Amit Iyengar, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
51 N 39th Street
Heart and Vascular Suite 2A
Philadelphia, 19104
Heart and Vascular Suite 2A
Philadelphia, 19104
Education
BS (Cellular & Molecular Biology)
University of Michigan, 2013.
MSE (Biomedical Engineering)
University of Michigan, 2014.
MD
University of California – Los Angeles, CA, 2018.
Permanent linkBS (Cellular & Molecular Biology)
University of Michigan, 2013.
MSE (Biomedical Engineering)
University of Michigan, 2014.
MD
University of California – Los Angeles, CA, 2018.
Selected Publications
Lutfi W, Desai ND, Pan Z, Grasty MA, Goel NJ, Iyengar A, Lawrence KM, Ibrahim M, Szeto W, Brown CR.: Aortic Valve Prosthesis Choice in Dialysis Patients: A Review of Medicare Data. Ann Thorac Surg Mar 2026.Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, Song C, Asher M, Shin M, Catalano M, Toubat O, Morganroth E, Brown A, Wald J, Parikh A, Biscotti M, Cevasco M.: Impact of Prolonged Impella 5.5 Support on Post-Transplant Outcomes: An Institutional Study. Clin Transplant 40(3): e70452, March 2026.
So P, Patel M, Iyengar A, Weingarten N, Dominic J, Ba AB, Ho J, Atluri P.: Beta-Blocker therapy improves survival after concomitant septal myectomy and aortic valve replacement. J Cardiothorac Surg 21: 118, Jan 2026.
Rekhtman D, Asher M, Song C, Iyengar A, Cevasco M, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD.: Prolonged Impella 5.5 Support in a Pediatric Patient With Genetic Cardiomyopathy. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 16(6): 861-863, Nov 2025.
Iyengar A, Song C, Atluri P.: Commentary: Looking to the future: Revisiting the volume-outcome relationship in mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 170(4): 1049-1050, Oct 2025.
Kim SE, Shin M, Iyengar A, Weingarten N, Jin D, Wilson R, Asher M, Toubat O, Atluri P.: Bridging to Heart Transplantation With Intraaortic Balloon Pump Versus Impella 5.5. ASAIO J 71: 800-806, Oct 2025.
Asher M, Iyengar A, Rekhtman D, Helmers M, Weingarten N, Song C, DePaolo J, Shin M, Brown A, Wald J, Parikh A, Cevasco M.: Acute Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Consequences of Impella 5.5 Placement in Patients With Advanced Cardiogenic Shock. ASAIO J 71: 807-813, Oct 2025.
Catalano MA, Shin M, Toubat O, Rastogi R, Beqaj H, Iyengar A, Smood BF, Toomey N, Edelson JB, Rossano JW, O'Connor MJ, Ahmed H, Gaynor JW, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD.: Listing for Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation Is Associated With Improved Waitlist Outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc 14: e041633, Oct 2025.
Shin M, Toubat O, Catalano MA, Iyengar A, Helmers MR, Asher M, Rekhtman D, Song C, Biscotti M, Cevasco M.: Superior Waitlist Outcomes Among Patients Listed for Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation. JACC Heart Fail 13(8): 102495, Aug 2025.
Smood B, Vasquez CR, Olia SE, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Richards T, Usman A, Cantu E 3rd, Takeda K, Langer N, Cevasco M.: Early Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation May Improve Outcomes in Select Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis. ASAIO J 71: 611-620, Aug 2025.