Archna Bajaj, MD

4.8 with 198 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Archna Bajaj, MD

4.8 with 198 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Translational Medicine and Human Genetics)
Dr. Bajaj is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Bajaj is part of these programs:

Education and Training

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital

Primary Location

Penn Heart and Vascular Center

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
Multiplan
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Description of Research Expertise

lipids, cholesterol, preventive cardiology, clinical trials, lipoprotein(a), familial hypercholesterolemia

Selected Publications

Marlys L. Koschinsky, Archna Bajaj, Michael B. Boffa, Dave L. Dixon, Keith C. Ferdinand, Samuel S. Gidding, Edward A. Gill, Terry A. Jacobson, Erin D. Michos, Maya S. Safarova, Daniel E. Soffer, Pam R. Taub, Michael J. Wilkinson, Don P. Wilson, Christie M. Ballantyne: A focused update to the 2019 NLA scientific statement on use of lipoprotein(a) in clinical practice Journal of Clinical Lipidology : 2024.

Wilkinson MJ, Bajaj A, Brousseau ME, Taub PR: Harnessing RNA Interference for Cholesterol Lowering: The Bench‐to‐Bedside Story of Inclisiran JAHA : 2024.

Daniel J Rader, Archna Bajaj: Lipoprotein(a) and Oxidized Phospholipids: Partners in Crime or Individual Perpetrators in Cardiovascular Disease? JACC : 2023.

Archna Bajaj, Marina Cuchel: From supravalvular to valvular aortic stenosis: are statins contributing tot he phenotypic shift in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia? European Heart Journal : 2022.

Bajaj A, Rader DJ.: Antisense oligonucleotides for atherosclerotic disease Nat Med 26 (4): 2020.

Bajaj A, Cuchel M.: Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: what treatments are on the horizon? Curr Opin Lipidol 31 (3): 2020.

Bajaj A, Ihegword A, Qiu C, Small AM, Wei WQ, Bastarache L, Feng Q, Kember RL, Risman M, Bloom RD, Birtwell DL, Williams H, Shaffer CM, Chen J, Center RG, Denny JC, Rader DJ, Stein CM, Damrauer SM, Susztak K.: Phenome-wide association analysis suggests the APOL1 linked disease spectrum primarily drives kidney-specific pathways Kidney Int 97 (5): 2020.

Bajaj A, Xie D, Cedillo-Couvert E, Charleston J, Chen J, Deo R, Feldman HI, Go AS, He J, Horwitz E, Kallem R, Rahman M, Weir MR, Anderson AH, Rader DJ; CRIC Study Investigators.: Lipids, Apolipoproteins, and Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Persons With CKD Am J Kidney Dis 73 (6): 2019.

Rader DJ, Bajaj A, Khetarpal SA.: Deep Apolipoprotein Proteomics to Uncover Mechanisms of Coronary Disease Risk J Am Coll Cardiol 69 : 801-804,2017.

Bajaj A, Damrauer SM, Anderson AH, Xie D, Budoff MJ, Go AS, He J, Lash JP, Ojo A, Post WS, Rahman M, Reilly MP, Saleheen D, Townsend RR, Chen J, Rader DJ; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators*.: Lipoprotein(a) and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death in Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the CRIC Study (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort) Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 37 (10): 2017.

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Academic Contact Information

3400 Spruce Street
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9010 Maloney Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-7197
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Heart Association, National
National Lipid Association, National