Howard J. Eisen, MD

Professor

Howard Eisen, MD

Contact

925 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Howard J. Eisen, MD

Professor

Education

Medical School

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - 1981

Residency

Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - 1984

Fellowship

Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - 1987

Publications

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • National Board of Medical Examiners

Awards & Honors

1981 Pincus Prize for Outstanding Achievement as a Clinician, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1981 Finalist, Spencer Morris Prize Competition, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

1989 Special Investigatorship, American Heart Association, Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate

1989 Louis R. Dinon Teaching Award (presented by Medical Student Body - University of Pennsylvania)

1989 Bayer Fund for Cardiovascular Research Award

1992 Merck Young Investigator in Heart Failure

1993 Henry Christian Award for Excellence in Research, American Federation for Clinical Research-Cardiobiology (Senior Investigator)

1993 Henry Christian Award for Excellence in Research, American Federation for Clinical Research-Immunology (First Author and Senior Investigator)

1993 The Donna K. McCurdy Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

1995 Jonathan Dehaan Visiting Professorship, Indiana Heart Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana Howard J. Eisen, MD

1996 Established Investigatorship, American Heart Association National Center

1996-present Listed in "The Best Doctors in America

1997 Visiting Professor, Episcopal Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

1998 American Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate Special Service Award

1998-present Listed in “Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare

1998-present Listed in “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

1999-present Listed in “Who’s Who in America (1999-present)”

1996-present Listed as one of "Top Doctors" in Philadelphia by Philadelphia Magazine, May 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004-2018

1998-present Listed in Castle-Connolly Top Doctors in America

1998-present Listed in Best Doctors in America

2001 Knight, Ecumenical Hospitaller Order of St. Johns-Knights of Malta

2001 Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota

2001-present Member, NHLBI Training Grant, KO-8, R23 Special Emphasis Study Sections

2000, 2002, Ad Hoc Member, NIH Transplantation Study Section

2002 American Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate Advocacy Award

2002 Member, NIH Cardiac Resuscitation, Molecular Imaging Special Emphasis Study Sections

2002-2004 Member, NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Clinical Research Training Grant Study Section

2002-present Member, NIH NRSA Training Grant Study Section (ad hoc)

2002-2003 Member, NIH Molecular Imaging Study Section

2003 American Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania All-Around Champion Award

2004 Visiting Professor, Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI

2004 Visiting Professor, Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA

Member, Thoracic Committee, American Society of Transplantation

2004 Million Dollar Research Club, Temple University (for faculty with more than one million dollars in grant support since 2001)

2004 Visiting Professor, Division of Cardiology, New York University

2004 Visiting Professor, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington

2005 Outgoing President Award, American Heart Association

2006 Alumni Service Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

2011 Visiting Professor, University of Cordoba, Spain

2012-present Superdoctor by Superdoctors.com Howard J. Eisen, M 

2012 Keynote Speaker, Sejong General Hospital Cardiovascular Symposium. Seoul, South Korea

2013 Keynote Speaker, Sejong General Hospital Cardiovascular Symposium. Seoul, South Korea

2013 Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MI

2014 Visting Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

2015 Keynote Speaker, Spanish Transplantation Society, Santander, Spain

2016 Smith-Oliver Society Alumni Visiting Professor, Division of Cardiology. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

2017 Selected to be on Forbes’ Cardiologists Honor Roll (one of 27 in the nation and the only one in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania)

2019 Elected to be a member of the Association of University of Cardiologists (Honor Society)

2020 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Division of Cardiology

2021 Recognized by Expertscape as one of the top ten (#7) transplant cardiologists in the world.

2021 2021 Career Citation Milestone Award,