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Louise Elizabeth Jane Thomson, MB.ChB., FRACP
8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
Californian medical board license number A91738
Board certification American Board of Nuclear Medicine
Authorized user radiopharmaceuticals license CSMC
EDUCATION:
1991
MB.ChB.
Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999
F.R.A.C.P .
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine
2001
E.C.F.M.G.
Permanent status with ECFMG granted March 2004
2002-2003
Cardiac MRI experience commensurate with level 3 COCATS requirement
2003-2005
ABNM certification. Re-certified 2010 valid 2006-2022
2007- 2008
Cardiac CT
2010
SCCT Level 3 Certification in cardiac CT.
experience commensurate with level 3 COCATS requirement
Professional Experience:
Housesurgeon (Residency internal medicine):
1992
1993
General medicine, General Surgery, Paediatric Surgery and Psychiatry
Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.
Rheumatology and Emergency Medicine, Middlemore hospital
Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital
General Medicine, North Shore Hospital, Auckland New Zealand.
Registrar (Fellowship internal medicine):
1994
1995
1996
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General Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.
Professor Sir John Scott, Dr Robert Eason
General Medicine and Aged Care, Auckland Hospital
Dr John Mercer, Professor Richmond
General Medicine, North Shore Hospital, Auckland.
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Fellowship (cardiology followed by nuclear medicine):
1997-1999
Cardiology fellow
Green Lane Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
Supervisors: Dr Warren Smith, Dr Harvey White, Dr John Neutze
2000- Oct 2001
General Nuclear Medicine fellow
Concord Repatriation and General Hospital
Sydney, Australia
Supervisors: Drs Hans Van der Wall and Dr Kevin Allman
Oct 2001-Jan 2002
General Nuclear Medicine and PET fellow
Austin Repatriation and Medical Centre
Melbourne, Australia
Supervisor: Dr Christopher Rowe
February 2002
Locum Cardiologist
Green Lane Hospital
Auckland, New Zealand
US Research Fellowship (cardiac MRI):
2002 - 2003
Research Associate in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center
Duke University Medical Center
Supervisors: Dr Robert Judd, Dr Raymond Kim
US Residency (nuclear medicine):
June 2003-2005
Nuclear Medicine Resident and Cardiac Imaging fellow.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Supervisor: Dr Alan Waxman
Employment and appointments:
July 2005- present
Nuclear medicine physician and cardiac imaging specialist
Director of fellowship program in cardiovascular imaging
Director of adult cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
2008- July 2010
Assistant Clinical Professor Step 3, Clinician-Investigator track
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA.
2010 – July 2012
Assistant Clinical Professor Step 4. Clinician-Investigator Track
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA.
2012 – July 2014
Associate Clinical Professor. Clinician-Investigator Track
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
2014-
Associate Clinical Professor Step 2 Clinician-Investigator track.
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Professional Activities :
Diplomate, American Board of Nuclear Medicine
Member Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Member New Zealand Medical Association.
Member Cardiac Society Australia and New Zealand
Unconditional Registration New Zealand Medical Board November 1992
Committee/ Academic Service (National):
ABNM Board of Directors Jan 2011- current chair of the ABNM.
The ABNM is the credentialing body for nuclear medicine, for initial certification and
maintenance of certification.
ABNM/ABR taskforce co-chair.
This taskforce proposes significant re structuring of the relationship between the
ABNM and the ABR, with changes to training, and creation of a primary discipline in
nuclear medicine under ABR, with eventual dissolution of the ABNM. Input from
stakeholders including ABMS, ACGME, NMRRC, Societies, diplomates and trainees
is currently being requested.
Correlative Imaging Council member SNMMI 2014-18
Elected committee membership within the society of nuclear medicine and
molecular imaging.
National Acadamies of Science Mo-99 Study panelist advisor June 2015: National
Research Council committee study of the State of Molybdenum-99 Production and
Utilization and Progress toward Eliminating use of Highly Enriched Uranium.
SCCT Cardiac CT guidelines committee member for acquisition guideline.
Published May/June 2009.
ASNC representative for ACC Carrier Advisory Committee for local coverage
determination for cardiac magnetic resonance.
Abstract reviewer for ACC-08 cardiac CT abstract submissions
Abstract reviewed for ACC 2011
Abstract reviewer for SNMMI 2013
Previous reviewer for
JACC,
JACC cardiovascular imaging
Circulation
American Heart Journal
Committee/ Academic Service (Local):
MD-RN collaborative committee
ALARA committee for reduction of radiation dose exposure in imaging
Program director for advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship
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Honors and special awards:
Medical school: Royal New Zealand College of General Practice prize 1991, Dawn
Short prize in Psychiatry 1991, Distinction awarded in internal medicine, surgery,
psychiatry and general practice, at medical school graduation 1991.
Awarded NZ cardiac society grant for attendance, Annual scientific meeting, Cardiac
Society of Australia and New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand, August 1999
Co-author, Affiliates poster prize,
Australia and New Zealand Cardiac Society Meeting.
Melbourne, Australia, August 2000.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center Leo Rigler award for outstanding resident academic
achievement June 2005
Best MD/scientist abstract award for the 38th Annual Western Regional meeting of the
society of nuclear medicine, October 2013.
Research Grants and Fellowships:
Cardiology Department Summer studentship Dunedin Hospital 1989-1990
New Zealand National Heart Foundation overseas training grant 2002-2003
Cedars Sinai Medical Center General Clinical Research Center, Grant # MO1-RR00425
CReFF funding award November 2008
U54 HL081028 (PI: Marbán, E) 09/30/2005 – 08/31/2010
NIH, NHLBI
Cellular Cardiomyoplasty for Acute and Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
The goal of this proposal is to develop stem cell-based myocardial regeneration therapies to
reverse cardiac failure in patients with coronary artery disease.
Role: Co-Investigator
R01 HL090957-01A1 (PI: Bairey Merz,N) 09/17/2008 – 06/30/2012
NIH, NHLBI
Title: Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Coronary Vascular Dysfunction
The major goals of this project are to investigate the approaches to the noninvasive detection
and assessment of ischemic heart disease.
Role: Role: Co-Investigator
PUBLICATIONS:
Research Papers (peer reviewed journals):
1. Oh Y S, Thomson LEJ, Fishbein MC, Berman DS, Sharifi B, Chen PS. Scar
Formation after Ischemic Myocardial Injury in MRL Mice. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2004;
13(4):203-6.
