Director, Cardiac Care Unit
Associate, Heart Failure/Transplant Program
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia Heart Institute - 4th Floor
39th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2699

Appointments
Contact: Vanessa Plummer (215) 662-9787

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Heart Failure / Heart Transplantation

Practice Location:

• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, 2nd Floor, PHI, Suite 2B
• Penn Cardiology at Cherry Hill, 1400 E. Route 70, Cherry Hill, NJ

Education:

• MD: University of Pennsylvania
• Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Research Interest:

• Medical and Surgical Therapy of Heart Failure
• Amyloid Heart Disease

Selected Publications:

1. Drachman BM, DeNofrio D, Acker MA, Galetta S, Loh E. Cortical blindness secondary to cyclosporine following orthotopic heart transplantation: a case report and review of the literature. J Heart Lung Transplant 1996;15:1158-64.
2. Drachman BM, Loh E. The use of digoxin in congestive heart failure. In: Rose BD, ed. UpToDate in Cardiology. Boston, Massachusetts: BDR, Inc.
3. Drachman BM, Loh E. The role of immunosuppression in the treatment of myocarditis. In: Rose BD, ed. UpToDate in Cardiology. Boston, Massachusetts: BDR, Inc.