Description of Research Expertise
I study the relationship between immunosuppression strategy and outcomes after liver transplantation. I have previous expertise in research related to organ allocation, the effects of transplant policy-making and center variability in patient care. These efforts have spanned adult and pediatric transplant populations. I also have research interests in autoimmune hepatitis and alcohol-associated liver disease. I have an advanced degree in clinical epidemiology, and have expertise with observational study designs, large databases and statistics.
Selected Publications
Rosenthal BE, Abt PL, Reddy KR, Bittermann T: The role of exception points in outcomes of patients with fibrocystic liver-kidney disease: Implications for the National Liver Review Board Liver Transplantation 30 (5): 555-8,2024.
Bittermann T, Goldberg DS, Rudel RK, Byhoff E: Liver disease etiology and race/ethnicity are associated with neighborhood food insecurity risk in US liver transplant candidates Liver Transplantation. Epub ahead of print : 2024.
Rosenthal BE, Bittermann T: Sarcopenic obesity: A new predictor of recipient liver regeneration after living donor liver transplantation? Liver Transplantation 30 (4): 345-6,2024.
Hirshorn RE, Schaubel DE, Abt PL, Reddy KR, Bittermann T: Living donor liver transplantation in the United States for alcohol-associated liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: An evaluation in the current era Liver Transplantation 30 (4): 446-50,2024.
Ibeabuchi T, Li E, Bittermann T, Mahmud N, Abt PL: Reply: How does ex vivo liver perfusion help improve the outcomes of liver transplantation in donation after cardiac death donors? Liver Transplantation 30 (3): E20-21,2024.
Rosenthal BE, Abt PL, Schaubel DE, Reddy KR, Bittermann T: Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Adults With High Model for End-stage Liver Disease Score: The US Experience Liver Transplantation 108 (3): 713-23,2024.
Pulaski M, Bittermann T, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Mahmud N: The Association Between Homelessness and Key Liver-Related Outcomes in Veterans With Cirrhosis American Journal of Gastroenterology 119 (2): 297-305,2024.
Kanneganti M, Byhoff E, Serper M, Olthoff KM, Bittermann T: Neighborhood-level social determinants of health measures independently predict receipt of living donor liver transplantation in the United States Liver Transplantation Epub ahead of print : 2023.
Ibeabuchi T, Li E, Bittermann T, Mahmud N, Abt PL: Can ex-situ normothermic perfusion improve graft survival compared to static cold storage among donation after circulatory death liver allografts? Liver Transplantation 29 (9): 952-60,2023.
Lentine KL, Tanaka T, Xiao H, Bittermann T, Dew MA, Schnitzler MA, Olthoff KM, Locke JE, Emre S, Hunt HF, Liapakis A, Axelrod DA: Variation in adult living donor liver transplantation in the United States: Identifying opportunities for increased utilization Clinical Transplantation 37 (7): e14924,2023.
Academic Contact Information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Transplant Institute
2 Dulles
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
Phone: 215-349-8222
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366