Matthew Levine MD PhD

@pennsurgery.bsky.social @pennmedresearch.bsky.social Penn Transplant is happy to announce matching Dane Thompson MD PhD MBA from the Zucker SOM at Hofstra Northwell to our fellowship. A great cohort of applicants this year and we are thrilled to get to train Dr Thompson.

First we do an overnight liver transplant in an ice storm and then we root for the Iggles. GO BIRDS! #strongfellows @pennmedicine.bsky.social @amjtransplant.bsky.social

AJT Images in Transplantation. CME resource to strengthen visual recognition of clinical problems in transplantation.

Images in Transplantation! In this month's issue you can earn CME credit with "Oxalate nephropathy after kidney transplantation: A common cause of graft dysfunction, but uncommon cause of ureter stricture" by Biesterveld et al. https://buff.ly/4h0us8G

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Please see the latest commentary in Kidney International by Lana Christensen and I -

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Congrats on your liver transplant!

@pennmedicine.bsky.social @uofpenn.bsky.social

It was a great week hosting @DrEmamaullee at Penn and CHOP - a rising star in transplantation and scientific innovator who is changing the field. USC and ChildrensLA and your patients are lucky to have you. Thanks to @UnivSurg (SUS) for sponsoring the Stepstone Fellowship.

YouTube video by Philadelphia Union From Fans to Family | A Philadelphia Union Kidney Donation Story through Penn Medicine

A great living donor kidney transplant story from Penn Medicine @pennmedicine.bsky.social highlighting the benefits of live donor transplantation. You don’t have to be a relative to donate - you can just be a Philadelphia Union fan (and a hero). m.youtube.com/watch?v=5HH3...

@glaucomflecken.bsky.social Fake news!!!

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In honor of Giving Tuesday, I donated to the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) today. Not (yet) on Bluesky but they support the research and education missions of the transplant surgery community. I’m proud to serve on their council and support their mission.

Not going to be 7 this year, Pep! That’s how you do it, Reds!!! #YNWA

Big game today. Big game. Up you mighty Reds! #YNWA

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The plot thickens…

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If Philly has a superpower, it’s handing out parking violations with the efficiency of a Swiss watch (within 5 seconds of meter expiration) while not being able to provide efficient service in nearly any other observable parameter.

Most Thursdays at my HS. Friday was for enchiladas.

Happy to follow fellow LFC supporters. @levinetxpsurg.bsky.social

My “never” cluster is far larger than the other two (which are accurate) - saved only by the “circling back…” email reminder.

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He played for the New Jersey Generals, so obviously the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Did you hear who is going to be heading up the CDC? Can you picture that?

The Transplantation Society will host a webinar on CMV immunodiagnostics and solid organ transplantation on December 4 at 9 AM Montreal time. I will be the moderator, with terrific speakers. Join us! secure-web.cisco.com/11rBOuNx6aRI...

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.

That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

efforts as organ perfusion technology advances into a true organ recovery platform. I am highly motivated to further the future of surgical science by training the next generation who will advance the field and helping them once trained. Looking forward to joining friends old and new on Bluesky.

tolerance and does so when knocked out only in renal tubular epithelial cells. We also have worked on the beneficial impact of HDAC6 inhibition on liver ischemic injury & several other models of liver injury. I would love to discuss the role these discoveries (and others) can have in organ repair…