Paul Forfia, MD

Clinical Interests

• Pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure
• Acute and chronic thromboembolic disease
• Right ventricular disease
• Valvular heart disease
• Cardiopulmonary diseases
• Cardiomyopathies
• Heart transplant
• Congenital heart disease associated pulmonary hypertension

Research Interests

• Right heart function
• Exercise physiology related to pulmonary hypertension and dyspnea
• Pulmonary hypertension
• CTEPH

Education

• MD, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Training

• Fellowship, Cardiology and Heart Failure/Transplant, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Residency, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Board Certification

• Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Internal Medicine

Memberships

• American College of Cardiology
• Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute
• International Society of Heart Lung Transplantation

Awards and Honors

• Top Doctors, Cardiovascular Disease, Philadelphia magazine, 2012-2018