
Overview
Mark Schmidhofer, MD, is a cardiologist and is certified in cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is the medical director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit at UPMC Presbyterian and is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, and completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and his cardiology fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital. Dr. Schmidhofer's clinical interests include critical care cardiology and general cardiology. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology. He lives in Squirrel Hill with his wife and is a beekeeper.
Dr. Schmidhofer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Arrest, and Gastrostomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 20 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Cardiac Arrest.
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Locations
200 Lothrop Street, UPMC Presbyterian 5B Cardiology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
UPMC Heart & Vascular Institute - Mercy
Samir Saba, MD, is a cardiac electrophysiologist and is certified in cardiovascular diseases, cardiac electrophysiology, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is division chief of cardiology, co-director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, and a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 1993 and completed his residency at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston in 1996 followed by a fellowship in cardiology and cardiac EP at the same hospital in 2000. Dr. Saba is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Block, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Aditya Bhonsale is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bhonsale is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Sudarshan Balla is a Cardiologist in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Balla is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Arrest. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Endocarditis, Infective Endocarditis, Pacemaker Implantation, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Balla is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Heart AttackDr. Schmidhofer isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Schmidhofer isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Schmidhofer isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Schmidhofer isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Schmidhofer isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Schmidhofer isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Schmidhofer isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Schmidhofer isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Schmidhofer isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.

