- Blood clot in lung
- Chronic blood clots in lung
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension (PH)
Harold I. Palevsky, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Harron Lung Center University City
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
- Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- 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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Critical Care Medicine, 1987
- Pulmonary Disease, 1984
- Internal Medicine, 1981
- American College of Physicians (Fellow), National
- American Thoracic Society, National
- Cardiopulmonary Council, American Heart Association, National
- Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, National
- Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine, National
- Fellow, American College of Physicians, National
- Fellow, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Local
- Fellowship, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute, International
- Laennec Society of Philadelphia, Local
- Pennsylvania Thoracic Society, Local
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association, International
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2004 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Alam, S and Palevsky, HP. Pulmonary hypertension and acute right heart failure. , Respiratory Emergencies, Chapter 13E: 2006, 375-403
Palevsky, HI and Fishman, AP. Diagnosis and assessment of pulmonary hypertension. , Theory and Practice of Vascular Medicine: (in press)
Palevsky, HI. Pulmonary hypertension. , The Pocket Doctor, 3rd edition,: (in press)
Archer-Chicko, C, Housten-Harris, T, Palevsky, HI. Practical nursing issues in the outpatient management of pulmonary vascular disease. , Pulmonary Vascular Disease , Chapter 21: 2006,314
Kawut, S. M., Taichman, D.B., Ahya, V. N., Kaplan Sandra, Archer-Chicko, C.L. Kimmel, S. E. Palevsky, H. I.: Hemodynamics and survival of patients with portopulmonary hypertension. , Liver Transplantation , 11(9): 2005,1107-11
Taichman, D.B., Christie, J., Biester, R., Mortensen, J., White, J., Kaplan, S., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Palevsky, H.I., Elliott, C.G., and Hopkins, R.O. Validation of a brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. , Respir. Res., 6(1): 2005
Taichman DB, Palevsky, H.I. Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with the Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Bosentan. , Clin. Pulmonary Medicine, 12: 2005,121-127.
Taichman, D.B., Shin, J., Hud, L., Archer-Chicko, C., Kaplan, S., Sager, J.S., Gallop, R., Christie, J., Hansen-Flaschen, J. and Palevsky, H.I Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. , Respir. Res. , 6(92): 2005
Taichman, D.B., Christie, J., Biester, R., Mortensen, J., Kaplan, S., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Palevsky, H.I., Elliott, C.G., and Hopkins, R.O. Validation of a brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. , Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society , 2: 2005,A205
Taichman, D.B., Shin, J., Hud, L., Archer-Chicko, C., Kaplan, S., Gallop, R., Christie, J., Hansen-Flaschen, J. and Palevsky, H.I. Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension , CHEST, 128: 2005,292S