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Acute Pulmonary Embolism Doctors and Care Team

Our team of specialists provides advanced diagnosis and treatment options for patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

IMPORTANT: Pulmonary embolism can be life-threatening. Seek immediate medical attention if you experience unexplained shortness of breath, chest pain or a cough that produces bloody sputum.

Temple Providers

Physicians who are employed by or contracted with Temple University, Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Group, Inc., Temple Physicians, Inc. or CHH Community Health.

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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David M. Fiss

David M. Fiss, MD

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

Interventional Cardiology

Locations

TUH – Main Campus, TUH – Jeanes Campus

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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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Brian O'Murchu

Brian O'Murchu, MD, FACC

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

Interventional Cardiology

Locations

TUH – Main Campus

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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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Roh Yanagida

Roh Yanagida, MD, PhD, FACS

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

Thoracic Surgery, Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery

Locations

TUH – Main Campus

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Posted November 22, 2024

A novel “on-the-table” therapeutic strategy with a total procedure time of less than one hour can safely reduce the size of blood clots lodged in the pulmonary arteries and eliminate the need for post-procedural drug infusion in an intensive care unit, according to Katz School of Medicine research.

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Endovascular Engineering ENGULF Study (ENGULF)

TIRB#: 31667
  • Conditions: Pulmonary Embolism
  • Investigator: Parth Rali, MD
  • Coordinator: Gayle Jones, Kim Selwood
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