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Michael A. Acker, M.D.
Cardiovascular Surgery

Administrative Office:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
6 Silverstein Pavilion
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Administrative Assistants:
Geri Iannelli and Lori Kirlin
Administrative Telephone: 215-349-8305
Administrative Fax: 215-349-5798
Patient Appointments: 215-349-8305

Clinical Offices:
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
6 Silverstein Pavilion
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Clinical Telephone: 215-349-8305
Clinical Fax: 215-349-5798
Patient Appointments: 215-349-8305

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Surgery
39th & Market Streets
101 Medical Arts Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Clinical Telephone: 215-662-9595
Clinical Fax: 215-243-3243
Patient Appointments: 215-662-9595

Contact Information (internal use only)

michael.acker@uphs.upenn.edu 

 

Michael A. Acker, M.D. is the Chief of the Cardiovascular Surgery Division at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and is an Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Programs. He maintains an active surgical practice focusing on the care of patients with end-stage heart failure, coronary artery disease and valvular disease. In addition, he has a special expertise in mitral valve repair for advanced myxomatous disease or in patients with end-stage heart failure. He is a national leader in the use of mechanical assist devices as a bridge to transplantation or as permanent therapy for end-stage heart failure. He is director of an active research laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania investigating both biologic and mechanical ventricular assistance.
 


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