- Aortic root enlargement
- Heart surgery
- Heart surgery consultation
- Heart transplant surgery
- Lung transplant surgery
- Open heart surgery
- Valve sparing aortic root replacement
Mauer Biscotti, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Columbia University
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
88 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- 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)
- 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
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, 2024
- Surgery, 2017
- American College of Surgeons, National
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons, National
- Penn Heart Surgery Program
- Penn Heart Transplant Program
- Penn Lung Transplant Program
- Penn Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Sahasrabudhe IR, Ma X, Iantorno SA, Tran T, Dsouza S, Sussman C, Jones D, Biscotti M, Cao I, Katzen J, Basil MC, Hook JL, Konstantinos-Dionysios A, Kathiriya JJ Chronic TGFB1 Signaling Drivers Aberrant Alveolar-Basaloid Metaplasia through a KRT17-Stratifin migratory complex , bioRxiv, 17: 2026
Song C, Iyengar A, Rekhtman D, Asher M, Shin M, Weingarten N, Toubat O, Biscotti M, Cevasco M. Use of Extended Criteria Donor Cardiac Allografts After Multiple Offers is Associated with Inferior Post-transplant Outcomes , JHLT Open, 13: 2026
Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, Song C, Asher M, Shin M, Catalano M, Toubat O, Morganroth E, Brown A, Wald J, Parikh A, Biscotti M, Cevasco M. Impact of Prolonged Impella 5.5 Support on Post-Transplant Outcomes: An Institutional Study , Clin Transplant, 40(3): 2026
Asher M, Morganroth E, Iyengar A, Catalano M, Song C, Rekhtman D, Shin M, Toubat O, Kim S, Brown A, Wald J, Parikh A, Biscotti M, Cevasco M. Anticoagulation with Bivalrudin is Associated with Improved Biocompatibility in Patients Supported on Microaxial Flow Pumps. , JTCVS Open, 28(30): 2026
Dardik G, Kaku Y, Yang C, Vayntrub R, Depaolo J, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Wald J, Uriel N, Sayer G, Takeda K, Fried J. Clinical and Hemodynamic Effects of Impella 5.5 Therapy in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock , ASAIO Journal: 2026
Gregorio PHP, Toubat O, Crespo M, Fujimoto R. Mazur Z, Spelde A, Usman A, Biscotti M, Bermudez CA Successful Use of Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation in a Patient with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 39(10): 2025,2787-2793
Shin M, Toubat O, Catalano MA, IyengarA, Helmers MR, Asher M, Rekhtman D, Song C, Biscotti M, Cevasco M Superior Waitlist Outcomes Among Patients listed for Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation. , JACC Heart Failure, 13(8): 2025
Ho FY, Wang X, Schaubel DE, Parikh A, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Christie JD, Reese PP, Vail EA. Heart Donation and Transplant Recipient Survival Outcomes from Independent versus Hospital-Based Donor Care Units. , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 44(8): 2025,1225-1236
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, 10(9): 2025,100341
Feng BS, Dardik G, Kaku Y, Zhao Y, del Carmen H, Depaolo J, Cevasco M, Biscotti M, Wald J, Fried J, Takeda K Outcomes of prolonged support on surgically implanted microaxial left ventricular devices for refractory cardiogenic shock , JTCVS Open, 25: 2025,173-189