Department of Internal Medicine
Nephrology Faculty
Medical School:
University of Kansas
Residency:
University of Michigan
Fellowship:
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Christopher D. Blosser, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Blosser provides clinical care for patients in the settings of general internal medicine, general nephrology and kidney transplant, with a particular focus in transplantation. He is actively involved in medical education as well as transplant and kidney-related research.
Dr. Blosser completed internal medicine residency, a chief medical resident position and nephrology fellowship at the University of Michigan before moving to the University of Pennsylvania where he completed a research fellowship in transplant immunology followed by a clinical fellowship in renal & pancreas transplant.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Society of Transplantation
- NIH T32 Training Grant Recipient, 2007-2009
- Dr. and Mrs. Don Carlos Guffey History of Medicine Award
Recent Publications
- Blosser CD, Huverserian A, Bloom RD, Abt PD, Goral S, Thomasson A, Shults J, Reese PP. Age, Exclusion Criteria, and Generalizability of Randomized Trials Enrolling Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. In Press.
- Rahman AH, Zhang R, Blosser CD, Hou B, Defranco AL, Maltzman JS, Wherry EJ, Turka LA. Anti-viral memory CD8 T cell differentiation, maintenance, and
secondary expansion occur independently of MyD88. Blood. 2011 Jan 13. - Blosser CD, Ayehu G, Wu S, Lomagro RM, Malone E, Brunelli SM, Itkin M, Golden M, McCombs P, Lipschutz JH. High rate of fistula placement in a cohort of
dialysis patients in a single payer system. Hemodial Int. 2010 Oct;14(4):393-7. - Blosser CD, Bloom RD. Posttransplant anemia in solid organ recipients.
Transplant Rev (Orlando). 2010 Apr;24(2):89-98. - Fu L. Luan, Clifford D. Miles, Christopher Blosser, Diane M. Cibrik, Silas Norman, Pavan Chopra, Akinlolu A. Ojo . Cardiovascular Risk Profile before and after Tacrolimus Conversion in Kidney Transplant Recipients.” American Transplant Congresss, San Francisco, CA, May 2007.