Penn Medicine Provider
Infectious Diseases
Kathryn Whitaker, MD
4.8
(32)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
Make an appointmentCall 800-789-7366

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Washington
  • Residency: University of Washington Hospital and Clinics
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

32 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.

February 2025
5.0
5.0
exceptional provider
August 2024
5.0
5.0
she listens
October 2023
5.0
5.0
very good.
August 2023
5.0
5.0
dr whitaker is a very personable, thorough, highly competent physician whom any patient would be comfortable with to receive specialized care.

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My Locations

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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. Whitaker is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Mezochow A, Clausen E, Whitaker K, Claridge T, Blumberg E, Courtwright A Letermovir should be first-line cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in lung transplant recipients , American Journal of Transplantation, 6135(25): 2025,00044-99

A. K. Mezochow, K. D. He, K. Whitaker, E. Blumberg, M. Crespo, A. Courtwright. Letermovir Use Following Lung Transplantation: A Single Center Review , International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic: 2024

Kathryn Whitaker Immunizations in patients with end stage renal disease , UpToDate , 33(1): 2024,46-57

Whitaker K Endocarditis infecciosa , Cardiología para médicos no especialistas (bases para la práctica clínica integral): 2024,171-177

Rashed E, Whitaker K, Ambrose M, Feldbaum E, McLean R Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in a Cardiac Transplant Patient: When Prophylaxis Isn’t Enough. , International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado: 2023

A. Le Mahajan, K. Whitaker, E. Blumberg, L. Gardo, J. Lee, M. Crespo, C. Bermudez, L. Glaser, M. Wilck, J. Anesi Donor and Peri-Transplant Hospitalization Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients. , International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting, Boston, MA: 2022

Aaron Richterman, MD, MPH; Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, PhD; Kathryn Whitaker, MD Back Pain, Fever, and Cough in a 46-Year-Old Man , JAMA, 326(20): 2021,2070-2071

Imlay H, Whitaker K, Fisher CE, Limaye AP Clinical characteristics and outcomes of late-onset BK virus nephropathy in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients , Transp Infect Dis , 20(4): 2018,e12928

Whitaker K, Anesi J, Blumberg E, Gardo L, Lee J, Crespo M, Bermudez C, Glaser L, Wilck M Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Infections Among Lung Transplant Recipients , American Transplant Congress, Seattle, Washington: 2018

Kathryn Whitaker, Valerie Cluzet and Emily A. Blumberg Enterobacteraciae Infectious in Solid Organ Transplant and Stem Cell Transplant , In Principles and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases: 2017,447-460