2. Slomka PJ, Fieno D, Thomson L, Friedman JD, Hayes SW, Germano G, Berman DS.
Automatic detection and size quantification of infarcts by myocardial perfusion
SPECT: clinical validation by delayed-enhancement MRI. Journal of Nuclear
Medicine 2006; 46(5):728-35
3. Wagner A, Mahrholdt H, Thomson L, Hager S, Meinhardt G, Rehwald W, Parker M,
Shah D, Sechtem U, Kim R, Judd R. Effects of Time, Dose and Inversion Time for
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Acute Myocardial Infarct Size Measurements Based on MRI Delayed Contrast
Enhancement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 16;47(10):2027-33. Epub 2006 Apr 27.
4. Van den Bos EJ, Thompson RB, Wagner A, Mahrholdt H, Morimoto Y, Thomson
LE, Wang LH, Duncker DJ, Judd RM, Taylor DA. Functional assessment of myoblast
transplantation for cardiac repair with magnetic resonance imaging. Eur J Heart Fail.
2005; 7(4):435-43
5. Fieno DS, Thomson LEJ, Slomka PJ, Abidov A, Nishina H, Chien D, Hayes SW,
Saouaf R, Germano G, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Rapid assessment of left ventricular
segmental wall motion, ejection fraction and volumes with single breath-hold, multislice TrueFISP MR imaging. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2006; 8(3):435-44.
6. Shellock FG, Fieno DS, Thomson LJ, Talavage TM, Berman DS. Cardiac pacemaker:
In vitro assessment at 1.5T Am Heart J 2006; 151:436-43
7. Kang X, Shaw LJ, Hayes SW, Hachamovitch R, Abidov A, Cohen I, Friedman JD,
Thomson LE, Polk D, Germano G, Berman DS. Impact of body mass index on
cardiac mortality in patient with known or suspected coronary artery disease
undergoing myocardial perfusion single photron emission computed tomography. J
Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 47(7):1418-26. Epub 2006 Mar 20.
8. Dey D, Slomka P, Chien D, Fieno D, Abidov A, Saouaf R, Thomson L, Friedman JD,
Berman DS. Direct quantitative in vivo comparison of calcified atherosclerotic plaque
on vascular MRI and CT by multimodality image registration. J Magn Reson
Imaging. 2006; 23(3):345-54.
9. Hachamovitch R, Rozanski A, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Germano G, Friedman JD,
Cohen I, Berman DS. Predicting therapeutic benefit from myocardial
revascularization procedure: are measurements of both resting left ventricular ejection
fraction and stress-induced myocardial ischemia necessary? J Nucl Cardiol. 2006;
13(6): 768-78.
10. Fieno DS, Thomson LEJ, Slomka P, Abidov A, Friedman J, Germano G, Berman DS.
Quantitation of infarct size in patients with chronic coronary artery disease using rest
redistribution Tl-201 myocardial perfusion SPECT: Correlation with contrastenhanced cardiac magnetic resonance. J Nucl Cardiol 2007; 14:59-67
11. Slomka PJ, Fieno D, Ramesh A, Goyal V, Nishina H, Thomson LE, Saouaf R,
Berman DS. Germano G. Patient motion correction for multiplanar multi breath hold
cardiac cine MR imaging. J. Magn Reson Imaging 2007 25(5) 965-73
12. Berman DS, Kang X, Slomka PJ, Gerlach J, Yang L, Hayes SW, Friedman JD,
Thomson LEJ, Germano G. Underestimation of Extent of Ischemia by Gated SPECT
myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with left main coronary artery disease. J
Nucl Cardiol. 2007 Jul;14(4):521-8.
13. Thomson LEJ, Fieno DS, Abidov A, Slomka PJ, Hachamovitch R, Saouaf R,
Friedman JD, Berman DS. Added value of rest to stress study for recognition of
artifacts in perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J. Cardiovascular Magnetic
Resonance 2007, 9, 1-8.
14. Thomson LEJ, Crowley A, Heitner JF, Crawley PJ, Weinsaft J, Kim HW, Parker M,
Judd RM, Harrison JK, Kim RJ. Direct En Face Imaging of Secundum Atrial Septal
Defects by Velocity Encoded Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Patients
Evaluated for Possible Transcatheter Closure. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging
2008; 1:31-40.
15. Cheng V, Gutstein A, Wolak A, Suzuki Y, Dey D, Gransar H, Thomson LEJ, Hayes
SW, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Moving beyond binary grading of coronary arterial
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stenosis on coronary computed tomographic angiography. JACC Cardiovascular
Imaging 2008; 1(4): 460-471.
16. Gutstein A, Dey D, Cheng V, Wolak A, Gransar H, Suzuki Y, Friedman J, Thomson
LE, Hayes S, Pimentel R, Paz W, Slomka P, Le Meunier L, Germano G, Berman DS.
Algorithm for radiation dose reduction with helical dual source coronary computed
tomography angiography in clinical practice. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2008;
2(5):311-22
17. Wolak A, Gutstein A, Cheng VY, Suzuki Y, Thomson LE, Friedman J, Dey D, Hayes
SW, Slomka PJ, Germano G, Berman DS. Dual-source coronary computed
tomography angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation: initial experience. J
Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2008 May-Jun;2(3):172-80
18. Dey D, Lee CJ, Ohba M, Gutstein A, Slomka PJ, Cheng V, Suzuki Y, Suzuki S,
Wolak A, Le Meunier L, Thomson LE, Cohen I, Friedman JD, Germano G, Berman
DS. Image quality and artifacts in coronary CT angiography with dual-source CT:
initial clinical experience. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2008 Mar-Apr;2(2):105-14
19. Wolak A, Gransar H, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Hachamovitch R, Gutstein A, Shaw
LJ, Polk D, Wong ND, Saouaf R, Hayes SW, Rozanski A, Slomka PJ, Germano G,
Berman DS. Aortic size assessment by noncontrast cardiac computed tomography:
normal limits by age, gender, and body surface area. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008
Mar;1(2):200-9 PMID: 19356429
20. Gutstein A, Wolak A, Lee C, Dey D, Ohba M, Suzuki Y, Cheng V, Gransar H, Suzuki
S, Friedman J, Thomson LE, Hayes S, Pimentel R, Paz W, Slomka P, Berman DS.
