Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging
- Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Professor of Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Universidad del Valle
- Residency: University of Alabama Medical Center
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Washington Hospitals
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
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.
- Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Cardiovascular Disease, 2015
- Nuclear Medicine
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Bravo PE, Vita TS, Taqueti V, Veillet-Chowdhury M, Steigner M, Skali H, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF, Blankstein R. Detection of Myocardial Inflammation by T2-weighted Imaging on Cardiac MRI versus FDG PET Among Patients with Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis. , 22nd Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: 2017
Bravo PE, Fujijura K, Kijewski MF, Jacob S, Sticka W, Dubey S, Belanger A, Park M, Di Carli MF, Falk RH, Dorbala S. Apical Sparing of Longitudinal Strain Cannot be Explained by Regional Differences in Florbetapir Retention in Cardiac Amyloidosis. ASNC, 22nd Annual Scientific Session. , 22nd Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: 2017
Bravo PE, Raghu G, Rosenthal DG, Elman S, Petek BJ, Soine LA, Maki JH, Branch KR, Masri SC, Patton KK, Caldwell JH, Krieger EV Risk assessment of patients with clinical manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis with positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging , International Journal of Cardiology, 15(241): 2017,457-462
Gupta A, Taqueti VR, van de Hoef TP, Bajaj NS, Bravo PE, Murthy VL, Osborne MT, Seidelmann SB, Vita TS, Bibbo CF, Harrington M, Hainer J, Rimoldi O, Dorbala S, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R, Camici PG, Di Carli MF Integrated Non-invasive Physiological Assessment of Coronary Circulatory Function and Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease , Circulation, 136(24): 2017,2325-2336
Bravo PE, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S Role of PET to evaluate coronary microvascular dysfunction in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies , Heart Failure Reviews, 22(4): 2017,455-464
Bravo PE, Dorbala S. Targeted Nuclear Imaging Probes for Cardiac Amyloidosis. , Current Cardiology Reports, 19(7): 2017,59
Bravo PE, Taqueti VR Cardiac MRI vs. PET for the Evaluation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Consider MRI First , American College of Cardiology: 2017
Bravo PE, Tahari A, Pozios I, Luo HC, Bengel FM, Wahl RL, Abraham MR, Abraham TP Apparent Left Ventricular Cavity Dilatation during PET/CT in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Clinical Predictors and Potential Mechanisms , Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 23(6): 2016,1304-1314
Seidelmann SB, Claggett B, Bravo PE, Gupta A, Farhad H, Klein BE, Klein, R, Di Carli MF, Solomon SD Retinal Vessel Calibers in Predicting Longterm Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study , Circulation, 134(18): 2016,1328-1338
Okada DR, Bravo PE, Vita T, Agarwal V, Osborne MT, Taqueti V, Skali H, Chareonthaitawee P, Dorbala S, Stewart G, Di Carli M, Blankstein R. Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A focused review of an under-recognized entity , J Nucl Cardiol, 25(4): 2016,1136-1146