Penn Medicine Provider
Pulmonary Medicine
Nilam S Mangalmurti, MD
She/Her
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center - Inpatient Care

About me

  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: New York University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: UPMC Presbyterian

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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Mangalmurti is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

L K Metthew Lam, Nathan J Klingensmith, Layal Sayegh, Emily Oatman, Joshua S Jose, Christopher V Cosgriff, Kaitlyn A Eckart, John McGinnis, Piyush Ranjan, Matthew Lanza, Nadir Yehya, Nuala J Meyer, Robert P Dickson, Nilam S Mangalmurti Red Blood Cells Capture and Deliver Bacterial DNA to Drive Host Responses During Polymicrobial Sepsis , J Clin Invest : 2025


L.K. Metthew Lam, Sophia Murphy, Dimitra Kokkinaki, Alessandro Venosa, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Carla Casu, Stefano Rivella, Aaron Weiner, Jeongho Park, Sunny Shin, Andrew Vaughan, Beatrice H. Hahn, Audrey R. Odom John, Nuala J. Meyer, Christopher A. Hunter, G. Scott Worthen, Nilam S. Mangalmurti DNA binding to TLR9 expressed by red blood cells promotes innate immune activation and anemia , Science Translational Medicine, 13(616): 2021


Yehya N, Booth TJ, Ardhanari GD, Thompson JM, Lam LKM, Till JE, Mai MV, Keim G, McKeone DJ, Halstead ES, Lahni P, Varisco BM, Zhou W, Carpenter EL, Christie JD, Mangalmurti NS. Inflammatory and tissue injury marker dynamics in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome , J Clin Invest: 2024


Metthew Lam LK, Oatman E, Eckart KA, Klingensmith NJ, Flowers E, Sayegh L, Yuen J, Clements RL, Meyer NJ, Jurado KA, Vaughan AE, Eisenbarth SC, Mangalmurti NS Human red blood cells express the RNA sensor TLR7 , Scientific Reports: 2024


Thompson JC, Li S, Jose JS, Predina J, Gupta A, Eruslanov E, Singhal S, Albelda SM, Mangalmurti NS. Red blood cells function as reservoirs of tumor DNA , Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 326: 2024,L646-L650


Meghan J. Hotz, Danielle Qing, Michael G. S. Shashaty, Peggy Zhang, Hilary Faust, Neal Sondheimer, Stefano Rivella, G. Scott Worthen, and Nilam S. Mangalmurti Red Blood Cells Homeostatically Bind Mitochondrial DNA through TLR9 to Maintain Quiescence and to Prevent Lung Injury. , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197(4): 2018,470-480


Qing D, Conegliano D, Shashaty MG, Seo J, Reilly JP, Worthen GS, Huh D, Meyer NJ, Mangalmurti NS. Red Blood Cells Induce Necroptosis of Lung Endothelial Cells and Increase Susceptibility to Lung Inflammation , American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 190(11): 2014,1243-54


L K Metthew Lam, Jane Dobkin, Kaitlyn A Eckart, Ian Gereg, Andrew DiSalvo, Amber Nolder, Eman Anis, Julie C Ellis, Greg Turner, Nilam S Mangalmurti Bat Red Blood Cells Express Nucleic Acid-Sensing Receptors and Bind RNA and DNA , Immunohorizons, 6(5): 2022,299-306


Michael G. S. Shashaty, MD, MSCE; John P. Reilly, M.D., M.S.C.E.; Hilary E. Faust, M.D.; Caitlin M. Forker, B.A.; Caroline A. G. Ittner, Ph.D.; Peggy X. Zhang, B.S.; Meghan J. Hotz, B.S.; David Fitzgerald; Wei Yang, Ph.D.; Brian J. Anderson, M.D., M.S.C.E.; Daniel N. Holena, MD, MSCE; Paul N. Lanken, M.D., M.S.C.E.; Jason D. Christie, M.D., M.S.C.E.; Nuala J. Meyer, MD, MS; Nilam S. Mangalmurti, M.D. Plasma receptor interacting protein kinase-3 levels are associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in sepsis and trauma: a cohort study , Critical Care, 23(1): 2019,235 published on-line


Mangalmurti Nilam S, Xiong Zeyu, Hulver Mei, Ranganathan Mrunalini, Liu Xiang Hong, Oriss Timothy, Fitzpatrick Meghan, Rubin Marc, Triulzi Darrell, Choi Augustine, Lee Janet S Loss of red cell chemokine scavenging promotes transfusion-related lung inflammation. , Blood, 113(5): 2009,1158-66