Michael S. Parmacek, MD
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chair, Department of Medicine
- Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Michigan Health
- Fellowship: Northwestern Medical Center
- Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Health
Spoken languages
English
English
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)
- 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: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Cardiovascular Disease, 1987
- Internal Medicine, 1984
- AAIM Research Committee, National
- Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), National
- American College of Cardiology, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Federation of Clinical Research, National
- American Heart Association, National
- American Heart Association, National
- American Heart Association Basic Research Council, National
- American Heart Association, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, National
- American Society for Microbiology, National
- APM Nominating Committee, National
- APM Williams Award Selection Committee, National
- Association of American Physicians (AAP), National
- Association of Professor of Medicine (APM), National
- Association of Professors of Cardiology, National
- Association of Subspecialty Professors, National
- Association of University Cardiologists, National
- Cardiac Muscle Society, National
- Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Local
- CHIBE-Roybal Center Internal and External Advisory Boards, National
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Local
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Health Research Advisory Committee (Speaker of the House Nominee), Local
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, National
- International Society for Heart Research, National
- John Morgan Society, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Medical Club of Philadelphia, Local
- Member, Basic Science Chairs, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- National Academy of Medicine, National
- National Academy of Medicine Human Rights, National
- National Clinical Scholars Program, Perelman School of Medicine, Local
- NIH NHLBI, National
- NIH NHLBI, National
- NIH NHLBI, Board of Scientific Councilors, National
- North American Vascular Biology Organization, National
- Orphan Disease Center Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania, National
- Penn Cardiovascular Institute Advisory Board, Local
- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- President, Association of Professors of Medicine, National
- Third Consensus Conference on the Physician Investigator Workforce, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Huang J, Elicker J, Bowens N, Liu X, Cheng L, Cappola TP, Zhu X, Parmacek MS Myocardin regulates BMP10 expression and is required for heart development , The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 122(10): 2012,3678-91
Li J, Bowens N, Cheng L, Zhu X, Chen M, Hannenhalli S, Cappola TP, Parmacek MS Myocardin-like protein 2 regulates TGFβ signaling in embryonic stem cells and the developing vasculature , Development (Cambridge, England), 139(19): 2012,3531-42
Rong L, Liu J, Qi Y, Graham AM, Parmacek MS, Li S GATA-6 promotes cell survival by up-regulating BMP-2 expression during embryonic stem cell differentiation , Molecular Biology of the Cell, 23(18): 2012,3754-63
Rader DJ, Parmacek MS Secreted miRNAs suppress atherogenesis , Nature Cell Biology, 14(3): 2012,233-5
Shen D, Li J, Lepore JJ, Anderson TJ, Sinha S, Lin AY, Cheng L, Cohen ED, Roberts JD Jr, Dedhar S, Parmacek MS, Gerszten RE Aortic aneurysm generation in mice with targeted deletion of integrin-linked kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells , Circulation Research, 109(6): 2011,616-28
Huang J, Lu MM, Cheng L, Li J, Zhu X, Stout A, Chen M, Li J, Parmacek MS Myocardin is required for cardiomyocyte survival and maintenance of heart function , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA: 2009,18734-18739
Parmacek MS, Epstein JA Cardiomyocyte Renewal , N Engl J Med, 2(361): 2009,86-8
Zhang Z, Goss AM, Cohen ED, Kadzik R, Lepore JJ, Muthukumaraswamy K, Yang J, DeMayo F, Whitsett JA, Parmacek MS, Morrisey EE A Gata6-Wnt pathway required for epithelial stem cell development and airway regeneration , Nature Genetics, 40(7): 2008,862-70
Huang J, Cheng L, Li J, Chen M, Zhou D, Lu MM, Proweller A, Epstein JA, Parmacek MS Myocardin regulates smooth muscle cell contractile genes required for closure of the ductus arteriosus , J Clin Invest, 118(2): 2008,515-25
Proweller A, Wright AC, Horng D, Cheng L, Lu MM, Lepore JJ, Pear WS, Parmacek MS Notch signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells is required to pattern the cerebral vasculature , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 104(41): 2007,16275-80