Dr. Marinescu is a Cardiac Intensivist specializing in the care of patients with high acuity cardiac disease. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Critical Care Medicine.

Certified Specialties

Cardiovascular Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine - Department of Medicine, Cardiology (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. 2018 - 2019

Residency, Cardiology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. 2015 - 2018

Residency, Internal Medicine, UVA Health Medical Center. 2012 - 2014

Internship, Internal Medicine, UVA Health Medical Center. 2011 - 2012

Education

MD | University of Rochester. 2011

Publications

Journal Articles

Role of computed tomography and chest radiography in imaging of Impella heart pump and associated complications.

Hoang T, Baran TM, Marinescu M, Mandalapu A, Chaturvedi A

Journal of clinical imaging science.. 2025 15 :14. Epub 04/30/2025.

Recurrent venous thromboembolism and clot distribution in COVID-19 infection: A review by variant type.

Saldivar L, Rajabi T, Li W, Lopa S, Roto D, Bruckel J, Lachant D, Marinescu M

PloS one.. 2025 20 (9):e0331283. Epub 09/22/2025.

Correlations Between Quantitative EEG Parameters and Cortical Blood Flow in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation With and Without Encephalopathy.

Khan IR, Dar IA, Johnson TW, Loose E, Xu YY, Santiago E, Donohue KL, Marinescu MA, Gosev I, Schifitto G, Maddox RK, Busch DR, Choe R, Selioutski O

Journal of clinical neurophysiology : official publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society.. 2024 November 141 (7):597-605. Epub 10/30/2023.

Wavelet and time-based cerebral autoregulation analysis using diffuse correlation spectroscopy on adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.

Dar IA, Khan IR, Johnson TW, Helmy SM, Cardona JI, Escobar S, Selioutski O, Marinescu MA, Zhang CT, Proctor AR, AbdAllah N, Busch DR, Maddox RK, Choe R

PloS one.. 2024 19 (10):e0299752. Epub 10/29/2024.

The safety and efficacy of systemic versus catheter-based therapies: application of a prognostic model by a pulmonary embolism response team.

Iskandar JP, Hariri E, Kanaan C, Kassis N, Kamran H, Sese D, Wright C, Marinescu M, Cameron SJ

Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis.. 2022 April 53 (3):616-625. Epub 09/29/2021.

Pharmacists as members of an interdisciplinary pulmonary embolism response team.

Groth CM, Acquisto NM, Wright C, Marinescu M, McNitt S, Goldenberg I, Cameron SJ

Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy : JACCP.. 2022 April 5 (4):390-397. Epub 11/22/2021.

Cerebral Blood Flow Hemispheric Asymmetry in Comatose Adults Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Johnson TW, Dar IA, Donohue KL, Xu YY, Santiago E, Selioutski O, Marinescu MA, Maddox RK, Wu TT, Schifitto G, Gosev I, Choe R, Khan IR

Frontiers in neuroscience.. 2022 16 :858404. Epub 04/11/2022.

Effect of a Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Team on Patient Mortality.

Wright C, Goldenberg I, Schleede S, McNitt S, Gosev I, Elbadawi A, Pietropaoli A, Barrus B, Chen YL, Mazzillo J, Acquisto NM, Van Galen J, Hamer A, Marinescu M, Delehanty J, Cameron SJ

The American journal of cardiology.. 2021 December 15161 :102-107. Epub 1900 01 01.

Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy With No Systemic Anticoagulation for Patient With Recent Stroke.

Ayers B, Wood K, Cameron S, Marinescu M, Bjelic M, Barrus B, Gosev I

The Annals of thoracic surgery.. 2020 December 110 (6):e493-e495. Epub 05/28/2020.

Towards detection of brain injury using multimodal non-invasive neuromonitoring in adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Dar IA, Khan IR, Maddox RK, Selioutski O, Donohue KL, Marinescu MA, Prasad SM, Quazi NH, Donlon JS, Loose EA, Ramirez GA, Ren J, Majeski JB, Abramson K, Durduran T, Busch DR, Choe R

Biomedical optics express.. 2020 November 111 (11):6551-6569. Epub 10/19/2020.

Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy.

Marinescu P, Marinescu M

Obstetrics and gynecology.. 2020 April 135 (4):977. Epub 1900 01 01.

Circulating fibrocytes as predictors of adverse events in unstable angina.

Keeley EC, Schutt RC, Marinescu MA, Burdick MD, Strieter RM, Mehrad B

Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine.. 2016 June 172 :73-83.e1. Epub 03/08/2016.

Coronary microvascular dysfunction, microvascular angina, and treatment strategies.

Marinescu MA, Löffler AI, Ouellette M, Smith L, Kramer CM, Bourque JM

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging.. 2015 February 8 (2):210-20. Epub 1900 01 01.

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