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
- 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
- Eric Smith
Program Manager
Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Resources