Description of Research Expertise:
Infections in transplant recipients, Transplantation in HIV infected patients, Antiviral therapies in transplant recipients, Donor derived infections
Selected Publications:
Potluri VS, Goldberg DS, Mohan S, Bloom RD, Sawinski D, Abt PL, Blumberg EA, Parikh CR, Sharpe J, Reddy KR, Molnar MZ, Sise M, Reese PP: National Trends in
Utilization and 1-Year Outcomes with Transplantation of HCV-Viremic Kidneys J Am Soc Nephrol. 30 : 1939-1951,2019.
Anesi JA, Blumberg EA, Han JH, Lee DH, Clauss H, Climaco A, Hasz R, Molnar E, Alimenti D, West S, Bilker WB, Tolomeo P, Lautenbach E, CDC Prevention Epicenters: Risk factors for multidrug-resistant organisms among deceased organ donors Am J Transplant 19 (9): 2468-2478,2019.
Zahid MN, Wang S, Learn GH, Abt PL, Blumberg EA, Reese PP, Goldberg DS, Shaw GM, Bar KJ: High multiplicity infection following transplantation of hepatitis C virus-positive organs J Clin Invest 129 (8): 3134-3139,2019.
Porrett PM, Reese PP, Holzmayer V, Coller KE, Kuhns M, Van Deerlin VM, Gentile C, Smith JR, Sicilia A, Woodards A, McLean R, Abt P, Bloom RD, Reddy KR, Blumberg E, Cloherty G, Goldberg D: Early emergence of anti-HCV antibody implicates donor origin in recipients of an HCV-infected organ Am J Transplant : 2019.
Blumberg EA: Organs from Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Donors N Engl J Med : E-pub,2019.
Mazur RD, Abt PL, Blumberg EA, Bloom RD, Reddy KR, Reese PP, Goldberg DS: Characterization of early hepatic injury in HCV-negative recipients of HCV-infected kidneys Clin Transplant : e13494,2019.
McLean RC, Reese PP, Acker M, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Goldberg LR, Abt PL, Blumberg EA, Van Deerlin VM, Reddy KR, Bloom RD, Hasz R, Suplee L, Sicilia A, Woodards A, Zahid Muhammad N, Bar KJ, Porrett P, Levine MH, Hornsby N, Gentile C, Smith J, Goldberg DS: Transplanting hepatitis C virus-infected hearts into uninfected recipients: A single-arm trial Am J Transplant : Epub,2019.
Blumberg EA, Rogers CC: Solid Organ Transplantation in the HIV-Infected Patient: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice Clin Transplant : e13499,2019.
Blumberg EA: MMWR: Prevention and control of seasonal influenza Am J Transplant 18 (11): 2829,2018.
Reese PP, Abt PL, Blumberg EA, Van Deerlin VM, Bloom RD, Potluri VS, Levine M, Porrett P, Sawinski D, Nazarian SM, Naji A, Hasz R, Suplee L, Trofe-Clark J, Sicilia A, McCauley M, Gentile C, Smith J, Niknam BA, Bleicher M, Reddy KR, Goldberg DS.: Twelve-Month Outcomes After Transplant of Hepatitis C-Infected Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Single-Group Trial Ann Intern Med 169 : 273-281,2018.