Penn Medicine Provider
Cardiology
Himabindu Vidula, MD, MS, FACC
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center

About me

  • Director, VAD Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Vidula is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Hack M, Wood KL, Bjelic M, Paic F, Vidula H, Cheyne C, Chase K, Tallman M, Bernstein W, Wyrobek JA, Alexis JD, Gosev I. Less Invasive Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Is Safe and Feasible in Patients With Smaller Body Surface Area , Innovations (Phila), 18(5): 2023,445-451


Huang DT, Gosev I, Wood KL, Vidula H, Stevenson W, Marchlinski F, Supple G, Zalawadiya SK, Weiss JP, Tung R, Tzou WS, Moss JD, Kancharla K, Chaudhry SP, Patel PJ, Khan AM, Schuger C, Rozen G, Kiernan MS, Couper GS, Leacche M, Molina EJ, Shah AD, Lloyd M, Sroubek J, Soltesz E, Shivkumar K, White C, Tankut S, Johnson BA, McNitt S, Kutyifa V, Zareba W, Goldenberg I. Design and characteristics of the prophylactic intra-operative ventricular arrhythmia ablation in high-risk LVAD candidates (PIVATAL) trial , Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 28(5): 2023,e13073


Armenia EM, Mackin ML, Karmilowicz P, Jawaid A, Hannon MV, Bajwa F, Thomas S, Vidula H, Alexis J, Soman P, Schwartz RG. What is this image? 2023 image 1 results: Precision high-resolution CZT SPECT imaging to evaluate cardiac aTTR amyloidosis , J Nucl Cardiol, 30(4): 2023,1301-1307


Sherazi S, Alexis JD, McNitt S, Polonsky B, Shah S, Younis A, Kutyifa V, Vidula H, Gosev I, Goldenberg I. Racial differences in clinical characteristics and readmission burden among patients with a left ventricular-assist device , Artif Organs, 47(8): 2023,1242-1249


Thohan V, Abraham J, Burdorf A, Sulemanjee N, Jaski B, Guglin M, Pagani FD, Vidula H, Majure DT, Napier R, Heywood TJ, Cogswell R, Dirckx N, Farrar DJ, Drakos SG; INTELLECT 2-HF Investigators. Use of a Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor to Manage Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices , Circ Heart Fail, 16(6): 2023,e009960


Iyengar A, Cohen W, Han J, Helmers M, Kelly JJ, Patrick W, Moss N, Molina EJ, Sheikh FH, Houston BA, Tedford RJ, Shore S, Vorovich EE, Hsich EM, Bensitel A, Alexander KM, Chaudhry SP, Vidula H, Kilic A, Genuardi MV, Birati EY, Atluri P. Effects of Body Mass Index on Presentation and Outcomes of COVID-19 among Heart Transplant and Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients: A Multi-Institutional Study , ASAIO J, 69: 2023,43-49


Aktas MK, Zareba W, Butler J, Younis A, McNitt S, Brown MW, Rao N, Rao N, Steinberg J, Chen L, Alexis JD, Vidula H, Goldenberg I. Confirm Rx insertable cardiac monitor for primary atrial fibrillation detection in high-risk heart failure patients (Confirm-AF trial) , Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 28(1): 2023,e13021


Chaudhry SP, DeVore AD, Vidula H, Nassif M, Mudy K, Birati EY, Gong T, Atluri P, Pham D, Sun B, Bansal A, Najjar SS; Future Leaders In Growing Heart Failure Therapies (FLIGHT) Investigators. Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Primer For the General Cardiologist , J Am Heart Assoc, 11: 2022,e027251


Bjelic M, Wood KL, Simon BV, Vidula H, Cheyne C, Chase K, Wu IY, Alexis JD, McNitt S, Goldenberg I, Gosev I. Left atrial appendage exclusion with less invasive left ventricular assist device implantation , J Card Surg, 37(12): 2022,4967-4974


Bjelic M, Vidula H, Wu IY, McNitt S, Barrus B, Cheyne C, Chase K, Zottola Z, Alexis JD, Goldenberg I, Gosev I. Impact of surgical approach for left ventricular assist device implantation on postoperative invasive hemodynamics and right ventricular failure , J Card Surg, 37(10): 2022,3072-3081