Victor A. Ferrari, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Echocardiographer, Cardiovascular Noninvasive Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA
Co-Director, Visiting Fellowship in Cardiac and Vascular Magnetic Resonance , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Penn Cardiovascular Imaging Council, University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Penn Cardiovascular Institute, and Department of Radiology
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
11-136 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
11-136 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-2912
Fax: (215) 615-3652
Fax: (215) 615-3652
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Drexel University, College of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, Matriculated in five-year Cooperative Education Program., 1982.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1986.
Permanent linkB.S. (Electrical Engineering)
Drexel University, College of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, Matriculated in five-year Cooperative Education Program., 1982.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1986.
Description of Research Expertise
Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CTDescription of Clinical Expertise
Noninvasive cardiac imaging, ventricular remodeling, pulmonary hypertensionSelected Publications
Rodriguez-Queralto O, Chaumont C, Oraii A, Wasiak M, Lopez-Martinez H, Hu R, Ferrari VA, Stiffler JA, Marchlinski FE: Impact of right pulmonary vein anatomical variations on the phrenic nerve trajectory and pulmonary vein isolation strategy: Preprocedural imaging and 3D mapping insights. Heart Rhythm S1547-5271(25)00203-6, February 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.02.033.Shiwani H, Davies RH, Topriceanu CC, Ditaranto R, Owens A, Raman B, Augusto J, Hughes RK, Torlasco C, Dowsing B, Artico J, Joy G, Miranda I, Witschey W, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Badia-Molins C, Crotti L, Cortina-Borja M, Chuang ML, Kwong RY, Kramer CM, Manning W, Ho CY, Kellman P, Hughes AD, Biagini E, Mohiddin S, Lopes L, Litt H, Ferrari VA, Captur G, Moon JC; PRECISION-HCM Collaborative: Demographic-based personalized left ventricular hypertrophy thresholds for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 85(7): 685-695, February 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.082.
Ge Y, Antiochos P, Bernhard B, Heydari B, Steel K, Bingham S, Mikolich JR, Arai AE, Bandettini WP, Patel AR, Shanbhag SM, Farzaneh-Far A, Heitner JF, Shenoy C, Leung SW, Gonzalez JA, Shah DJ, Raman SV, Ferrari VA, Schulz-Menger J, Stuber M, Simonetti OP, Kwong RY: Stress CMR perfusion imaging in the Medicare-eligible population: Insights from the SPINS study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging 18(1): 33-44, January 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.07.029.
Shiwani H, Davies RH, Topriceanu CC, Ditaranto R, Owens A, Raman B, Augusto J, Hughes RK, Torlasco C, Dowsing B, Artico J, Joy G, Miranda I, Witschey W, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Badia-Molins C, Crotti L, Cortina-Borja M, Chuang ML, Kwong RY, Kramer CM, Manning W, Ho CY, Kellman P, Hughes AD, Biagini E, Mohiddin S, Lopes L, Litt H, Ferrari VA, Captur G, Moon JC; PRECISION-HCM Collaborative: Demographic-based personalized left ventricular hypertrophy thresholds for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Page: S0735-1097(24)10044-7, December 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.082.
Bernhard B, Ge Y, Antiochos P, Heydari B, Islam S, Santiuste NS, Steel KE, Bingham S, Mikolich JR, Arai AE, Bandettini WP, Patel AR, Shanbhag SM, Farzaneh-Far A, Heitner JF, Shenoy C, Leung SW, Gonzalez JA, Raman SV, Ferrari VA, Shah DJ, Schulz-Menger J, Stuber M, Simonetti OP, Kwong RY: Association of adverse clinical outcomes with peri-infarct ischemia detected by stress cardiac magnetic imaging. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 84(5): 417–429, July 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.062.
Wayne N, Wu Q, Moore SC, Ferrari VA, Metzler SD, Guerraty MA: Multimodality assessment of the coronary microvasculature with TIMI frame count versus perfusion PET highlights coronary changes characteristic of coronary microvascular disease. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 11: 1395036, June 2024 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1395036.
Ommen SR, Ho CY, Asif IM, Balaji S, Burke MA, Day SM, Dearani JA, Epps KC, Evanovich L, Ferrari VA, Joglar JA, Khan SS, Kim JJ, Kittleson MM, Krittanawong C, Martinez MW, Mital S, Naidu SS, Saberi S, Semsarian C, Times S, Waldman CB: 2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR guideline for the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 149(23): e1239-e1311, Jun 2024 Notes: Published online ahead of print May 8, 2024. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001250.
Ommen SR, Ho CY, Asif IM, Balaji S, Burke MA, Day SM, Dearani JA, Epps KC, Evanovich L, Ferrari VA, Joglar JA, Khan SS, Kim JJ, Kittleson MM, Krittanawong C, Martinez MW, Mital S, Naidu SS, Saberi S, Semsarian C, Times S, Waldman CB: 2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR guideline for the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 83(23): 2324-2405, May 2024 Notes: Published online May 8, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.02.014.
Shad R, Zakka C, Kaur D, Fong R, Filice RW, Mongan J, Kalianos K, Khandwala N, Eng D, Leipzig M, Witschey W, de Feria A, Ferrari V, Ashley E, Acker MA, Langlotz C, Hiesinger W: A generalizable deep learning system for cardiac MRI. arXiv:2312.00357 [eess.IV] Page: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2312.00357, December 2023.
Hopman LHGA, van Pouderoijen N, Mulder MJ, van der Laan AM, Bhagirath P, Nazarian S, Niessen HWM, Ferrari VA, Allaart CP, Götte MJW: Atrial ablation lesion assessment by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: A review of available imaging strategies. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Clinical Electrophysiology 9(12): 2665-2679, December 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2023.08.013.