- Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
- Atherectomy
- Patent foramen ovale closure
Allison L. Tsao, MD
Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
My education and training
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Disease, 2018
- American College of Cardiology, National
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, National
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons, National
- Penn Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
- Penn Heart Valve Disease Program
- Penn Interventional Cardiology Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Pliakos EE, Acker AM, Fiorilli PN, Tsao AL, Lawrence KM, Desai ND, Rogers T, Khan JM, Giri JS, Nathan AS. Cost-Effectiveness of Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Redo-Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve. , Journal of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 5(7): 2026
Madeline E Duncan, Anne Marie Valente, Giulia Ensing, Sarah Rae Easter, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Jean Marie Carabuena, Nancy Barker, Katherine E Economy, Fred M Wu; STORCC Investigators Intrapartum cardiac telemetry monitoring in patients with cardiovascular disease , BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth: 2026
Freddo AM, Mondal A, Tomlinson AZ, Eron M, Denduluri S, Farkas I, Partington S, Ruckdeschel E, Tsao AL, Mavroudis CD, Nuri M, Fuller S, Kim YY, Vaikunth S. Comparison of Arrhythmia Prevalence and Incidence in Adult Patients with Lateral Tunnel and Extra-Cardiac Fontan Circulation , Pediatr Cardiol, 47(4): 2026,1658-1665
Andrew M Freddo, Molly Eron, Antara Mondal, Alexis Z Tomlinson, Srinivas Denduluri, Isabella Farkas, Sara Partington, Emily Ruckdeschel, Allison L Tsao, Constantine D Mavroudis, Muhammad Nuri, Stephanie Fuller, Juan M Ortega-Legaspi, Yuli Y Kim, Sumeet Vaikunth Changes in pharmacotherapy in adults with Fontan circulation and associations with outcomes , The International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 20(25): 2026
Allison Tsao and Nimesh Desai Patient Webinar: Advances in Congenital Aortic Valve Disease Therapy , HeartValveSurgery.com: 2026
Pennsylvania Chapter American College of Cardiology Assessment of Myocardial Viability: The Who, Which, When… or Should We Bother? , https://www.pcacc.org/Multi-Modality-Imaging-Series: 2026
Juan M Ortega-Legaspi, Arwa Saidi, Fred H Rodriguez, Wilson W Lam, Andrew Pistner, Leigh C Reardon, Christopher E Mascio, Allison Tsao, Karen Stout, Sumeet S Vaikunth Heart Failure Management in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient: Part II: Non-Pharmacologic Therapies , Journal of Cardiac Failure - Intersections: 2025,10.009
Shah T, Yang L, Shah Y, Eberly L, Khatana SAM, Kumbhani DJ, Elmariah S, Alkhouli M, Baron SJ, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Lawrence K, Fanaroff AC, Fiorilli PN, Tsao AL, Groeneveld PW, Giri J, Nathan A. Effect of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program Ratings on Case Selection , JACC Cardiovasc Interv, 18(22): 2025,2777-2786
Juan M Ortega-Legaspi, Arwa Saidi, Fred H Rodriguez, Wilson W Lam, Andrew Pistner, Leigh C Reardon, Christopher E Mascio, Allison Tsao, Karen Stout, Sumeet S Vaikunth Heart Failure Management in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patient: Part I: Medical Therapy , Journal of Cardiac Failure - Intersections: 2025,10.0008
Das TM, Alshawabkeh L, Haeffele C, Tsao AL, Vaikunth S. “Can We Clip It?”: A Review of TEER in the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Population. , http://www.acc.org. : 2025