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Jacobo Pena, MD, Internal Medicine, New York, NY

Jacobo Pena MD

Internal Medicine•New York, NY

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist, Preventive Medicine, Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy

Internal medicine physician, Primary Care at Doctors In The Heights. President and founder of Doctors In The Heights and Northern Manhattan Medical PC.

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  • 354 Fort Washington Ave1st FloorNew York, NY 10033

  • Phone+1 212-568-3532

  • Fax+1 347-269-6106

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Summary

  • Jacobo Pena, MD, is an internal medicine specialist based in New York City, with subspecialties in hospital medicine, urgent care, preventive medicine, and cardiovascular research. He completed his medical training at INTEC university in Santo Domingo, DR and further advanced his studies through internships and residencies at New York Medical College and Metropolitan Hospital of NY. Dr. Pena also undertook a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is currently President and founder of Doctors In The Heights and CEO of Northern Manhattan Medical PC. H holds positions as a board Member of the Dominican Medical and Dental Society of NY and academic director of their National Medical symposiums. He was a former assistant professor and medical attending physician at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Mount Sinai Queens. He has published multiple research studies, articles and abstracts as well as co-authorship of a book chapter focused in cardiology and cardiovascular disease; he was recognized as a top internal medicine practitioner and cardiovascular research fellow in 2015. Dr. Pena has over 14 years of experience of practicing medicine in the US in the community of Manhattan, and the Bronx and has decided over 10 years of his life to humanitarian missions abroad.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2015 - 2018
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan)
    New York Medical College (Metropolitan)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2013
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan)
    New York Medical College (Metropolitan)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
  • INTEC Santo Domingo SOM
    INTEC Santo Domingo SOMClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2014 - 2026

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Internal Medicine and Top post-doctoral Cardiovascular Research Fellow The Leading Physicians of The World, 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Plaque Morphology Predictors of Side Branch Occlusion After Main Vessel Stenting In Coronary Bifurcation Lesion:Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Study  
    Takahiro Yoshimura, Yuliya Vengrenyuk, Jacobo Pena, Jossef Amarian, Safwan Kezbor, Choudhury Hasan, Joseph Sweeny, George Dangas, Usman Baber, Pedro R. Moreno, Jagat N..., Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 4/2016
  • Multimodality Intravascular Imaging to Evaluate Gender Differences in Plaque Morphology In Stable Coronary Artery Disease  
    Bharadwaj AS, Vengrenyuk Y, Pena J, Yoshimura T, Kezbor S, Kovacic J, Baber U, Choudury H, Sweeny J, Kesanakurthy S, Narula J, Sharma S, Kini AS, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1/1/2016
  • Plaque morphology predictors of side branch occlusion after provisional stenting in coronary bifurcation lesion: Results of optical coherence tomography bifurcation st...  
    Kini AS, Vengrenyuk Y, Pena J, Yoshimura T, Panwar SR, Motoyama S, Kezbor S, Hasan CM, Palkhiwala S, Kovacic JC, Moreno P, Baber U, Mehran R, Narula J, Sharma SK, Catheter Cardiovasc Interventions, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Intervencionismo Cardiovascular (Cardiovascular Intervention) 
    Chapter: Placa Vulnerable (Vulnerable plaque) 
    Page 347 - 398Jacobo Pena, MD; Pedro R.Moreno, MDEditors: In Alcocer M.A. et al (Ed.).Pydesa, Mexico CityEdition 1st,2015

Abstracts/Posters

  • TCT- 363 Increased Lipid Content, Macrophage Infiltration And Neovascularization In Culprit Coronary Lesions In Patients With CKD
    Pena J, Vengrenyuk Y, Kezbor S, Yoshimura T, Kovacic J, Sharma S, Moreno P, Baber U , Kini AS, TCT, San Francisco, 1/1/2015
  • TCT-365: The relationship between Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) plaque burden and lesion characteristics by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): a multimodality imagi...
    Pena J, Vengrenyuk Y, Baber U, Kovacic J, Sharma S, Moreno P, Kini AS, TCT, San Francisco, 1/1/2015
  • Multimodality intravascular imaging to predict periprocedual myocardial infarction during percutaneous coronary intervention.
    Kini A, MD, Motoyama S,MD, Phd, Vengrenyuk Y, Phd, Pena J, MD, Moreno P, MD, Narula J, MD, Sharma S, MD., Americal College of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 3/13/2015
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  • Spanish, Portuguese, French

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