Alexander Craig Fanaroff, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Faculty member, Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics/Penn Roybal Center
Affiliated Faculty, Penn Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Affiliated Faculty, Penn Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
11-103 South PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104
11-103 South PCAM
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-7674
Education:
AB (English)
Duke University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University School of Medicine, 2011.
MHS (Clinical Research)
Duke University School of Medicine, 2018.
Permanent linkAB (English)
Duke University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Duke University School of Medicine, 2011.
MHS (Clinical Research)
Duke University School of Medicine, 2018.
Selected Publications
Shah T, Coratti S, Farraday D, Norton L, Rareshide C, Zhu J, Levin MG, Park SH, Damrauer SM, Giri JS, Chokshi NP, Jackson BM, Patel MS, Fanaroff AC.: Effect of opt-in versus opt-out framing on trial recruitment: a study within a trial of the GAMEPAD randomized trial. Am Heart J 292: 107285, Feb 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2025.107285.Fanaroff AC, Coratti S, Farraday D, Norton L, Rareshide C, Zhu J, Levin MG, Damrauer SM, Giri JS, Chokshi NP, Jackson BM, Patel MS.: Effect of Gamification Plus Automated Coaching to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: The GAMEPAD Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Heart Assoc Page: e038921, Dec 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.038921
Schneider DJ, McMahon SR, Angiolillo DJ, Fanaroff AC, Ibrahim H, Hohl PK, Wanamaker BL, Effron MB, DiBattiste PM; the investigators.: Prognostic implications over time of platelet FcɣRIIa expression in patients with myocardial infarction: a secondary analysis. J Invasive Cardiol 37(11), Nov 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00102.
Patel P, Zhao J, Gao Z, Hong H, Granger C, Jacobs A, Sather J, Sigal S, Vaz I, Nathan A, Henry T, Goyal A, Thomas K, Fanaroff A: Abstract 4351507: Older, non-White, Female and Uninsured Patients With a STEMI Are More Likely to be Transported to a non-Cardiac Cath Lab Center by EMS. Circulation 152(Supplement 3), Nov 2025.
Fanaroff AC, Orr JA, Anucha C, Kim E, Rareshide C, Zhu J, Echevarria M, Rodarte S, Kassabian M, Balasian E, Ky B, Volpp KG, Armenian SH.: Behaviorally Designed Gamification and Physical Activity Among Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors. JACC CardioOncol S2666-0873(25): 00348-5, Nov 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2025.10.001.
Shah T, Yang L, Shah Y, Eberly L, Khatana SAM, Kumbhani DJ, Elmariah S, Alkhouli M, Baron SJ, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Lawrence K, Fanaroff AC, Fiorilli PN, Tsao AL, Groeneveld PW, Giri J, Nathan A.: Effect of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program Ratings on Case Selection. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 18(22): 2777-2786, Nov 2025.
Secemsky EA, Sato R, Williams AO, Fanaroff AC, Duval S, Jaff MR, Greenberg-Worisek A, Giri J, Wifler W, Monteleone P.: Interplay of Race and Community Characteristics on Health Disparities Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Peripheral Artery Disease. Am J Cardiol 253: 88-97, Aug 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2025.07.044.
Patel N, Whitman C, Lieberman A, Blady S, Morse C, Naseer N, Weaver J, Ogunniyi MO, Kohn R, Volpp KG, Halpern SD, Morris AA, Stephens-Shields A, Fanaroff AC.: A series of randomized trials of behavioral economic interventions to increase racial and ethnic diversity of research participants: Rationale and design of ITERATE. Am Heart J 286: 80-87, Aug 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2025.03.016.
Sammour YM, Khan SU, Hong H, Wu J, Fanaroff AC, Reed GW, Poudel R, Thomas K, Ni Z, Goyal A, Kirtane AJ, Yeh RW, Jones WS, Goel SS, Jaber WA, Kleiman NS.: Institutional Variability in Processes of Care and Outcomes Among Patients With STEMI in the US. JAMA Cardiol 10(8): 787-796, Aug 2025.
Lopes RD, Fanaroff AC.: Factor XI inhibition for ACS patients: premises and prospects. EuroIntervention 21(14): e776-e777, Jul 2025.