Robert Van Ness Same, MD
Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center Pennsylvania Hospital
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

392 reviews

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December 2025
he's a great doctor.
December 2025
everyone was very pleasant
November 2025
very kind and understanding
October 2025
great doctor

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Same is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Same RV, Al Rifai M, Feldman DI, Billups KL, Brawner CA, Dardari ZA, Ehrman JK, Keteyian SJ, Al-Mallah MH, Blaha MJ Prognostic value of exercise capacity among men undergoing pharmacologic treatment for erectile dysfunction: The FIT Project , Clin Cardiol, 40(11): 2017,1049-54

Same RV, Bell DL, Rosenthal SL, Marcell AV Sexual and reproductive health care: adolescent and adult men's willingness to talk and preferred approach , Am J Prev Med, 47(2): 2014,175-81