
Matthew B. Palmer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
6 Founders
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: matthew.palmer@uphs.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Anatomic Pathology
Education
B.S. (Zoology and Russian), Brigham Young University, 1998
Ph.D. (Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology), Emory University, 2008
M.D. (Doctor of Medicine), Emory University School of Medicine, 2008
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2012
Postgraduate Training
Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Yale-New Haven Hospital/Yale School of Medicine, 2008-2012
Fellow in Renal and Genitourinary Pathology, Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2012-2013
Awards and Honors
University Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 1992
DOE Undergraduate Research Fellowship, UC Davis, 1996
Dean's List, College of Biology and Agriculture, Brigham Young University, 1996
NSF Research Training Program, National Museum of Natural History, 1998
NIH Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, Emory University, 1999-2008
NIH Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant, Emory University, 2005
Woodruff Scholarship, Emory University School of Medicine, 2007-2008
Memberships and Professional Organizations
Renal Pathology Society, 2012 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2012 - 2014
College of American Pathologists, 2012 - 2014
American Society of Nephrology, 2015 - present
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Selected Publications
Reproducibility and Feasibility of Strategies for Morphologic Assessment of Renal Biopsies Using the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network Digital Pathology Scoring System.
Zee Jarcy, Hodgin Jeffrey B, Mariani Laura H, Gaut Joseph P, Palmer Matthew B, Bagnasco Serena M, Rosenberg Avi Z, Hewitt Stephen M, Holzman Lawrence B, Gillespie Brenda W, Barisoni Laura, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 2018, PMID:29457738
Global glomerulosclerosis with nephrotic syndrome; the clinical importance of age adjustment.
Hommos Musab S, Zeng Caihong, Liu Zhihong, Troost Jonathan P, Rosenberg Avi Z, Palmer Matthew, Kremers Walter K, Cornell Lynn D, Fervenza Fernando C, Barisoni Laura, Rule Andrew D, Kidney international, 2017, PMID:29273332
Human Kidney Tubule-Specific Gene Expression Based Dissection of Chronic Kidney Disease Traits.
Beckerman Pazit, Qiu Chengxiang, Park Jihwan, Ledo Nora, Ko Yi-An, Park Ae-Seo Deok, Han Sang-Youb, Choi Peter, Palmer Matthew, Susztak Katalin, EBioMedicine 24(): 267-276, 2017, PMID:28970079
Increasing the level of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α in podocytes results in collapsing glomerulopathy.
Li Szu-Yuan, Park Jihwan, Qiu Chengxiang, Han Seung Hyeok, Palmer Matthew B, Arany Zoltan, Susztak Katalin, JCI insight 2(14): , 2017, PMID:28724797
New-onset hepatitis C virus-associated glomerulonephritis following sustained virologic response with direct-acting antiviral therapy .
Ghosn Muriel, Palmer Matthew B, Najem Catherine E, Haddad Danny, Merkel Peter A, Hogan Jonathan J, Clinical nephrology 87 (2017)(5): 261-266, 2017, PMID:28332476
Quiz Page May 2017: CKD and Nephrotic Syndrome After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
Hogan Jonathan J, Palmer Matthew D, Loren Alison W, Laskin Benjamin L, American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 69(5): A10-A13, 2017, PMID:28434525
Histopathologic changes in anti-angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibody-positive kidney transplant recipients with acute rejection and no donor specific HLA antibodies.
Lim Mary Ann, Palmer Matthew, Trofe-Clark Jennifer, Bloom Roy D, Jackson Annette, Philogene Mary Carmelle, Kamoun Malek, Human immunology 78(4): 350-356, 2017, PMID:28284829
Transgenic expression of human APOL1 risk variants in podocytes induces kidney disease in mice.
Beckerman Pazit, Bi-Karchin Jing, Park Ae Seo Deok, Qiu Chengxiang, Dummer Patrick D, Soomro Irfana, Boustany-Kari Carine M, Pullen Steven S, Miner Jeffrey H, Hu Chien-An A, Rohacs Tibor, Inoue Kazunori, Ishibe Shuta, Saleem Moin A, Palmer Matthew B, Cuervo Ana Maria, Kopp Jeffrey B, Susztak Katalin, Nature medicine 23(4): 429-438, 2017, PMID:28218918
Murine systemic thrombophilia and hemolytic uremic syndrome from a factor H point mutation.
Ueda Yoshiyasu, Mohammed Imran, Song Delu, Gullipalli Damodar, Zhou Lin, Sato Sayaka, Wang Yuan, Gupta Shuchi, Cheng Zhongjian, Wang Hong, Bao Jialing, Mao Yingying, Brass Lawrence, Zheng X Long, Miwa Takashi, Palmer Matthew, Dunaief Joshua, Song Wen-Chao, Blood 129(9): 1184-1196, 2017, PMID:28057640
Interstitial fibrosis scored on whole-slide digital imaging of kidney biopsies is a predictor of outcome in proteinuric glomerulopathies.
Mariani Laura H, Martini Sebastian, Barisoni Laura, Canetta Pietro A, Troost Jonathan P, Hodgin Jeffrey B, Palmer Matthew, Rosenberg Avi Z, Lemley Kevin V, Chien Hui-Ping, Zee Jarcy, Smith Abigail, Appel Gerald B, Trachtman Howard, Hewitt Stephen M, Kretzler Matthias, Bagnasco Serena M, Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2017, PMID:28339906