Mauer Biscotti III, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of ECMO Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Surgical Director of Lung Transplant, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, The Pavilion, 2nd Fl. City
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, The Pavilion, 2nd Fl. City
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BS (Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology)
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2006.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2010.
Permanent linkBS (Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology)
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2006.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2010.
Selected Publications
Sahasrabudhe IR, Ma X, Iantorno SA, Tran T, Dsouza S, Sussman C, Jones D, Biscotti M, Cao I, Katzen J, Basil MC, Hook JL, Konstantinos-Dionysios A, Kathiriya JJ: Chronic TGFB1 Signaling Drivers Aberrant Alveolar-Basaloid Metaplasia through a KRT17-Stratifin migratory complex. bioRxiv 17, May 2026.Song C, Iyengar A, Rekhtman D, Asher M, Shin M, Weingarten N, Toubat O, Biscotti M, Cevasco M.: Use of Extended Criteria Donor Cardiac Allografts After Multiple Offers is Associated with Inferior Post-transplant Outcomes. JHLT Open 13, April 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), March 2026.
Asher M, Morganroth E, Iyengar A, Catalano M, Song C, Rekhtman D, Shin M, Toubat O, Kim S, Brown A, Wald J, Parikh A, Biscotti M, Cevasco M.: Anticoagulation with Bivalrudin is Associated with Improved Biocompatibility in Patients Supported on Microaxial Flow Pumps. JTCVS Open 28(30), Feb 2026.
Dardik G, Kaku Y, Yang C, Vayntrub R, Depaolo J, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Wald J, Uriel N, Sayer G, Takeda K, Fried J. : Clinical and Hemodynamic Effects of Impella 5.5 Therapy in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock. ASAIO Journal January 2026.
Gregorio PHP, Toubat O, Crespo M, Fujimoto R. Mazur Z, Spelde A, Usman A, Biscotti M, Bermudez CA: Successful Use of Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation in a Patient with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 39(10): 2787-2793, October 2025.
Shin M, Toubat O, Catalano MA, IyengarA, 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 Failure 13(8), August 2025.
Ho FY, Wang X, Schaubel DE, Parikh A, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Christie JD, Reese PP, Vail EA. : Heart Donation and Transplant Recipient Survival Outcomes from Independent versus Hospital-Based Donor Care Units. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 44(8): 1225-1236, August 2025.
Asher M, Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, DePaolo J, Song C, Feng I, Morganroth E, Dardik G, Shin M, Weingarten N, Brown A, Wald J, Biscotti M, Takeda K, Cevasco M: Impella 5.5 Use in Women: A multicenter Study. JHLT Open 10(9): 100341, July 2025.
Feng BS, Dardik G, Kaku Y, Zhao Y, del Carmen H, Depaolo J, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Wald J, Fried J, Takeda K: Outcomes of prolonged support on surgically implanted microaxial left ventricular devices for refractory cardiogenic shock. JTCVS Open 25: 173-189, June 2025.