Penn Medicine Provider
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Matthew B. Palmer, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP

About me

  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Emory University
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital

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. Palmer is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Abedini A, Levinsohn J, Klötzer KA, Dumoulin B, Ma Z, Frederick J, Dhillon P, Balzer MS, Shrestha R, Liu H, Vitale S, Bergeson AM, Devalaraja-Narashimha K, Grandi P, Bhattacharyya T, Hu E, Pullen SS, Boustany-Kari CM, Guarnieri P, Karihaloo A, Traum D, Yan H, Coleman K, Palmer M, Sarov-Blat L, Morton L, Hunter CA, Kaestner KH, Li M, Susztak K. Single-cell multi-omic and spatial profiling of human kidneys implicates the fibrotic microenvironment in kidney disease progression. , Nature Genetics, 56(8): 2024,1712-1724


Allaf ME, Kim SE, Master V, McDermott DF, Harshman LC, Cole SM, Drake CG, Signoretti S, Akgul M, Baniak N, Li-Ning E, Palmer MB, Emamekhoo H, Adra N, Kaimakliotis H, Ged Y, Pierorazio PM, Abel EJ, Bilen MA, Ogan K, Moon HH, Ramaswamy KA, Singer EA, Mayer TM, Lohrey J, Margulis V, Gills J, Delacroix SE, Waples MJ, James AC, Wang P, Choueiri T, Michaelson MD, Kapoor A, Heng DY, Shuch B, Leibovich BC, Lara PN, Manola J, Maskens D, Battle D, Uzzo R, Bratslavsky G, Haas NB, Carducci MA. Perioperative nivolumab versus observation in patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing nephrectomy (PROSPER ECOG-ACRIN EA8143): an open-label, randomised, phase 3 study. , Lancet Oncology, 25(8): 2024,1038-1052


Yan Y, Liu H, Abedini A, Sheng X, Palmer M, Li H, Susztak K. Unraveling the epigenetic code: human kidney DNA methylation and chromatin dynamics in renal disease development. , Nature Communications, 15(1): 2024,873


Murphy JD, Caza TN, Cassol CA, Storey A, Ambruzs JM, Boils C, Walker PD, Sharma S, Messias N, Hennigar R, Andeen NK, VanBeek C, Palmer M, Sankar L, Sanghi P, Dinesh K, Dicker L, Urisman A, Larsen CP. Clinicopathologic Features of Antibrush Border Antibody Disease. , Kidney International Reports, 9(2): 2023,370-382


Matthew B Palmer; Virginie Royal; J. Charles Jennette; Abigail R. Smith; Qian Liu; Josephine M. Ambruzs; Nicole K. Andeen; Vivette D. D’Agati; Agnes B. Fogo; Joseph Gaut; Rasheed A. Gbadegesin; Larry A. Greenbaum; Jean Hou; Margaret E Helmuth; Richard A. Lafayette; Helen Liapis; Bruce Robinson; Michael B. Stokes; Katherine Twombley; Hong Yin; Cynthia C. Nast; for the CureGN Consortium Cure Glomerulonephropathy Pathology Classification and Core Scoring Criteria, Reproducibility, and Clinicopathologic Correlations , Glomerular Diseases, 3(1): 2023,248-257


Nova-Camacho LM, Acosta AM, Trpkov K, Sangoi AR, Pierre A, Chou A, Yilmaz A, Morini A, Rodrigues Â, Fletcher CDM, Perez-Montiel D, Maclean F, Contreras F, Queipo FJ, Muñiz Unamunzaga G, Mesa H, de Torres I, Ruiz I, Alvarado-Cabrero I, Lobo J, Schwartz L, Cheng L, Akgul M, García-Martos M, Palmer MB, Aron M, Raspollini MR, Manrique Celada M, Hwang M, Idrees MT, Rioux-Leclercq N, Zalles N, Vergara N, Lal P, Wobker S, Kammerer-Jacquet SF, Prendeville S, Tilmant T, Ulbright TM, Verkarre V, Collins K, Williamson SR, Panizo A. Metastatic solid tumors to the testis: a clinicopathologic evaluation of 157 cases from an international collaboration. , Human Pathology, 139: 2023,37-46


Hirohama D, Abedini A, Moon S, Surapaneni A, Dillon ST, Vassalotti A, Liu H, Doke T, Martinez V, Md Dom Z, Karihaloo A, Palmer MB, Coresh J, Grams ME, Niewczas MA, Susztak K Unbiased Human Kidney Tissue Proteomics Identifies Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 as a Kidney Disease Biomarker , Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 34(7): 2023,1279-1291


Mottl AK, Bomback AS, Mariani LH, Coppock G, Jennette JC, Almaani S, Gipson DS, Kelley S, Kidd J, Laurin LP, Mucha K, Oliverio A, Palmer M, Rizk D, Sanghani N, Stokes MB, Susztak K, Wadhwani S, Nast CC. CureGN-Diabetes Study: Rationale, Design, and Methods of a Prospective Observational Study of Glomerular Disease Patients with Diabetes , Glomerular Diseases, 3(1): 2023,155-164


Alghamdi M, Chen JF, Jungbluth A, Koutzaki S, Palmer MB, Al-Ahmadie HA, Fine SW, Gopalan A, Sarungbam J, Sirintrapun SJ, Tickoo SK, Reuter VE, Chen YB. L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule (L1CAM) Expression and Molecular Alterations Distinguish Low-Grade Oncocytic Tumor From Eosinophilic Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma. , Modern Pathology, 37(5): 2023,100467


Goodwin AT, John AE, Joseph C, Habgood A, Tatler AL, Susztak K, Palmer M, Offermanns S, Henderson NC, Jenkins RG Stretch regulates alveologenesis and homeostasis via mesenchymal Gαq/11-mediated TGFβ2 activation , Development, 150(9): 2023