Director, Experimental Interventional Cardiology
Professor of Medicine

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine Division
9th Floor Gates Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact: Denise Bray (215) 615-3060

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Interventional Cardiology

Practice Location:

• Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Ground Rhoads Pavilion

Education:

• MD: University of Amsterdam
• Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center / VAMC, Washington, DC
• Fellowship: Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University Medical Center

Research Interest:

• Local Drug and Gene Delivery to the Arterial Wall
• Vascular Response to Injury
• Diabetic Vascular Disease
• Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Local Gene Delivery to the Myocardium

Selected Publications:

1. Sonel A, Sasseen B, Fineberg N, Bang N, Wilensky RL. A prospective study correlating Fibrinopeptide A, Troponin I, Myoglobin, and Myosin Light Chain events and ischemic events in consecutive patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain. Circulation 102:1107-1113, 2000.
2. Klugherz B, Jones P, Cui X, Meneveau N, DeFelice S, Connolly J, Wilensky RL, Levy R. Gene delivery from a DNA- controlled release stent in porcine coronary arteries. Nature Biotech 18;1181-1184, 2000.
3. Suzuki T, Kopia G, Bailey LR, Hayashi S, Llano G, Wilensky RL, Klugherz BD, Papandreou G, Narayan P, Adelman S, Leon MB, Young AC, Tio F, Tsao PS, Falotico R, Carter AJ. Stent-based delivery of sirolimus reduces neointimal formation and in-stent restenosis in a porcine coronary model. Circulation 104; 1188-1193, 2001.
4. Klugherz BD, Llanos G, Lieuallen W, Kopia GA, Papandreau G, Narayanan P, Sasseen B, Adelman S, Falotico R, Wilensky RL. Twenty-eight day efficacy and pharmacokinetics of the sirolimus-eluting stent. Coron Artery Dis, 13;183-188, 2002.
5. Wilensky RL, Selzer F, Johnston J, Laskey WK, Klugherz BD, Block P, Cohen H, Detre K, Willialms DO. Relation of percutaneous coronary intervention of complex lesions to clinical outcomes (From the NHLBI Dynamic Registry). Am J Cardiol 90:216-221; 2002.