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Teresa De Marco

MD FACC FHFSA

Cardiologist
Medical Director of Heart Transplantation

Dr. Teresa De Marco is medical director of heart transplantation at UCSF. She cares for patients who have advanced heart failure, undergo heart transplants, and need mechanical circulatory support. She also cares for patients with pulmonary hypertension. She has expertise in all methods of treating and managing advanced heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.

In her research, De Marco evaluates state-of-the-art options for patients with advanced heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. She has served as principal investigator in more than 45 clinical trials (studies using human volunteers to assess promising therapies).

After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, De Marco earned her medical degree at the University of California, Irvine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at UCSF, followed by fellowship training in heart failure and cardiovascular disease at UCSF and in heart transplantation at the University of Utah.

De Marco received the UCSF Exceptional Physician Award in 2014 and was inducted into the UCSF Council of Master Clinicians in 2018. She has served on the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation's board of directors. She is a member of the scientific leadership council of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) and the oversight committee of PHA's accreditation program for Pulmonary Hypertension Care Centers. She also serves on the executive committee for Women in Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Interdisciplinary Network Community. She holds the UCSF R.H. and Jane G. Logan Endowed Chair in Cardiology. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a fellow of the Heart Failure Society of America.

  • Education

    UC Irvine School of Medicine, MD, 1982

  • Residencies

    UCSF, Internal Medicine, 1985

  • Fellowships

    UCSF, Heart Failure, 1987

    UCSF, Cardiovascular Disease, 1989

    University of Utah, Heart Transplantation, 1989

  • Board Certifications

    Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

    Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Academic Title

    Professor

  • Languages

    Italian

Where I see patients (5)

    My reviews

    4.9

    Overall Experience
    71 Ratings
    About our process
    Jan 25, 2023
    Very impressed with the questions and concern provided.
    Dec 08, 2022
    Good experience
    Dec 01, 2022
    Dr. De Marco is kind efficient and knowledgeable. She addressed my fears and concerns with expertise and ordered the tests necessary.
    Nov 06, 2022
    Very personable and knowledgeable.
    Sep 21, 2022
    Very good
    Jul 22, 2022
    Excellence!!!
    May 12, 2022
    Everyone was good
    Mar 18, 2022
    Outstanding in all respects.
    Feb 14, 2022
    I am extremely happy with my amazing team.
    Oct 20, 2021
    Dr. De Marco is THE best MD I have had at UCSF. I am very fortunate she is my MD!
    Oct 04, 2021
    Good
    Jun 11, 2021
    Dr. De Marco and her team are the best! They always respond right away and are on top of all my issues. I am a heart transplant patient.

    Selected research

    Decorative Caduceus

    Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry

    PAH guideline-recommended diagnostics assessed include chest radiography, echocardiogram, ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan, pulmonary function tests, overnight oximetry, and right heart catheterization and identified as either "co...

    Recruiting

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