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, 2012-2019
Very good.
Always re-assuring, explains everything clearly you always learn something - compares in past results to prevent ones shows improvement state of health and scale of where you sand health-wise!! Team is excellent obviously & cares about his patients also!!!
Always a nice experience at Dr. Paul Forfia office along with all staff pleasant & informative.
I received excellent care and I feel my condition improved due to Dr. Forfia and staff.
Always a great experience with Dr. Forfia & his nurse [...] they are wonderful!
The staff and Clinicians at Dr. Paul Forfias office are second to none in efficiency caring and concerned.n. I always recommend them.
Excellent care
[...] Dr. Forfia is a hypertension specialist, not one to take care of my problem. However he was very nice and spent 40 min. with me discussing my overall health [...].
Dr. Forfia has improved my quality of life tremendously.
Dr. Forfia knowledge & expertise for my condition is phenomenal. [...]
Great
I have followed Dr. Forfia from [...] to Temple and have complete confidence in his care. He has taken me from terribly illl to very well. I'll keep coming back.
Very good doctor for my condition. Know his business very well and makes sure to help you feel your best by working with other medical staff.
would have like to ask questions/concerns but care provider was a little abrupt.
The day I met Dr. Forfia changed my life. I can never thank him and his team enough.
He's the best!
if Dr Forfia was a rock star, he'd be Bono from U2! The guy is amazing!!