Kyle R. Jackson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Kyle R. Jackson, MD PhD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and a Senior Scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He is a clinically active transplant surgeon with a clinical practice focused on adult and pediatric kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, and laparoscopic kidney donation. His primary research interest is in characterizing the impact of climate change and environmental pollutants on human health, with a particular focus on healthcare utilization and disease burden. His clinical practice has also led to a special interest in understanding how these environmental factors impact transplant patients, who are uniquely susceptible to these effects due to the profound immunomodulation necessary to facilitate successful transplantation as well as highly prevalent place-based vulnerabilities. He also uses national registry and claims-based datasets to solve clinically relevant problems in solid organ transplantation - such as identifying optimal transplant strategies for the immunologically high-risk, quantifying and improving equity and access to organ transplantation, and characterizing the clinical and financial impact of post-transplant complications. Dr. Jackson has received direct research support as a Principal Investigator from both foundational and federal sources, such as the NIH/NIDDK and the Doris Duke Foundation.