Residency
Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant/MCS, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD
Rene J. Alvarez, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Section Chief, Advanced Heart Failure/ Cardiac Transplant/MCS
Lubert Family Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Contact Information
925 Chestnut Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-7087
215-503-3976 fax
Section Chief, Advanced Heart Failure/ Cardiac Transplant/MCS
Lubert Family Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Education
Publications
- Impact of waitlist weight change on outcomes in heart transplant recipients: a UNOS database analysis
- Individual Association of Predicted Left and Right Ventricular Mass Ratios With Survival After Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Database Analysis
- Preemptive temporary right ventricular assist device implantation for severe biventricular heart failure: A case series
- Peri-operative fever and LVAD: SIRS or impaired right ventricular strain?
- The impact of the OPTN policy change on patients with a durable left ventricular assist device and chronic kidney disease: Analysis of the UNOS database
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine– Subspecialty of Cardiovascular Disease
National Board of Medical Examiners
ASH – Clinical Specialist in Hypertension Designation