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Val Rakita, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine

Val Rakita
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Contact Information

Contact Information

Phone

215-707-5744
About Me

Clinical Interests

  • Advanced Heart Failure
  • Mechanical Support
  • Total Artificial Heart
  • Cardiac Transplantation

Research Interests

  • Exercise Physiology in LVAD patients
Education, Training & Credentials

Educational Background

  • MD, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
  • Fellowship, Cardiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Echocardiography

Memberships

  • Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA)
  • American College of Cardiology
Publications

Digital Bibliography

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