People
Leadership
Jay Giri, MD, MPH
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8158398
Director, CAVOQER Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Jay Giri is the Director of the Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research (CAVOQER) Center. Jay received his M.D. from Northwestern University and subsequently completed training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, a cardiology fellowship at Penn, and an interventional cardiology fellowship at MGH. He is director of Cardiovascular Catheterization at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center and the Director of Peripheral Intervention in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His clinical interests include complex coronary artery intervention, peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolism, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. His clinical outcomes research is focused on emerging endovascular technologies and interventional pharmacotherapies.
Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8926159
Associate Director, CAVOQER Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sameed Khatana is Associate Director of CAVOQER. Sameed received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School as part of the Medical Management Leadership Track, and his cardiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked as a fellow at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on the delivery of diabetes prevention programs for Medicare patients. Dr. Khatana’s research interests include health economics, quantitative evaluation of health policies, quality designation of health providers, and disparities in cardiovascular care.
Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8199534
Associate Director, CAVOQER Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Nimesh Desai is Associate Director of CAVOQER. He is a cardiovascular surgeon who serves as Co-Director of the Penn Aorta Center as well as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Nimesh’s research interests include organizing large multi-center clinical trials to assess new cardiovascular technologies and health process evaluations using big-data and novel statistical approaches to improve quality of care for cardiac patients.
Core Faculty
Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g321/p8128370
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Center for Resuscitation Science
Sri Adusumalli, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8763423
Senior Medical Director of Enterprise Virtual Care for CVS Health
Anish Agarwal, MD, MHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p6435440
Assistant Professor & Chief Wellness Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine
Deputy Director, Center for Digital Health
Joseph Bavaria, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p18964
Brooke Roberts - William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery
Co-Director, Transcatheter Valve Program
Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program
Vice Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Chase Brown, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8668178
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Coronary Revascularization, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Marisa Cevasco, MD, MPH
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p6319757
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Scott Damrauer, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8562012
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
Rajat Deo, MD, MTR
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8201040
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sanjay Dixit, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p27355
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Lauren Eberly, MD, MPH
https://ldi.upenn.edu/fellows/fellows-directory/lauren-eberly-md-mph/
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
Jonathan Edelson, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8363248
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, MHS
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p9264237
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Paul Fiorilli, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8763549
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Co-Director of Transcatheter Valve Program
David Frankel, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p33979
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Melanie Freas, DNP, CRNP
https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/melanie-freas
Clinical Program Manager,
Center for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Elizabeth Genovese, MD, MS, FACS
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p9680516
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Lee Goldberg, MD, MPH
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p16230
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Section Chief, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program
Vice Chair for Informatics, Department of Medicine
Betsy Goldmuntz, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g5165284/p16066
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peter Groeneveld, MD, MS
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p2005842
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Medical Center
Howard Julien, MD, MPH
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8922451
Assistant Professor Of Clinical Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stephen Kimmel, MD, MSCE
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g5165284/p18828
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Center for Therapeutic Effectiveness Research
Taisei Kobayashi, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8392172
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Clinical Medicine
Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8222688
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g5165284/p2009930
Director, Penn Center for Quantitative Echocardiography
Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8132810
David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Executive Director, Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine
Jennifer Lewey, MD, MPH
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8934969
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Pregnancy and Heart Disease Program
Emily Mackay, DO, MS
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8851318
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Timothy Markman, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g342/p9009717
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g321/p8145916
Director, Center for Digital Health Penn Medicine
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
Chief Transformation Officer and Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Ashwin Nathan, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p6268763
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Mark Neuman, MD, MSc
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g319/p8209507
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care in Medicine
Chair, Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force
Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Michael O'Byrne, MD, MSCE
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8169693
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Interventional Cardiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Cardiac Center Clinical Research Core, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, MHCM
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8488817
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Co-Executive Director of the Cardiac Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jennifer Terker Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Joseph Savino, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g319/p9054
Abramson Family Professor in Anesthesiology
Vice Chairman, Strategic Planning and Clinical Operations
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Eugenia South, MD, MSHP
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8400065
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Faculty Director, Urban Health Lab, Emergency Medicine
Associate Vice President of Health Justice, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Mahesh Vidula, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p9137318
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine
Grace Wang, MD, MSCE
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8157996
Associate Professor of Surgery in Radiology
Director, Vascular Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Robert Wilensky, MD
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g5165284/p6183
Emeritus Professor CE of Medicine
Director, Interventional Fellowship Program
Fellows
Lauren Sinnenberg, MD
Lauren.Sinnenberg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Tarryn Tertulien, MD, MSc
Tarryn.Tertulien@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine