Archna Bajaj, MD

Medical Genetics, Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Translational Medicine and Human Genetics)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

484 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
May 2026
she is very knowledgeable
Anonymous
May 2026
not very friendly and spoke too quickly/interrupted me. did not ask about questions i had. otherwise addressed relevant clinical needs
Anonymous
May 2026
dr bajaj answered all my questions.
Anonymous
May 2026
she's an expert in my familial hyperlipidemia

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Bajaj is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Marlys L. Koschinsky, Archna Bajaj, Michael B. Boffa, Dave L. Dixon, Keith C. Ferdinand, Samuel S. Gidding, Edward A. Gill, Terry A. Jacobson, Erin D. Michos, Maya S. Safarova, Daniel E. Soffer, Pam R. Taub, Michael J. Wilkinson, Don P. Wilson, Christie M. Ballantyne A focused update to the 2019 NLA scientific statement on use of lipoprotein(a) in clinical practice , Journal of Clinical Lipidology, 18(3): 2024,e308-e319

Wilkinson MJ, Bajaj A, Brousseau ME, Taub PR Harnessing RNA Interference for Cholesterol Lowering: The Bench to Bedside Story of Inclisiran , J Am Heart Assoc, 13(6): 2024,e032031

Daniel J Rader, Archna Bajaj Lipoprotein(a) and Oxidized Phospholipids: Partners in Crime or Individual Perpetrators in Cardiovascular Disease? , JACC, 81(18): 2023,1793-1796

Archna Bajaj, Marina Cuchel From supravalvular to valvular aortic stenosis: are statins contributing tot he phenotypic shift in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia? , European Heart Journal, 43(34): 2022,3240-3242

Bajaj A, Rader DJ. Antisense oligonucleotides for atherosclerotic disease , Nat Med, 26(4): 2020,471-472

Bajaj A, Cuchel M. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: what treatments are on the horizon? , Curr Opin Lipidol, 31(3): 2020,119-124

Bajaj A, Ihegword A, Qiu C, Small AM, Wei WQ, Bastarache L, Feng Q, Kember RL, Risman M, Bloom RD, Birtwell DL, Williams H, Shaffer CM, Chen J, Center RG, Denny JC, Rader DJ, Stein CM, Damrauer SM, Susztak K. Phenome-wide association analysis suggests the APOL1 linked disease spectrum primarily drives kidney-specific pathways , Kidney Int, 97(5): 2020,1032-1041

Bajaj A, Xie D, Cedillo-Couvert E, Charleston J, Chen J, Deo R, Feldman HI, Go AS, He J, Horwitz E, Kallem R, Rahman M, Weir MR, Anderson AH, Rader DJ; CRIC Study Investigators. Lipids, Apolipoproteins, and Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Persons With CKD , Am J Kidney Dis, 73(6): 2019,827-836

Rader DJ, Bajaj A, Khetarpal SA. Deep Apolipoprotein Proteomics to Uncover Mechanisms of Coronary Disease Risk , J Am Coll Cardiol, 69(7): 2017,801-804

Bajaj A, Damrauer SM, Anderson AH, Xie D, Budoff MJ, Go AS, He J, Lash JP, Ojo A, Post WS, Rahman M, Reilly MP, Saleheen D, Townsend RR, Chen J, Rader DJ; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators*. Lipoprotein(a) and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death in Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the CRIC Study (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort) , Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 37(10): 2017,1971-1978

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