Associate Professor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania
Pulmonology
Dr. Vivek N. Ahya, MD
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Vivek Ahya works in the field of Pulmonology. He researched medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is ranked 30 in research and 52 in primary care medicine He received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Philadelphia Magazine", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Most Compassionate Doctor". Dr. Vivek N. Ahya is a published MD. He published 39 publications, including: 'Mechanical Ventilation after Lung Transplantation. It's Time for a Trial.' Vivek Ahya accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Mechanical Ventilation after Lung Transplantation. It's Time for a Trial.
- Interobserver variability in grading transbronchial Lung biopsy specimens after Lung transplantation.
- Decreased incidence of cytomegalovirus infection with sirolimus in a post hoc randomized, multicenter study in Lung transplantation.
- Plasmacytic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder: a case series of nine patients.
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after Lung transplantation: A review of 35 cases.
- Conventional and novel approaches to immunosuppression.
- Comparison of sirolimus with azathioprine in a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen in Lung transplantation.
- Increased risk of venous thromboembolism with a sirolimus-based immunosuppression regimen in Lung transplantation.
- Lung transplantation in autoimmune Diseases.
- Central airways obstruction due to Aspergillus fumigatus after Lung transplantation.
- Lung transplant outcomes in white and African American recipients: special focus on acute and Chronic rejection.
- Assessment of kidney function in Lung transplant candidates.
- Association between elevated whole blood Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded RNA EBV polymerase chain reaction and reduced incidence of acute Lung allograft rejection.
- Surgical therapies for Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Effects of Lung allocation score on waiting list rankings and transplant procedures.
- Multiple variables affecting blood usage in Lung transplantation.
- Noninfectious Pulmonary complications after lung transplantation.
- Hemodynamics and survival of patients with portoPulmonary hypertension.
- Renal and vestibular toxicity due to inhaled tobramycin in a Lung transplant recipient.
- The effect of primary graft dysfunction on survival after Lung transplantation.
- Impact of primary graft failure on outcomes following Lung transplantation.
- Pulmonary complications of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Donor transmission of malignant melanoma in a Lung transplant recipient 32 years after curative resection.
- Plasma levels of receptor for advanced glycation end products, blood transfusion, and risk of Primary graft dysfunction.
- Elevated Pulmonary artery pressure is a risk factor for primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation for idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis.
- Effect of single vs bilateral lung transplantation on plasma surfactant protein D levels in idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis.
- Elevated plasma clara cell secretory protein concentration is associated with high-grade Primary graft dysfunction.
- Elevated plasma long pentraxin-3 levels and primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation for idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis.
- Medical complications of Lung transplantation.
- Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction part VI: treatment.
- Serum protein electrophoresis abnormalities in adult solid organ transplant patients with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder.
- Treatment of PTLD with rituximab or chemotherapy.
- Association of clinical risk factors with functional status following Lung transplantation.
- A prospective cross-sectional study of BK virus infection in non-renal solid organ transplant recipients with Chronic renal dysfunction.
- Plasma cytokines and chemokines in primary graft dysfunction post-Lung transplantation.
- Risk factors for early primary graft dysfunction after Lung transplantation: a registry study.
- EBV PCR in the diagnosis and monitoring of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder: results of a two-arm prospective trial.
- High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for the treatment of benign Obstructive endobronchial granulation tissue.
Schools
Boston University School Of Medicine
Barnes Jewish Hospital
University Of Pennsylvania
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Asbestosis
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Philadelphia Magazine
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Most Compassionate Doctor
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Boston University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -
Pennsylvania Hospital -
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1346272697 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | AHYA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | VIVEK | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 19104 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Pulmonary Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 384.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1346272697 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | AHYA |
| First Name Of The Provider | VIVEK |
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