Emily A. Blumberg, MD

Dr. Blumberg earned an MD from New York University, completed residency at University of Chicago Medical Center, and a fellowship at Albert Einstein - Montefiore Medical Center.

Dr. Blumberg's research focuses on donor derived infections and viral infections in transplant recipients including HIV and HCV. She has also been involved in clinical trials related to new antimicrobial agents, especially antivirals. She is a former chair of the OPTN/UNOS Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee and has been extensively involved in the development of guidelines for the prevention of donor derived infections.

She is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation and Transplant Infectious Diseases, President-Elect of the American Society for Transplantation, co-chair of the US Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability, and Chair of the IDSA Training Program Directors Committee.