Emily Sue Ruckdeschel, MD
Cardiology
Independent provider
Accepting new patients
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Heart and Vascular Center

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Colorado Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

208 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.

August 2025
answered all questions we had, explained everything in detail
August 2025
excellent doctor.
July 2025
will miss her when she moves
July 2025
great performance

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ruckdeschel is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Mia Shiue 1, Annique Nyman 1 2, Robert Karvell 1, Sara L Partington 1 2, Tamar J Preminger 2, Christian Reda 1, Emily Ruckdeschel 1 2, Kathleen Sullivan 1, Lynda Tobin 1, Sumeet S Vaikunth 1 2, Joshua Saef 1, Bruke A Tedla 1, Yuli Y Kim 3 4 Experiences and Attitudes Toward Telemedicine in an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic , Pediatr Cardiol : 2024


Jamie L. Jackson PhD, Rittal Mehta BDS MS, Rose Y. Hardy PhD, Keila Lopez, MD MPH, Lindsey Rudov MPH, Ruth Phillippi MS, Anushree Agarwal MD MAS, Mark Roeder, Sneha Saraf MS, Matthew Lewis MD, Arwa Saidi MBBCh, Ronald Kanter MD, Satinder Sandhu MD, Thomas Young MD, Roni Jacobsen MD, Emily Ruckdeschel MD, Adam Lubert MD, Harsimran Singh MD, Ali Zaidi MD, Dan G. Halpern MD, Scott Leezer, Thomas Carton PhD MS, & Anitha S. John MD PhD Social Determinants of Health: Impact on Mortality and Care Status for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease , AHA: 2024


Matthew A Jolley 1 2, Analise Sulentic 1, Silvani Amin 1, Mudit Gupta 2, Stephen Ching 1, Alana Cianciulli 1, Yan Wang 2, Patricia Sabin 1, Christopher Zelonis 1, Matthew Daemer 1, Elizabeth Silvestro 2, Keith Coleman 2, Lauren K Ford 2, Jonathan B Edelson 2, Emily S Ruckdeschel 2, Meryl S Cohen 2, Susan C Nicolson 1, Matthew J Gillespie 2 Introduction of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with congenital heart disease at a children's hospital , Catheter Cardiovasc Interv : 2024


Kim YY, Levine LD, Partington SL, Patel PA, Ruckdeschel E, Senapati S, Gracia CR. Successful in vitro fertilization in women with Fontan physiology , J Assist Reprod Genet, 37: 2020,3017-3023


Jessica Carducci, Lauren Andrade, Yuli Y. Kim, Sara Partington, Emily Ruckdeschel. Characteristics of Malignancy in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease at a Large Academic Medical Center , 30th Annual International Symposium on ACHD (virtual): 2020


Jessica Carducci, Katherine Awh, Morgan Venuti, Leah Goldberg, Yuli Kim, Emily Ruckdeschel. Transition Readiness and Cardiac Knowledge in Adolescents with Moderate to Complex Congenital Heart Disease , 30th Annual International Symposium on ACHD (virtual): 2020


Jessica Carducci, Yuli Y. Kim, Bhavesh Patel, Katherine Awh, Lauren Andrade, Stephanie Fuller, Christopher E. Mascio, Lynda Tobin, Emily Ruckdeschel Lymphopenia in Adult Patients with Fontan Physiology , American College of Cardiology’s 69th Annual Scientific Session together with the World Congress of Cardiology (virtual): 2020


Bhavesh Patel, MD, Marina Serper, MD, Emily Ruckdeschel, MD, Sara Partington, MD, Lauren Andrade, MD, Lynda Tobin, CRNP, MSN, Yuli Kim, MD, Maarouf Hoteit, MD Predictors of adverse liver-related outcomes in adults after the Fontan operation , American College of Cardiology’s 69th Annual Scientific Session together with the World Congress of Cardiology (virtual): 2020


Zielonka, Benjamin; Kim, Yuli Y; Supple, Gregory E; Partington, Sara L; Ruckdeschel, Emily S; Marchlinski, Francis E; Frankel, David S. Improvement in ventricular function with rhythm control of atrial arrhythmias may delay the need for atrioventricular valve surgery in adults with congenital heart disease. , Congenital Heart Disease, 14(6): 2019,931-938


Yang, Jiandu; Brunnquell, Michael; Liang, Jackson J; Callans, David J; Garcia, Fermin C; Lin, David; Frankel, David S; Kay, Joseph; Marchlinski, Francis E; Tzou, Wendy; Sauer, William H; Liu, Bolun; Ruckdeschel, Emily S; Collins, Kathryn; Santangeli, Pasquale; Nguyen, Duy T. Long term follow-up after ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with congenital heart disease. , Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 30(9): 2019,1560-1568