lim MA, Murakami N, Blosser CD, Shaikhouni S, Dadhania DM, Hall ET, Havlin K, Basu A Practical Guide to Address Common Myths in the Pre- and Post-kidney Transplant Management of the Elderly Patient with Cancer: An Opinion Paper , Transplant Direct, 12(6): 2026
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(5): 2026
Sabiha M. Hussain, MD Gregory Malat, PharmD, Srijan Tandukar, MD, Jennifer Trofe, PharmD, Vishnu Potluri, MD, MPH, Mary Ann Lim, MD Tolerability and Effectiveness of Tirzepatide in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Real-world Experience From a Single-center Study , Transplantation: 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 , Am J Transplant, 25(10): 2025,2194-2205
Tandukar S, Wu Q, Chandrashekar S, Shah D, Chiang C, Couch K, Trofe J, Sonnenberg EM, Abt P, Lim MA, Potluri V, Bloom R Long-Term Outcomes of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients , Clin Transplant, 39(10): 2025,e70333
Pivert KA, Balogun RA, Chowdhury R, Edwards A, Lim MA, Mullane R, Neyra JA, Raslan R, Saum K, Smith L, Sozio SM, Triozzi J, Weidemann DK, Boyle SM. 2025 ASN Nephrology Fellow Survey: First Look. , https://doi.org/10.70093/f7315332: 2025
M. Lim, G. Malat, S. Tandukar, J. Trofe-Clark, S. M. Hussain Tolerability and Effectiveness of Tirzepatide in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Real World Experience from a Single Center Study , Poster Presentation at the World Transplant Congress 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA: 2025
Murali A, Tandukar S, Lim MA Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant vs. Safety Net Kidney after Liver Transplant: How Has the Policy Change Impacted Graft and Patient Outcomes? , Poster Presentation at the ASN Kidney week: 2024
Nogueira de Sa P, Narayanan M, Lim MA Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities After Kidney Transplantation , Adv Kidney Dis Health, 31(5): 2024,450-457
Shah S, Potluri VS, Bloom RD, Lim MA The Status of Kidney Transplant Fellowship in the United States: A Survey of Program Directors , Am J Kidney Dis, 83(3): 2024,423-425