Marisa Cevasco, MD, MPH
Cardiac Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Make an appointmentCall 215-615-4949
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program
  • Surgical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia

Education and training

  • Medical School: Vanderbilt University
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

192 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.

October 2025
she was extremely helpful..professional in every way..
October 2025
good
October 2025
she was also very confident in what she does
September 2025
all good

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. Cevasco is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Rekhtman D, Asher M, Song C, Iyengar A, Cevasco M, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD Prolonged Impella 5.5 support in a pediatric patient with genetic cardiomyopathy , World Journal of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery: 2025 (Epub)

Shivamurthy P, Cevasco M, Supple GE, Hanumanthu BK, Markman TM, Guandalini G, Hyman MC, Enriquez A, Kumareswaran R, Fradley MG, Deo R, See VY, Riley M, Garcia F, Nazarian S, Lin D, Frankel DS, Dixit S, Epstein AE, Callans DJ, Marchlinski FE, Schaller RD Epicardial placement of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in adults: Technical considerations, system performance, and clinical outcomes , Heart Rhythm: 2025 (Epub)

Kaczorowski DJ, Takeda K, Atluri P, Cevasco M, Cogswell R, D'Allesandro D, Daneshmand MA, Jeevanandam V, Kapur NK, Milano C, Ono M, Potapov E, Ramzy D, Silvestry SC, Soltesz E, Uriel N 2025 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Expert Consensus Document: Surgical management of acute myocardial infarction and associated complications , Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery: 2025 (Epub)

Asher M, Iyengar A, Rekhtman D, Helmers M, Weingarten N, Song C, DePaolo J, Shin M, Brown A, Wald J, Parikh A, Cevasco M Acute hemodynamic and echocardiographic consequences of Impella 5.5 placement in patients with advanced cardiogenic shock , ASAIO Journal: 2025 (Epub)

Smood B, Vasquez CR, Olia SE, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Richards T, Usman A, Cantu E 3rd, Takeda K, Langer N, Cevasco M Early extracorporeal membrane oxygenation initiation may improve outcomes in select patients with primary pulmonary hypertension: An extracorporeal life support organization registry analysis , ASAIO Journal: 2025 (Epub)

Nayak A, Cascino TM, DeFilippis EM, Hanff TC, Cevasco M, Keenan J, Tong MZ, Kilic A, Koehl D, Cantor R, Jacobs JP, Habib RH, Kirklin JK, Cowger JA, Pagani FD, Silvestry SC. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2025 Annual Report: Focus on Outcomes in Older Adults , Ann Thorac Surg: 2025

Schaller RD, Hanumanthu BK, Marchlinski FE, Cevasco M, Acker M, Cooper JM, Sadek MM. Response to the letter to the editor entitled "High-risk transvenous lead extraction can be safely performed in the electrophysiology laboratory" , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Schaller RD, Hanumanthu BK, Marchlinski FE, Cevasco M, Acker M, Cooper JM, Sadek MM. Transvenous lead extraction should be performed in the electrophysiology laboratory , Heart Rhythm: 2025

Rekhtman D, Asher M, Iyengar A, Song C, Weingarten N, Shin M, DePaolo J, Kim S, Cevasco M, Atluri P. Predictors of Nonutilization of Ex Vivo Perfused Donor Heart Allografts , ASAIO J, 71: 2025,637-643

Asher M, Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, DePaolo J, Song C, Feng I, Morganroth E, Dardik G, Shin M, Weingarten N, Brown A, Wald J, Biscotti M, Takeda K, Cevasco M. Impella 5.5 use in women: A multicenter study , JHLT Open, 9: 2025,100341