- Hand transplant surgery
- Kidney transplant surgery
- Kidney-pancreas dual transplant surgery
- Liver transplant surgery
- Pancreas transplant surgery
Matthew H. Levine, MD, PhD
About me
- Donald Guthrie Professor in Surgery III
My education and training
- Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: University of California San Francisco
Spoken languages
Reviews
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- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Surgery, 2006
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), National
- American College of Surgeons, National
- American College of Surgeons, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, Local
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), National
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons Foundation Board of Directors, National
- American Society of Transplantation (AST), National
- Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), National
- International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS), International
- International Pediatric Transplant Association, International
- International Society of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation, International
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Committee Member – Hepatobiliary Cancers, National
- National Kidney Foundation Transplant Advisory Committee (TAC), National
- The Society of University Surgeons (SUS), National
- The Transplantation Society, International
- Penn Hand Transplant Program
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
- Penn Liver Transplant Program
- Penn Pancreas Transplant Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2017 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Christensen, L, Levine M Potential nuances in renoprotective properties of estrogen in females , Kidney International: 2024 (accepted for publication)
Cywes C, Banker A, Muñoz N, Levine M, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P The potential utilization of machine perfusion to increase transplantation of macrosteatotic livers , Transplantation, 108(11): 2024,e370-e375
Concors SJ, Hernandez PT, O’Brien C, DePaolo J, Murken DR, Aufhauser DD, Wang Z, Xiong Y, Krumeich L, Ge G, Beier UH, Bhatti TR, Kozikowski AP, Avelar L, Kurz T, Hancock WW, Levine MH Differential effects of HDAC6 inhibition versus knockout during hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury and the HDAC6 C-terminal zinc-finger ubiquitin-binding domain , Transplantation, 108(10): 2024,2084-2092
Huang KB, Wang FY, Lu Y, Yang LM, Long N, Wang SS, Xie Z, Levine M, Zou T, Sessler JL, Liang H Cu(II) complex that synergistically potentiates cytotoxicity and an antitumor immune response by targeting cellular redox homeostasis , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(24): 2024,e2404668121
Benson AB, D'Angelica MI, Abrams T, Abbott DE, Ahmed A, Anaya DA, Anders R, Are C, Bachini M, Binder D, Borad M, Bowlus C, Brown D, Burgoyne A, Castellanos J, Chahal P, Cloyd J, Covey AM, Glazer ES, Hawkins WG, Iyer R, Jacob R, Jennings L, Kelley RK, Kim R, Levine M, Palta M, Park JO, Raman S, Reddy S, Ronnekleiv-Kelly S, Sahai V, Singh G, Stein S, Turk A, Vauthey JN, Venook AP, Yopp A, McMillian N, Schonfeld R, Hochstetler C NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Biliary Tract Cancers, Version 2.2023 , Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 21(7): 2023,694-704
Tran BV, Moris D, Markovic D, Zaribafzadeh H, Henao R, Lai Q, Florman SS, Tabrizian P, Haydel B, Ruiz RM, Klintmalm GB, Lee DD, Taner CB, Hoteit M, Levine MH, Cillo U, Vitale A, Verna EC, Halazun KJ, Tevar AD, Humar A, Chapman WC, Vachharajani N, Aucejo F, Lerut J, Ciccarelli O, Nguyen MH, Melcher ML, Viveiros A, Schaefer B, Hoppe-Lotichius M, Mittler J, Nydam TL, Markmann JF, Rossi M, Mobley C, Ghobrial M, Langnas AN, Carney CA, Berumen J, Schnickel GT, Sudan DL, Hong JC, Rana A, Jones CM, Fishbein TM, Busuttil RW, Barbas AS, Agopian VG Development and validation of a REcurrent Liver cAncer Prediction ScorE (RELAPSE) following liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis of the US Multicenter HCC Transplant Consortium , Liver Transplantation, 29(7): 2023,683-697
Potluri V, Naqvi F, Goldberg DS, Shah M, Loupy A, Abt P, Blumberg E, Trofe-Clark J, Bloom R, Sawinski D, Chattergoon M, Segev DL, Bair-Marcantoni N, Durand CM, Reddy R, Levine M, Brown N, Mapchan S, Aubert O, Desai N, Reese PP Longer-term clinical outcomes from the THINKER and EXPANDER trials of transplantation of HCV-RNA+ donor kidneys into hepatitis C virus-negative recipients , Kidney International Reports, 8(7): 2023,1460-1463
Roll GR, Bray RA, Cooper M, Eagar TN, Gebel HM, Vranic GM, Hitchman KMK, Houp J, Kamoun M, Killian J, Kim J, Kumar V, Levine M, Lovasik BP, Lunow-Luke T, Parsons RF, Pattanayak V, Ranch D, Shah A, Stock PG, Timofeeva OA, Trofe-Clark J, Wongjirad C, Yeh H, Yi S, Rajalingam R COVID-19 infection and vaccination rarely impact HLA antibody profile in waitlisted renal transplant candidates- a multicenter cohort , Human Immunology, 84(4): 2023,278-285
Sonnenberg EM, Hsu JY, Cohen JB, Potluri VS, Geng Z, Levine MH, Abt PL, Reese PP Acute kidney injury in deceased organ donors and kidney transplant outcomes: A national cohort study using a novel data source , Annals of Surgery, 276(6): 2022,e982-e990
Hernandez P, O'Brien C, Concors SJ, Wang Z, Ge G, Hancock WW, Levine MH The selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, is protective against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury , Transplantation, 106(11): 2022,2166-2171