Predicting success of prospective and retrospective gating with dual-source coronary
computed tomography angiography: development of selection criteria and initial
experience. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2008 Mar-Apr;2(2):81-90 PMID:
19083926
21. Wong ND, Gransar H, Shaw L, Polk D, Moon JH, Miranda-Peats R, Hayes SW,
Thomson LEJ, Rozanski A, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Thoracic aortic calcium versus
coronary artery calcium for the prediction of coronary heart disease and
cardiovascular disease events. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009;2;319-326 PMID:
19356578
22. Berman DS, Kang Xingping, Tamarappoo B, Wolak A, Hayes SW, Nakazato R,
Thomson LEJ, Kite F, Cohen I, Slomka PJ, Einstein AJ, Friedman JD. Stress
thallium-201/ rest technetium 99m sequential dual isotope high speed myocardial
perfusion imaging. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009;2;273-282. PMID: 19356571
23. Abbara S, Arbab-Zadeh A, Callister TQ, Desai MY, Mamuya W, Thomson L,
Weigold WG. SCCT guidelines for performance of coronary computed tomographic
angiography: A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Guidelines Committee. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 2009. 3,
190-204.
24. Berman DS, Kang X, Gransar H, Gerlach J, Friedman JD, Hayes SW, Thomson LE,
Hachamovitch R, Shaw LJ, Slomka P, De Yang L, Germano G. Quantitative
assessment of myocardial perfusion abnormality on SPECT myocardial perfusion
imaging is more reproducible than expert visual analysis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2009;
16(1):45-53 PMID: 19152128
25. Abidov A, Hachamovitch R, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Cohen I, Kang X, De Yang L,
Thomson L, Germano G, Slomka P, Berman DS. Are shades of gray prognostically
useful in reporting myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed
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tomography? Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 Jul;2(4):290-8 Epub 2009 May 11
PMID: 19808609
26. Shaw LJ, Polk DM, Kahute TA, Wong ND, Moon J, Miranda-Peats R, Rozanski A,
Friedman JD, Hayes S, Thomson L, Berman DS. Prognostic accuracy of B-natriuretic
peptide measurements and coronary artery calcium in asymptomatic subjects (from
the Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Non invasive Imaging
Research (EISNER) study. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Nov 1;104(9):1245-50 PMID:
19840570.
27. Karlsberg RP, Budoff MJ, Thomson LEJ, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Reduction in
downstream test utilization following introduction of coronary computed tomography
in a cardiology practice. Int J Cardiovasc. Imaging. 2009 Dec 9. PMID: 19967562
28. Cheng VY, Slomka PJ, Ahlen M, Thomson LEJ, Waxman AD, Berman DS. Impact
of carbohydrate restriction with and without fatty acid loading on myocardial 18FFDG uptake during PET: A randomized controlled trial. Accepted for publication
JNC 2009. PMID: 20013165
29. Nakazato R, Dey D, Gutstein A, Le Meunier L, Cheng VY, Pimentel R, Paz W,
Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Coronary artery calcium score
using a reduced tube voltage and radiation dose protocol with dual source computed
tomography. J Cardiovasc. Comput. Tomogr. 2009 Nov-Dec;36(6):394-400. PMID:
20083060
30. Karlsberg RP, Budoff MJ, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Integrated
coronary computed tomographic angiography in an office-based cardiology practice.
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2009 Fall;10(4):194-201. PMID: 20065929
31. Hachamovitch R, Kang X, Amanullah AM, Abidov A, Hayes SW, Friedman JD,
Cohen I, Thomson LE, Germano G, Berman DS. Prognostic implications of
myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in the elderly.
Circulation 2009 Dec 1;120(22):2197-206 PMID: 19917890
32. Karlsberg RP, Budoff MJ, Berman DS, Thomson LE, Friedman JD. 64-slice
multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) reduces other diagnostic studies for
coronary artery disease. Am J Med. 2009 Nov;122(11):e13 PMID: 19854311
33. Wong ND, Gransar H, Narula J, Shaw L, Moon JH, Miranda-Peats R, Rozanski A,
Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Myeloperoxidase, subclinical
atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease events. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009
Sep;2(9): 1093-9. PMID: 19761988
34. Le Meunier L, Smlomka PJ, Dey D, Ramesh A, Thomson LE, Hayes SW, Friedman
JD, Cheng V, Germano G, Berman DS. Enhanced definition PET for cardiac imaging.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2010 Feb 12. PMID: 20151238
35. Cheng VY, Wolak A, Gutstein A, Gransar H, Wong ND, Dey D, Thomson LE, Hayes
SW, Friedman JD, Slomka PJ, Berman DS. Low-density lipoprotein and noncalcified
coronary plaque composition in patients with newly diagnosed coronary artery disease
on computed tomographic angiography. Am J Cardiol. 2010 Mar 15;105(6):761-6.
PMID: 20211316.
36. Prasad M, Ramesh A, Kavanagh P, Tamarappoo BK, Nakazato R, Gerlach J, Cheng
V, Thomson LE, Berman DS, Germano G, Slomka PJ. Quantification of 3D regional
myocardial wall thickening from gated magnetic resonance images. J Magn Reson
Imaging. 2010 Feb;31(2):317-27. PMID: 20099344.
37. Tamarappoo BK, Gutstein A, Cheng VY, Nakazato R, Gransar H, Dey D, Thomson
LE, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Germano G, Slomka PJ, Berman DS. Assessment of the
relationship between stenosis severity and distribution of coronary artery stenoses on
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multislice computed tomographic angiography and myocardial ischemia detected by
single photon emission computed tomography. J Nucl Cardiol. 2010 Apr 28 PMID:
20425027
38. Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Nakazato R, Shmilovich H, Smith T, Cheng VY, Thomson
LE, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Germano G, Slomka PJ, Berman DS. Comparison of
the Extent and Severity of Myocardial Perfusion Defects Measured by CT Coronary
Angiography and SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.
2010 Oct;3(10):1010-9. PMID: 20947046
39. Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Shmilovich H, Nakazato R, Gransar H, Cheng VY,
Friedman JD, Hayes SW, Thomson LEJ, Slomka PJ, Rozanski A, Berman DS.
Increased Pericardial Fat Volume Measured from Non contrast CT Predicts
Myocardial Ischemia by SPECT. JACC Cardiovasc. Imaging. 2010 November: 110412.
