James F. Markmann, MD, PhD

Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
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About me

  • Vice President of Transplant Services
  • William Maul Measey Professor in Surgical Research

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of California, Los Angeles

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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: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Markmann is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Velidedeoglu E, Mange KC, Frank A, Abt P, Desai NM, Markmann JW, Reddy R, Markmann JF Factors differentially correlated with the outcome of liver transplantation in HCV+ and HCV- recipients , Transplantation, 77(12): 2004,1834-1842

Lee MK 4th, Moore DJ, Jarrett BP, Lian MM, Deng S, Huang X, Markmann JW, Chiaccio M, Barker CF, Caton AJ, Markmann JF Promotion of allograft survival by CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells: evidence for in vivo inhibition of effector cell proliferation , Journal of Immunology, 172(11): 2004,6539-6544

Kobinger GP, Deng S, Louboutin JP, Vatamaniuk M, Matschinsky F, Markmann JF, Raper SE, Wilson JM Transduction of human islets with pseudotyped lentiviral vectors , Human Gene Therapy, 15(2): 2004,211-9

Abt PL, Desai NM, Crawford MD, Forman LM, Markmann JW, Olthoff KM, Markmann, JF Survival following liver transplantation from non-heart-beating donors , Annals of Surgery, 239(1): 2004,87-92

Wu Z, Bensinger SJ, Zhang J, Chen C, Yuan X, Huang X, Markmann JF, Kassaee, A, Rosengard BR, Hancock WW, Sayegh MH, Turka LA Homeostatic proliferation is a barrier to transplantation tolerance , Nature Medicine, 10(1): 2004,87-92

Lee MK 4th, Moore DJ, Markmann JF Regulatory CD4+CD25+T cells in prevention of allograft rejection , Frontiers in Bioscience, 8: 2003,s968-s981

Cao X, Gao Z, Robert CE, Greene S, Xu G, Xu W, Bell E, Campbell D, Zhu Y, Young R, Trucco M, Markmann JF, Naji A, Wolf BA Pancreatic-derived factor (FAM3B), a novel islet cytokine, induces apoptosis of insulin-secreting beta-cells , Diabetes, 52(9): 2003,2296-2303

Htaik TT, Santaniello NA, Markmann JF, Shaked A, Clark TW Treatment of obstructive nephroureteral clot with a rheolytic mechanical thrombectomy device , Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, 14(7): 2003,933-936

Markmann JF, Rosen M, Siegelman ES, Soulen MC, Deng S, Barker CF, Naji A Magnetic resonance-defined periportal steatosis following intraportal islet transplantation: A functional footprint of islet graft survival? , Diabetes, 52(7): 2003,1591-1594

Markmann JF, Deng S, Huang X, Desai NM, Velidedeoglu EH, Lui C, Frank A, Markmann E, Palanjian M, Brayman K, Wolf B, Bell E, Vitamaniuk M, Doliba N, Matschinsky F, Barker CF, Naji A Insulin independence following isolated islet transplantation and single islet infusions , Annals of Surgery, 237(6): 2003,741-750