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Kenneth B. Margulies, M.D.

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Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Cardiologist, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Director, Penn Heart Failure and Transplant Research
Director of Cardiology Clinical Research Unit, UPenn, Division of Cardiology
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Heart Failure and Transplant Research
Translational Research Center
3400 Civic Center Blvd, Building 421
11th floor, Room 11-101
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-2980
Fax: 215-898-3473
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education:
A.B. (Politics)
Princeton University, 1982.
M.D. (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College, 1986.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Rochester, MN, 1986-1989.
Clinical Cardiology Fellow, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 1989-1993.
NIH Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, 1989-1990.
Clinical Investigator Trainee, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Rochester, MN, 1989-1993.
Certifications
Internal Medicine, ABIM, 1989.
Cardiovascular Diseases, ABIM, 1993.
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, ABIM, 2010.
Cardiovascular Diseases (Recertification), ABIM , 2015.
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Subspecialty Certification, 2021.
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Selected Publications

Guo Z, Ataran A, Ma P, Yu W, Hajirezaei H, Valenzuela Ripoll C, Pedersen LN, Rashidi O, Chan MM, Shen M, Kelley S, Sargazi A, Ozcan M, Lotfinaghsh A, Cho Y, Diab A, Grogan F, Klaas A, Pompian A, Imam A, Lodhi R, Zelleke AB, Kovacs A, Margulies KB, Szymanski J, Sardiello M, Razani B, Asnani A, Kopecky BJ, Signore PE, Yi BA, Basson CT, Ravichandran KS, Prabhu SD, Bergom C, Schilling JD, Lavine KJ, Javaheri A: Human Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Identifies CD47 as a Therapeutic Target for Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Sept 2025.

Shuvaev VV, Tam YK, Lee BW, Myerson JW, Herbst A, Kiseleva RY, Glassman PM, Parhiz H, Alameh MG, Pardi N, Muramatsu H, Shuvaeva TI, Arguiri E, Marcos-Contreras OA, Hood ED, Brysgel TV, Nong J, Papp TE, Eaton DM, Riley R, Palanki R, Musunuru K, Brenner JS, Mitchell MJ, Ferrari VA, Mui BL, Semple SC, Weppler SA, Atluri P, Margulies KB, Weissman D, Muzykantov VR. : Systemic delivery of biotherapeutic RNA to the myocardium transiently modulates cardiac contractility in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA Jul 2025.

Lateef AH, Bouhrira N, Lee JJ, Vite A, Margulies KB, Corbin EA: Micropatterned Magneto-Rheological Elastomers to Drive Changes in Cardiomyocyte Alignment. J Vis Exp Jun 2025.

Wang Q, Tang TM, Youlton M, Weldy CS, Kenney AM, Ronen O, Hughes JW, Chin ET, Sutton SC, Agarwal A, Li X, Behr M, Kumbier K, Moravec CS, Tang WHW, Margulies KB, Cappola TP, Butte AJ, Arnaout R, Brown JB, Priest JR, Parikh VN, Yu B, Ashley EA: Epistasis regulates genetic control of cardiac hypertrophy. Nat Cardiovasc Res Jun 2025.

Latchman NR, Stevens TL, Bedi KC, Prosser BL, Margulies KB, Elrod JW. : Ultrastructure analysis of mitochondria, lipid droplet and sarcoplasmic reticulum apposition in human heart failure. J Mol Cell Cardiol Plus Jun 2025.

Ochala J, Feng M, Wang Q, Chaami C, Nollet E, Lewis CTA, Hessel AL, Michels M, Bedi KC Jr, Margulies KB, Pinto JR, Campbell KS, Kuster DWD, van der Velden J: Heterogeneous Dysregulation of Myosin Super-Relaxation and Energetics in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail May 2025.

Tatekoshi Y, Mahmoodzadeh A, Shapiro JS, Liu M, Bianco GM, Tatekoshi A, Camp SD, De Jesus A, Koleini N, De La Torre S, Wasserstrom JA, Dillmann WH, Thomson BR, Bedi KC, Margulies KB, Weinberg SE, Ardehali H: Protein O-GlcNAcylation and hexokinase mitochondrial dissociation drive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Cell Metab April 2025.

Tan K, Tay D, Tan W, Ng HK, Wong E, Morley MP, Singhera GK, Lee CJM, Jain PR, Tai FL, Hanson PJ, Cappola TP, Margulies KB, Foo R, Loh M.: Epigenome-wide association study for dilated cardiomyopathy in left ventricular heart tissue identifies putative gene sets associated with cardiac pathology and early indicators of cardiac risk. Clin Epigenetics Mar 2025.

Selvaraj S, Karaj A, Chirinos JA, Denney N, Grosso G, Fernando M, Chambers K, Demastus C, Reddy R, Langham M, Kumar D, Maynard H, Pourmussa B, Prenner SB, Cohen JB, Ischiropoulos H, Rickels MR, Poole DC, Church DD, Wolfe RR, Kelly DP, Putt M, Margulies KB, Zamani P: Crossover Trial of Exogenous Ketones on Cardiometabolic Endpoints in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Fail Mar 2025.

Selvaraj S, Kwee LC, Thompson EJ, He M, Hornik CP, Devore AD, Patel CB, Mentz RJ, Fudim M, Taylor L, Milosovic S, Hurdle M, Cade WT, Ilkayeva O, Muehlbauer MJ, Newgard CB, Kelly DP, Zamani P, Margulies KB, Shah SH: Metabolic and Pharmacokinetic Profiling of a Ketone Ester by Background SGLT2 Inhibitor Therapy in HFrEF. JACC Basic Transl Sci Mar 2025.

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