40. Nakazato R, Tamarappoo BK, Kang X, Wolak A, Kite F, Hayes SW, Thomson LE,
Friedman JD, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Quantitative upright-supine high-speed SPECT
myocardial perfusion imaging for detection of coronary artery disease: correlation
with invasive coronary angiography. J Nucl Med. 2010 Nov;51(11):1724-31. PMID:
20956478
41. Le Meunier L, Slomka PJ, Dey D, Ramesh A, Thomson LE, Hayes SW, Friedman JD,
Cheng V, Germano G, Berman DS. Motion frozen (18)F-FDG cardiac PET. J Nucl
Cardiol J Nucl Cardiol. 2011 Apr;18(2):259-66. Epub 2010 Dec 16. PMID: 21161704
42. Rozanski A, Gransar H, Kubzansky LD, Wong N, Shaw L, Miranda-Peats R,
Thomson LE, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Do physchological risk factors
predict the presence of coronary atherosclerosis? Psychosom Med. 2011 Jan;73(1):715. PMID: 20978226
43. Ishimori ML, Martin R, Berman DS, Goykhman P, Shaw LJ, Shufelt C, Slomka PJ,
Thomson LE, Schapira J, Yang Y, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Bairey Merz CN.
Myocardial ischemia in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease in systemic
lupus erythematosus. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011 Jan;4(1):27-33. PMID:
21232700
44. Hachamovitch R, Rozanski A, Shaw LJ, Stone GW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD,
Hayes SW, Cohen I, Germano G, Berman DS. Impact of ischaemia and scar on the
therapeutic benefit derived from myocardial revascularization vs medical therapy
among patients undergoing stress- rest myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Eur
Heart J. 2011 Jan 21.
45. Rozanski A, Gransar J, Shaw LJ, Kim J, Miranda-Peats L, Wong ND, Rana JS,
Orakzai R, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Thomson LE, Polk D, Min J, Budoff M,
Berman DS. Impact of coronary artery calcium scanning on coronary risk factors
and downstream testing: a prospective randomized trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011
Apr 12;57(15):1622-32. PMID:21439754
46. Nakazato R, Tamarappoo BK, Smith TW, Cheng VY, Dey D, Shmilovich H,
Gutstein A, Gurudevan S, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Berman DS.
Assessment of left ventricular regional wall motion and ejection fraction with lowradiation dose helical dual source CT: Comparison to two-dimensional
echocardiography. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2011 Jan28. PMID: 21367686
47. Nakazato R, Berman DS, Dey D, Le Meunier L, Hayes SW, Fermin JS, Cheng VY,
Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Germano G, Slomka PJ. Automated quantitative Rb-82
3D PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: Normal limits and correlation with
invasive coronary angiography. J Nucl Cardiol 2011 Dec 28. PMID:22203445
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48. Nakazato R, Rajani R, Cheng VY, Shmilovich H, Nakanishi R, Otaki Y, Gransar H,
Slomka PJ, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Wong ND, Shaw LJ, Budoff M,
Rozanski A, Berman DS, Dey D. Weight change modulates epicardial fat burden: A 4
year serial study with non-contrast computed tomography. Atherosclerosis 2012
Jan;220(1): 139-44 Epub 2011 Oct 20. PMID: 22056214
49. Shmilovich H, Dey D, Cheng VY, Rajani R, Nakazato R, Otaki Y, Nakanishi R,
Slomka PJ, Thomson LE, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Gransar H, Wong ND, Shaw
LJ, Budoff M, Rozanski A, Berman DS Threshold for the upper normal limit of
indexed epicardial fat volume: derivation in a healthy population and validation in
an outcome-based study. Am J Cardiol 2011 Dec 1;108(11): 1680-5 Epub 2011
Aug 30. PMID: 21880291
50. Shmilovich H, Cheng VY, Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Nakazato R, Gransar H,
Thomson LE, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Germano G, Slomka PJ, Berman DS.
Vulnerable plaque featyres on coronary CT angiography as markers of inducible
regional myocardial hypoperfusion from severe coronary artery stenosis.
Atherosclerosis 2011 Dec;219(2):588-95. Epub 2011 Aug 4 PMID: 21862017
51. Nakanishi R, Rajani R, Cheng VY, Gransar H, Nakazato R, Shmilovich H, Otaki Y,
Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Slomka PJ, Berman DS, Dey D. Increase in
epicardial fat volume is associatated with greater coronary artery calcification
progression in subjects at intermediate risk by coronary calcium score: a serial
study using non-contrast cardiac CT. Atherosclerosis 2011 Oct;218(2):363-8. Epub
2011 July 23 PMID:21835407
52. Otaki Y, Rajani R, Cheng VY, Gransar H, Nakanishi R, Shmilovich H, Nakazato R,
Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Slomka PJ, Wong ND, Rozanski A, Shaw L,
Budoff M, Berman DS, Dey D. The relationship between epicardial fat volume and
incident coronary artery calcium. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2011 SepOct;5(5):310-6. Epub 2011 Jun 13. PMID 21783453
53. Mehta PK, Goykhman P, Thomson LE, Shufelt C, Wei J, Yang Y, Gill E, Minissian
M, Shaw LJ, Slomka PJ, Slivka M, Berman DS, Bairey Merz CN. Ranolazine
improves angina in women with evidence of myocardial ischemia but no obstructive
coronary artery disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Mat;4(5):514-22. PMID:
21565740.
54. Rana JS, Gransar H, Wong ND, Shaw L, Pencina M, Nasir K, Rozanski A, Hayes
SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Min JK, Berman DS. Comparitive value of coronary
artery calcium and multiple blood biomarkers for prognostication of cardiovascular
events. Am J Cardiol 2012 Mar 15 (Epub ahead of print). May 15; 109(10): 1449-53.
PMID: 22425333
55. Dey D, Nakazato R, Pimentel R, Paz W, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Cheng VY,
Thomson LE, Slomka PJ, Berman DS. Low radiation coronary calcium scoring by
dual-source CT with tube current optimization based on patient body size. J
Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2012 Mar;6(2):113-20. PMID: 22381663
56. Makkar RR, Smith RR, Cheng K, Malliaras K, Thomson LE, Berman D, Czer LS,
Marban L, Mendizabal A, Johnston PV, Russell SD, Schuleri KH, Lardo AC,
Gerstenblith G, Marban E. Intracoronary cardiosphere derived cells for heart
regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective randomized
phase 1 trial. Lancet 2012 Mar 10;379(9819):895-904. Epub 2012 Feb 14. PMID:
22336189
57. Shmilovich H, Cheng VY, Rajani R, Dey D, Tamarappoo BK, Nakazato R, Smith
RW, Otaki Y, Nakanishi R, Gransar H, Paz W, Pimentel RT, Hayes SW, Friedman
JD, Thomson LE, Berman DS. Relation of diagonal earl lobe crease to the preence,
extent and severity of coronary artery disease determined by coronary computed
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tomography angiography. Am J Cardiol. 2012 May 1; 109(9): 1283-7. Epub 2012 Feb
13. PMID: 22335855
58. Nakazato R, Dey D, Cheng VY, Gransar H, Slomka PJ, Hayes SW, Thomson LE,
Friedman JD, Min JK, Berman DS. Epicardial fat volume and concurrent presence of
both myocardial ischemia and obstructive coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis.
