
James Markmann
Vice President of Transplant Services · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Credentials: · · · · · ·
History
- 2023–Present
Transplantation in the Department of Surgery · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Present
Division of Transplantation · University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
- Present
University of Pennsylvania Health System · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2022–2023- 2004
Wharton School and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- 1996–1998
Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center
- 1996–1998
Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center

Research
Therapeutic siRNA silencing in inflammatory monocytes in mice
Nature Biotechnology · 2011 · 685 citations
Diabetes Care · 2016 · 504 citations
Induction of donor-specific unresponsiveness by intrathymic islet transplantation
Science · 1990 · 431 citations

98 papers · 20 as a resident

72 papers
- CB
67 papers

30 papers
- ND
27 papers · 11 as a resident

25 papers

24 papers

23 papers
Grants
- 2026–2031
Innovative Strategies to Inhibit Humoral Immunity in Renal Xenotransplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.3M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2025–2030
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $3.3M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2021–2028
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · U01
PI · $19.2M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2006–2027
Mechanisms of Action, Optimization and Application of Bregs
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $8.9M · University of Pennsylvania
Clinical trials
- 2011–2017
Research Study of ATG and Rituximab in Renal Transplantation
Principal investigator · Terminated · Early phase 1
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- 2009–2016
Study of Islet Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetic Kidney Transplant Recipients
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 1, Phase 2
Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2007–2017
Efficacy of Islet After Kidney Transplantation
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- 2019–2026
Liver Transplantation With Tregs at MGH
Study chair · Completed · Phase 1, Phase 2
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)



