Howard J. Eisen, MD

Who's Who Site Administrator

Title: Cardiologist
Company: Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute
Location:  Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States

Affiliations/Associations/Societies:

  • Alpha Omega Alpha (member, National Board of Directors, 1980-1983)
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American College of Cardiology, Fellow
  • American College of Physicians, Fellow
  • American Federation for Clinical Research (Chairman, Eastern Section, 1993-1994) (Coordinator, Southeastern Pennsylvania Medical Schools Representatives, 1990-1994) (Eastern Councilor, 1989-1993) (member, National and Public Policy Councils, 1992-1995) (National Councilor for Eastern Section, 1994-1995) (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Representative, 1989-1993)
  • American Heart Association (Cardiac Development Grant Review Committee Co-Chair, 2016-Present) (Great Valleys Affiliate Research Committee, 2007-2009) (Special Focused Heart Failure Network Grant Review Committee, 2016-Present) (Mid-Atlantic Consortium Research Grant Review Committee, Chair, 1998-1999)(Grant Evaluation Committee, 2006-2008) (Precision Medicine Catalyst Grants Committee Chair, 2016-Present)
  • American Heart Association, Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee, Vice Chairperson)
  • American Heart Association, Council on Basic Science, Fellow
  • American Heart Association, Council on Thrombosis, Fellow
  • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (Founding Member)
  • American Society of Transplant Physicians
  • American Society of Transplantation, Fellow (Grants Committee, member, 2012-2015) (Nominating Committee, 2007-2008) (Thoracic Committee, Chair, 2007-2008) (Thoracic Committee, Co-chair, 2006-2007) (Thoracic Committee, member, 2004-2006)
  • American Society of Transplantation-American College of Chest Physicians (Chair, Committee, Grant Review, 2005-2007)
  • American Transplant Congress (Abstract Reviewer, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
  • Association of University Cardiologists (AUC) (2019-Present)
  • Cardiac Transplant Research Database (executive committee member (1999-Present) (vice president, 2007-2009)
  • Council on Clinical Cardiology
  • European Society of Cardiology, Fellow (2016)
  • Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Fellow (Finance Committee, 2016)
  • International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (Member, Program Committee, 2004-2005, 2007-2008, 2013-2014, 2016-2017)
  • Medicine Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cardiac Resuscitation, Molecular Imaging Special Emphasis Study Sections (member, 2002)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Mentored Patient-Oriented Clinical Research Training Grant Study Section (member, 2002-2004)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH), Molecular Imaging Study Section (member, 2002-2003)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH), Transplantation Study Section (Ad Hoc Member, 2002, 2000)
  • NHLBI Training Grant, KO-8, R23 Special Emphasis Study Sections (member, 2001-Present)
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) (Abstract Reviewer, 1997-2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014-2018)(Basic Science Liaison to ISHLT Links Online Journal 2013-Present) (Board of Directors, 2016-2019) (Education Committee, 2016-2017) (Education Task Force, 2015-2016) (Innovation and Strategic Planning Task Force, 2016) (International and Inter-Society Coordination Committee (I2C2), Co-Chair, 2015-Present) (Symposium and Program Planning Committee, 2017)
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Washington University School of Medicine Missouri, Fellow
  • Working Group of Transplant Cardiologists

Achievements:

  • Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021)
  • Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2021)
  • Featured, “The Best Doctors in America” (1996-Present)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the World,” Marquis Who’s Who (2006-Present)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Grant Study Section (Ad Hoc Member, 2002-Present)
  • Listed, Best Doctors in America (1998-Present)
  • Listed, Castle-Connolly Top Doctors in America (1998-Present)
  • Listee, Superdoctors.com (2012-Present)
  • Recognized, “Top Doctors: Philadelphia” Philadelphia Magazine” (1996-Present)
  • Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2020)
  • Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2020)
  • Elected Member, Association of University of Cardiologists (2019)
  • Selected to be on Forbes Cardiologists Honor Roll (one of 27 in the nation and the only one in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania) (2017)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1999-2016)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in the East,” Marquis Who’s Who (2001-2016)
  • Smith-Oliver Society Alumni Visiting Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Louis, MO (2016)
  • Keynote Speaker, Spanish Transplantation Society, Santander, Spain (2015)
  • Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare,” Marquis Who’s Who (1998-2012)
  • Featured, Listee, “Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” Marquis Who’s Who (2000-2012)
  • Keynote Speaker, Sejong General Hospital Cardiovascular Symposium, Seoul, South Korea (2013, 2012)
  • Recipient, Alumni Service Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2006)
  • Recipient, Outgoing President Award, American Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate (2005)
  • Recipient, Affiliate Advocacy Award, American Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania (2004, 2002)
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana Member, Thoracic Committee, American Society of Transplantation (2004)
  • Recipient, All-Around Champion Award, American Heart Association Southeastern Pennsylvania (2003)
  • 2004 Million Dollar Research Club, Temple University, for faculty with more than one million dollars in grant support since (2001)
  • Knight, Ecumenical Hospitaller, Order of St. Johns-Knights of Malta (2001)
  • Recipient, Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate Special Service Award, American Heart Association (1998)
  • Established Investigatorship, American Heart Association National Center (1996)
  • Jonathan Dehaan Visiting Professorship, Indiana Heart Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana (1995)
  • Recipient, Henry Christian Award for excellence in research American Federation for Clinical Research-Immunology (First Author and Senior Investigator) (1993)
  • Recipient, The Donna K. McCurdy Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, (1993)
  • Recipient, Henry Christian Award for excellence in research American Federation for Clinical Research-Cardiobiology (Senior Investigator) (1993)
  • Honoree, Merck Young Investigator in Heart Failure (1992)
  • Recipient, Bayer Fund for Cardiovascular Research Award (1989)
  • Recipient, Louis R. Dinon Teaching Award presented by Medical Student Body, University of Pennsylvania (1989)
  • Special Investigatorship, American Heart Association, Southeastern Pennsylvania Affiliate (1989)
  • Finalist, Spencer Morris Prize Competition, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1981)
  • Recipient, Pincus Prize for outstanding achievement as a clinician, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1981)
  • Inductee, Alpha Omega Alpha (1979)
  • Dean’s List, Cornell University (1973-1977)
  • Inductee, Phi Beta Kappa (1977)
  • Inductee, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (1977)
  • New York State Regents Medical Scholarship (1977)

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