Faculty

Scott M. Damrauer, MD

William Maul Measey Associate Professor of Surgery II

Department: Surgery

Graduate Group Affiliations

Contact information

Division of Vascular Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 14th Floor South Perelman Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-615-1698
Fax: 215-614-0463

Education:
AB
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 1999.
MD
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 2004.

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Selected Publications

Stolze LK, Sullivan AE, Wang Y, Behroozian A, Yuan S, Damrauer SM, Sheng Q, Beckman JA, Brown JD: Self-Reported Race as a Determinant of Differential Methylation in Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation 152(14): 1034-1036, Oct 2025.

Shah T, Coratti S, Farraday D, Norton L, Rareshide C, Zhu J, Levin MG, Park SH, Damrauer SM, Giri JS, Chokshi NP, Jackson BM, Patel MS, Fanaroff AC: Effect of Opt-in versus Opt-out Framing on Trial Recruitment: A Study Within A Trial of the GAMEPAD Randomized Trial. Am Heart J 3: 107285, Oct 2025.

Smit RAJ, Wade KH, Hui Q, Arias JD, Yin X, Christiansen MR, Yengo L, Preuss MH, Nakabuye M, Rocheleau G, Graham SE, Buchanan VL, Chittoor G, Graff M, Guindo-Martínez M, Lu Y, Marouli E, Sakaue S, Spracklen CN, Vedantam S, Wilson EP, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lüll K, Machado M, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Moore A, Rüeger S, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bartell E, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Bollepalli S, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Brandl C, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai Q, Camarda S, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Chai JF, Chesi A, Choi SH, Christofidou P, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Degenhardt F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Eichelmann F, Eliasen AU, Engmann JE, Erdos MR, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Frank M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fritsche LG, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, Heard-Costa N, Hemerich D, Highland HM, Hindy G, Ho YL, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huo S, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jansen IE, Jiang Y, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim D, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Lee WJ, Leonard HL, Li H, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin K, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Malik MZ, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, McDaid AF, Mei Q, Meiselbach H, Melendez TL, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Mononen N, Mucha S, Munz M, Mykkänen J, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Piluso F, Polašek O, Poveda A, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Santin A, Saxena R, Scholz M, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sidorenko J, Sim X, Slieker RC, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang JS, Wang L, Wang YX, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wen W, Wheeler WA, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wuttke M, Xia R, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, 't Hart LM, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Beilin LJ, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Christensen K, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Concas MP, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Geus EJC, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Eckardt KU, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gieger C, Girotto G, Golightly YM, Gonzalez-Villalpando C, Gordon-Larsen P, Grallert H, Grant SFA, Grarup N, Griffiths L, Gudnason V, Haiman C, Hakonarson H, Hansen T, Hartman CA, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, Heid IM, Heng CK, Hengstenberg C, Herzig KH, Hewitt AW, Hishigaki H, Hougaard DM, Hoyng CB, Huang PL, Huang W, Huang WY, Huffman JE, Hunt SC, Hutri N, Hveem K, Hyppönen E, Iacono WG, Ichihara S, Ikram MA, Isasi CR, Jarvelin MR, Jin ZB, Jöckel KH, Jonas JB, Joshi PK, Jousilahti P, Jukema JW, Kähönen M, Kamatani Y, Kang KD, Kaprio J, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kato N, Kavousi M, Kee F, Kessler T, Khera AV, Khor CC, Kiemeney LALM, Kim BJ, Kim EK, Kim HL, Kirchhof P, Kivimaki M, Koh WP, Koistinen HA, Kokkinos A, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kovacs P, Kraaijeveld A, Kraft P, Krauss RM, Kumari M, Kutalik Z, Laakso M, Lange LA, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lee H, Lee NR, Lehtimäki T, Lemaitre RN, Li H, Li L, Lieb W, Lin X, Lind L, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu J, Loeffler M, London B, Lu F, Lubitz SA, Mackey DA, Magnusson PKE, Manson JE, Marcus GM, Marques Vidal P, Martin NG, März W, Matsuda F, McCarthy MI, McGarrah RW, McGue M, McKnight AJ, Medland SE, Mellström D, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Mitchell P, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mori TA, Morris AD, Mucci LA, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Nazarian S, Nelson AE, Neville MJ, Newton-Cheh C, Nielsen CS, Niinikoski H, Nikus K, Nöthen MM, Ogunniyi A, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Orozco L, Pahkala K, Pajukanta P, Palmer CNA, Parra EJ, Pattaro C, Pedersen O, Pennell CE, Penninx BWJH, Perusse L, Peters A, Peyser PA, Porteous DJ, Posthuma D, Power C, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Psaty BM, Qi Q, Qu J, Rader DJ, Raitakari OT, Rallidis LS, Rao DC, Redline S, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Rhee SY, Ridker PM, Rienstra M, Ripatti S, Ritchie MD, Rivadeneira F, Roden DM, Rosendaal FR, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Rutters F, Ryu S, Sabanayagam C, Salako B, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sanghera DK, Sattar N, Schmidt B, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Schulze MB, Schunkert H, Scott LJ, Scott RJ, Sever P, Sheu WHH, Shoemaker MB, Shu XO, Simonsick EM, Sims M, Singleton AB, Sinner MF, Smith JG, Snieder H, Spector TD, Spedicati B, Stampfer MJ, Stark KJ, Strachan DP, Tabara Y, Tai ES, Tang H, Tardif JC, Thanaraj TA, Tönjes A, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Tusié-Luna MT, van Dam RM, van der Harst P, Van der Velde N, van Duijn CM, van Schoor NM, Vitart V, Vohl MC, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Vrieze S, Wacher-Rodarte NH, Walker M, Wander GS, Wareham NJ, Watanabe RM, Watkins H, Weir DR, Werge TM, Widen E, Willemsen G, Willett WC, Wilson JF, Wilson PWF, Wong TY, Woo JT, Wright AF, Xu H, Yajnik CS, Yang J, Yokota M, Yuan JM, Zeggini E, Zemel BS, Zheng W, Zhu X, Zillikens MC, Zonderman AB, Zwart JA; 23andMe Research Team; DiscovEHR (DiscovEHR and MyCode Community Health Initiative); eMERGE (Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network); GPC-UGR; PRACTICAL Consortium; Understanding Society Scientific Group; VA Million Veteran Program; Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Auton A, Boehnke M, Chasman DI, Esko T, Stefansson K, Lettre G, Lindgren CM, Ng MCY, O'Donnell CJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Visscher PM, Walters RG, Winkler TW, Wood AR, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Justice AE, Kilpeläinen TO, Locke AE, Mohlke KL, North KE, Okada Y, Willer CJ, Young KL, Fatumo S, McCaffery JM, Timpson NJ, Hirschhorn JN, Sun YV, Berndt SI, Loos RJF.: Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nat Med. 31(9): 3151-3168, Sep 2025.

