Penn Medicine Provider
Transplant Surgery
Ronald Fairbairn Parsons, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant

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

Education and training

  • Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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: 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

My research

Husain SA, Hippen B, Singh N, Parsons RF, Bloom RD, Anand PM, Lentine KL Right-sizing multiorgan allocation involving kidneys , Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrologists: 2023 (Epub)


Alhamad T, Murad H, Dadhania DM, Pavlakis M, Parajuli S, Concepcion BP, Singh N, Murakami N, Casey MJ, Ji M, Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Alomar O, Faravardeh A, Blosser CD, Basu A, Gupta G, Adler JT, Adey D, Woodside KJ, Ong SC, Parsons RF, Lentine KL The perspectives of general nephrologists toward transitions of care and management of failing kidney transplants , Transplant International, 36: 2023,11172


Matar A, Parsons RF Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation candidates with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Elevated C-peptide levels warrant scrutiny, may portend worse outcomes , Transplantation, 107(4): 2023,e88-e89


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


Parsons RF, John P Greater awareness and improved governance of transplant tourism among desperate patients is needed , Kidney International Reports, 8(4): 2023,693-695


Parsons RF Amelioration of diabetes and neuropathy after pancreas transplantation: Measurable differences in vibration perception thresholds impact outcomes , Transplantation, 107(2): 2023,309-310


Parsons RF, Tantisattamo E, Cheungpasitporn W, Basu A, Lu Y, Lentine KL, Woodside KJ, Singh N, Scalea J, Alhamad T, Dunn TB, Rivera FHC, Parajuli S, Pavlakis M, Cooper M Comprehensive review: Frailty in pancreas transplant candidates and recipients , Clinical Transplantation, 37(2): 2023,e14899


Ji M, Wang M, Hu W, Ibrahim M, Lentine KL, Merzkani M, Murad H, Al-Hosni Y, Parsons R, Wellen J, Chang SH, Alhamad T Corrigendum: Survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes: The critical role of early pancreas allograft function , Transplant International, 35: 2022,10952


Ji M, Wang M, Hu W, Ibrahim M, Lentine KL, Merzkani M, Murad H, Al-Hosni Y, Parsons R, Wellen J, Chang SH, Alhamad T Survival after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes: The critical role of early pancreas allograft function , Transplant International, 35: 2022,10618


Roll GR, Cooper M, Gebel H, Hitchman KM, Hobeika M, Houp J, Kamoun M, Killian J, Kim J, Kumar V, Levine M, Lunow-Luke T, Parsons R, Ranch D, Stock P, Yi S, Rajalingam R Multicenter effort assessing the effects of COVID infection and vaccination on HLA antibodies in waitlisted patients with ESRD , American Journal of Transplantation, 22(Suppl 3): 2022,509