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Howard Eisen, MD, Cardiology, Philadelphia, PA

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Cardiology Philadelphia, PA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Professor of Medicine Director of Research, Advanced Heart and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Programs Thomas Jefferson University

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  • Office

    833 Chestnut Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19107
    Phone+1 215-955-2050

Summary

  • Dr. Howard Eisen is a cardiologist in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University. He received his medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 36 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, transplant cardiology, heart failure, and chronic heart failure. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1987
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
    University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
  • University of Pennsylvania Health System
    University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1981
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityB.A., Biochemistry, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1973 - 1977

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1982 - 2024
  • 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

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow American College of Physicians
  • Fellow American Heart Association
  • Fellow American Society of Transplantation
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Novel, More Accurate Assessments of Renal Function in Heart Transplant Patients: Commentary on 'Chronic kidney disease after heart transplantation: a single-centre r...  
    Kim DH, Eisen HJ, Transpl Int, 1/1/2016
  • Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: The Importance of Hemodynamics  
    Eisen HJ, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/4/2015
  • Improvements in Dutch heart transplant patient outcomes: lessons for the future  
    Eisen HJ, Transpl Int, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Identification of cardiac allograft rejection using Raman spectrophotometry
    Rassadi S, Chang C, Cao D, Eisen HJ, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2007
  • Novel immunosuppressive strategies using a molecular diagnostic assay for weaning of immunosuppressive agents
    Albright K, Rowe T, Hankins SR, Eisen HJ, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2007
  • Gene expression profiling distinguishes moderate to severe from mild acute cellular rejection in cardiac allograft recipients
    Bernstein D, Berry G, Billingham M, Marboe CC, Deng MC, Mital S, Eisen H, Williams GE, Baron H, Klingler TM, Wohlgemuth JG, Kobashigawa J, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

  • Debate:Cardiac Biopsies are Essential for Post-Transplant Surveillance (Con and rebuttal) 
    Washington, DC - 1/27/2016
  • Heart Failure Now and (Perhaps) in The Future 
    Feldkirch, Austria - 1/9/2016
  • Biomarkers and Cardiac Transplantation 
    Santander, Spain - 1/7/2016
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Other

Authored Content

  • Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart TransplantationJanuary 2018
  • Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart TransplantationJanuary 2018
  • Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart TransplantationJanuary 2018

Press Mentions

  • Hospital Defends Itself After Unvaccinated Man Denied Heart Transplant
    Hospital Defends Itself After Unvaccinated Man Denied Heart TransplantJanuary 27th, 2022
  • Hospital Defends Decision to Deny Heart Transplant to Unvaccinated Man
    Hospital Defends Decision to Deny Heart Transplant to Unvaccinated ManJanuary 27th, 2022
  • Hospital Defends Decision to Deny Heart Transplant to Unvaccinated Man
    Hospital Defends Decision to Deny Heart Transplant to Unvaccinated ManJanuary 27th, 2022
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