Sameer J. Khandhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Penn Medicine Clinician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Chief of Cardiology at PPMC, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
4 PHI
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
4 PHI
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2672517604
Lab: 2156629000
Lab: 2156629000
Education:
BS (Combined Science)
Youngstown State University, Youngstown OH, 1999.
MD. (Medicine)
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown OH, 2003.
Permanent linkBS (Combined Science)
Youngstown State University, Youngstown OH, 1999.
MD. (Medicine)
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown OH, 2003.
Selected Publications
Orly Leiva, Carlos Alviar, Sameer Khandhar, Sahil A Parikh, Catalin Toma, Radu Postelnicu, James Horowitz, Vikramjit Mukherjee, Allison Greco, Sripal Bangalore: Catheter-based therapy for high-risk or intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism: death and re-hospitalization. European Heart Journal June 2024.Taisei Kobayashi, Steven Pugliese, Sanjum S. Sethi, Sahil A. Parikh, Joshua Goldberg, Fahad Alkhafan, Clara Vitarello, Kenneth Rosenfield, Robert Lookstein, Brent Keeling, Andrew Klein, C. Michael Gibson, Lauren Glassmoyer, Sameer Khandhar, Eric Secemsky, and Jay Giri : Contemporary management and outcomes of patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 83(1), 1 2024.
Mitchell J. Silver, C. Michael Gibson, Jay Giri, Sameer Khandhar, Wissam Jaber, Catalin Toma, Bushra Mina, Terry Bowers, Lee Greenspon, Herman Kado, David M. Zlotnick, Mithun Chakravarthy, Aaron R. DuCoffe, Paul Butros and James M. Horowitz: Outcomes in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Patients Undergoing FlowTriever Mechanical Thrombectomy or Other Contemporary Therapies: Results From the FLAME Study. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 16(10): 669-676, Oct 2023.
Anne Tran, Catalin Toma MD, Wissam Jaber MD, Jonathan Heintz MD, William H. Matthai MD, Harold Palevsky MD, Jay Giri MD, MPH, Taisei J. Kobayashi MD, Ashwin S. Nathan MD, MSHP , Scott Baumgartner MD, Michael Bashline MD, Errol K. Inci MD, Sameer J. Khandhar MD : Cost-Comparison of Mechanical Thrombectomy and Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism. Journal of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Oct 2023.
Sameer Khandhar MD a, Wissam Jaber MD b, Matthew C. Bunte MD, MS c, Kenneth Cho MD, MBA c 1, Mitchell D. Weinberg MD d, Bushra Mina MD e, Brian Stegman MD f, Jeffrey Pollak MD g, Akhil Khosla MD h, Fakhir Elmasri MD i, David Zlotnick MD j, Daniel Brancheau DO k, Gerald Koenig MD l, Mohannad Bisharat MD m, Jun Li MD n, Catalin Toma MD o, FLASH Investigators: Longer-Term Outcomes Following Mechanical Thrombectomy for Intermediate- and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: 6-Month FLASH Registry Results. Journal of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions July 2023.
Catalin Toma 1, Wissam A Jaber 2, Mitchell D Weinberg 3, Matthew C Bunte 4, Sameer Khandhar 5, Brian Stegman 6, Sreedevi Gondi 7, Jeffrey Chambers 8, Rohit Amin 9, Daniel A Leung 10, Herman Kado 11, Michael A Brown 12, Michael G Sarosi 13, Ambarish P Bhat 14, Jordan Castle 15, Michael Savin 16, Gary Siskin 17, Michael Rosenberg 18, Christina Fanola 19, James M Horowitz 20, Jeffrey S Pollak 21: Acute outcomes for the full US cohort of the FLASH mechanical thrombectomy registry in pulmonary embolism. EuroIntervention 18(14): 1201-1212, Feb 2023.
Taisei Kobayashi, Steven Pugliese, Sanjum S. Sethi, Sahil A. Parikh, Joshua Goldberg, Fahad Alkhafan, Clara Vitarello, Kenneth Rosenfield, Robert Lookstein, Brent Keeling, Andrew Klein, C. Michael Gibson, Lauren Glassmoyer, Sameer Khandhar, Eric Secemsky, and Jay Giri: Contemporary management and outcomes of patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism. J Am Coll Cardiology 83: 35-43, JAN 2023.
Mitchell J. Silver,Jay Giri, Áine Duffy, Wissam A. Jaber, Sameer Khandhar, Kenneth Ouriel MD, Catalin Toma MD, Thomas Tu, James M. Horowitz : Incidence of Mortality and Complications in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions 2(1), 2023.
Errol K Inci 1, Sameer Khandhar 2, Catalin Toma 3, Giancarlo Licitra 4, Matthew J Brown 1, Matthew Herzig 2, William Matthai 2, Harold Palevsky 2, Arielle Schwartz 1, John A Wight 1, Michael McDaniel 1, Gautam Kumar 1, Chandan Devireddy 1, Scott Baumgartner 3, Michael Bashline 3, Wissam A Jaber 1: Mechanical thrombectomy versus catheter directed thrombolysis in patients with pulmonary embolism: A multicenter experience. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.2023 Jan;101(1):140-146. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30505. 2023.
Burke M and Khandhar SJ: Managing Right Ventricular Failure in Pulmonary Embolism. MARCH/APRIL 2023 CARDIAC INTERVENTIONS TODAY 2023.