
Dennis M. McNamara, MD, MS
Pulmonary Hypertension
Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
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Age Groups Seen
- Adult
- Older Adult
Languages
- English
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MaleAbout Dennis M. McNamara
Dennis M. McNamara, MD, MS, is a cardiologist and is certified in both cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is the director of the Center for Heart Failure Research at UPMC and is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Dr. McNamara joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 1994. His clinical interests include the management of myocarditis and other forms of cardiomyopathy, and he is known nationally and internationally for his expertise in the management of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Dr. McNamara has published more than 150 manuscripts and book chapters and is a member of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America.
View Dr. McNamara's full list of publications from PubMed.
This provider is affiliated with UPMC.

Provider Type
Physician
Locations
- UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute (Congestive Heart Failure Clinic)
- 200 Lothrop Street, UPMC Presbyterian 5B Cardiology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- phone: 412-647-6000
- HVI South Hills
- 1300 Oxford Drive, Suite 1100, Bethel Park, PA 15102
- phone: 412-347-3240
Expertise
Education
Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School
FellowshipMassachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School
ResidencyHarvard Medical School
Medical EducationBoard Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal MedicineAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal MedicineInsurance
- UPMC for Life
- UPMC for You
- UPMC Health Plan
- Aetna
- Amerihealth Caritas
- Cigna
- Gateway
- Health America
- Health America / Advantra
- Highmark
- Humana
- Independent Health
- Medical Mutual of OH
- Medicare
- Non-PA Medical Assistance
- PA Health And Wellness
- PA Medical Assitance
- Palmetto
- The Health Plan
- Tricare
- Unison
- United Healthcare
- Veterans Choice