Janice Pieretti - Faculty Biosketch

Janice Pieretti, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Department: Medicine

Contact information

11-173 South Tower
Perelman Center
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-2799
Fax: 215-615-0828

Education:
BS (Biology)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1999.
MD (Medicine)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY , 2004.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Internal Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY , 2004-2007.
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA , 2008-2011.
Chief Cardiology Fellow, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2010-2011.
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, 2011-2012.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2011.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2014.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Description of Research Expertise

Cardiac Amyloidosis

Selected Publications

Fessehaie NA, Bediako H, Kallan MJ, Levin M, Adusumalli S, Bravo P, Pieretti J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Ferrari VA, Denduluri S, Anyanwu E, Julien H, Eberly LA.: Utilization rates and determinants of PYP and CMR among patients with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography. Int J Cardiol 438: 133562, Nov 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133562.

Qarni TN, Jones FJS, Drachman B, Khella S, Pieretti J, Bustamante NS, Karam C.: Treatment characteristics of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a cohort study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 19(1): 191, May 2024.

Bhattaru A, Rojulpote C, Vidula M, Duda J, Maclean MT, Swago S, Thompson E, Gee J, Pieretti J, Drachman B, Cohen A, Dorbala S, Bravo PE, Witschey WR: Deep learning approach for automated segmentation of myocardium using bone scintigraphy single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol 33: 101809, Mar 2024.

Obici L, Ajroud-Driss S, Lin KP, Berk JL, Gillmore JD, Kale P, Koike H, Danese D, Aldinc E, Chen C, Vest J, Adams D; HELIOS-A Collaborators Study Group: Impact of Vutrisiran on Quality of Life and Physical Function in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy. Neurology and Therapy 12(5): 1759-1175, October 2023.

Wilcox NS, Prenner SB, Cevasco M, Condit C, Goldstein A, Peterson JT, Tondi Resta I, Palmer M, Lal P, Owens AT, Pieretti J, Drivas TG, Reza N.: End Stage Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation Due to Biallelic Pathogenic C1QBP Variants. Circ Genom Precis Med 15(2): e003559, Apr 2022.

Liang JJ, Frankel DS, Pieretti J, Deshpande C, Nazarian S: Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Arrhythmias. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 57(3): 489-490, March 2020.

Maurer MS, Schwartz JH, Gundapaneni B, Elliott PM, Merlini G, Waddington-Cruz M, Kristen AV, Grogan M, Witteles R, Damy T, Drachman BM, Shah SJ, Hanna M, Judge DP, Barsdorf AI, Huber P, Patterson TA, Riley S, Schumacher J, Stewart M, Sultan MB, Rapezzi C; ATTR-ACT Study Investigators.: Tafamidis Treatment for Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. New England Journal of Medicine 379(11): 1007-1016, September 2018.

D.A. Baran, K. Liaquat, J. Pieretti, C. Gidea, M. Munagala, M. Camacho, C. Patel, M. Divita, M.J. Zucker: Too Much Information: Interaction of Donor Sequence and Acceptance in the UNOS Database. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 35(4s): S86, April 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.

Baran DA, Rao P, Deo D, Liaquat K, Pieretti J, Gidea C, Munagala M, Zucker MJ: Lack of Rejection Despite Period of No Immunosuppression: The NoTac Case Series. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 35(4): S282, April 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.

Tayal R, Pieretti J, Baran DA.: Severe systemic vasospasm causing recurrent cardiac arrest after orthotopic heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 32(12): 1271-1272, Dec 2013.