Kendall Lawrence, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Wake Forest University
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

526 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.

December 2025
friendly and informative
November 2025
thorough, but understandable explanations about what is happening
November 2025
our entire visit was top notch
November 2025
would recommend

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Lawrence is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Gillinov LA, Chin C, Schneider DB, Cannon BJ, Lawrence KM, Desai ND. Postpartum Hybrid Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Setting of Takayasu Arteritis , Ann Thorac Surg: 2025


Catalano MA, Bazianos D, Chin C, Desai ND, Lawrence KM. Surgical Repair of Massive Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm: Preparation, Execution, and Lessons Learned , JACC Case Rep: 2025


Koprivanac M, Desai N, Stembal F, Chang SC, Habib RH, Bonnell L, Lara-Erazo V, Vargo P, Lawrence K, Lou X, Bavaria JE, Bakaeen FG, Szeto WY, Roselli E, Svensson LG. Arterial Cannulation and Brain Perfusion Strategies for Acute Type A Dissection in North America , Ann Thorac Surg: 2025


Shah T, Yang L, Shah Y, Eberly L, Khatana SAM, Kumbhani DJ, Elmariah S, Alkhouli M, Baron SJ, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Lawrence K, Fanaroff AC, Fiorilli PN, Tsao AL, Groeneveld PW, Giri J, Nathan A. Effect of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program Ratings on Case Selection , JACC Cardiovasc Interv, 18: 2025,2777-2786


Yildiz M, Werdecker V, Nucera M, Mosbahi S, Goel N, Berezowski M, Lawrence K, Kapoor S, Kreibich M, Berger T, Szeto WY, Siepe M, Czerny M, Schoenhoff F, Desai ND. Aortic Valve-Sparing Root Operation in Patients With Marfan and Loeys-Dietz Syndrome , Ann Thorac Surg: 2025


Painter DF, Bhasin V, Savoor R, Hu R, Ordonez AA, Lawrence KM, Cook TS. Postinfarction Left Ventricular Inferior Wall Aneurysm With Contained Rupture and Tamponade Physiology , JACC Case Rep, 30: 2025,103877


Goel NJ, Peev AM, Auteri P, Wang GJ, Lawrence KM, Sperry AE, Berezowski M, Yildiz M, Lutfi W, DePaolo J, Zhao Y, Fairman AS, Szeto WY, Schneider DB, Desai ND. Anatomic predictors of distal landing zone failure after endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm† , Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 67: 2025,ezaf198


Catalano MA, Toubat O, Gillinov L, Lawrence KM, Zhao Y, Kelly JJ, Goel NJ, Sperry A, Szeto WY, Brown CR, Desai ND. Management of the dissected aortic root in young patients: A propensity score-matched analysis of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic root replacement , JTCVS Open, 26: 2025,22-33


Gaynor JW, Mahle M, Ittenbach RF, Kaplinski M, Lawrence KM, Hunt ML, Burnham NB, Fuller S, Chen JM, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD, Nuri MAK, O'Connor MJ, Dodds KM, Gardner MM, Goldberg DJ, Ravishankar C, Rychik J, Kim YY, Hampton L, Mascio CE, Spray TL, Nicolson SC. Long-Term Survival and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Staged Reconstructive Surgery for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome , J Am Coll Cardiol, 85: 2025,2386-2398


Catalano MA, Chin C, Desai ND, Lawrence KM. First reported surgical explantation of infected thoracic branched endograft requiring complex arch and descending thoracic aortic repair , Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 40: 2025,ivaf073