Akhil P. Kher, MD
Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
Education and training
- Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Fellowship: Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
What my patients think about me
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My Locations
The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Cardiovascular Disease, 2023
- Internal Medicine, 2020
Treatments and Conditions
- Abnormal coronary angiography
- Abnormal EKG
- Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD)
- Aortic valve disorder
- Aortic valve stenosis
- Arrhythmia
- Atherosclerosis
- Athlete's heart
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrioventricular block
- Bicuspid aortic valve
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac tumor
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest pain
- Cholesterol disorder
- Congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Dyspnea on exertion
- Endocarditis
- Enlarged heart (Cardiomegaly)
- Fainting
- Familial cardiomyopathy
- Family history of heart disease
- Family history of sudden cardiac death
- First degree heart block
- Heart attack
- Heart disease
- Heart disease in women
- Heart failure
- Heart murmur
- Heart palpitations
- High cholesterol
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic chest pain
- Left bundle branch block (LBBB)
- Leg swelling (Leg edema)
- Mitral valve disorder
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Mitral valve regurgitation
- Myxoma
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
- Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
- Pericardial effusion (Fluid around heart)
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral artery disease
- Premature atrial contraction
- Premature ventricular contractions (PVC)
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic heart failure
- Right bundle branch block
- Second degree heart block
- shortness of breath (SOB)
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Sports and exercise cardiology
- Supraventricular tachycardia
- Tachycardia
- Tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome
- Vasovagal syncope (Neurally mediated faint)
- Anticoagulation therapy
- Cardiac risk assessment
- Cardiology second opinion
- Cholesterol management
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Pacemaker
- Stress test