MD - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
General Surgery - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Research Fellow - National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Abdominal Transplant Surgery - University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
General Surgery – American Board of Surgery
MSHP - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Sonnenberg EM, Hsu JY, Cohen JB, Potluri VS, Geng Z, Levine MH, Abt PL, Reese PP: Acute kidney injury in deceased organ donors and kidney transplant outcomes: A national cohort study using a novel data source. Annals of Surgery 276(6): e982-e990, Dec. 1 2022 Notes: Epub Nov. 13, 2020.
Sonnenberg EM, Lee-Riddle GS, Walls DO, Caicedo JC, Jackson WE, Hughes L, Ladner DP, Liapakis A, Pomfret EA, Sarkar M, Selzner N, Torres AM, Abt PL, Olthoff KM: Pregnancy outcomes after living liver donation: A multi-institutional study. Liver Transplantation 27(9): 1262-1272, Sept. 2021 Notes: Epub July 13, 2021.
Sonnenberg EM, Hsu JY, Reese PP, Goldberg DS, Abt PL: Wide variation in the percentage of donation after circulatory death donors across donor service areas: A potential target for improvement. Transplantation 104(8): 1668-1674, Aug. 2020.
Sonnenberg EM, Cohen JB, Hsu JY, Potluri VS, Levine MH, Abt PL, Reese PP: Association of kidney transplant center volume with 3-year clinical outcomes. American Journal of Kidney Disease 74(4): 441-451, Oct. 2019 Notes: Epub May 7, 2019.
Reinke CE, Sonnenberg EM, Karakousis GC, Fraker DL, Kelz RR: Variation in cost of total thyroidectomy across the United States, 2007 to 2008. American Journal of Surgery 210(2): 302-308, Aug. 2015 Notes: Epub Mar. 28, 2015.
Sinnamon AJ, Sonnenberg EM, Bartlett EK, Meise CK, Wang GJ, Kelz RR: The influence of socioeconomic factors on gender disparities in lower extremity bypass. Journal of Surgical Research 188(2): 537-544, May 15 2014 Notes: Epub Jan. 30, 2014.
Sonnenberg EM, Reinke CE, Bartlett EK, Collier KT, Karakousis GC, Holena DN, Kelz RR: Wind, water, wound, walk--Do the data deliver the dictum? Journal of Surgical Education 72(1): 164-169, Jan./Feb. 2015 Notes: Epub Aug. 12, 2014.
Yang RL, Hashimoto DA, Predina JD, Bowens NM, Sonnenberg EM, Cleveland EC, Lawson C, Morris JB, Kelz RR: The virtual-patient pilot: testing a new tool for undergraduate surgical education and assessment. Journal of Surgical Education 70(3): 394-401, May/June 2013.
Bansal N, Sonnenberg EM, Meise CK, Reinke CE, Karakousis GC, Bartlett EK, Mahmoud NN, Roses RE, Kelz RR: The effect of colorectal cancer screening mandates on access to care and clinical outcomes: A retrospective study of patients undergoing operations of the colon and rectum. Surgery 154(2): 335-344, Aug. 2013.
Diaz SD, Pensler MS, Roney E, Rasheed HA, Puttagunta K, Barrett M, Sonnenberg EM: Feeling rejected: Improving transparency in the kidney transplant waitlist. American Journal of Transplantation 23(Suppl 1): S17, Jan. 2023 Notes: Abstract No. MOA-4; Presented at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 22th Annual State of the Art Winter Symposium, Miami, FL, Jan. 2023.
Eddinger KC, Sonnenberg EM, Kayastha A, Mahmud N, Schaubel DE, Abt PL: Time-averaged oxygen saturation during donor Agonal phase is associated with post-transplant hepatic graft survival. American Journal of Transplantation 21(Suppl 4): 779-780, June 2021 Notes: Presented at the American Transplant Congress (virtual), June 2021.
Kayastha A, Eddinger KC, Sonnenberg EM, Mahmud N, Schaubel DE, Abt PL: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) agonal phase physiology is associated with post-transplant kidney graft outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation 21(Suppl 4): 656, June 2021 Notes: Presented at the American Transplant Congress (virtual), June 2021.
2018, Best Kidney Transplant Presentation, Young Investigators Forum, Controversies in Transplantation
2015-2017, 2019-2021, Absite Nineties Club, University of Pennsylvania
2014, I.S. Ravdin Prize, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2014, Jonathan Rhodes Prize for Surgical Scholarship, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2013, Gold Humanism Honor Society, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2013, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2009, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virginia
2008, Institute of Practical Ethics Summer Grant, University of Virginia
2008, Center for Global Health University Scholars Award, University of Virginia
2006-2010, Dean's List, University of Virginia
2006-2010, Echols Scholar, University of Virginia
2021-present, Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Clinical Transplantation
2022-present. Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA/IHPBA)
2017-present, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
2013-present, American College of Surgeons