ChristopherDavidBlosserMD

Nephrology • Seattle, WA

Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

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Office
1959 Ne Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-598-4615

Fax+1 206-685-8661
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Summary

Dr. Christopher Blosser is a nephrologist in Seattle, WA and is affiliated with University of Washington Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Kansas School of Medicine and has been in practice 15 years. He specializes in nephrology with expertise in kidney & pancreas transplantation. He teaches at the UW School of Medicine and investigates the role of the immune system in cancer, recurrent kidney diseases and rejection.

Education & Training

Penn MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Transplant Immunology, 2008 - 2009
University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Nephrology, 2006 - 2008
University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
University of Kansas School of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
MT State Medical License 2023 - 2025
AK State Medical License 2023 - 2024
ID State Medical License 2023 - 2024
IA State Medical License 2010 - 2014
PA State Medical License 2008 - 2010
MI State Medical License 2002 - 2009
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Transplant Onconephrology: An Update.
Christopher D Blosser, Andrew J Portuguese, Cecilia Santana, Naoka Murakami> ;Seminars in Nephrology. 2022 Nov 1
2 citations
Scope and Consistency of Cancer Outcomes Reported in Randomized Trials in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Eric H Au, Germaine Wong, Allison Tong, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Anita van Zwieten, Ellen Dobrijevic, Curie Ahn, Christopher D Blosser, Bianca Davidson, Anna Francis, K...> ;Kidney International Reports. 2023 Feb 1
Recurrence of glomerulonephritis after kidney transplant.
Rasha Alawieh, Boonphiphop Boonpheng, Christopher D Blosser> ;Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 2022 Oct 19
23 citations
The failing kidney allograft: A review and recommendations for the care and management of a complex group of patients
Michelle Lubetzky, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Miklos Z Molnar, Krista L. Lentine, Arpita Basu, Ronald F. Parsons, Kenneth J. Woodside, Martha Pavlakis, Christopher D. Blosse...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 Sep 1
5 citations
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance Causes C3 Glomerulonephritis Via Monoclonal IgG Kappa Inhibition of Complement Factor H.
Christopher K. Johnson, Sandra Carias Zuniga, Tejaswini Dhawale, Yuzhou Zhang, Richard J.H. Smith, Christopher D. Blosser> ;Kidney International Reports. 2021 Jun 27
82 citations
A multi-center study on safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer patients with kidney transplant
Naoka Murakami, Patrick M. Mulvaney, Melissa J. Danesh, Ala Abudayyeh, Adi Diab, Noha Abdel-Wahab, Maen Abdelrahim, Pascale Khairallah, Shayan Shirazian, Aleksandra Ku...> ;Kidney International. 2021 Jul 1
21 citations
Changes in cancer incidence and outcomes among kidney transplant recipients in the United States over a thirty-year period.
Christopher D. Blosser, Gregory Haber, Eric A. Engels> ;Kidney International. 2021 Jun 1
5 citations
Contemporary patterns in kidney graft survival from donors after circulatory death in the United States.
Catherine R. Butler, James D. Perkins, Chris Johnson, Christopher D. Blosser, Iris De Castro, Nicolae Leca, Lena Sibulesky> ;Plos One. 2020 May 29
5 citations
Burden of excess mortality after implementation of the new kidney allocation system may be borne disproportionately by middle-aged recipients.
Catherine R. Butler, James D. Perkins, Christopher K. Johnson, Christopher D. Blosser, Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, Nicolae Leca, Lena Sibulesky> ;Plos One. 2019 Jan 24
3 citations
Utilization of Standard Criteria Donor and Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys After Kidney Allocation System Implementation.
Catherine E. Kling, James D. Perkins, Christopher K. Johnson, Christopher D. Blosser, Nicolae Leca, Lena Sibulesky> ;Annals of Transplantation. 2018 Oct 5
3 citations
Strategies to Improve Patient Engagement in Young Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Review.
Vanessa L. Richards, Christopher K. Johnson, Christopher D. Blosser, Lena Sibulesky> ;Annals of Transplantation. 2018 Sep 18
10 citations
Location of glomerular immune deposits, not codeposition of immunoglobulin G, influences definitive renal outcomes in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.
