Mauer Biscotti III, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of ECMO Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Interim Surgical Director of Lung Transplant, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, The Pavilion, 2nd Fl. City
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, The Pavilion, 2nd Fl. City
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology)
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2006.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2010.
Permanent linkBS (Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology)
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2006.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2010.
Selected Publications
Gregorio PHP, Toubat O, Crespo M, Fujimoto R. Mazur Z, Spelde A, Usman A, Biscotti M, Bermudez CA: Successful Use of Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation in a Patient with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 39(10): 2787-2793, October 2025.Shin M, Toubat O, Catalano MA, IyengarA, Helmers MR, Asher M, Rekhtman D, Song C, Biscotti M, Cevasco M: Superior Waitlist Outcomes Among Patients listed for Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation. JACC Heart Failure 13(8), August 2025.
Ho FY, Wang X, Schaubel DE, Parikh A, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Christie JD, Reese PP, Vail EA. : Heart Donation and Transplant Recipient Survival Outcomes from Independent versus Hospital-Based Donor Care Units. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 44(8): 1225-1236, August 2025.
Asher M, Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, DePaolo J, Song C, Feng I, Morganroth E, Dardik G, Shin M, Weingarten N, Brown A, Wald J, Biscotti M, Takeda K, Cevasco M: Impella 5.5 Use in Women: A multicenter Study. JHLT Open 10(9): 100341, July 2025.
Feng BS, Dardik G, Kaku Y, Zhao Y, del Carmen H, Depaolo J, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Wald J, Fried J, Takeda K: Outcomes of prolonged support on surgically implanted microaxial left ventricular devices for refractory cardiogenic shock. JTCVS Open 25: 173-189, June 2025.
Trindade AJ, Gannon WD, Stokes JW, Vail EA, Agerstrand C, Biscotti M, Bloom SL, Demarest CT, Bacchetta M, Hoetzenecker K: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplant for patients with interstitial lung disease: An international survey study. JTCVS Open 1(25): 474-484, April 2025.
Toubat O, Gregorio P, Shin M, Biscotti M, Kobayashi T, Crespo M, Bermudez C: Urgent surgical revascularization for intraoperative coronary stent thrombosis during bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation. JTCVS Tech 26(31): 238-241, March 2025.
Toubat O, Gregorio P, Shin M, Spelde A, Gutsche J, Cantu E, Biscotti M, Bermudez C: Current Intraoperative Mechanical Circulatory Support Strategies for Bilateral Lung Transplantation Surgery. JTCVS Tech 26(31): 238-241, March 2025.
Usman AA, Spelde AE, Lutfi W, Gutsche JT, Vernick WJ, Toubat O, Olia SE, Cantu E, Courtwright A, Crespo MM, Diamond J, Biscotti M, Bermudez CA.: Percutaneous Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Bridge to Lung Transplantation. ASAIO Journal March 2024.
Cambria G, Spelde AE, Olia SE, Biscotti M, Mackay E, Ibrahim M, Cevasco M, Bermudez C, Vernick W, Gutsche J, Usman AA.: Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal to De-escalate Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Severe COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 38(3): 717-723, Mar 2024.