Lee R. Goldberg, MD, MPH

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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
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.
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Description of Research Expertise

Heart failure, technology disease management, immunosuppression, clinical outcomes

Description of Clinical Expertise

Heart failure, cardiomyopathy, disease management, telemedicine, cardiac transplantation, sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease, myocarditis, ventricular assist devices, heart-lung transplantation, endomyocardial biopsy, hemodynamics

Description of Other Expertise

Computer technology, Electronic health records

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.

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Last updated: 11/06/2025
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