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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Doctors and Care Team

At Temple, we have one of the most experienced teams in the country to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We can offer patients a procedure called PTE surgery (pulmonary thromboendarterectomy), the only treatment proven to correct CTEPH.

Pulmonary Hypertension & Right Heart Failure Specialists

William R. Auger, MD

  • Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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Paul Forfia, MD

  • Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure & CTEPH Program, Temple University Hospital
  • Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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4.9
58 Patient Satisfaction Ratings

Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC, FASE, FACP

  • Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure & CTEPH Program, Temple University Hospital
  • Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship, Temple University Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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4.9
30 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
Interventional Cardiologists

Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC

  • Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Director, Vascular and Endovascular Medicine, Temple University Hospital
Specialties

Interventional Cardiology

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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Vladimir Lakhter, DO

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Specialties

Interventional Cardiology

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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Cardiovascular Surgeons

Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD

  • Professor, Surgery and William Maul Measey Chair, Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital
  • Surgical Director of Thoracic Transplantation, Temple University Hospital
  • Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Temple University Hospital
  • Co-Surgical Director, Temple Heart & Vascular Institute
Specialties

Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplantation

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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Leading the Nation in Curing this Rare Form of Pulmonary Hypertension

Temple recently achieved a clinical milestone by performing its 200th pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) – a complex procedure offered at only a handful of hospitals in the U.S.

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PHA Center of Comprehensive Care 2019-2023

Recognized Center of Excellence

The Temple Heart & Vascular Institute's Temple Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure & CTEPH/PTE Program has earned the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Center of Comprehensive Care designation for our demonstrated ability to effectively diagnose and treat patients with all forms of pulmonary hypertension.