Ronald Fairbairn Parsons, MD

Transplant Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
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About me

  • Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Parsons is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

LEONBERG-YOO A, LEONBERG KE, ABU-GAZALA S, HRYZAK S, REDFIELD RR 3RD, PARSONS RF, AGARWAL AK Patient-reported Opioid use and Pain Management After Living Kidney Donation , Transplantation Direct, 12(6): 2026,E1954

ONG, OY, MUNOZ N, SCHAUBEL DE, JACKSON, KR, PARSONS RF, ABT PL, SONNENBERG EM. Do Prolonged Donor Warm Ischemic Times Correlate with Kidney Transplant Outcomes? The Largest Study of Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in the United States , American Journal of Transplantation: 2026

Singh, N, Parajuli S, Rao S, Alhamad T, Niederhaus S, Nieves F, Diab A, Stumpf M, Albritton M, Singh A, Pelletier R, Bongu A, Parsons RF, Stratta RJ. Hyperglycemia following pancreas transplantation: Rethinking graft function and metabolic control , American Journal of Transplantation : 2026

Parsons RF Age Stratification of Deceased Donors Suggests Transplantation Opportunities for Countries , Transplantation, 110(3): 2026,E530-E531

CIMENO A, BANSKOTA S, NADEEM SO, PARSONS RF Comparison of Multiple Frailty Scoring Metrics in Renal Transplant Candidates: A Large Single-center Cohort Study , TRANSPLANT DIRECT, 12(3): 2026,E1921

Anand PM, Singh N, Gupta G, Doshi M, Tanriover B, Adey D, Lentine KL, Niederhaus S, Parsons RF, Wiseman A, Cooper M, Singer G, Dadhania D, Bloom RD Transition of Care of Kidney Recipients from Transplant Centers to Referring Nephrologists: Report from the American Society of Transplantation Controversies Conference, American Journal of Kidney Diseases , American Society of Transplantation: 2025

Parajuli S, Mandelbrot D, Stratta RJ, Kandaswamy R, Parsons RF, Singh N, Gruessner A, Kaufman DB, Odorico J. The Challenge of Minding the Glomerular Filtration Rate Gap Between Pancreas Transplant Alone and Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Stuck in the Middle , American Journal of Transplantation , 109(7): 2025,1062-1065

Parsons RF Risk Factors for Kidney Disease Progression in Pancreas Alone Recipients Obligate a Kidney Transplant Safety Net , Transplantation , 109(6): 2025,901-904

Fischer RMJ, Muñoz N, Ong O, L. Abt P, C. Gruessner A, F. Parsons R National Trends in Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Simultaneous Pancreas–Kidney Transplantation. , Clinical Transplantation: 2025

Anand PM, Woodside KJ, Singh N, Alhamad T, Bloom RD, Gupta G, Singer G, Doshi M, Dadhania DM, Tanriover B, Parsons RF, Wagner C, Xiao H, Lentine KL; Transition of Care of Stable Kidney Transplant Patients to Referring Nephrologists: A Survey of U.S. Transplant Program Staff. , Clinical Transplantation, 38(11): 2024