Anthony Alvarado, Nicole K. Andeen, Sergey V. Brodsky, Alice Hinton, Tibor Nadasdy, Charles E. Alpers, Christopher D. Blosser, Behzad Najafian, Brad H. Rovin> ;Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 2018 Jul 1
21 citations
Are we underestimating the quality of aviremic hepatitis C-positive kidneys? Time to reconsider.
Lena Sibulesky, C. E. Kling, Christopher D. Blosser, Christopher K. Johnson, Ajit P. Limaye, Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, Nicolae Leca, James D. Perkins> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2018 Oct 1
3 citations
Unintended Consequences in Use of Increased Risk Donor Kidneys in the New Kidney Allocation Era.
Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, James D. Perkins, Nicolae Leca, Christopher D. Blosser, Christopher K. Johnson, Shane D. Morrison, Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, Ajit P. Limaye, Lena...> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2018 Jan 1
9 citations
LMX1B-Associated Nephropathy With Type III Collagen Deposition in the Glomerular and Tubular Basement Membranes.
Nicole K. Andeen, Jennifer Schleit, Christopher D. Blosser, Michael O. Dorschner, Fuki M. Hisama, Kelly D. Smith> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2017 Dec 12
27 citations
Plasma C4d+ Endothelial Microvesicles Increase in Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection.
Cindy M. Tower, Morayma Reyes, Karen Nelson, Nicolae Leca, N. Kieran, Kimberly A. Muczynski, Jonathan Ashley Jefferson, Christopher D. Blosser, Aleksandra Kukla, David...> ;Transplantation. 2017 Sep 1
9 citations
Recurrent glomerular disease after kidney transplantation.
Christopher D. Blosser, Roy D. Bloom> ;Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension. 2017 Nov 1
162 citations
Global Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes of Reduced GFR
Bernadette Thomas, Kunihiro Matsushita, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Ziyad Al-Aly, Johan Ärnlöv, Kei Asayama, Robert C. Atkins, Alaa Badawi, Shoshana H. Ballew, Amitava Bane...> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017 Jul 1
3 citations
A Call to Action: The Need for Improved Transplant Cancer Screening Guidelines
Christopher D. Blosser> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2017 Jan 1
2 citations
Landscape of Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Compensated Liver Disease: Results of a Survey of Transplant Surgeons in the United States
Lena Sibulesky, Ryan N. Hansen, Nicolae Leca, Christopher D. Blosser, Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, Martin I. Montenovo, André A. S. Dick, R. Bakthavatsalam, S. Rayhill, Renu...> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2016 Dec 1
3807 citations
Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Glo...
Haidong Wang, Mohsen Naghavi, Christine Allen, Ryan M Barber, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Austin Carter, Daniel C Casey, Fiona J Charlson, Alan Chen, Matthew M Coates, Megan Co...> ;Lancet. 2016 Oct 8
6 citations
Is MELD score failing patients with liver disease and hepatorenal syndrome
Lena Sibulesky, Nicolae Leca, Christopher D. Blosser, Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, Renuka Bhattacharya, Jorge Reyes> ;World Journal of Hepatology. 2016 Sep 28
1214 citations
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : q...
Christopher J L Murray, Ryan M Barber, Kyle J Foreman, Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren, Foad Abd-Allah, Semaw Ferede Abera, Victor Aboyans, Jerry Abraham, Ibrahim Abubakar, Lai...> ;Lancet. 2015 Nov 28
1 citations
Mistaken identity: normotensive scleroderma renal crisis
Arwa Aburizik, Siddharth Singh, Laith Al-Rabadi, Christopher D. Blosser> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2014 May 29
36 citations
Dynamic Challenges Inhibiting Optimal Adoption of Kidney Paired Donation: Findings of a Consensus Conference
Marc L. Melcher, Christopher D. Blosser, Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, Francis L. Delmonico, Sommer E. Gentry, R. Leishman, Greg Knoll, Mary S. Leffell, Alan B. Leichtman, D. A...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2013 Apr 1
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Press Mentions

Transplantation and Undocumented Immigrants: A Tale of Two StatesSeptember 26th, 2019
Cancer and Organ Transplant ClinicAugust 10th, 2023

Hospital Affiliations

UW Medicine/University of Washington Medical CenterSeattle, Washington
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle, Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterSeattle, Washington