H. Luise Holzhauser, MD
Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
  • Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

157 reviews

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October 2025
good provider
October 2025
she attentive , kind and she explains everything to you so you understand what go on with you a your situation.
October 2025
very thorough.
October 2025
always extremely helpful

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Holzhauser is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Tharusan Thevathasan, Sophie Berlinghof, Daniel Elschenbroich, Julia M Wiedenhofer, Sêhnou Degbeon, Luise Holzhauser, Fabian Barbieri, Mario Kasner, Anna Brand, Henryk Dreger, Steffen Desch, Ulf Landmesser, Markus Reinthaler, Carsten Skurk A nationwide analysis of resource utilization and safety in patients undergoing mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair , Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc , 10(59): 2025,doi:10.1016


Nikolova AP, Bellumkonda L, Bhardwaj A, Fida N, Holzhauser L, Umapathi P, De Marco T, Contreras J. Practical Guide on the Use of Induction Immunosuppression in Heart Transplantation , Circ Heart Fail., 15: 2025,e012382


Luise Holzhauser, Maxwell Norris, Maria Molina, Susan Chambers, Swethika Sundaravel, Eman Rashed, Ketan Gala, Tara Fallah, Therese Bittermann, Nosheen Reza, Teresa Wang, Pavan Atluri, Lee Goldberg, Rhondalyn McLean, Eliot Peyster A heart transplant center experience with basiliximab induction strategies: A double edged sword? , Clin Transplant , 38(4): 2024,e15307


Luise Holzhauser, Nosheen Reza, Jonathan J Edwards, Edo Y Birati, Anjali T Owens, Rhondalyn McLean, Katsuhide Maeda, Matthew J O'Connor, Joseph W Rossano, Antara Mondal, Hannah Katcoff, Jonathan B Edelson Emergency Department Use and Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Recipients in the United States , J Am Heart Assoc ., 13(5): 2024,e032676


Ersilia M DeFilippis, Andriana Nikolova, Luise Holzhauser, Kiran K Khush Understanding and Investigating Sex-Based Differences in Heart Transplantation: A Call to Action , JACC Heart Fail , 11(9): 2023,1181-1188


Luise Holzhauser MD, Ersilia M. DeFilippis MD, Andriana Nikolova MD PhD, Mirnela Byku MD PhD, Johanna P Contreras MD, Teresa De Marco MD, Shelley Hall MD, Kiran K. Khush MD, MAS, Amanda R Vest MBBS MPH The End of Endomyocardial Biopsy? A Practical Guide for Non-Invasive Heart Transplant Rejection Surveillance , JACC Heart Fail , S2213-1779(22): 2023,00643-6


Nosheen Reza, Jonathan J Edwards, Hannah Katcoff, Antara Mondal, Heather Griffis, Joseph W Rossano, Kimberly Y Lin, H Luise Holzhauser, Joyce W Wald, Anjali T Owens, Thomas P Cappola, Edo Y Birati, Jonathan B Edelson Sex Differences in Left Ventricular Assist Device-related Emergency Department Encounters in the United States , J Card Fail, 28(9): 2022,1445-1455


Chung BB, Grinstein JS, Imamura T, Kruse E, Nguyen AB, Narang N, Holzhauser LH, Burkhoff D, Lang RM, Sayer GT, Uriel NY Biventricular Pacing Versus Right Ventricular Pacing in Patients Supported With LVAD , JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 7(8): 2021,1003-1009


Narang N, Dela Cruz M, Imamura T, Chung B, Nguyen AB, Holzhauser L, Smith BA, Kalantari S, Raikhelkar J, Sarswat N, Kim GH, Jeevanandam V, Burkhoff D, Sayer G, Uriel N. Discordance between lactic acidemia and hemodynamics in patients with advanced heart failure , Clin Cardiol, 44(5): 2021,636-645


Holzhauser L, Clerkin KJ, Fujino T, Alenghat FJ, Raikhelkar J, Kim G, Sayer G, Uriel N Donor-derived cell-free DNA is associated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy , Clin Transplant, 35(2): 2021,e14206


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