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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

TUH – Main Campus

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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

TUH – Main Campus

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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

TUH – Main Campus

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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

TUH – Main Campus

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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

TUH – Main Campus

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Vladimir Lakhter

Vladimir Lakhter, DO

  • Associate Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Specialties

Interventional Cardiology

Locations

Fox Chase Cancer Center – Main 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
  • Physician Executive, Temple Heart & Vascular Institute
Specialties

Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery

Locations

TUH – Main Campus

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Care Team

Frances Rogers, MSN, CRNP

Rasheta Duval, RN

Lori A. Warren, RN

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