Marisa Cevasco, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Program Director, Cardiac Surgery Residency and Fellowship, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Surgical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices/LVAD program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Surgical Director of Heart Transplant, HUP
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2nd Floor, The Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2nd Floor, The Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3517
Fax: 215-614-1861
Fax: 215-614-1861
Education:
BA (Biology (with honors))
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2007.
MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2008.
Permanent linkBA (Biology (with honors))
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2007.
MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2008.
Selected Publications
Smood B, Vasquez CR, Olia SE, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Richards T, Usman A, Cantu E 3rd, Takeda K, Langer N, Cevasco M.: Early Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation May Improve Outcomes in Select Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis. ASAIO J Feb 2025.Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, Han J, Shad R, Cevasco M, Szeto W, Brown C.: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Explant in the Setting of a Porcelain Aorta. JACC Case Rep 29: 102732, Nov 2024.
Schurr JW, Pearson A, Delfiner MS, Brown A, Quinn MF, Karpenshif Y, Ortega-Legaspi J, Parikh A, Cevasco M, Wald JW.: Hemodynamic Support With the Impella 5.5 Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Device. ASAIO J Oct 2024.
Kieserman JM, Kuznetsov IA, Park J, Schurr JW, Toubat O, Olia S, Bermudez C, Cevasco M, Wald J.: Left ventricular unloading via percutaneous assist device during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest. Int J Artif Organs Jun 2024.
Pitoulis F, Tauber K, Atluri P, Szeto W, Anwarruddin S, Kobayashi T, Desai N, Cevasco M, Bermudez C, Acker M, Williams M, Ibrahim M.: The Challenges of Aortic Valve Management After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep 2: 567-572, May 2024.
Chin C, Cevasco M, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD.: Suprasternal approach for implanting a microaxial left ventricular assist device in a failing Fontan patient with dextrocardia: A case report. JTCVS Tech 24: 174-176, Feb 2024.
Kwon JH, Bentley D, Cevasco M, Blumer V, Kanwar MK, Silvestry SC, Daneshmand MA, Abraham J, Shorbaji K, Kilic A.: Patient Characteristics and Early Clinical Outcomes With Impella 5.5: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. ASAIO J 70: 557-564, Feb 2024.
Hunt ML, Crespo MM, Richards TJ, Bermudez F, Courtwright A, Usman A, Spelde AE, Diamond J, Patel N, Cantu E, Christie J, Clausen E, Cevasco M, Ahya V, Bermudez CA.: Lung transplant outcomes after acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal life support: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Jan 2024.
Iyengar A, Weingarten N, Song C, Rekhtman D, Shin M, Helmers MR, Wald J, Cevasco M, Atluri P.: Outcomes and quality of life in patients receiving durable left ventricular assist device with biventricular support. Artif Organs 2024.
Vaikunth SS, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Conrad DR, Chen S, Daugherty T, Haeffele CL, Teuteberg J, Mclean R, MacArthur JW, Woo YJ, Maeda K, Ma M, Nasirov T, Hoteit M, Hilscher MB, Wald J, Mandelbaum T, Olthoff KM, Abt PL, Atluri P, Cevasco M, Mavroudis CD, Fuller S, Lui GK, Kim YY.: Mortality and morbidity after combined heart and liver transplantation in the failing Fontan: An updated dual center retrospective study. Clin Transplant 2024.