Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia Heart Institute - 2nd Floor
39th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact: Colleen O'Malley (215) 386-2400

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiovascular Medicine

Practice Location:

• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, PHI
• Penn Cardiac Care at Penn Medicine at Radnor

Education:

• MD: New Jersey Medical School
• Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
• Fellowship: Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Research Interest:

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Echocardiography (Transthoracic and Transesophogeal)
• Preventive Cardiology

Selected Publications:

1. VIGILANTE GJ, Weintraub WS, Klein LW, Schneider RM, Seelaus PA, Parr GVS, Agarwal JB, Helfant RH: Medical and Surgical Survival in Coronary Artery Disease in the 1980’s. American Journal of Cardiology 1986; 58:926-931.
2. VIGILANTE GJ, Weintraub WS, Klein LW, Schneider RM, Seelaus PA, Parr GVS, Lemole G, Agarwal JB, Helfant RH: Improved Survival with Coronary Bypass Surgery in Patients with Three Vessel Disease and Abnormal Left Ventricular Function: A Matched Case Control Study in Patients with Potentially Operable Disease. American Journal of Medicine 1987; 82:697-702.
3. Ghods M, Lighty GW, Ren JF, Rosner HM, VIGILANTE GJ, Sink J: Coronary Triastriatum in Adults. Video Journal of Echocardiography, April 1994; 17-20.
4. Ren JF, Strain J, Lighty GW, VIGILANTE GJ, Rosner HM, Iskandrian AS, Segal BL: Measurement yield and reproducibility of key M-mode and Doppler Echocardiographic Variables in the Elderly. Cardiology in the Elderly 1994; 2: 247-250.
5. Ren JF, Aksut S, Lighty GW, VIGILANTE GJ, Rosner HM, Hargrove WC, Sink JD, Segal BL: Communicating Versus Noncummunicating Acute Thoracic Dissection: Two Case Reports and Diagnostic Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography and Alternative Imaging Modalities. American Journal of Noninvasive Cardiology 1994; 8:238-243.
6. Ren JF, Aksut S, Lighty GW, VIGILANTE GJ, Rosner HM, Gioia G, Sink JD, Iskandrian AS, Hargrove WC: Effect of Mitral Valve Repair on Cardiac Function: Assessment by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Journal of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Procedures; Volume 12, Number 3, 1995. 171-180.
7. Ren JF, Aksut S, Lighty GW, VIGILANTE GJ, Sink JD, Segal BL, Hargrove WC: Mitral Valve Repair is Superior to Valve Replacement for the Early Preservation of Cardiac Function: Relation of Ventricular Geometry to Function. American Heart Journal: Volume 131, Number 5, May 1996, 974-981.