Lee R. Goldberg - Faculty Biosketch

Lee R. Goldberg, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Active Medical Staff, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Active Medical Staff, Presbyterian Medical Center, UPHS

Member, Penn Cardiovascular Institute

Member, Penn Medicine Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology

Active Medical Staff, Good Shepherd Penn Partners Specialty Hospital at Rittenhouse

Section Chief, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant, University of Pennsylvania

Disease Team Lead - Heart Failure, University of Pennsylvania

Vice Chair for Informatics, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Penn Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant
11-171 South Tower
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: (215) 615-0820
Fax: (215) 615-0828

Email:
lee.goldberg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Publications

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Education:
A.B. (cum laude)
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences Double Major: Biology - Physiology and Government), 1988.
M.D. (cum laude)
Boston University, School of Medicine, 1992.
M.P.H. (Clinical Effectiveness)
Master of Public Health in Clinical Effectiveness, Harvard University, School of Public Health , 1999.

Links
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Penn Medicine Profile
Perleman School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division Faculty

Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-1993.
Junior Assistant Resident, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993-1994.
Senior Assistant Resident, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.
Fellowship, Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts , 1995-1998.
Fellowship, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997-1998.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine Initial Certification, 1995.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Diseases - Initial Certification, 1998.
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Heart Transplant Physician Certification, 2000.
American Board of Internal Medicine -Internal Medicine - Recertification, 2005.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Diseases Recertification, 2008.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant - Initial Certification, 2010.
Epic Physician Builder, 2012.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine - Recertification, 2015.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease Recertification, 2018.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant - Recertification via CMP, 2022.
Epic Physician Builder - Notecraft, Basic and Advanced, 2023.

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Selected Publications

Prenner SB, Dougherty K, Shofer FS, Goldberg LR, Panebianco N.: Home-operated ultrasound exam for detection of worsening heart failure (HOUSE-HF). ESC Heart Fail Jul 2025.

Muriuki D, Ambrose M, Ahmed H, Foster M, Nguchu H, Goldberg L, Samia B.: Cardiovascular Disease Care Beyond the Cardiologist: An Overview of the Rollout of Transthoracic Echocardiography Training and Services in Kenya. Glob Heart 20: 50, May 2025.

Sauer AJ, Beon C, Cherkur S, Mallas-Serdynski L, Thomas K, Spertus J, Chahoud G, Mody KP, Saltzberg MT, Goldberg LR, Lindenfeld J, Sweitzer N, Butler J, Kittleson MM, Pina I, Paul S, Lewis EF, Wald J, Allen LA, Jessup M, Congdon M, Kiser R, Yancy C, Fonarow GC.: Multiregional Implementation Initiative's Impact on Guideline-Based Performance Measures for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: IMPLEMENT-HF. Circ Heart Fail Mar 2025.

Rojulpote C, Bhattaru A, Patil S, Adams SL, Salas JA, Vidula MK, Perez RP, Kc W, Patterson K, Clancy CB, Rossman M, Goldberg L, Bravo PE.: Assessing the effect of repeat positron emission tomography imaging on treatment response and cardiovascular outcomes among a homogenously treated cohort of patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis. J Nucl Cardiol 2025.

Vidula MK, Selvaraj S, Rojulpote C, Bhattaru A, Kc W, Hansbury M, Schubert E, Clancy CB, Rossman M, Goldberg LR, Farwell M, Pryma D, Bravo PE.: Relationship of Ketosis With Myocardial Glucose Uptake Among Patients Undergoing FDG PET/CT for Evaluation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging Jul 2024.

Toubat O, Han JJ, Predina JD, Goldberg LR, Ibrahim ME.: Heart Transplantation for Uhl Anomaly in an Adult. JACC Case Rep 29: 102322, Apr 2024.

Selvaraj S, Vidula MK, Claggett B, Rojulpote C, Bhattaru A, Clancy CB, Rossman M, Pryma DA, Goldberg LR, Bravo PE.: Diagnostic Utility of SGLT2 Inhibitors to Facilitate Myocardial Glucose Suppression During Evaluation of Myocardial Inflammation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging Mar 2024.

Tang AB, Solomon N, Chiswell K, Greene SJ, Yancy CW, Jessup M, Kittleson M, Butler J, Sweitzer NK, Goldberg LR, Lindenfeld JA, Lewis EF, Peterson PN, Paul S, Serdynski LM, Rutan C, Congdon M, Cherkur S, Fonarow GC.: Home-Time, Mortality, and Readmissions Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: A Baseline Prior to IMPLEMENT-HF. Circ Heart Fail 2024.

Holzhauser L, Norris M, Molina M, Chambers S, Sundaravel S, Rashed E, Gala K, Fallah T, Bittermann T, Reza N, Wang T, Atluri P, Goldberg L, McLean R, Peyster E.: A heart transplant center experience with basiliximab induction strategies: A double edged sword? Clin Transplant 2024.

Lee H, Schubert EK, Vidula MK, Pryma DA, Marchlinski FE, Goldberg LR, Clancy CB, Rossman MD, DiCarli MF, Bravo PE.: Potential clinical utility of (68)Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT for detection and response assessment in cardiac sarcoidosis. J Nucl Cardiol 30(3): 1075-87, June 2023.