Overview
Rene Alvarez is a Cardiologist and a Transplant Surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Alvarez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cor Pulmonale. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Tamponade, Heart Transplant, and Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. Dr. Alvarez is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 55 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 1 article in the study of Cor Pulmonale.
Insurance
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Locations
1101 Chestnut Street, Floor 9, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Alvarez has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Jefferson Cardiology - Honickman Center
Yair Lev is a Cardiologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lev is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cor Pulmonale. His top areas of expertise are Cor Pulmonale, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Infective Endocarditis, Pacemaker Implantation, and Aortic Valve Replacement.
Penn Cardiology Penn Presbyterian
Sameer Khandhar is a Cardiologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Khandhar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cor Pulmonale. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Embolism, Necrosis, Heart Attack, Embolectomy, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Khandhar is currently accepting new patients.
VNA Of Greater Philadelphia
Paul Forfia is a Cardiologist in Philadelphia,, Pennsylvania. Dr. Forfia is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cor Pulmonale. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Angioplasty, and Embolectomy.
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 FailureDr. Alvarez isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Advanced
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Alvarez isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cardiac TamponadeDr. Alvarez isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Tamponade.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Alvarez isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Heart TransplantDr. Alvarez isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Pulmonary EdemaDr. Alvarez isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Edema.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Alvarez isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Alvarez isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Alvarez isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Alvarez isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Alvarez isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Alvarez isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.