Khan SS, Damrauer SM: Personalizing the Paradigm for Heart Failure Prevention. J Am Coll Cardiol 86(12): 874-876, Sep 2025.

Yuan S, Khodursky S, Geng J, Sharma P, Spin JM, Tsao PS, Levin MG, Damrauer SM: Circulating Protein Mediators Linking Genetically Predicted Smoking to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Genomic-Proteomic Analysis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 45(9): 1683-1692, Sep 2025.

Selvaraj MS, Li X, Li Z, Van Buren E, Haidermota S, Postupaka D, Hornsby W, Bis JC, Brody JA, Cade BE, Chung RH, Curran JE, Damrauer SM, de Las Fuentes L, de Vries PS, Duggirala R, Freedman BI, Graff M, Guo X, Hidalgo BA, Hou L, Irvin R, Judy R, Kalyani RR, Kelly TN, Konigsberg IR, Kral BG, Kwee LC, Levy D, Li C, Manichaikul AW, Martin LW, Montasser ME, Morrison AC, Naseri T, North KE, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Peyser PA, Reiner AP, Shah SH, Smit RAJ, Smith JA, Taylor KD, Tiwari H, Tsai MY, Viali S, Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhao W, Arnett DK, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bowden DW, Carlson JC, Chen YI, Ellinor PT, Fornage M, He J, Heard-Costa N, Kaplan RC, Kardia SLR, Kooperberg C, Kraus WE, Lange LA, Loos RJF, Mitchell BD, Psaty BM, Rader DJ, Redline S, Rich SS, Yanek LR, Gibbs R, Gabriel S, Viaud-Martinez KA, Dutcher SK, Germer S, Kim R, Rotter JI, Lin X, Peloso GM; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium; Natarajan P.: Whole genome sequence analysis of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol across 246 K individuals. Genome Biol 26(1): 273, Sep 2025.

Tavolinejad H, Beeche C, Dib MJ, Pourmussa B, Damrauer SM, DePaolo J, Azzo JD, Salman O, Duda J, Gee J, Kun S, Witschey WR; Penn Medicine BioBank; Chirinos JA.: Ascending Aortic Dimensions and Body Size: Allometric Scaling, Normative Values, and Prognostic Performance. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 21, Aug 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print.

Cho, S. M. J., Levin, M., Chen, R., Samarakoon, R., Judy, R., Hartmann, K., Postupaka, D., Viscosi, V., Farber-Eger, E., Fahed, A. C., Honigberg, M. C., Patel, C. J., Hornsby, W., Wells, Q. S., Damrauer, S. M.*, Do, R.* & Natarajan, P. *: AHA PREVENT Equations and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Diverse Health Care Population. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 86(3): 181-192, July 2025 Notes: Epub ahead of print Jul 14; *Equally contributing coauthor.

Beeche C, Kim J, Tavolinejad H, Zhao B, Sharma R, Duda J, Gee J, Dako F, Verma A, Morse C, Hou B, Shen L, Sagreiya H, Davatzikos C, Damrauer S, Ritchie MD, Rader D, Long Q, Chen T, Kahn CE, Chirinos J, Witschey WR; Penn Medicine Biobank.: A Pan-Organ Vision-Language Model for Generalizable 3D CT Representations. medRxiv Jul 2025.

Yuan S, Chen J, Ruan X, Li Y, Abramowitz SA, Wang L, Jiang F, Xiong Y, Levin MG, Voight BF, Gill D, Burgess S, Åkesson A, Michaëlsson K, Li X, Damrauer SM*, Larsson SC*: Cross-population GWAS and proteomics improve risk prediction and reveal mechanisms in atrial fibrillation. Nat Commun. 16(1): 6426, Jul 2025 Notes: * Equally contributing coauthor.