The echocardiography laboratory of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania performs transthoracic, transesophageal and stress echocardiograms in inpatients and outpatients.
Echocardiograms are indicated for a variety of cardiovascular diseases and echocardiography is a cornerstone of the diagnosis and monitoring of these diseases. The goals of the echocardiography laboratory of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania are
- to deliver excellence in echocardiography, constantly improving our technological and medical knowledge
- to keep abreast of all innovations of the field
- to provide patients, sonographers, medical students, residents, fellows and providers an up to date and detailed education in echocardiography
- to promote research efforts improving and using echocardiography
- to connect integrate echocardiography with other forms of imaging to enable the best patient care and research
Section Leadership
Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory
Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Assistant to Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, PhD
Paco E. Bravo, MD
Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging
- Valerie Kenner
Assistant to Paco E. Bravo, MD
Section Faculty and Staff
- Tiffany Chen, MD
- Melissa Messinger
Assistant to Tiffany Chen, MD
- Julio Alonso Chirinos, MD, PHD
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
- Joanna Acosta
Assistant to Julio Alonso Chirinos, MD, PHD
- Victor A. Ferrari, MD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
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Assistant to Victor Ferrari, MD
- Yuchi Han, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Assistant to Yuchi Han, MD, MMSc
- Dinesh H. Jagasia, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine; Associate Director, Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory
Director, TAVR CT Program
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Assistant to Dinesh Jagasia, MD
- Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
Scientific Director, Cardio-Oncology
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
- Joanna Acosta
Assistant to Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
- Harold Litt, MD
Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Imaging
Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Radiology in Medicine
- Tracy Jenkins
Assistant to Harold Litt, MD
- David McCarthy, MD
Director of Nuclear Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Geri McCausland
Assistant to David McCarthy, MD
- Frank Silvestry, MD
Associate Chief for Education, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
- Melissa Messinger
Assistant to Frank Silvestry, MD
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