Robert Klinghoffer Wenger, MD

Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

5.0 with 45 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Robert Klinghoffer Wenger, MD

Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

5.0 with 45 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Wenger is a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health physician.

Call 717-544-4995 Request Appointment

Meet Dr. Wenger

Recognized by America's Top Doctors for 2017

Recognized by Main Line Today's 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Top Doctor's issue

Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's 2016 Top Docs issue

Aneurysm Repair Surgery
Aortic Arch Aneurysm
Aortic Root Replacement
Aortic Ulcer
Aortic Valve Procedures
Aortic Valve Sclerosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Aortic Valve Surgery
Atrial Septal Defect Repair
Bloodless Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Circulatory Assist Devices
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)
Decortication of Lung
Embolectomy
Epicardial Lead Placement
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
Impella Insertion
Impella Management
Infiltrative Disorders of the Heart
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Left Ventricular Assist Device
Marfan Syndrome
Maze Procedure (Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation)
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Median Sternotomy
Mediastinitis
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery
Mitral Regurgitation
Mitral Stenosis
Mitral Valve Replacement
Mitral Valve Surgery
Myocardial Bridge
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Paravalvular Leak Closure
Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
Pericardial Effusion
Pericardiocentesis
Pericardiotomy
Prosthetic Heart Valves
Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Reoperative Cardiac Surgery
Replacement of Heart Valve
Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
Rupture of Papillary Muscle
Thoracic Aneurysm Repair
Thrombectomy
Tricuspid Stenosis
Tricuspid Valve Disease
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Tube Pericardiostomy
Valvuloplasty
Ventricular Aneurysm
Ventricular Septal Defect Repair

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Board Certification

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, 1996

Education and Training

Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania; Emory University Hospital

Primary Location

LG Health Physicians Cardiothoracic Surgery

Lancaster General Health Downtown Pavilion
Suite 110
540 N Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602

Map Call 717-544-4995

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Capital Blue Cross
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Preferred Health Care/PA Preferred Health Networks
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UPMC Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program
Vibra Health Plan

Selected Publications

Wenger RK, Mortensen JD.: The intravascular oxygenator Ivox: Augmentation of blood-gas transfer. In Mora CT, ed.: Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Techniques of Extracorporeal Circulation.New York: Springer-Verlag. : 450-458,1995.

Mansour KA, Wenger RK.: T-tube management of late esophageal perforations. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics 175 (6): 571-572,1992.

Ratcliffe MB, Bavaria JE, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH Jr.: Left ventricular mechanics of ejecting, postischemic hearts during left ventricular circulatory assistance. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 101 (2): 245-255,1991.

Wenger RK, Lukasiewicz H, Mikuta BS, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr.: Loss of platelet fibrinogen receptors during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 97 (2): 235-239,1989.

Wenger RK, Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Bogen D, Edmunds LH Jr.: Flow dynamics of peripheral venous catheters during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with a centrifugal pump. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 96 (3): 478-484,1988.

Bavaria JE, Ratcliffe MB, Gupta KB, Wenger RK, Bogen DK, Edmunds LH Jr.: Changes in left ventricular systolic wall stress during biventricular circulatory assistance. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 45 (5): 526-532,1988.

Gluszko P, Rucinski B, Musial J, Wenger RK, Schmaier AH, Colman RW, Edmunds LH Jr, Niewiarowski S.: Fibrinogen receptors in platelet adhesion to surfaces of extracorporeal circuit. American Journal of Physiology 252 (3 (Pt2)): H615-621,1987.

Wachtfogel YT, Kucich U, Greenplate J, Gluszko P, Abrams W, Weinbaum G, Wenger RK, Rucinski B, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr.: Human neutrophil degranulation during extracorporeal circulation. Blood 69 (1): 324-330,1987.

Wenger RK, Gluszko P, Schmaier A, Rucinski B, Greenplate J, Stewart G, Niewiarowski S, Edmunds LH Jr.: Platelet adherence to synthetic surfaces. Surgical Forum XXXVII : 1986.

Academic Contact Information

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chester County Hospital
701 East Marshall Street, 2nd Floor
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: 610-738-2690
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Surgeons (Fellow), National
Chester County Medical Society, Local
Heritage Committee for Archives for Women in Medicine, Local
International Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery, International
Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local
Society of Thoracic Surgeons, National