Learn more about the Penn Cardiovascular Institute leadership, administration and staff.
The Penn Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) leadership is comprised of four distinguished clinician-scientists. Together, they lead more than 125 faculty members at Penn who describe their primary research area as cardiovascular biology or cardiovascular medicine.
Penn CVI Leadership
Michael S. Parmacek, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine and Director, Penn CVI
Michael A. Acker, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Jonathan A. Epstein, MD
Scientific Director, Penn CVI
Daniel J. Rader, MD
Scientific Director of Translational and Clinical Research, Penn CVI
Penn Cardiovascular Institute Internal Advisory Committee
The strategic focus and direction of the Penn CVI is overseen by the CVI Internal Advisory Committee. The committee includes senior faculty members from multiple departments, centers, institutes and schools at the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael A. Acker, MD
William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Director, Heart and Vascular Service Line
Thomas Cappola, MD, ScM
Herbert C. Rorer Associate Professor in Medical Sciences
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Robert Carpick, PhD
John Henry Towne Professor
Department Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Jonathan Epstein, MD
Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer, Perelman School of Medicine Scientific
Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute
Director, Molecular Cardiology Research Center, Division of Cardiology William
Wikoff Smith Professor of Cardiovascular Research
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Garret FitzGerald, MD
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Associate Dean for Translational Research
Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Professor in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Professor of Pharmacology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
J. Kevin Foskett, PhD
Isaac Ott Professor of Physiology
Chair, Department of Physiology
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Daniel J. Rader, MD
Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology and Genetics
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Director, Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine and Lipid Clinic
Program Director, General Clinical Research Center
Chair, Department of Genetics
Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD
Eugene P. Pendergrass Professor of Radiology
Chair, Department of Radiology