Physician Profile
Joseph F. Pietrolungo, DO, FSVMB, FACC
(330) 376-7000
Summa Physicians Inc. - Cardiovascular Disease
Specialties:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Adult Transthoracic Plus Stress Echocardiography
Gender: Male
Office Locations
Primary Address
95 Arch St.
Akron, Ohio, 44304
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Alternate Address
201 Fifth St. NE Ste. 16
Barberton, Ohio, 44203
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Specialty Interests
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Endovascular Medicine
Education
Medical School
- Des Moines Univ College of Osteopathic Medicine
Internship
- Kennedy Memorial Hospitals
Residency
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Medical Center of Delaware
Fellowship
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Research & Publications
Links to publications and research articles that this doctor has written and contributed to:
- Differentiation of
constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy by Doppler transesophageal
echocardiographic measurements of respiratory variations in pulmonary venous
flow.
Klein AL, Cohen GI, Pietrolungo JF, White RD, Bailey A, Pearce GL, Stewart
WJ, Salcedo EE.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1993 Dec;22(7):1935-43.
- A practical guide
to assessment of ventricular diastolic function using Doppler echocardiography.
Cohen GI, Pietrolungo JF, Thomas JD, Klein AL.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Jun;27(7):1753-60. Review.
For a full list of Doctor Pietrolungo's publications, please go to PubMed.
Professional Highlights
Biographical Sketch
Joseph Pietrolungo, D.O. relocated from the east coast to Cleveland in the 1980s to complete his internal medicine residency. After a brief two-year hiatus, he returned to Northeast Ohio to complete two fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic. He practices invasive (noninterventional) and noninvasive cardiology and endovascular medicine and serves on and chairs many committees for Summa Physicians Inc. - Cardiology/NEOCS and Summa Health System. Dr. Pietrolungo is married with five children and is an accomplished musician with a working band. He also is working to become a private pilot.
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