Roy D. Bloom, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
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About me

  • Medical Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand School
  • Residency: Johannesburg Hospital
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

191 reviews

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October 2025
kind, friendly, caring and through.
October 2025
very thorough and personable
October 2025
dr. bloom is a very good physician
September 2025
great doctor

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. Bloom is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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. , Am J Kidney Dis., 86(5): 2025


Kobashigawa J, Levitsky J, Singh N, Khush K, Pinney S, Aby E, Afzal A, Adey D, Bhalla A, Doshi M, Farouk S, Fox A, Hall S, Kittleson M, King L, Kuo A, Levine D, Manla Y, Modaresi Esfeh J, Mufti A, Anand PM, Nurok M, Norvell JP, Parikh N, Pillai A, Pradhan F, Ramsey A, Samaniego-Picota M, Poojary-Hohman I, Samra M, Sawinski D, Schlendorf K, Sweet S, Tanriover B, Virmani S, Bloom RD. Recommendations to overcome barriers to transplant fellowship training: A report from the American Society of Transplantation Fellows Task Force. , Am J Transplant., 25(8): 2025,1601-1613


Ariyamuthu VK, Cheng XS, Hippen B, Bloom RD, Acharya D, Araj F, Gungor AB, Alhamad T, Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Akalin E, Molnar MZ, Mete M, Ayvaci MUS, Doshi M, Tanriover B. "The Final Rule in a Bind: What We Are Learning From Suboptimal Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Outcomes and Potential Solutions to the Problem": Erratum. , Transplantation. , 109(8): 2025


Klötzer KA, Abedini A, Li S, Balzer MS, Liang X, Levinsohn J, Ha E, Dumoulin B, Hogan JJ, Quinn G, Bloom RD, Schuller M, Eller K, Halmos B, Zhang NR, Susztak K. Analysis of individual patient pathway coordination in a cross-species single-cell kidney atlas. , Nat Genet., 57(8): 2025,1922-1934


Ariyamuthu VK, Cheng XS, Hippen B, Bloom RD, Acharya D, Araj F, Gungor AB, Alhamad T, Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Akalin E, Molnar MZ, Mete M, Ayvaci M, Doshi M, Tanriover B. The Final Rule in a Bind: What We are Learning from Suboptimal Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Outcomes and Potential Solutions to the Problem , Transplantation, 109(6): 2025,e317-e325.


Seif N, Bloom RD Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients: This Jury Needs More Evidence , Kidney Int, 107(5): 2025,796-799


Singh N, Josephson MA, Kumar V, Bloom RD. ACGME Accreditation for Transplant Nephrology Training: Clarifying Why This Is a Step in the Right Direction. , Am J Kidney Dis., 85(4): 2025,527


Potluri VS, Zhang S, Schaubel DE, Shaikhouni S, Blumberg EA, Nasta S, Bloom RD, Cruz-Peralta M, Mehta RB, Lavu N, Getachew B, Tandukar S, Reese PP, Puttarajappa CM. The Association of Epstein–Barr Virus Donor and Recipient Serostatus With Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation , Annals of Internal Medicine, 178(2): 2025,157-166


Potluri VS, Rubin J, Zee J, Ratcliffe SJ, Harhay MO, Abt PL, Vail EA, Parikh CR, Bloom RD, Gasparini A, Crowther M, Goldberg DS, Reese PP Assessing Deceased Donor Kidneys Through Post-Transplant Survival Prediction Algorithms. . , Am J Kidney Dis: 2025


Valenzuela NM, Lan J, Hitchman KMK, Amstutz U, Bloom RD, Levine DJ, Mengel M, Mannon RB. 2025 Report of the Sensitization in Transplantation: Assessment of Risk Working Group on donor-derived cell-free DNA: Establishing analytical validity as the basis for appropriate and effective clinical utilization. , Am J Transplant: 2025