William H. Pentz - Faculty Biosketch

William H. Pentz, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Pennsylvania Cardiology Associates
Farm Journal Building
230 West Washington Square, 3rd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Office: 215-829-5064
Fax: 215/829-3081

Email:
William.Pentz@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:
BA (Biology)
Amherst College, 1986.
MD
Jefferson Medical College, 1991.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1991-1992.
Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992-1994.
Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 1994-1997.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine , 1994.
Certification Board Nuclear Cardiology , 2016.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2018.

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Selected Publications

Isidro AM, Amorosa V, Stopyra GA, Rutenberg HL, Pentz WH, Bridges CR: Fungal prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis caused by Scopulariopsis species: case report and review of the literature. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 131(5): 1181-1183, May 2006.

Spencor K, Weinert L, Pentz W: Calcified right atrial mass in a woman receiving Long-tern intravenous phosphate therapy. Journal of the American Social Echocardiologist 12(3): 215-217, 1999.

Venkaya RV, Poole RM, Pentz WH: Respiratory failure from procainamide-induced myopathy. Annals of Internal Medicine 119(4): 345-346, August 1993.

Benedict MA, Desilver DA, Pelletier DE, Pentz WH, Ratner DI: Developmental protein synthesis is required for the transcription of Dictyostelium prespore genes. Developmental Genetics 12(1-2): 113-122, 1991.

Ratner DI, Pentz WH, Pelletier DA: Prespore gene expression in Dictyostelium requires concomitant protein synthesis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1008(1): 71-78, June 1989.