Paul Forfia MD
Temple Health
Dr. Forfia is a Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Failure and CTEPH Program at Temple University Hospital.
Dr. Forfia earned his Master’s degree in Physiology and Medical Degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He completed his Residency in internal medicine and Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure/Transplantation and Pulmonary Hypertension training at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr Forfia’s clinical and research interests include pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular dysfunction, exercise physiology and its application to PH and dyspnea. Dr. Forfia’s interest in the medical and surgical treatment of chronic thromboembolic PH (CTEPH) led to the development of the CTEPH/PTE Program at Temple University Hospital-the largest program of it’s type on the East Coast.