Ronald H. Kerman, PhD

Professor of Surgery
Director of the Histocompatibility and Immune Evaluation Laboratories

Biography:

Ronald H. Kerman, PhD Dr. Ronald H. Kerman's bibliography currently includes 360 abstracts and presentations and nearly 200 published works, including 22 book chapters. Dr. Kerman received his PhD from the University of Illinois and held positions at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago before coming to the university in 1977 when the transplantation center opened. Immunology has flourished since Dr. Kerman first became interested in the specialty in 1964. Under his leadership, the Histocompatibility and Immune evaluation Laboratories have flourished, performing a total of 47,030 tests from 1995-1997. The laboratories' comprehensive range of services and quality of performance place it among the world's top transplant immunology facilities.

Selected Publications:

Knight RJ, Villa M, Laskey R, Benavides C, Schoenberg L, Welsh M, Kerman RH, Podder H, Buren CT, Katz SM, Kahan BD. Risk factors for impaired wound healing in sirolimus-treated renal transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2007 Jul-Aug;21(4):460-5.

Kerman RH. Understanding the sensitized patient. Heart Fail Clin. 2007 Jan;3(1):1-9. Review.

Csapo Z, Knight RJ, Podder H, Kerman RH, Schoenberg L, Katz SM, Van Buren CT, Kahan BD. Long-term outcomes of single paediatric vs. ideal adult renal allograft transplants in adult recipients. Clin Transplant. 2006 Jul-Aug;20(4):423-6.

Knight RJ, Kerman RH, Zela S, Podbielski J, Podder H, Van Buren CT, Katz S, Kahan BD. Pancreas transplantation utilizing thymoglobulin, sirolimus, and cyclosporine. Transplantation. 2006 Apr 27;81(8):1101-5.

Bray RA, Nickerson PW, Kerman RH, Gebel HM. Evolution of HLA antibody detection: technology emulating biology. Immunol Res. 2004;29(1-3):41-54. Review.