Frank E. Silvestry, MD

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

  • Associate Chief for Education, Cardiovascular Division
  • Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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

Reviews

Average Rating

749 reviews

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Anonymous
July 2026
articulated effective plan forward
Anonymous
July 2026
very confident and comfortable with my care.
Anonymous
July 2026
complete dr.
Anonymous
July 2026
he doesn't limit time. he listens and induces more questions to get at the crux of the problem.

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Sannino A, Grayburn PA, Kodali SK, Lurz P, Thourani VH, Makar M, Haeffele C, Puthumana J, Lee J, Flueckiger P, Chadderdon S, Padang R, Sekaran NK, Stewart-Dehner T, Ender J, Koulogiannis K, Morsy M, Miyasaka R, Havens B, Ku I, Silvestry F, Näbauer M, Gleason P, Lindman BR, Ho E, Good M, Gößler T, Cohen JA, Harris A, Sengupta P, Kelly N, Maksoud A, Weber M, Romero S, Yucel E, Raghunathan D, Skolnick D, Wang L, Sun YP, Vainrib A, Kapila A, Mackensen GB, Aman E, Mehrkens D, Ivannikova M, Smith W, Abramson S, Treat S, Toufan M, Mack MJ, Leon MB, Hahn RT; TRISCEND II Pivotal Trial Investigators. TRISCEND II: Effect of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement on Echocardiographic Measures of Right Heart Remodeling and Function , JACC Cardiovasc Imaging: 2026


Doi S, Kazui S, Akashi N, Patel RB, Komtebedde J, Mylavarapu U, Swarup V, Winkler S, Backhaus SJ, Litwin SE, Mohan RC, Kawash R, Sverdlov AL, Chung ES, Kaye DM, Hoendermis E, Hummel SL, Cikes M, Hayward CS, Starling R, Gupta DK, Zirlik A, McKenzie S, Nair A, Rieth A, Cutlip DE, Solomon SD, van Veldhuisen DJ, Leon MB, Silvestry FE, Shah SJ, Borlaug BA. Heart Failure Duration, Cardiac Remodeling, Dysfunction, and Hemodynamic Severity in HFpEF and HFmrEF: Insights From REDUCE LAP-HF II , JACC Heart Fail: 2026


Sannino A, Ilardi F, Hahn RT, Toufan M, Nickolite K, Agarwal V, Havens B, Ku I, Silvestry F, Weckbach L, Gleason P, Pretorius M, Ho E, Tulloch J, Ruf T, Cohen J, Duggal N, Sengupta PP, Kelly N, Chehab BM, Vogelhuber J, Vad S, Deuschl F, Thourani VH, Lurz P, Kodali SK, Grayburn PA. Echocardiographic Imaging Considerations for Post-Implant Evaluation of the Transcatheter EVOQUE Tricuspid Valve Replacement System , JACC Cardiovasc Imaging: 2025


Hahn RT, Makkar R, Thourani VH, Makar M, Sharma RP, Haeffele C, Davidson CJ, Narang A, O'Neill B, Lee J, Yadav P, Zahr F, Chadderdon S, Eleid M, Pislaru S, Smith R, Szerlip M, Whisenant B, Sekaran NK, Garcia S, Stewart-Dehner T, Thiele H, Kipperman R, Koulogiannis K, Lim DS, Fowler D, Kapadia S, Harb SC, Grayburn PA, Sannino A, Mack MJ, Leon MB, Lurz P, Kodali SK; TRISCEND II Trial Investigators. Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation , N Engl J Med, 392: 2025,115-126


Writing Committee Members:; ACC Competency Management Committee:. 2025 ACC/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCCT/SCMR advanced training statement on advanced cardiovascular imaging: A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee , J Nucl Cardiol: 2025


Baldassarre LA, Mendes LA, Blankstein R, Hahn RT, Patel AR, Russell R, Abbara S, Ahmad SM, Brady MB, Bullock-Palmer RP, Cavalcante JL, Chareonthaitawee P, Chen T, Clark DE, Conaway DG, Daubert MA, Day J, Di Carli MF, Galazka P, Gallegos-Kattán C, Herrmann H, Ho EC, Jellis CL, Le VT, Lema PC, Litmanovich DE, Little SH, Liu JE, Lopez-Mattei JC, Lumsden AB, Malaisrie SC, Melduni RM, Nieman K, Nikravan S, Ordovas KG, Parwani P, Patel KK, Phoubandith DR, Punnoose LR, Rybicki FJ, Sensakovic WF, Shapiro MD, Sperry BW, Spragg D, Tong MS, Vogel-Bass E, Volgman AS, Waheed A, Weissman G, Wells BJ, Weissman G, Ashwath ML, Breinholt JP 3rd, Clark DE, Damp JB, Day J, Denktas A, Drajpuch D, Faza N, Frank L, Goldman ME, Hahn RT, Housholder-Hughes SD, Joglar JA, Kondapaneni MD, Le VT, Lee KS, Lin CH, Mahar JH, Mendes LA, Nfor TK, Niazi K, Parker AM, Patil P, Pearson DD, Pfeiffer M, Punnoose LR, Reejhsinghani RS, Silvestry FE, Singh HS, Solomon M, Smer AM, Vallabhajosyula S, Vorchheimer DA, Werns SW, Westwood M. 2025 ACC/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCCT/SCMR Advanced Training Statement on Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging: A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee , J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr: 2025


Petzl AM, Peters CJ, Frankel DS, Silvestry FE, Shivamurthy P. Electrical instability and sudden loss of pacemaker capture-A tale of flecainide toxicity , HeartRhythm Case Rep., 11(1): 2024,66-69


Patel RB, Silvestry FE, Komtebedde J, Solomon SD, Hasenfuß G, Litwin SE, Borlaug BA, Price MJ, Kawash R, Hummel SL, Cutlip DE, Leon MB, van Veldhuisen DJ, Rieth AJ, McKenzie S, Bugger H, Mazurek JA, Kapadia SR, Vanderheyden M, Ky B, Shah SJ. Atrial Shunt Device Effects on Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: The REDUCE LAP-HF II Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Cardiol: 2024


Kodali S, Hahn RT, Makkar R, Makar M, Davidson CJ, Puthumana JJ, Zahr F, Chadderdon S, Fam N, Ong G, Yadav P, Thourani V, Vannan MA, O'Neill WW, Wang DD, Tchétché D, Dumonteil N, Bonfils L, Lepage L, Smith R, Grayburn PA, Sharma RP, Haeffele C, Babaliaros V, Gleason PT, Elmariah S, Inglessis-Azuaje I, Passeri J, Herrmann HC, Silvestry FE, Lim S, Fowler D, Webb JG, Moss R, Modine T, Lafitte S, Latib A, Ho E, Goldberg Y, Shah P, Nyman C, Rodés-Cabau J, Bédard E, Brugger N, Sannino A, Mack MJ, Leon MB, Windecker S. Transfemoral tricuspid valve replacement and one-year outcomes: the TRISCEND study , Eur Heart J, 44: 2023,4862-4873


Schaller RD, Vigdor A, Silvestry FE Inadvertent left atrial injury during transseptal puncture with a radiofrequency-powered wire , J Interv Card Electrophysiol, 66(7): 2023,1561-1562


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