1012 Apr;221(2):422-6. PMID: 22305262
59. Goykhman P, Mehta PK, Minissian M, Thomson LE, Berman DS, Ishimori ML,
Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Shufelt CL, Bairey Merz CN. Subendocardial ischenmia
and myocarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus detected by cardiac magnetic
resonance imaging. J Rheumatol. 2012 Feb;39(2):448-50. PMID: 22298279
60. Hachamovitch R, Nutter B, Hlatky MA, Shaw LJ, Ridner ML, Dorbala S, Beanlands
RS, Chow BJ, Branscomb E, Chareonthaitawee P, Weigold WG, Voros S, Abbara S,
Yasuda T, Jacobs JE, Lesser J, Berman DS, Thomson LE, Raman S, Heller GV,
Schussheim A, Brunken R, Williams KA, Farkas S, Delbeke D, Schoepf UJ, Reichek
N, Rabinowitz S, Sigman SR, Patterson R, Corn CR, White R, Kazerooni E, Corbett
J, Bokhari S, Machac J, Guarneri E, Borges-Neto S, Millstine JW, Caldwell J, Arrighi
J, Hoffmann U, Budoff M, Lima J, Johnson JR, Johnson B, Gaber M, Williams JA,
Foster C, Hainer J, Di Carli MF; SPARC Investigators. Patient management after
noninvasive cardiac imaging results from SPARC (Study of myocardial perfusionand
coronary anatomy imaging roles in coronary artery disease). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012
Jan 31; 59(5):462-74. PMID 22281249
61. Nakazato R, Rajani R, Cheng VY, Shmilovich H, Nakanishi R, Otaki Y, Gransar H,
Slomka PJ, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Wong ND, Shaw LJ, Budoff M,
Rozanski A, Berman DS, Dey D. Weight change modulates epicardial fat burden: a 4
year serial study with non contrast computed tomography. Atherosclerosis 2012
Jan;220(1):139-44. PMID: 22056214
62. Nakazato R, Berman DS, Gransar H, Hyun M, Miranda-Peats R, Kite FC, Hayes SW,
Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Rozanski A, Slomka PJ. Prognostic value of quantitative
high-speed myocardial perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Dec 19(6):1113-23.
PMID:23065414
63. Smith T, Gurudevan S, Cheng V, Trento A, Derobertis M, Thomson L, Friedman J,
Hayes S, Siegel RJ, Berman DS. Assessment of the morphological features of
degenerative mitral valve disease using 64-slice mult detector computed tomography.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2012 Nov-Dec; 6(6): 415-21. PMID 23146347.
64. Nasseri Y, Ourian AJ, Waxman A, D’Agnolo, Thomson LE, Margulies RD.
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography: a novel
approach for the diagnosis of cholecystitis for equivocal diagnoses after ultrasouhnd
imaging. Am Surg. 2012 Oct; 78(10): 1109-13. PMID 23025952
65. Goykhman P, Mehta PK, Agarwal M, Shufelt C, Slomka PJ, Yang Y, Xu Yuan, Shaw
LJ, Berman DS, Bairey Merz CN, Thomson LEJ. Reproducibility of myocardial
perfusion reserve – variations in measurements made form post processing using
commercially available software. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, Vol 2 (4)
2012. (online publication)
66. Rozanski A, Gransar H, Hayes SW, Min J, Friedman JD, Thomson LEJ, Berman DS.
Temporal trends in the frequency of inducible myocardial ischemia during cardiac
stress testing (1991-2009). J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 Mar 12;61(10):1054-65. PMID
23473411.
67. Rajani R, Shmilovich H, Nakazato R, Nakanishi R, Otaki Y, Cheng VY, Hayes SW,
Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Slomka PJ, Min JK, Berman DS, Dey D. Relationship of
epicardial fat volume to coronary plaque , severe coronary stenosis and high risk
coronary plaque features assessed by coronary CT angiography. J Cardiovasc Comput
Tomogr 2013 Mar-Apr, 7(2):125-32. PMID 23622507
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68. Nakashini R, Rana JS, Shalev A, Gransar H, Hayes SW, Labounty TM, Dey D,
Miranda-Peats R, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Abidov A, Min JK, Berman DS.
Mortality risk as a function of the ratio of pulmonary trunk to ascending aorta
diameter in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 2013 May
1; 111(9):1259-63. PMID 23415638
69. Pang J Bhat H, Sharif B, Fan Z, Thomson LE, Labounty T, Friedman JD, Min J,
Berman DS, Li D. Whole heart coronary MRA with 100% respiratory gating
efficiency: Self –navigated three – dimensional retrospective image-based motion
correction(TRIM). Magn Reson med. 2013 Feb 7. PMID 23401157
70. Sharif B, Dharmakumar R, Labounty T, Arsnjani R, Shufelt C, Thomson L, Bairey
Merz CN, Berman DS, Li D. Towards elimination of the dark rim artifact in first pass
myocardial perfusion MRI: removing gibbs rining effects using radial acquisition:
Magn Reson Med 2013 Sept 12. Epub ahead of print. PMID 24030840
71. Nakashini R, Rana JS, Rozanski A, Cheng VY, Gransar H, Thomson LE, MirandaPeats R, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Berman DS, Min JK. Relationship of dyspnea
versus typical angina to coronary artery disease severity, burden, composition and
location on coronary CT angiography. Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2013 Sep;
230(1): 61-6 PMID 23958253.
