Penn Medicine Provider
Cardiology
Sumeet Vaikunth, MD
5.0
(163)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Make an appointmentCall 215-615-4949

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Southern California
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

164 reviews

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May 2025
5.0
5.0
professional and knowledgeable
May 2025
5.0
5.0
i feel i'm getting the best care that i possibly can
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he was very informative, and took his time to answer all our questions
May 2025
5.0
5.0
we got treat. very well

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Vaikunth is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Vaikunth S, Sundaravel S, Saef J, Ortega-Legaspi J Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: of Medicines and Devices , Curr Heart Fail Rep: 2023

Saef J, Sundaravel S, Ortega-Legaspi J, Vaikunth S Safety and Treatment Experience With Sodium/glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease , J Card Fail, 29(6): 2023,974-975

Vaikunth SS, Murphy DJ, Tremmel JA, Schnittger I, Mitchell RS, Maeda K, Rogers IS Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging in D-Transposition of the Great Arteries Post-Arterial Switch , JACC Case Rep, 19(8): 2023,101730

Haeffele CL, Bykhovsky M, Vaikunth SS, Lui GK Long Term Follow Up of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease , Pediatric Cardiology: Fetal, Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology : 2023

Tedla BA, Kim YY, Vaikunth SS Novel Approaches to the Failing Congenital Heart , Current Cardiology Reports: 2023

Saef J, Montgomery R, Cedars A, Tang WHW, Rossano JW, Maeda K, Kim YY, Vaikunth SS Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Reviewing Clincal Considerations and Experience , J Clin Med, 11(11): 2022,3200

Vaikunth SS, Chan JL, Woo JP, Bykhovsky MR, Lui GK, Ma M, Romfh AW, Lamberti J, Mastrodicasa D, Fleischmann D, Fischbein MP Tetralogy of Fallot and Aortic Dissection: Implications in Management , JACC Case Rep, 4(10): 2022,581-586

Kim JL, Vaikunth SS, Haeffele C, MacArthur JW Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to heart-liver en bloc transplant in a patient with Fontan circulation , JTCVS Tech, 12: 2022,171-174

Vaikunth SS, Lui GK, Kim YY Fingers in a dike: Systemic approach to coiling of aortopulmonary and venovenous collaterals in the Fontan referred for transplantation , International Journal of Cardiology CHD , 6: 2021,100291

Vaikunth SS, Leonard MB, Whitehead KK, Goldberg DJ, Rychik J, Zemel BS, Avitabile CM Deficits in the Functional Muscle-Bone Unit in Youths with Fontan Physiology , J Pediatr: 2021,202-207