Penn Medicine Provider
Gastroenterology
Therese Bittermann, MD, MSCE
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Bittermann is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Bittermann T, Kathawate RG, Schaubel DE, Lewis JD, Goldberg DS Hospital readmission for acute kidney injury is independently associated with de novo end-stage renal disease after liver transplantation , Liver Transplantation, 31(2): 2025,140-150


Bittermann T, Yagan L, Kathawate RG, Weinberg EM, Peyster EG, Lewis JD, Levy C, Goldberg DS Real-world evidence for factors associated with maintenance treatment practices among U.S. adults with autoimmune hepatitis , Hepatology, 81(2): 2025,423-35


Bennett AD, Morales KH, Huang YV, Tam V, Shah A, Loomes KM, Serper M, Bittermann T. Lower child opportunity index is associated with increased healthcare utilization following pediatric liver transplantation , Liver Transplantation, Epub ahead of print: 2025


Banker A, Cywes C, Muñoz N, Taj R, Bittermann T, Abt P, Abu Gazala S The Impact of Donor Body Mass Index on Safety and Outcomes in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of the National United States Database , Transplantation Direct, 82(2): 2025,268-276


Durkin C, Schaubel DE, Kaplan DE, Mahmud N, Bittermann T Survival Benefit From Corticosteroids in Severe Alcohol-associated Hepatitis Attributed to Clinical and Treatment Differences in a Large Multicenter Cohort , Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 16(1): 2025,e00791


Barr LG, Abt P, Rand EB, Bittermann T Waitlist outcomes of pediatric liver transplant recipients relisted as adults , Liver Transplantation, 31(1): 2025,125-8


Bittermann T, Schaubel DE Obeticholic acid as second-line therapy for primary biliary cholangitis: Does target trial emulation solve the issue? , Hepatology, Epub ahead of print: 2024


Wang RX, Lee JJ, Mirda D, Hao J, Goebel AM, Deutsch-Link S, Serper M, Bittermann T Association of psychosocial risk factors and liver transplant evaluation outcomes in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease , Liver Transplantation, 30(12): 2024,1226-37


Cywes C, Banker A, Munoz N, Levine M, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P The Potential Utilization of Machine Perfusion to Increase Transplantation of Macrosteatotic Livers , Transplantation, 108(11): 2024,e370-e375


Bittermann T, Byhoff E CON: Satellite clinics are a marketing tool and do not improve access and equity in liver transplantation , Liver Transplantation, 30(10): 2024,1082-5