- Cardiac electrophysiology study (EP Study)
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD
Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director of Electrophysiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Director of Electrophysiology Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Richard T. and Angela Clark President's Distinguished Professor
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
Reviews
1369 reviews
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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
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1992
- Cardiovascular Disease, 1981
- Internal Medicine, 1979
- American College of Cardiology, National
- American Federation for Clinical Research, National
- American Heart Association, National
- American Heart Association, National
- Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, National
- European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, International
- European Society of Cardiology, International
- Heart Rhythm Society, International
- Penn Cardiac Arrhythmia Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2004 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Shirai Y, Liang JJ, Santangeli P, Supple GE, Riley MP, Garcia FC, Lin D, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Frankel DS, Schaller RD Catheter Ablation of Premature Ventricular Complexes with Low Intraprocedural Burden Guided Exclusively by Pace-mapping , J Cardiovasc Electrophysio, 30(11): 2019,2326
Kodali S, Shirai Y, Muser D, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Santangeli P Ventricular Tachycardia in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy:Anteroseptal Versus Inferolateral Origin Based On ICD Ventricular Electrogram Timing , J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 30(11): 2019,2334-2343
Maheshwari A, Shirai Y, Hyman MC, Arkles JS, Santangeli P, Schaller RD, Supple GE, Nazarian S, Lin D, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Frankel DS Septal Versus Mitral Isthmus Ablation for Treatment of Mitral Annular Flutter , JACC Clin Electrophysiol: 2019
Ustunkaya T, Desjardins B, Wedan R, Chahal CAA, Zimmerman SL, Saju N, Zahid S, Sharma A, Han Y, Trayanova N, Marchlinski FE, Calkins H, Tandri H, Nazarian S. Epicardial Conduction Speed, Electrogram Abnormality, and Computed Tomography Attenuation Associations in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy , JACC Clin Electrophysio, 5(10): 2019,1158
Briceño DF, Liang JJ, Shirai Y Markman TM, Enriquez A, Lin A, Santangeli P, Riley MP, Schaller RD, Nazarian S, Lin D, Kumareswaran R, Arkles JS, Hyman MC, Supple GE, Frankel DS, Garcia FC, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, , Dixit S. Clinical and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating from the Slow Pathway Region , Heart Rhythm, 16(9): 2019,142
Kuo L, Shirai Y, Muser D, Liang JJ, Castro SA, Santangeli P, Schaller RD, Supple GE, Lin D, Nazarian S, Dixit S, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Frankel DS. Comparison of the Arrhythmogenic Substrate Between Men and Women with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy , Heart Rhythm, 16(9): 2019,141
Kodali S, Shirai Y, Callans DJ, Zado ES, Marchlinski FE, Santangeli P Usefulness of ICD Electrograms Analysis to Distinguish Endocardial Versus Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. , J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 30(9): 2019,1526
Yang J, Brunnquell M, Liang JJ, Callans DJ, Garcia FC, Lin D, Frankel DS, Kay J, Marchlinski FE, Tzou W, Sauer WH, Liu B, Ruckdeschel ES, Collins K, Santangeli P, Nguyen DT. Long term Follow-up after Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease , J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol , 30(9): 2019,1560
Zielonka B, Kim YY, Supple GE, Partington SL, Ruckdeschel ES, Marchlinski FE, Frankel DS Improvement in Ventricular Function with Rhythm Control of Atrial Arrhythmias May Delay the Need for Atrioventricular Valve Surgery in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease , Congenit Heart Dis: 2019
566., Boersma LV, Natale A, Haines D, DeLurgio D, Sood N, Marchlinski F, Calkins H, Hoyt RH, Sanders P, Irwin J, Packer D, Mittal S, Durrani S, DiBiase L, Sangrigoli R, Tada H, Sasano T, Tomita H, Yamane T, Kuck KH, Wazni O, Tarakji K, Cerkvenik J, van Bragt KA, Abeln BGS, Verma A. Prevalence, timing, and impact of early recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmias after pulsed field ablation: A secondary analysis of the PULSED AF trial. , Heart Rhythm: 2024