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
Pouch AM, Dong JN, Litt HI, Cannon BJ, Freas M, Ferrari V, Gleason TG, Jolley MA, Yushkevich N, Nunez J, Hao J, Guo Z, Goldfinger S, Kelly J, Bavaria JE, Desai ND: CT-based visualization of aortic valve morphology: from 3D energy-integrating CT to 4D photon counting CT. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 12(12): 1721746, January 2026 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1721746.Swago S, Camillo C, Awad M, Gallagher E, Thompson EW, Castillero E, Peng T, Pei L, Cheng Z, Tsourkas A, Gorman R, Ferrari VA, McManus M, Mach RH, Karp JS, Tschabrunn C, Ferrari G, Witschey WR, Bravo PE: In vivo imaging of reactive oxygen species after myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a large animal multimodal imaging and transcriptomic study. bioRxiv 12(4): 691257, December 2025 Notes: doi: 10.64898/2025.12.04.691257.
Fessehaie NA, Bediako H, Kallan MJ, Levin M, Adusumalli S, Bravo P, Pieretti J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Ferrari VA, Denduluri S, Anyanwu E, Julien H, Eberly LA: Utilization rates and determinants of PYP and CMR among patients with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography. International Journal of Cardiology 438: 133562, November 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133562; Epub ahead of print, June 2025.
Jneid H, Abdullah AR, Ferrari VA, Kovacs RJ, Mukherjee D, Shimbo D: Guidance for incorporating FDA processes into the ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline methodology: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Page: S0735-1097(25)06479-4, September 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.006. Online ahead of print.
Jneid H, Abdullah AR, Ferrari VA, Kovacs RJ, Mukherjee D, Shimbo D: Guidance for incorporating FDA processes into the ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline methodology: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation September 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001357. Online ahead of print.
Otto CM, Abdullah AR, Davis LL, Ferrari VA, Fremes S, Mukherjee D, Prestera L, Ziaeian B: 2025 ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines Core Principles and Development Process: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation September 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001383. Online ahead of print.
Otto CM, Abdullah AR, Davis LL, Ferrari VA, Fremes S, Mukherjee D, Prestera L, Ziaeian B: 2025 ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines Core Principles and Development Process: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Page: S0735-1097(25)06838-X, September 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.06.013. Online ahead of print.
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 22(8): e456-e464, August 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.02.033.
Shuvaev VV, Tam YK, Lee BW, Myerson JW, Herbst A, Kiseleva RY, Glassman PM, Parhiz H, Alameh MG, Pardi N, Muramatsu H, Shuvaeva TI, Arguiri E, Marcos-Contreras OA, Hood ED, Brysgel TV, Nong J, Papp TE, Eaton DM, Riley R, Palanki R, Musunuru K, Brenner JS, Mitchell MJ, Ferrari VA, Mui BL, Semple SC, Weppler SA, Atluri P, Margulies KB, Weissman D, Muzykantov VR: Systemic delivery of biotherapeutic RNA to the myocardium transiently modulates cardiac contractility in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(29): e2409266122, July 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1073/pnas.2409266122.
Ravindra K, Vanchiere C, Ferrari VA: A rare cause of constrictive pericarditis: Primary pericardial mesothelioma. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case Reports 30(16): 103802, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.103802.