Peter Reese, MD, MSCE
| Office Location | 908, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-573-8070 |
| peter.reese@uphs.upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Assistant Professor of Medicine at HUP, Renal, Hypertension and Electrolyte Division, University of Pennsylvania SOM |
| DBE Appointment | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
Additional Positions
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
Research Statement
Dr. Reese's primary research focus is the development of effective strategies to increase access to kidney and liver transplantation. He uses tools from epidemiology, biostatistics, medical ethics and health services research to describe disparities in transplantation and methods to overcome them. The widening gap between the number of patients wait-listed for transplants and the limited number of organs available makes this research focus important and timely.
Dr. Reese has written specifically about barriers to live donor transplantation, the use of kidneys from deceased donors at increased risk of HIV and other blood-borne viral infection, and the consequences of wider geographical sharing of liver allografts. His work was among the first to examine the practice and ethical implications of accepting live kidney donors with risk factors for kidney disease.
Dr. Reese's research efforts are supported by a K-23 grant from the NIH. He is also the recipient of a T. Franklin Williams Award in geriatric research (co-sponsored by the Association of Specialty Professors and the American Society of Nephrology) to examine the effects of emerging organ allocation proposals on older kidney transplant candidates.
Selected Publications
Reese PP, Feldman HI, Asch DA, Halpern SD, Blumberg EA, Thomasson A, Shults J, Bloom RD. Transplantation of Kidneys from Donors at Increased Risk for Blood-Borne Viral Infection: Recipient Outcomes and Patterns of Organ Use. American Journal of Transplantation. 2009 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]
Reese PP, Israni AK. Best option for candidates with type 1 diabetes and a live kidney donor. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2009 Apr;4(4):700-2.
den Hartog J, Reese PP, Cizman B, Feldman HI. The Costs and Benefits of Automatic Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reporting. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Feb;4(2):419-27.
Reese PP, Yeh H, Thomasson A, Shults J, Markmann JF. Transplant center volume and outcomes after liver re-transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2009 Feb;9(2):309-17. Epub 2008 Dec 15.
Reese PP, Feldman HI, McBride MA, Anderson K, Bloom RD. Substantial variation in the acceptance of medically complex live kidney donors across US renal transplant centers. American Journal of Transplantation. 2008 Oct;8(10):2062-70.
Reese PP, Shea J, Berns JS, Simon MK, Joffe M, Bloom RD, Feldman HI. Recruitment of live donors by candidates for kidney transplantation. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2008 Jul; 3(4) 1152-9.
Reese PP, Sonawane SB, Thomasson A, Yeh H, Markmann JF. Donor age and cold ischemia interact to produce inferior allograft survival at 90 days after liver transplantation. Transplantation. 2008 Jun 27;(12): 1737-1744.
Bloom RD, Reese PP. Chronic kidney disease after non-renal solid organ transplantation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2007 Dec;18(12):3031-41.
Reese PP, Caplan A, Kesselheim A, Bloom R. Creating a Medical, Ethical and Legal Framework for Complex Living Kidney Donors. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2006 Nov;1(6):1148-53
