5.0 with 147 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Sumeet Vaikunth, MD

Cardiology

5.0 with 147 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Dr. Vaikunth is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Anomalies of Pulmonary Circulation
Anomalies of the Aorta
Anomalous Coronary Artery
Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
Aortic Coarctation
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Common Aortopulmonary Trunk
Congenital Anomaly of Great Veins
Congenital Aortic Valve Disease
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Infundibular Stenosis
Congenital Insufficiency of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Mitral Valve Disease
Congenital Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Congenital Pulmonary Valve Atresia
Congenital Stenosis of the Aortic Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Mitral Valve
Congenital Stenosis of the Pulmonary Valve
Congenital Subaortic Stenosis
Congenital Tricuspid Stenosis
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Cor Biloculare
Cor Triatriatum
Coronary Artery Anomaly
Cyanotic Heart Disease
Dextrocardia
Double Aortic Arch
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Double Outlet Ventricle
Ebstein Anomaly
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Endocardial Cushion Defect
Fontan Procedure Survivor
Heart Block
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Infundibular Right Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
Mitral Atresia
Obstructive Anomalies of the Heart
Ostium Primum Atrial Septal Defect
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Persistent Ostium Primum
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (PAVMs)
Pulmonary Artery Coarctation and Atresia
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS)
Pulmonic Valve Stenosis
Shone's Complex
Single Ventricle Defects
Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect
Subaortic Stenosis
Subvalvar Aortic Stenosis
Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Tricuspid Atresia
Tricuspid Atresia and Truncus Arteriosus
Tricuspid Stenosis
Trucus Arteriosus
Vascular Ring
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Vaikunth is part of these programs:

Board Certification

IM/Adult Congenital Heart Disease (AMA)
Internal Medicine, 2016

Education and Training

Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Residency: University of Southern California
Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center

Primary Location

Penn Heart and Vascular Center

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Map Call 215-615-4949

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

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Patient Rating

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147 Ratings

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Mar 7, 2025

very kind

Feb 7, 2025

nice guy. thorough and good w my son who has special needs

Jan 31, 2025

dr is very personable and is good at explaining technical information clearly

Jan 28, 2025

i recommend this doctor to friends in the future.

Jan 28, 2025

thorough and knowledgeable

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Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Vaikunth S, Sundaravel S, Saef J, Ortega-Legaspi J: Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Heart Failure in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: of Medicines and Devices Curr Heart Fail Rep : 2023.

Saef J, Sundaravel S, Ortega-Legaspi J, Vaikunth S: Safety and Treatment Experience With Sodium/glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease J Card Fail 29 (6): 974-975,2023.

Vaikunth SS, Murphy DJ, Tremmel JA, Schnittger I, Mitchell RS, Maeda K, Rogers IS: Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging in D-Transposition of the Great Arteries Post-Arterial Switch JACC Case Rep 19 (8): 101730,2023.

Haeffele CL, Bykhovsky M, Vaikunth SS, Lui GK: Long Term Follow Up of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Pediatric Cardiology: Fetal, Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology : 2023.

Tedla BA, Kim YY, Vaikunth SS: Novel Approaches to the Failing Congenital Heart Current Cardiology Reports : 2023.

Saef J, Montgomery R, Cedars A, Tang WHW, Rossano JW, Maeda K, Kim YY, Vaikunth SS: Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Reviewing Clincal Considerations and Experience J Clin Med 11 (11): 3200,2022.

Vaikunth SS, Chan JL, Woo JP, Bykhovsky MR, Lui GK, Ma M, Romfh AW, Lamberti J, Mastrodicasa D, Fleischmann D, Fischbein MP: Tetralogy of Fallot and Aortic Dissection: Implications in Management JACC Case Rep 4 (10): 581-586,2022.

Kim JL, Vaikunth SS, Haeffele C, MacArthur JW: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator as a bridge to heart-liver en bloc transplant in a patient with Fontan circulation JTCVS Tech 12 : 171-174,2022.

Vaikunth SS, Lui GK, Kim YY: Fingers in a dike: Systemic approach to coiling of aortopulmonary and venovenous collaterals in the Fontan referred for transplantation International Journal of Cardiology CHD 6 : 100291,2021.

Vaikunth SS, Leonard MB, Whitehead KK, Goldberg DJ, Rychik J, Zemel BS, Avitabile CM: Deficits in the Functional Muscle-Bone Unit in Youths with Fontan Physiology J Pediatr (238): 202-207,2021.

Academic Contact Information

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia , PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology, International
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on International Child Health and Section on Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, National
American College of Cardiology, National
American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, National