Vivek N. Ahya, MD, MBA

Pulmonary Medicine

4.9 with 177 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Ahya is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Meet Dr. Ahya

Recognized by America's Top Doctors, 2012 - 2018

Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's annual Top Docs issues, 2012 - 2024

Abnormal Breathing
Abnormal Chest CT Scan
Acute Bronchiolitis due to Other Infectious Organisms
Acute Bronchitis
Airway Diseases
Airway Obstruction
Airway Scarring
Allergic Aspergillosis
Allergic Pneumonitis
Allergic Wheezing
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Asbestos Lung Disease
Aspiration Pneumonia (Aspiration Pneumonitis)
Asthma
Asthma Frequent Hospitalizations
Asthmatic Bronchitis
Atelectasis
Atypical Mycobacterium
Autoimmune Pleuritis
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP)
Birt Hogg Dube Syndrome
Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient with Lung Disease
Bronchial Diseases
Bronchiectasis
Bronchiolitis
Bronchitis
Bronchoscopy
Bronchospasm
Cardiogenic Shock
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Cough
Chronic Lung Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Chronic Respiratory Failure
Ciliary Dyskinesia
Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (Black Lung Disease)
Complex Sleep Apnea
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Cough
Cough Variant Asthma
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
CT Scan (Computed Tomography)
Double Lung Transplantation (Bilateral Sequential)
Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease
Dry Cough
Dyspnea
Dyspnea On Exertion
Emphysema
Empyema
Exercise Induced Asthma
Exercise Intolerance
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
Flu (Influenza)
Graft Versus Host Disease
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Heart and Lung Transplantation
Hemoptysis
Hepatic Hydrothorax
High Altitude Simulation Test
Hypercarbia
Hypoventilation Syndrome
Hypovolemia
Hypoxia
Interstitial Lung Disease
Kidney and Lung Transplantation
Laryngotracheitis
Legionnaires' Disease
Lingering Cough
Liver and Lung Transplantation
Lung Abscess
Lung Cancer Screening
Lung Cyst
Lung Disease
Lung Infection
Lung Infiltrate
Lung Nodule
Lung Transplant
Lung Transplant Evaluation
Lung Transplant Recipient
Lung Transplant Rejection
Lung Tumors
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Mechanical Ventilation
Multi-Organ Transplant
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Occupational Lung Disease
Organ Donation
Pleural Diseases
Pleural Effusion (Fluid in the Lung)
Pleural Thickening
Pleurisy
Pleuritic Pain
Pneumonia
Pneumonitis
Post-Infectious Cough
Pulmonary Bullae
Pulmonary Clearance for Surgery
Pulmonary Congestion
Pulmonary Embolism (Pulmonary Embolus)
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmonary Function Tests
Pulmonary Granuloma
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Sarcoid
Pulmonary Therapy
Radiation Pneumonitis
Reactive Airway Disease
Recurrent Lung Infections
Repeat Lung Transplant
Respiratory Diseases
Restrictive Lung Disease
Rheumatoid Lung Disease
Sarcoidosis
Septic Shock
Severe Cough
Silicosis
Single Lung Transplant
Smoker's Cough
Smoking related Disease
Solid Organ Transplant Recipient with Lung Disease
Spirometry
Sputum Production
Tracheobronchitis
Tuberculosis (TB)
Wheezing
Whooping Cough
X-Ray

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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. Ahya is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Pulmonary Disease, 2000

Education and Training

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Washington University, St. Louis
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Harron Lung Center Perelman

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
West Pavilion, 1st Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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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
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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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

Description of Research Expertise

Transplant Immunology

Selected Publications

Vivek N. Ahya MD, Steven M. Kawut, MD: Noninfectious complications following lung transplantation UpToDate : 2022.

Ahya Vivek N, Diamond Joshua M: Lung Transplantation The Medical clinics of North America 103 (3): 425-433,2019.

Hachem Ramsey R, Kamoun Malek, Budev Marie M, Askar Medhat, Ahya Vivek N, Lee James C, Levine Deborah J, Pollack Marilyn S, Dhillon Gundeep S, Weill David, Schechtman Kenneth B, Leard Lorriana E, Golden Jeffrey A, Baxter-Lowe LeeAnn, Mohanakumar Thalachallour, Tyan Dolly B, Yusen Roger D: Human leukocyte antigens antibodies after lung transplantation: Primary results of the HALT study. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 18 (9): 2285-2294,2018.

O'Malley, MB MSN, RN, ACNS-BC; Trotta, RL. PhD, RN; Rohrbach, J MSN; Ahya, VN MD, MBA; Bradway, C PhD, RN, GNP-BC: Project SITUP: An Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Aspiration Pneumonia. Journal of Nursing Care Quality 33 (2): 116-122,2018.

Tsai Donald E, Bagley Stephen, Reshef Ran, Shaked Abraham, Bloom Roy D, Ahya Vivek, Goldberg Lee, Chung Albert, Debonera Fotini, Schuster Stephen J, Huntington Scott F: The changing face of adult posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder: Changes in histology between 1999 and 2013. American journal of hematology 93 (7): 874-881,2018.

Courtwright Andrew M, Zaleski Derek, Gardo Lisa, Ahya Vivek N, Christie Jason D, Crespo Maria, Hadjiliadis Denis, Lee James, Molina Maria, Patel Namrata, Porteous Mary, Cantu Edward E, Bermudez Christian, Diamond Joshua M: Causes, Preventability, and Cost of Unplanned Rehospitalizations Within 30 Days of Discharge Following Lung Transplantation. Transplantation : 2018.

Ahya Vivek N: Noninfectious Acute Lung Injury Syndromes Early After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Clinics in chest medicine 38 (4): 595-606,2017.

Ahya Vivek N, Diamond Joshua M: Pulmonary Considerations in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Clinics in chest medicine 38 (4): xv-xvi,2017.

Ahya Vivek N: Counterpoint: Should United States Centers Transplant Solid Organs Into International Recipients? No. Chest : 2017.

Kapila Atul, Baz Maher A, Valentine Vincent G, Bhorade Sangeeta M; AIRSAC investigators: Reliability of diagnostic criteria for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation: a survey. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 34 (1): 65-74,2015.

Academic Contact Information

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9035 West Gates
3600 Spruce Street
Philadelphia , PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-4202
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Chest Physician, National
American Thoracic Society, International
International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation, International