Penn Medicine Provider
Cardiology
Lee R. Goldberg, MD, MPH
5.0
(238)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center

About me

  • Section Chief, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant
  • Vice Chair, Medicine for Informatics
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

238 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
dr. goldberg is very thorough and i believe generally cares about his patients!
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he is caring and extremely knowledgeable
May 2025
5.0
5.0
dr goldberg is the best
April 2025
5.0
5.0
he is well versed in his craft

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: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Goldberg is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Elmariah S, Goldberg LR, Allen MT, Kao A The effects of race on peak oxygen consumption and survival in patients with systolic dysfunction , Journal of Cardiac Failure, 16(4): 2010,332-9


Riegel B, Sayers S, Goldberg L, Weaver T, Jurkovitz C, Weintraub W, Potashnik S, Fleck D, Ratcliffe S Determinants of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adults With Heart Failure , Circulation, 120: 2009,S515


Riegel B, Potashnik S, Goldberg L, Weaver T, Weintraub W, Fleck D, Sayers S Is There a Better Way to Screen for Sleep Disordered Breathing in Adults With Heart Failure? , Circulation, 120: 2009,S864


Flynn KE, Lin L, Ellis SJ, Russell SD, Spertus JA, Whellan DJ, Piña IL, Fine LJ, Schulman KA, Weinfurt KP Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure. , American Heart Journal, 158(4 Suppl): 2009,S64-71


Forman DE1, Clare R, Kitzman DW, Ellis SJ, Fleg JL, Chiara T, Fletcher G, Kraus WE Relationship of age and exercise performance in patients with heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. , American Heart Journal, 158(4 Suppl): 2009,S6-S15


Atchley AE1, Kitzman DW, Whellan DJ, Iskandrian AE, Ellis SJ, Pagnanelli RA, Kao A, Abdul-Nour K, O'Connor CM, Ewald G, Kraus WE, Borges-Neto S Myocardial perfusion, function, and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: baseline results from the single-photon emission computed tomography imaging ancillary study of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION) Trial. , American Heart Journal, 158(4 Suppl): 2009,S53-63


Horwich TB1, Leifer ES, Brawner CA, Fitz-Gerald MB, Fonarow GC The relationship between body mass index and cardiopulmonary exercise testing in chronic systolic heart failure. , American Heart Journal, 158(4 Suppl): 2009,S31-6


Felker GM1, Whellan D, Kraus WE, Clare R, Zannad F, Donahue M, Adams K, McKelvie R, Piña IL, O'Connor CM N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study. , American Heart Journal, 158(4 Suppl): 2009,S37-44


Gardin JM1, Leifer ES, Fleg JL, Whellan D, Kokkinos P, Leblanc MH, Wolfel E, Kitzman DW Relationship of Doppler-Echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic function to exercise performance in systolic heart failure: the HF-ACTION study. , American Heart Journal, 158(4 Suppl): 2009,S45-52


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