Marc Penn, MD, PhD, FACC - Chief Medical Officer

Director of Research, Summa Cardiovascular Institute
Summa Health System
Professor of Medicine and Integrated Medical Sciences
Northern Ohio Medical University

Dr. Penn completed his undergraduate and post graduate work at Case Western Reserve University earning honors on his way to completing a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Penn earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his clinical training at University Hospitals of Cleveland before being offered a Fellowship to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Cardiology. He joined the Cleveland Clinic in 2000. Dr. Penn spent the past 25 years at the Cleveland Clinic, during that time he was medical director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Cell Therapy, director of the Bakken Heart-Brain Institute and the director of Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Training Program.

Dr. Penn is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine. He has a special interest in myocardial ischemia, vascular biology, cardiac critical care and stem cell and gene therapy for the regeneration of myocardial function.