Esther Sung Hee Pak, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Physician Liaison, Penn Medicine at Home
Department: Medicine
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
11 PCAM South Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
11 PCAM South Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-324-6074
Fax: 215-615-0829
Fax: 215-615-0829
Education:
BA (Chemistry)
Johns Hopkins University , 2007.
MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2012.
Permanent linkBA (Chemistry)
Johns Hopkins University , 2007.
MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2012.
Selected Publications
Gruen J, Pak ES. : Evaluation of Dementia for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. http://www.acc.org September 2021Chuzi S, Khan SS, Pak ES: Primary Palliative Care Education in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology Fellowships. J Am Coll Cardiol 77(4): 501-505, Feb 2021.
Mathias Schlögl, Esther S. Pak, Amar D. Bansal, Jane O. Schell, Sabha Ganai, Arif H. Kamal, Keith M. Swetz, Jennifer M. Maguire, Aristotelis Perrakis, Haider J. Warraich, and Christopher A. Jones.: Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Prognostication in Critical Illness and Heart, Kidney, and Liver Diseases. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2021.
Chuzi S, Pak ES, Desai AS, Schaefer KG, Warraich HJ : Role of Palliative Care in the Outpatient Management of the Chronic Heart Failure Patient Curr Heart Fail Rep 16(6): 220-228, December 2019.
Pak E: “Case Presentation: Managing a Patient with Cardiac Devices at the End of Life” 68th Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana March 2019 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Pak, E., Tanner, C., Kirkpatrick, JN., and Goodlin, S: “Ethical Decisions and End of Life in Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease” Tresch and Aronow’s Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly: Sixth Edition 2019.
Pak E: “Prolonging the Inevitable: Incorporating Palliative Care Earlier in the Process” 66th Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Washington DC March 2017 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Pak E, Wald J, Kirkpatrick JN: Multimorbidity and End of Life Care in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Clin Geriatr Med 32(2): 385-97, May 2016.
Pak E, Justice C, Laverty-Wilson E, Wald J, Atluri P, Rame JE, Kirkpatrick JN: How Do Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices Die? A Look at End of Life Outcomes. J Card Fail 21(8): S122, August 2015.
Pak, E, Perfetto, C, Yu, Q, McNabney, M: Effect of Enrollment in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly on End of Life Care. J Am Geriatr Soc 60(1): 166-170, January 2012.