Jonathan A. Epstein

Jonathan A. Epstein is an American cellular biologist, cardiologist, and academic administrator serving as the interim executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine since 2023.

Life A cellular biologist and cardiologist, Epstein joined the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He was the chair of the department of cell and developmental biology and scientific director of the Penn Cardiovascular Institute from 2006 to 2015. In 2007, he was a founding co-director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Epstein was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the National Academy of Medicine.