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Gary S. Ledley

Gary S. Ledley, MD

Professor


Department: Medicine

Specialties: Cardiology

Education

  • MD - Georgetown University Medical School

Awards & Honors

  • William Likoff Clinical Excellence Award, Drexel University College of Medicine (2024)
  • Named "Top Doctor" by Philadelphia Magazine (2018, 2021)
  • Castle Connelly Top Philadelphia Doctors (2016)
  • American Registry: America's Most Honored Professionals (2016)
  • Two Albert Einstein Society Research Awards
  • Named in the Guide to America's Top Physicians, Consumer Research Council of America (2004-05)

Memberships / Professional Affiliations

  • American College of Cardiology
  • American Heart Association
  • Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions
  • American College of Physicians
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • Editorial board member for the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine
Philadelphia magazine's Top Doctors 2021

Gary S. Ledley, MD, is board certified in cardiovascular disease, internal medicine and interventional cardiology. He has been the principle investigator for a number of National Institutes of Health–funded research studies and has published extensively in the cardiology field. He serves on multiple editorial boards for scientific journals and is a reviewer for the American Journal of Cardiology.

  • Named "Top Doctor" by Philadelphia magazine (2018, 2021)
  • Castle Connelly Top Philadelphia Doctors (2016)
  • American Registry: America's Most Honored Professionals (2016)
  • Named in the Guide to America's Top Physicians, Consumer Research Council of America (2004-05)

Clinical Services

Angioplasty and stent placement - heart, Cardiac catheterization, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular system, Coronary angiography, Heart attack, Heart disease, Peripheral artery disease, Stents, Coronary arterial disease, Interventional cardiology

Internships

  • Internal Medicine - Georgetown University Medical Center

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine - Georgetown University Medical Center

Fellowships

  • Cardiology - Georgetown University Medical Center
  • Angioplasty and Interventional Cardiology - Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital

Affiliated Hospitals

Tower Health - Reading Hospital

Gary S. Ledley, MD, is a professor in the Department of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Ledley is a dedicated educator, having led the Drexel/Hahnemann Interventional Cardiology Fellowship program for many years and then starting a new fellowship program at Tower Health in 2020.

Publications

"The clinical utility of intravascular ultrasound in the assessment of coronary allograft vasculopathy: a review"
Logani S, Saltzman HE, Kurnik P, Eisen HJ, Ledley GS
J Interv Cardiol; 24:9-14, 2011

"The relationship between Lupron therapy for prostate cancer and lipid profiles in patients with cardiovascular risk factors"
Ansari J, Smith J, Sarwar B, Bickell M, Lurslurchachai L, Backer A, Jaffe J, Ledley GS
DrexelMed J; 4:77-79, 2010

"Role of Everolimus drug eluting stents for saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome"
Roa GK, Kurnik P, Ledley GS
DrexelMed J; 4:75-76, 2010

"Randomized double-blind assessment of the ONSET and OFFSET of the antiplatelet effects of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with stable coronary artery disease: the ONSET/OFFSET study"
Gurbel P, Bliden K, Ledley GS, et al.
Circulation; 120:2577, 2009

* This physician's clinical practice is independent of Drexel University.