Benjamin Anthony D'Souza, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Med-Peds Program Mentor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Cardiology Fellowship coordinator- Penn Presby EP, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Electrophysiology Lab Director, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Section Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Hospital and Vascular Pavilion
51 N. 39th Street, 4th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-9000
Education:
B.S./B.A. (Biology/Honors Studies)
Villanova University , 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 2007.
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Selected Publications

Alexandru Costea 1, Juan Carlos Diaz 2, Jose Osorio 3, Carlos D Matos 4, Carolina Hoyos 4, Sandeep Goyal 5, Charles Te 6, Benjamin D'Souza 7, Mohit Rastogi 8, Nestor Lopez-Cabanillas 9, Laura C Ibanez 4, Christopher Thorne 10, Allyson L Varley 10, Paul C Zei 4, William H Sauer 4, Jorge E Romero 11: 50W vs 40W During High-Power Short-Duration Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Multicenter Prospective Study. JACC Clin Electrophysiol . September 2023.

Anil Rajendra 1, Jose Osorio 1, Juan C Diaz 2, Carolina Hoyos 3, Estefanía Rivera 3, Carlos D Matos 3, Alexandru Costea 4, Allyson L Varley 5, Christopher Thorne 5, Michael Hoskins 6, Sandeep Goyal 7, Saumil Oza 8, Anthony Magnano 8, Benjamin D'Souza 9, Joshua Silverstein 10, Mark Metzl 11, Paul C Zei 3, Jorge E Romero 12: Performance of the REAL-AF Same-Day Discharge Protocol in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol . August 2023.

Alan Sugrue 1, Rand Ibrahim 2, Marvin Lu 2, Neal K Bhatia 2, Laith Alkukhun 3, Joseph Adewumi 4, Robert D Schaller 1, Francis E Marchlinski 1, Benjamin D'Souza 1, Babak Nazer 1 3, Wendy Tzou 4, Faisal M Merchant 2, David S Frankel 1: Impact of Median Sternotomy on Safety and Efficacy of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol . Aug 2023.

Jose Osorio 1, Paul C Zei 2, Juan C Díaz 3, Allyson L Varley 4, Gustavo X Morales 1, Joshua R Silverstein 5, Saumil R Oza 6, Benjamin D'Souza 7, David Singh 8, Antonio Moretta 9, Mark D Metzl 10, Carolina Hoyos 2, Carlos D Matos 2, Estefania Rivera 2, Anthony Magnano 11, Tariq Salam 12, Jose Nazari 10, Christopher Thorne 4, Alexandru Costea 13, Amit Thosani 5, Anil Rajendra 1, Jorge E Romero 14: High-Frequency Low-Tidal Volume Ventilation Improves Long-Term Outcomes in AF Ablation: A Multicenter Prospective Study. JACC Clin Electrophysiol August 2023.

Jeffrey Arkles, Craig Delaughter, Benjamin D'Souza, MD: A novel artificial intelligence based algorithm to reduce wearable cardioverter-defibrillator alarm. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 66(7):1723-1728, Feb 2023.

Jared J Herr 1, Ashwin Ravichandran 2, Farooq H Sheikh 3, Anuradha Lala 4, Christopher V Chien 5, Stephanie Hsiao 6, Ajay Srivastava 7, Dawn Pedrotty 8, Jennifer Nowaczyk 7, Shannon Tompkins 2, Sara Ahmed 3, Fei Xiang 9, Stephen Forest 10, Michael Z Tong 11, Benjamin D'souza 8; IDEAL-HF investigators: Practices of Referring Patients to Advanced Heart Failure Centers. J Card Fail . November 2021.

Jasen L Gilge 1, Nicole Sbircea 2, Michael Z Tong 3, Karolis Bauza 3, Daniel J Cantillon 3, Ajay Srivastava 4, Rola Khedraki 4, Farooq H Sheikh 5, Sara Ahmed 5, Jared Herr 6, Stephanie Hsiao 6, Parin J Patel 2, Benjamin D'Souza 7, Ashwin K Ravichandran 2: Incidence of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Complications in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. JACC Clin Electrophysiol April 2021.

Burch A, D’Souza BA, Gimbel JR, Rohrer U., Masuda T, Sears S, Scherr D: Physical Activity Is Reduced Prior to Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With a Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Clin Cardiol 43(1): 60-65, Jan 2020.

Liang JJ and D’Souza BA, Betensky BP, Zado ES, Desjardins B, Santangeli P, Chik WW, Frankel DS, Callans DJ, Supple GE, Hutchinson MD, Dixit S, Schaller RD, Garcia FC, Lin D, Riley MP, Marchlinski FE: Importance of the Interventricular Septum as Part of the Ventricular Tachycardia Substrate Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy JACC Clin Electrophysiol 4(9): 1155-1162, Sep 2018 Notes:

Nguyen E, Weeda ER, Kohn CG, D’Souza BA, Russo AM, Noreika S, Coleman CI : Wearable Cardioverter-defibrillators for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Meta-analysis J Innov Card Rhythm Manag 9(5): 3151-62, May 15 2018.

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