72. Chen D, Sharif B, Dharmakumar R, Thomson LE, Bairey Merz CN, Berman DS, Li
D. Improved quantification of myocardial blood flow using highly constrained back
projection reconstruction. Magn Reson Med. 2013 Oct 1. PMID: 24122950
73. Agarwal M, Shufelt C, Mehta PK, Gill E, Berman DS, Li D, Sharif B, Li N, Bairey
Merz CN, Thomson LEJ. Cardiac risk factors and myocardial perfusion reserve in
women with microvascular coronary dysfunction. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and
Therapy. 2013 (9) 3(3) p 146-152
74. Shufelt CL, Thomson LEJ, Goykhman P, Agarwal M, Mehta PK, Sedlak T, Li N, Gill
E, Samuels B, Azabal B, Kar S, Kothwade K, Minissian M, Slomka P, Berman DS,
Bairey Merz CN. Cardac magnetic resonance imaging myocardial perfusion reserve
index assessment in women with microvascular coronary dysfunction and reference
controls. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 2013 (9) 3(3) p 153-160
75. Sharif B, Dharmakumar R, Arsanjani R, Thomson L, Bairey Merz CN, Berman DS,
Li D. Non-ECG-gated myocardial perfusion MRI using continuous magnetizationdriven radial sampling. Magn Reson Med. Jan 2014.[Epub ahead of print] doi:
10.1002/mrm.25074 PubMed PubMed PMID: 24443160
76. Nelson MD, Szczepaniak LS, Wei J, Haftabaradaren A, Bharadwaj M, Sharif B,
Mehta PK, Zhang X, Thomson LE, Berman DS, Li D, Bairey Merz N.Diastolic
dysfunction in women with signs and symptoms of ischemia in the absence of
obstructive coronary artery disease. A hypothesis generating study. Circ Cardiovasc.
Imaging 2014 Mar 14 (Epub ahead of print). PMID: 24633782
77. Rozanski A, Gransar H, Min JK, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Thomson LE, Berman DS.
Long-term mortality following normal exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT
according to coronary disease risk factors. J Nucl Cardiol. 2014 April 21 (2): 341-50.
PMID: 24379127
78. Arsanjani R, Hayes SW, Fish M, Shalev A, Nakanishi R, Thomson LE, Friedman JD,
Germano G, Berman DS, Slomka P. Two position supine/prone myocardial perfusion
SPECT (MPS) imaging improves visual inter-observed correlation and agreement. J
Nucl Cardiol. 2014 Aug 21 (4):703-11 PMID: 24807622
79. Chen D, Sharif B, Dharmakumar R, Thomson LE, Bairey Merz CN, Berman DS, Li
D. Quantification of myocardial blood flow using non ECG triggered MR imaging.
Magn Reson Med 2014 Sep 16 E Pub PMID: 25227935
80. Thomson LE, Wei J, Agarwal M, Haft-Baradaran A, Shufelt C, Mehta PK, Gill EB,
Johnson BD, Kenkre T, Handberg M, Li D, Sharif B, Berman DS, Petersen JW,
Pepine CJ, Bairey Merz CN. Cardiac magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion
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reserve index is reduced in women with coronary microvascular dysfunction: A
national Heart Lung and Blood institute sponsored study from the Women’s Ischemia
Syndrome Evaluation. Circ. Cardiovasc. Imaging 2015 Apr; 8(4). Pii: e002481.
PMID: 25801710
81. Brodov Y, Gransar H, Rozanski A, Hayes SW, Friedman JD, Thomson LE, Dey D,
Slomka PJ, Min JK, Shaw LJ, Shah PK, Germano G, Berman DS. Extensive thoracic
aortic calcification is an independent predictor of development of coronary artery
calcium among individuals with coronary artery calcium score of zero.
Atherosclerosis 2015 Jan; 238(1): 4-8. PMID: 25461732
82. Nakazato R, Slomka PJ, Fish M, Schwartz RG, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman
JD, Lemley M Jr, Mackin ML, Peterson B, Schwartz AM, Doran JA, Germano G,
Berman DS. Quantitative high-efficiency cadmium-zinc-telluride SPECT with
dedicated parallel hole collimation system in obese patients: results of a multicenter
study. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Apr; 22(2):266-75 PMID: 25388380
83. Nakanishi R, Gransar H, Slomka P, Arsanjani R, Shalev A, Otaki Y, Friedman JD,
Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Fish M, Germano G, Abidov A, Shaw L, Rozanski A,
Berman DS. Predictors of high risk coronary artery disease in subjects with normal
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging. Accepted for publication J Nucl Cardiol 2015
84. Otaki Y, Hell M, Slomka P, Schuhback A, Gransar H, Huber B, Nakazato R, Guido
G, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Friedman JD, Achenbach S, Berman DS. Relationship of
Epicardial Fat Volume from non-contrast CT with Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve
by Positron Emission Tomography. Accepted for publication JCCT 2015.
Editorial:
Thomson LEJ Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Clinically Suspected Cardiac
Amyloidosis: Diagnostic Value of a Typical Pattern of Late Gadolinium
Enhancement. J. Am Coll. Cardiol invited editorial comment. J Am Coll Cardiol
2008; 51(10):1031-2.
Reviews:
1. Thomson LEJ, Allman KC. Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging in patients
with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J 2001; 3(supplement F) :F5F7.
2. Thomson LEJ, White HD. The Role of Ultrafast Computed Tomography in the
Assessment of Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease. Invited review. J HK Coll
Cardiol. 2003; 11(1):16-21.
3. Thomson LE, Hachamovitch R. Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Using Electron-Beam
Computed Tomography: Where Does This Test Fit into a Clinical Practice? Rev
Cardiovasc Med. 2002; 3:121-128.
4. Thomson LEJ, Kim RJ, Judd RM. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of
Myocardial Viability. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2004;19(6):771-88.
