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Office
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Summary
- Dr. Benjamin Vaccaro is a cardiologist in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He subsequently trained at New York Presbyterian - Columbia for residency and Yale New Haven Hospital for his cardiology and heart failure fellowships. He specializes in echocardiography, heart failure, and LVAD management.
Education & Training
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2017 - 2018
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2014 - 2017
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2014
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2011
Certifications & Licensure
- NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2019 - 2024
- CT State Medical License 2019 - 2020
- NY State Medical License 2012 - 2014
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- National Board of EchocardiographyAdult Comprehensive Echocardiography
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Medical Director of Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Program Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, 2024
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsMitral valve repair using adjustable posterior leaflet neochords.Alex Sotolongo, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Ben Vaccaro, Arnar Geirsson
JTCVS Techniques. 2020-06-01 - 1 citationsParticipation in thrill-seeking activities by patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Individual preferences, adverse events and physician attitudeNikolaos Papoutsidakis, Stephen B. Heitner, Jodie Ingles, Christopher Semsarian, Meghan Mannello
American Heart Journal. 2019-08-01 - 42 citationsPredictive Abilities of Machine Learning Techniques May Be Limited by Dataset Characteristics: Insights From the UNOS Database.P. Elliott Miller, Sumeet Pawar, Benjamin J. Vaccaro, Megan McCullough, Pooja Rao
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2019-02-06
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