Robert Ettenger, M.D.


Work Titles
UCLA Chief, Mattel Children's Hospital, RRMC, UCLA Director, Renal Transplantation Service Professor, Pediatrics Member, Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Member, Pediatric Nephrology
Education:
Degrees:
M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1968
Fellowship:
1973 - 1975 Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles
Internship:
1968 - 1969 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Residency:
1969 - 1971 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Certifications:
Certifications:
1976 American Board of Pediatrics
1974 American Board of Pediatrics

Contact Information:

Work Email Address:

rettenger@mednet.ucla.edu


Website:

Web-Profile

Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Grushkin Carl, Mahan John D, Mange Kevin C, Hexham J Mark, Ettenger Robert   De novo therapy with everolimus and reduced-exposure cyclosporine following pediatric kidney transplantation: A prospective, multicenter, 12-month study Pediatric transplantation, 2012; .
Lau Rhiana L, Hanudel Mark R, Ettenger Robert B   Corticosteroids in recurrence of glomerular disease in renal transplantation: do we know the right questions to ask? Pediatric transplantation, 2012; 16(7): 684-7.
Ettenger Robert B, Tsai Eileen W, Fine Richard N   A paradigm shift and a few modest suggestions in the care of adolescent transplant recipients Transplantation, 2011; 92(11): 1191-3.
Wesseling-Perry Katherine, Tsai Eileen W, Ettenger Robert B, Jüppner Harald, Salusky Isidro B   Mineral abnormalities and long-term graft function in pediatric renal transplant recipients: a role for FGF-23? Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2011; 26(11): 3779-84.
Hsiau Margaret, Fernandez Hilda E, Gjertson David, Ettenger Robert B, Tsai Eileen W   Monitoring nonadherence and acute rejection with variation in blood immunosuppressant levels in pediatric renal transplantation Transplantation, 2011; 92(8): 918-22.
Gonzalez Elsa, Ettenger Robert, Rianthavorn Pornpimol, Tsai Eileen, Malekzadeh Mohammed   Preemptive plasmapheresis and recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in pediatric renal transplantation Pediatric transplantation, 2011; 15(5): 495-501.
Tönshoff Burkhard, David-Neto Elias, Ettenger Robert, Filler Guido, van Gelder Teun, Goebel Jens, Kuypers Dirk R J, Tsai Eileen, Vinks Alexander A, Weber Lutz T, Zimmerhackl Lothar Bernd   Pediatric aspects of therapeutic drug monitoring of mycophenolic acid in renal transplantation Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.), 2011; 25(2): 78-89.
Narayan Shoba, Tsai Eileen W, Zhang Qiuheng, Wallace William D, Reed Elaine F, Ettenger Robert B   Acute rejection associated with donor-specific anti-MICA antibody in a highly sensitized pediatric renal transplant recipient Pediatric transplantation, 2011; 15(1): E1-7.
Rianthavorn Pornpimol, Ettenger Robert B, Salusky Isidro B, Kuizon Beatriz D   Trabecular bone volume and osteoprotegerin expression in uremic rats given high calcium Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2010; 25(11): 2311-9.
Tsai Eileen W, Wallace William D, Gjertson David W, Reed Elaine F, Ettenger Robert B   Significance of intragraft CD138+ lymphocytes and p-S6RP in pediatric kidney transplant biopsies Transplantation, 2010; 90(8): 875-81.
de la Cerda Francisco, Jimenez Walter A, Gjertson David W, Venick Robert, Tsai Eileen, Ettenger Robert   Renal graft outcome after combined liver and kidney transplantation in children: UCLA and UNOS experience Pediatric transplantation, 2010; 14(4): 459-64.
Tsai Eileen W, Ettenger Robert B   B cells and rejection: is there a link? Meaning and management of rejection characterized by steroid-resistance and B-cell infiltrates Pediatric transplantation, 2009; 13(2): 150-4.
Bhakta Nihar, Marik Jennifer, Malekzadeh Mohammad, Gjertson David, Ettenger Robert   Can pediatric steroid-free renal transplantation improve growth and metabolic complications? Pediatric transplantation, 2008; 12(8): 854-61.
