- Kidney transplant surgery
- Newly transplant
Vishnu Potluri, MD, MPH
About me
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
My education and training
- Medical School: Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Medical College
- Residency: Lankenau Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Nephrology, 2018
- Internal Medicine, 2016
- American Society of Nephrology, International
- American Society of Transplantation, International
- American Society of Transplantation, Transplant Onconephrology Working Group, National
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Reddy YNV, Tummalapalli SL, Potluri VS, Mussell A, Adler JT, Navathe AS. Transplantation in Mandatory Kidney Payment Models: Understanding the Potential Influence of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model on the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model , Kidney Med, 8: 2025,101177
Potluri VS, Amaral S, Puttarajappa CM, Zhang S, Devine KJ, Reese PP, Sonnenberg EM. Donor-Derived Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients , JAMA, 334: 2025,1482-1484
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
Reese PP, Mohan S, Schaubel DE, Forbes R, Mehta S, Woodle ES, Song N, Sise ME, Chung RT, Durand CM, Desai N, Verna EC, Bittermann T, Blanco M, Shaffer D, Concepcion BP, Alloway RP, Pagan JA, DuBay DA, McGillicuddy JW, Potluri V, Huml AM, Santoriello D, Stokes MB, Goldberg DS. Low prevalence of glomerulonephritis in transplanted kidneys from deceased donors with active hepatitis C virus infection , Kidney Int: 2025
Potluri VS, Schaubel DE, Blumberg EA, Morford H, Reese PP, Puttarajappa CM. High variability in the reported prevalence of EBV-seronegative status among US kidney transplant recipients , Am J Transplant: 2025
Potluri VS, Goldberg D, Zhang S, Schaubel DE, Molnar MZ, Forbes R, Sise ME, Rogers JL, Balaraman V, Bhalla A, Shaffer D, Concepcion BP, Chung RT, Strohbehn IA, Mapchan S, Vujjini V, Sangadi A, Martin E, Bloom RD, Ammazzalorso A, Blumberg EA, Reese PP. Risk of Cytomegalovirus Viremia Following Transplantation of Hepatitis C-Viremic Donor Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study , Transpl Infect Dis, 27: 2025,e70011
Goldberg D, Ishwaran H, Potluri V, Harhay M, Vail E, Abt P, Ratcliffe SJ, Reese PP. Evaluating allograft risk models in organ transplantation: Understanding and balancing model discrimination and calibration , Liver Transpl, 31: 2025,956-963
P. Reese, J. Krieger, R. Venkatakrishnan, D. Tamboli, D. Goldberg, D. Schaubel, A. Mussell, S. Mapchan, G. Perez, M. Scherreik, R. Patel, S. McKenzie, U. Krishnan, V. Potluri, B. Lok Poster Presentation: An Interactive Virtual Transplant Nephrologist to Engage and Educate Patients About Kidney Transplantation , World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA: 2025
Husain SA, Maclay LM, Yu M, Amaral S, McAteer J, Potluri V, Schold JD, Mohan S. Consent to Receive Offers for Kidneys From Donors With Hepatitis C Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States , Pediatr Transplant: 2025
Tandukar S, Wu Q, Chandrashekar S, Shah D, Chiang C, Couch K, Trofe J, Sonnenberg EM, Abt P, Lim MA, Potluri V, Bloom R. Long-Term Outcomes of BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients , Clin Transplant: 2025