Paul J. Mather MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Section, Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Section
Dr. Mather is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Section of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the President of the American Heart Association Great Rivers Affiliate and is on the Board of Directors of the Heart Failure Society of America. He is also the Chair for the American College of Cardiology International Education Sessions.
Dr. Mather is a frequent presenter at local grand rounds as well as national meetings. His professional memberships include the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, where he is on the Heart Failure Council as well as the steering committee of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Database Committee. He also is a member of the American Society of Transplantation; and the Congestive Heart Failure Task Force of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. He was also the Co-Chair for the American College of Cardiology 59th Annual Scientific Sessions in 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the immediate past-President of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Region of the American Heart Association. He is the author or co-author of many journal articles and book chapters on heart failure, heart transplantation, echocardiography and related topics.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Mather received his doctor of medicine degree from the Temple University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital and remained there to complete a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases.