Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease

Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art, coordinated clinical care for patients and their family members with a wide variety of inherited cardiac conditions , including genetic counseling and testing. Our center is advancing scientific knowledge and discovery in this area with robust clinical, translational and basic research.

Section Leadership

Anjali Tiku Owens, MD
Medical Director, Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

• Melissa Harriday
  Assistant to Anjali Tiku Owens, MD

Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH
Scientific Director, Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics

• Tramel Parker
  Assistant to Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH

Section Faculty

• Sharlene Day, MD
  Director, Translational Research 
  Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute
• Reed E. Pyeritz, MD, PhD
  Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
  William Smilow Professor; Professor of Genetics
  
  • Kara Welsh
    Assistant to Reed Pyertiz, MD, PhD
• Daniel J. Rader, MD
  Chair, Department of Genetics
  Chief, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics
  Seymour Gray Professor of Medicine
  
  • Danyel N. Branch
    Assistant to Daniel Rader, MD
• Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
  Co-Director, Ventricular Tachycardia Center
  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Millie (Amelia) Kuriger
    Assistant to Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
• Kenneth Margulies, MD
  Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Research Unit
  Fellowship Director, Heart Failure and Transplant Program
  Professor of Medicine
  
  • Tramel Parker
    Assistant to Kenneth Margulies, MD
• Yuli Kim, MD
  Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania     
  • Letricia Whitfield
    Assistant to Yuli Kim, MD
• Raj Jain, MD
  Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  
  • Tramel Parker
    Assistant to Raj Jain, MD
• Staci Kallish, DO
  Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Clinical and Biochemical Genetics

Section Staff

• Jessica Chowns, MS, LCGC
  Genetic Counselor
• Shana L. Merrill, MS, LCGC
  Genetic Counselor
• Amy Beatty Marzolf, CRNP, MSN
  Certified Registerered Nurse Practitioner
• Laura C. Vann, BSN, RN, PCCN
  Registered Nurse
• Linda S. Wells, MA, RN, CHFN
  Registered Nurse
• Eric Smith
  Program Manager

Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Resources

• Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
• CHOP Familial Cardiomyopathy Program
• Pharmacogenetic Testing