Penn Medicine Provider
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Karthik M. Ranganna, MD MBA FASN FACHE
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Kidney Transplant Clinic Reading
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About me

  • Director, Kidney Transplant Satellite Program
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Mysore Medical College
  • Residency: Allegheny University Hospital
  • Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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. Ranganna is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Mejia CD, Malat GE, Boyle SM, Ranganna K, Lee DH. Experience with a six-month regimen of Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis in 122 HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients , Transpl Infect Dis, 23(3 ): 2021


Lee DH, Malat G, Boyle SM, Talluri S, Bias TE, Harhay MN, Ranganna K, Doyle A. Safety and Efficacy of Universal Postoperative Decolonization for Kidney Transplant Recipients , Exp Clin Transplant, 18(2): 2020,153-156


Boyle SM, Fehr K, Deering C, Raza A, Harhay MN, Malat G, Ranganna K, Lee DH. Barriers to kidney transplant evaluation in HIV-positive patients with advanced kidney disease: A single-center study , Transpl Infect Dis, 22(2): 2020


Crow LD, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Chung CL, Baran DA, Lowenstein SE, Abdelmalek M, Ahmed RL, Anadkat MJ, Arcasoy SM, Berg D, Bibee KP, Billingsley E, Black WH, Blalock TW, Bleicher M, Brennan DC, Brodland DG, Brown MR, Carroll BT, Carucci JA, Chang TW, Chaux G, Cusack CA, Dilling DF, Doyle A, Emtiazjoo AM, Ferguson NH, Fosko SW, Fox MC, Goral S, Gray AL, Griffin JR, Hachem RR, Hall SA, Hanlon AM, Hayes D Jr, Hickey GW, Holtz J, Hopkins RS, Hu J, Huang CC, Brian Jiang SI, Kapnadak SG, Kraus ES, Lease ED, Leca N, Lee JC, Leitenberger JJ, Lim MA, Longo MI, Malik SM, Mallea JM, Menter A, Myers SA, Neuburg M, Nijhawan RI, Norman DJ, Otley CC, Paek SY, Parulekar AD, Patel MJ, Patel VA, Patton TJ, Pugliano-Mauro M, Ranganna K, Ravichandran AK, Redenius R, Roll GR, Samie FH, Shin T, Singer JP, Singh P, Soon SL, Soriano T, Squires R, Stasko T, Stein JA, Taler SJ, Terrault NA, Thomas CP, Tokman S, Tomic R, Twigg AR, Wigger MA, Zeitouni NC, Arron ST. Initial skin cancer screening for solid organ transplant recipients in the United States: Delphi method development of expert consensus guidelines , Transpl Int, 32(12): 2019,1268-1276


Harhay MN, Ranganna K, Boyle SM, Brown AM, Bajakian T, Levin Mizrahi LB, Xiao G, Guy S, Malat G, Segev DL, Reich D, McAdams-DeMarco M. Association Between Weight Loss Before Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation and Posttransplantation Outcomes , Am J Kidney Dis, 74(3): 2019,361-372


Harhay MN, Ranganna KM, Levin Mizrahi LB, Xiao G, Malat G, Guy S, Reich D, , Reese PP Gait Speed Predicts Kidney Transplant Candidate Mortality , Poster Presentation, American Transplant Congress Washington DC : 2019


Mejia C, Malat G, Lee DH, Epstein S, Harhay MN, Levin Mizrahi L, Ranganna KM A Single-Center Experience with a 6-Month Regimen of Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis in HIV Positive Kidney Transplant Patients , Poster Presentation, American Transplant Congress Washington DC : 2019


Boyle SM, Fehr K Deering C, Raza A, Harhay MN, Malat G, Ranganna KM, Lee DH Barriers to Kidney Transplant Wait Listing among HIV Positive Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease , Poster Presentation, American Transplant Congress, Washington DC: 2019


Mejia C, Jason Kim M, Agarwal N, Ajelero O, Soundararajan S Ranganna KM A Case of Acute Cellular Rejection Following Rapid Resolution of BK Viremia , Poster Presentation, National Kidney Foundation, Boston, MA : 2019


Elraiyah T, Raza A, Baynes J, Karasinski A, Boyle SM, Harhay MN, Lee DH, Malat GM, Ranganna KM Associations of Anti-retroviral Therapy following Kidney Transplantation on Incident BK Viremia , Poster Presentation, National Kidney Foundation, Boston, MA : 2019


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