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Paul J. Mather, M.D., has been named director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Center at the Jefferson Heart Institute of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He is also associate professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Mather joins Jefferson from Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine where he was director of the Heart Failure Intensive Care Unit and associate professor of Medicine.

“Dr. Mather brings vast experience and expertise to the Jefferson Heart Institute,” said Bernard Segal, M.D., director of the Jefferson Heart Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. “He will help us to expand our heart failure program to ensure that Jefferson offers the broadest range of cardiac options to our patients.”

Dr. Mather received a bachelor of arts degree in 1984 from the University of Pennsylvania, and a doctor of medicine degree in 1988 from Temple University School of Medicine.

He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital in 1991 and remained there to complete a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases in 1994.

He joined the faculty of Temple University School of Medicine in 1994 and was named associate director of the Cardiomyopathy Center in 1996. He became director of the Heart Failure Intensive Care Unit and director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Program in 1999.

Dr. Mather valued his role of mentoring students throughout his tenure at Temple University School of Medicine. In 1999, he was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award as a member of the Junior Faculty. In 2003, the award was repeated when he was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award as a member of the Senior Faculty.

Dr. Mather’s clinical interests include congestive heart failure (CHF), echocardiography and cardiac transplantation. His research interests encompass heart failure outcomes analyses, left ventricular assist devices, improving the efficiency of cardiac function with pacemakers and heart and lung transplantation. Dr. Mather has been a frequent presenter at local grand rounds as well as at national meetings.

His professional memberships include the American College of Cardiology, 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. Dr. Mather is also a member of the Heart Failure Society of America, for which he was on the Care Standards Committee, the American Society of Transplantation and Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society as an alumni honoree.

Dr. Mather is also a member of the Congestive Heart Failure Task Force of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Mather is the author or co-author of numerous articles in professional journals and book chapters on heart failure, echocardiography and related topics.