5. Berman DS, Hachamovitch R, Shaw LJ, Friedman JD, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Fieno
DS, Germano G, Slomka P, Wong ND, Kang X, Rozanski A. Roles of Nuclear
Cardiology, Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance:
Assessment of Patietns with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. J Nucl Med. 2006;
47(1):74-82
6. Berman DS, Hachamovitch R, Shaw LJ, Friedman JD, Hayes SW, Thomson LE, Fieno
DS, Germano G, Slomka P, Wong ND, Kang X, Rozanski A. Roles of nuclear
cardiology, cardiac computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance: Noninvasive
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risk stratification and a conceptual framework for the selection of noninvasive imaging
tests in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. J Nucl Med. 2006;
47(7):1107-18
7. Fieno DS, Saouaf R, Thomson LEJ, Abidov A, Friedman JD, Berman DS. Cardiovascular
Magnetic Resonance of Primary Tumors of the Heart: A Review. J Cardiovasc Magn
Reson. 2006; 8, 839-853
8. Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Hachamovitch R, Friedman JD, Polk DM, Hayes SW, Thomson
LE, Germano G, Wong ND, Kang X, Rozanski A. Comparative use of radionuclide stress
testing, coronary artery calcium scanning and non invasive coronary angiography for
diagnostic and prognostic cardiac assessment. Semin Nucl Med. 2007; 37(1): 2-16
9. Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Min JK, Hachamovitch R, Abidov A, Germano G, Hayes SW,
Friedman JD, Thomson LE, Kang X, Slomka P, Rozanski A. SPECT/PET myocardial
perfusion imaging versus coronary CT angiography in patients with known or suspected
CAD. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Apr;54(2):177-200 PMID: 20592682
10. Daneshvar D, Wei J, Tolstrup K, Thomson LE, Shufelt C, Merz CN. Diastolic
dysfunction: improved understanding using emerging techniques. Am Heart J. 2010 Sep;
160(3): 394-404
11. Rostamian A, Narayan SM, Thomson L, Fishbein M, Siegel RJ. The incidence, diagnosis,
and management of pulmonary vein stenosis as a complication of atrial fibrillation
ablation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2014 Mar 14 (Epub ahead of print).
Book Chapters:
1. Wagner A, Mahroldt H, Thomson L, Sechtem U, Judd RM, Kim RJ. Assessment of
myocardial viability using cardiovascular MR imaging. In: Lardo AC , Fayad ZA,
Chronos N, Fuster V, eds. MRI of the cardiovascular system. Established and Emerging
Applications. London, UK: Martin Dunitz; 2003
2. Hachamovitch R, Thomson LEJ. Understanding Statistical Analysis and Data
Interpretation in Studies of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Testing. In: Heller GV, Cerqueira
MD. Nuclear Cardiology for the Internist. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
3. Thomson LEJ, Fieno D. Comparison of function, viability and perfusion assessed by
MPS and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. In Clinical Gated Cardiac SPECT. 2nd
Edition. Editors: Germano and Berman. Blackwell. ISBN-13: 978-1405131551
4. Thomson LEJ, Karlsberg RP, Friedman JD, Hayes SW, Saouaf R, Berman DS. Adult
Congenital Heart Disease. In Handbook of Cardiovascular CT; Essentials for Clinical
Practice. MJ Budoff and JS Shinbane. 2008 Springer Verlag Inc. ISBN-13: 9781848000919
5. Berman DS, Shaw L, Rozanski A, Friedman J, Hayes S, Thomson LEJ, Slomka P,
Germano G. Cardiac SPECT and PET, complementary roles with cardiac CT. In Clinical
Cardiac CT. Budoff and Shinbane. 2008 Springer Verlag Inc. ISBN: 978-1-84800-091-9
6. Thomson LEJ “Nuclear Based Techniques” in Cardiovascular Imaging for Clinical
Practice. Editors Stephen J Nicholls and Stephen G Worthley. 2010 Jones and Bartlett
Publishers ISBN-13: 9780763756222.
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7. Thomson LEJ “The role of cardiac MRI” in Chest Pain with Normal Coronary Arteries:
A multidisciplinary approach. Editors Juan Carlos Kaski, Guy D Eslick, C.Noel Bairey
Merz. 2013 Springer ISBN-13: 978-1447148371
Case reports:
1. Thomson LE, Stewart JT. Ticlopidine induced agranulocytosis managed with granulocyte
colony stimulating factor. N Z Med J. 1998;111:81-2.
2. Thomson L, Webster M, Wilson N. Transcatheter closure of a large coronary artery
fistula with the Amplatzer duct occluder. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 1999; 48:188-90.
3. Thomson LE, Breit R, Allman KC, Van der Wall H. Shoulder anatomy defined by a Tc99m leukocyte study. Clin Nucl Med. 2001; 26:444-5.
4. Thomson LE, Allman KC. Erythema multiforme reaction to sestamibi. J Nucl Med. 2001;
42:534.
5. Thomson LE, Chen X, Greaves SC. Entrapment of mitral chordal apparatus causing early
postoperative dysfunction of a St. Jude mitral prosthesis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr.
2002;15:843-4.
6. Patel MR, Thomson LEJ, Meine TJ, Burfeind WR, Messier RH, Robinson EN, Corey R,
Kim R. An intracardiac mass in a young man with congenitally acquired HIV. Cardiol
Rev. 2004; 12(3):126-30.
7. Thomson LEJ, Goodman MP, Naqvi TZ, Feldman R, Buchbinder NA, Waxman A,
D’Agnolo A. Aortic root infection in a prosthetic valve demonstrated by Gallium 67
Citrate SPECT Clin Nucl Med. 2005; 30(4):265-8.
8. Heitner JF, Klem I, Alexander K, Thomson L, Meine TJ, Patel MR, Haq SA, Shah DJ,
Kim RJ. The case of the disappearing myxoma. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2005;
7(5):841-3.
9. Lee CJ, Ramirez CA, Thomson LEJ. A Stone Heart. A case of fatal cardiac
microcalcification. European Heart Journal. electronic advance publication May 4 2007;
2007:28(19):2312
10. Rajani R, Friedman J, Cheng VY, Thomson L, Hayes SW, Tomizawa T, Berman DS. A
tale of two coronaries. Int. J. Cardiol. 2011. January. Published online.
11. Orakzai RH, Nalawadi S, Cuk O, Thomson L, Elad Y, Trento A, Siegel RJ, Loghavi S.
Multimodality evaluation of a rare intracardiac tumor. Cardiac hemangioma. Am J Med.
2011 Aug;124(8):e3-4 PMID: 21787898
12. Beigel R, Thomson L, Siegel R. An unusual case of saline contrast injected in the anterior
cubital vein appearing in the left heart prior to the right heart. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013
Aug 13; 62(7):e13 PMID:23747763
13. Jones E, Greenfield N, Mehta PK, Shufelt C, Thomson L, Bairey Merz CN. Polycythemia
vera and microvascular dysfunction in a 26 year old male presenting with chest pain.
International Journal of case reports and images. Accepted for publication 2015.
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LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS:
SNMMI categorical in cardiac imaging
Course organizer, moderator and speaker. Know the device – implanted cardiac devices
Baltimore June 2015
ACR Annual Pet-CT symposium
Cardiac PET/CT: Radiopharmaceuticals, Protocols and interpretations.
Chicago March 5-7 2015
9th Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium April 24 2015.