Ettenger Robert, Hoyer Peter-Friedrich, Grimm Paul, Webb Nicholas, Loirat Chantal, Mahan John D, Mentser Mark, Niaudet Patrick, Offner Gisela, Vandamme-Lombaerts R, Hexham J Mark, Hexham J Mark   Multicenter trial of everolimus in pediatric renal transplant recipients: results at three year Pediatric transplantation, 2008; 12(4): 456-63.
Gbadegesin Rasheed, Hinkes Bernward G, Hoskins Bethan E, Vlangos Christopher N, Heeringa Saskia F, Liu Jinhong, Loirat Chantal, Ozaltin Fatih, Hashmi Seema, Ulmer Francis, Cleper Roxanna, Ettenger Robert, Antignac Corinne, Wiggins Roger C, Zenker Martin, Hildebrandt Friedhelm   Mutations in PLCE1 are a major cause of isolated diffuse mesangial sclerosis (IDMS) Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2008; 23(4): 1291-7.
Tsai Eileen W, Rianthavorn Pornpimol, Gjertson David W, Wallace William D, Reed Elaine F, Ettenger Robert B   CD20+ lymphocytes in renal allografts are associated with poor graft survival in pediatric patients Transplantation, 2006; 82(12): 1769-73.
Ettenger Robert, Bartosh Sharon, Choi Les, Zhu Wei, Niederberger Werner, Campestrini Joelle, Bastien Marie-Claude, Schmouder Robert   Pharmacokinetics of enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium in stable pediatric renal transplant recipients Pediatric transplantation, 2005; 9(6): 780-7.
Singer Jennifer S, Ettenger Robert B, Gore John L, Gritsch H Albin, Rajfer Jacob, Rosenthal J Thomas, Schulam Peter   Laparoscopic versus open renal procurement for pediatric recipients of living donor renal transplantation American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2005; 5(10): 2514-20.
Ettenger Robert, Sarwal Minnie M   Mycophenolate mofetil in pediatric renal transplantation Transplantation, 2005; 80(2 Suppl): S201-10.
Tejani Amir, Alexander Steven, Ettenger Robert, Lerner Gary, Zimmerman James, Kohaut Edward, Briscoe David M   Safety and pharmacokinetics of ascending single doses of sirolimus (Rapamune, rapamycin) in pediatric patients with stable chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis Pediatric transplantation, 2004; 8(2): 151-60.
Rianthavorn Pornpimol, Ettenger Robert B, Malekzadeh Mohammed, Marik Jennifer L, Struber Margaret   Noncompliance with immunosuppressive medications in pediatric and adolescent patients receiving solid-organ transplants Transplantation, 2004; 77(5): 778-82.
Kovarik J M, Hoyer Peter F, Ettenger Robert, Punch Jeffrey, Soergel Marianne   Cyclosporine absorption profiles in pediatric kidney and liver transplant patients Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2003; 18(12): 1275-9.
Hoyer Peter F, Ettenger Robert, Kovarik John M, Webb Nicholas J A, Lemire Jacques, Mentser Mark, Mahan John, Loirat Chantal, Niaudet Patrick, VanDamme-Lombaerts R, Offner Gisela, Wehr Sabine, Moeller Virginia, Mayer Hartmut, Mayer Hartmut   Everolimus in pediatric de nova renal transplant patients Transplantation, 2003; 75(12): 2082-5.
Blydt-Hansen Tom D, Katori Masamichi, Lassman Charles, Ke Bibo, Coito Ana J, Iyer Suhasani, Buelow Roland, Ettenger Robert, Busuttil Ronald W, Kupiec-Weglinski Jerzy W   Gene transfer-induced local heme oxygenase-1 overexpression protects rat kidney transplants from ischemia/reperfusion injury Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2003; 14(3): 745-54.
Kovarik John M, Noe Adele, Berthier Stephane, McMahon Louis, Langholff Wayne K, Marion Alan S, Hoyer Peter Friedrich, Ettenger Robert, Rordorf Christiane   Clinical development of an everolimus pediatric formulation: relative bioavailability, food effect, and steady-state pharmacokinetics Journal of clinical pharmacology, 2003; 43(2): 141-7.
Sanchez Cheryl P, Kuizon Beatriz D, Goodman William G, Gales Barbara, Ettenger Robert B, Boechat M Inez, Wang Yang, Elashoff Robert, Salusky Isidro B   Growth hormone and the skeleton in pediatric renal allograft recipients Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2002; 17(5): 322-8.
Gritsch H Albin, Smith Craig V, Rajfer Jacob, Schulam Peter, Rosenthal J Thomas, Lassman Charles, Ettenger Robert B, Kendrick Elizabeth, Pham Phuong-Thu T, Wilkinson Alan H, Danovitch Gabriel M   Kidney transplantation at UCLA Clinical transplants, 2002; 17(5): 137-42.

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