Penn Medicine Provider
Cardiology
Benjamin Joseph Vaccaro, MD
4.9
(480)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center Cherry Hill
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About me

  • Director, Heart Failure Program, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

483 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.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
he saved my life
May 2025
5.0
5.0
great doc
April 2025
5.0
5.0
answer all my question
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. vaccaro is not only professional but warm. when it comes to one's heart health, it can come with a lot of fear. family history doesn't bode well for me. i feel he is doing everything that can be done to ensure a healthy heart and life.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Vaccaro is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Ahmad T, Lund LH, Rao P, Ghosh R, Warier P, Vaccaro B, Dahlström U, O'Connor CM, Felker GM, Desai NR Machine Learning Methods Improve Prognostication, Identify Clinically Distinct Phenotypes, and Detect Heterogeneity in Response to Therapy in a Large Cohort of Heart Failure Patients. , J Am Heart Assoc, 7(8): 2018,e008081


Srinivasan D, Vaccaro B, Rao P, Ghosh R, Warier P, Ahmad T, Desai N Variation in Practive Patterns and Outcomes Across United Network for Organ Sharing Allocation Regions. , Clin Cardiol, 41(1): 2018,81-86


Vaccaro BJ, Lin BA, Crandall I, Sugeng L False Positive Agitated Saline Contrast after Visualized Clearance of Perflutran Lipid Microspheres. , the American Society of Echocardiography Conference. Baltimore, MD: 2017


Vaccaro B, Rao P, Ghosh R, Warier P, Jacoby D, Testani J, Bellumkonda L Chen M, Desai N, Ahmad T Application of Machine Learning Methods for Prediction of Outcomes after Cardiac Transplantation: Insights from the UNOS Database. , The American Heart Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, 134(1): 2016


Vaccaro BJ and Brennan J Stuck Between a Clot and a Cold Place: The Specter of Early In-Stent Thrombosis With Therapeutic Hypothermia. , JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 9(17): 2016,1812-1814


Vaccaro BJ, Kirtane AJ, Xu K, Witzenbichler B, Weisz G, Neumann FJ, Rinaldi MJ, Metzger C, Henry TD, Cox DA, Duffy PL, Brodie BR, Stuckey TD, Mazzaferri Jr E, Parise H, Mehran R, Stone GW Correlates of High Platelet Reactivity on Clopidogrel in 8,533 Patients: An ADAPT-DES Substudy. , Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference, San Francisco, CA, 62(18): 2013


Vaccaro B, Gonzalez S, Poneros JM, Stevens PD, Capiak KM, Abrams JA, Lightdale CJ Detection of Intestinal Metaplasia After Successful Eradication of Barrett's Esophagus with Radiofrequency Ablation. , Dig Dis Sci, 56(7): 2011,1996-2000


Ash S, Vaccaro BJ, Dabney MK, Chung WK, Lightdale CJ, Abrams JA Comparison of Endoscopic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Familial and Sporadic Barrett’s Esophagus. , Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 56(6): 2011,1702-1706


Green DA, Mlynarczyk CM, Vaccaro BJ, Capiak KC, Quante M, Lightdale CJ, Abrams JA Correlation between serum gastrin and cellular proliferation in Barrett's esophagus. , Therap Adv Gastroenterol, 4(2): 2011,89-94


Fallon B, Vaccaro B, Romano M, Clemente D Lyme Borriliosis: Neuropsychiatric Aspects and Neuropathology. , Psychiatric Annals, 36(2): 2006,120-128