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Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure & CTEPH/PTE Program Doctors and Care Team

Temple's Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure & CTEPH/PTE Program is made up of highly experienced doctors who are nationally recognized in treating pulmonary hypertension. Learn more about them.

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure Specialists
Paul Forfia

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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Estefania Oliveros

Estefania Oliveros, MD, MSc

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Director of Research, Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure & CTEPH/PTE Program
  • Medical Director, Cardio-Obstetrics Program
Specialties

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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Ahmed S. Sadek

Ahmed S. Sadek, MD

  • Assistant 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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Anjali Vaidya

Anjali Vaidya, MD, FACC, FASE, FACP

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

Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure

Locations

Temple University Hospital

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Interventional Cardiologists
Riyaz Bashir

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

Vladimir Lakhter, DO

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

Interventional Cardiology

Locations

Temple University Hospital, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus

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Cardiovascular Surgeons
Yoshiya Toyoda

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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Care Team

Frances Rogers, MSN, CRNP

Rasheta Duval, RN

Lori A. Warren, RN

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Dr. Paul Forfia Pens Article for Healio Cardiology about Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy

Posted February 9, 2023

Dr. Paul Forfia wrote an article for Healio Cardiology about how the team at Temple Health helped a patient in her early 30s manage her pulmonary hypertension and have two children.

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Dr. Paul Forfia Discusses Pulmonary Hypertension with Sirius XM’s ‘Doctor Radio’

Posted November 8, 2022

Dr. Forfia discussed pulmonary hypertension as the show marked Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month.

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CTEPH Surgery Gave Me My Life Back

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Short of Breath with a History of Pulmonary Embolism?

Learn why you may need immediate treatment if you’re short of breath after having a pulmonary embolism. It can be a symptom of a serious condition called CTEPH.

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Related Clinical Trials

U.S. CTEPH Registry

IRB# 23016
  • Conditions: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH), Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)
  • Investigator: Paul Forfia, MD
  • Coordinator: Jennie Wong (215-707-5340)
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