Amanda Leonberg-Yoo, MD

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension University City
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366
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About me

  • Director, Training Program
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Creighton University
  • Residency: Tufts - New England Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Tufts - New England Medical Center

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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

327 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
May 2026
very thoughtful person knowledgeable and felt like she was advocating for me
Anonymous
May 2026
very empathetic, answers all of my questions, and direct when discussing my prognosis.
Anonymous
April 2026
pleasant helpful
Anonymous
April 2026
dr leonberg yoo has taken my husband through kidney failure referred him to transplant and followed me through the donor process. she is an amazing physician caring and kind!

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.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Leonberg-Yoo is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Leonberg-Yoo A, Redfield R, Dunn T, Fleming JN, Fonk J, Hil G, Cooper M Strategic Innovations to Reduce Disincentives and Increase Living Kidney Donation , Kidney360: 2025

Wang LS, Ertmann E, Feldman E, Kossoff M, Lu B, Lin JC, Pishko A, Redfield R, Leonberg-Yoo A, Cuker A. Utility of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Screening in Prospective Living Kidney Donors: A Single Center Cohort Study , Kidney Med, 7: 2024,100951

Kearney D, Leonberg-Yoo A, Cohen R. Frequent vascular access thrombosis in a patient with end stage kidney disease on hemodialysis , Semin Dial: 2023

Leonberg-Yoo AK, Gilbert SJ. Teaching Conservative Kidney Management and Other Palliative Care Skills in Nephrology Fellowships , Semin Nephrol, 43: 2023,151396

Spiardi R, Shah S, Leonberg-Yoo A. A Patient With Polyuria and Hypercalcemia , Am J Kidney Dis, 79(4): 2022,A14-A15

Gelfand SL, Jain K, Brewster UC, Leonberg-Yoo AK. Combined Nephrology and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training: A Breath of Fresh AIRE , Am J Kidney Dis, S0272-6386(21): 2021,00881-7

Mathews KS, Soh H, Shaefi S, Wang W, Bose S, Coca S, Gupta S, Hayek SS, Srivastava A, Brenner SK, Radbel J, Green A, Sutherland A, Leonberg-Yoo A, Shehata A, Schenck EJ, Short SAP, Hernán MA, Chan L, Leaf DE; Study of the Treatment and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease (STOP-COVID) Investigators. Prone Positioning and Survival in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Respiratory Failure , Crit Care Med: 2021,1026-1037

Bansal N, Hall YN, Sambandam KK, Leonberg-Yoo AK. Lessons Learned: Nephrology Training Program Adaptation in the Time of COVID , Am J Kidney Dis, 78(1): 2021,9-12

Rudnick MR, Wahba IM, Leonberg-Yoo AK, Miskulin D, Litt HI. Risks and Options With Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Patients With CKD: A Review , Am J Kidney Dis, 77: 2021,517-528

Shaefi S, Brenner SK, Gupta S, O'Gara BP, Krajewski ML, Charytan DM, Chaudhry S, Mirza SH, Peev V, Anderson M, Bansal A, Hayek SS, Srivastava A, Mathews KS, Johns TS, Leonberg-Yoo A, Green A, Arunthamakun J, Wille KM, Shaukat T, Singh H, Admon AJ, Semler MW, Hernán MA, Mueller AL, Wang W, Leaf DE; STOP-COVID Investigators. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with severe respiratory failure from COVID-19 , Intensive Care Med, 47: 2021,208-221