Session moderator: Case presentations and discussion.
Cedars Sinai 29th Annual Case Review with the Experts
Faculty: Role of Cardiac MRI in Clinical Practice: When is it the Procedure of Choice?
January 25 2015
8th Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium April 25 2014.
Session moderator: Case presentations and discussion.
Cedars Sinai 28th Annual Case Review with the Experts
Faculty: Role of Cardiac MRI in Clinical Practice: When is it the Procedure of Choice?
January 25 2014
Biomedical science graduate program course in Research and clinical imaging. “Cardiac
MRI: Clinical applications April 29, 2014
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Annual scientific meeting August 2013
Invited lecture: “Imaging in diabetes, the role of nuclear imaging”.
7th Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium April 19 2013.
Session moderator: Case presentations and discussion.
17th Annual Heart Failure Meeting April 2013- An update on therapy symposium.
Faculty: MRI for the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiomyopathies.
Cedars Sinai 27th Annual Case Review with the Experts
Faculty: Role of Cardiac MRI in Clinical Practice: When is it the Procedure of Choice?
January 20th 2013
Tarzana Hospital Grand Rounds. July 31st 2012.
Invited lecture “Cardiac MRI evaluation of cardiomyopathies”.
6th Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium April 27 2012.
Session moderator: Case presentations and discussion. Ischemic heart disease in women
Cedars Sinai 26th Annual Case Review with the Experts January 2012
Faculty: Role of Cardiac MRI in Clinical Practice: When is it the Procedure of Choice?
Classic Pet cases: interpretation and reporting.
5th Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium April 29 2011
Faculty: Ischemic heart disease in women – diagnostic approaches for chest pain, palpitations
and shortness of breath.
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Cedars Sinai 25th Annual Case Review with the Experts January 21st 2011
Faculty: Role of Cardiac MRI in Clinical Practice: When is it the Procedure of Choice?
Classic Pet cases: interpretation and reporting.
4th Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium May 12 2010
Faculty:Non invasive testing for Microvascular angina in women. Case review.
Cedars Sinai 24th Annual Case Review with the Experts January 30th 2010
Faculty: Does Cardiac MRI have a role in clinical practice?.
Imaging Grand Rounds September 2009 Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Cardiac CT and MR: Applications in known coronary artery disease.
Cardiac Imaging Board review mock examination for senior CSMC radiology residents.
May 2009
3rd Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium Faculty:. Non invasive testing
for Microvascular angina in women. Case review. May 2009
Cedars Sinai 23rd Annual Case Review with the Experts
Faculty: Cardiac CT and CMR: When is CMR the test of choice?
Diagnostic CTA case presentation utilizing Terra Recon workstation
January 30th 2009
Sierra Heart Institute’s nineteenth annual “Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine: Cardiology
for the Primary Physician” conference. Approach to Diagnosis of Ischemia Including GenderSpecific Imaging Issues. October 17-19, 2008
2nd Annual Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium
Faculty: Women and heart disease. Approach to diagnosis including gender specific imaging
issues. May 2008
Cardiac Imaging Board review mock examination for senior CSMC radiology residents.
May 8th 2008.
Core curriculum lecture in Current applications of cardiac MRI
Division of Cardiology. UCLA-VA Greater Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley Program
May 7th 2008
Society of Nuclear Medicine Mid-Winter symposium February 16th 2008
The future role of cardiac MRI and cardiac CT.
Cedars Sinai 22nd Annual Case Review with the Experts January 27th 2008
Faculty: Cardiac CT and CMR: When is CMR the test of choice.
Diagnostic CTA case presentation utilizing Terra Recon workstation
Cardiology at the Frontier Sydney Australia December 1st 2007 St Vincents Hospital
Sesquincentenary Conference
Faculty: Combined MR and Nuclear- a better view?
Cardiology Rounds Cedars Sinai Medical Center July 2007
ACC abstracts review and cardiac imaging update
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Cardiology Rounds Tarzana and Encino Hospital July 2007.
Invited lecture: Cardiovascular MRI
Cedars Sinai Womens Heart Disease Symposium April 2007
Faculty: Women and heart disease. Approach to diagnosis including gender specific imaging
issues.
Cedars Sinai Womens Health Conference
Faculty: Angina with normal coronary arteries: microvascular disease is a women’s issue.
UCLA medical student lectures on cardiac imaging. Jan 12th, March 9th and May 18 2007.
Cardiac Imaging Board review lectures and examination for senior CSMC radiology
residents. April 30th, May 17th and 23rd. 2007.
ACC/ ASNC 29th Annual Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT
Featuring Case Review with the Experts.Washington DC May 2007.
Faculty: Myocardial Viability: When is CMR the Test of Choice?
: Non ischemic cardiomyopathy and CHF: What is the optimal non invasive work up with
CT, CMR, SPECT or PET?
Cedars Sinai 21st Annual Case Review with the Experts, January 2007
Faculty: Cardiac CT and CMR: When is CMR the test of choice.
: Diagnostic CTA case presentation utilizing Vitrea workstation
ACC/ ASNC 28th Annual Recent Advances in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT
Featuring Case Review with the Experts.Washington DC May 2006. Faculty: Myocardial
Viability: Integrating the Use of Nuclear, Echo and MRI Methods Cardiac CT vs. CMR:
When is CMR the Test of Choice?
Saint Agnes Medical Center's 2006 Heart and Vascular Symposium on Saturday, April 29,
2006 Current Applications of CT Angiography and MRI in Cardiovascular Imaging
Cedars Sinai 20th Annual Case Review with the Experts January 2006
Faculty: Cardiac CT and CMR: Where is CMR the test of choice.
Los Angeles Radiologic Society Midwinter Conference January 2006
Faculty: Basic cardiac and coronary anatomy and anomalies.
Systolic heart Failure. Diastolic Heart Failure.
CSMC Radiology and nuclear medicine residents lecture
HIDA scans September 1st 2005
Cardiac MR board review for senior CSMC and UCLA radiology residents
August 2005 and 2006.
Los Angeles Radiologic Society Meeting May 2005.
Invited speaker Nuclear cardiology case challenges – correlative imaging presentation
Nuclear Cardiology for the Technologist. Baltimore April 2005
Invited speaker Cardiology Beyond Perfusion and SPECT – cardiac MRI
SNM 2004: Cardiac viability defined by magnetic resonance imaging
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Invited speaker for continuing education special session on viability imaging.
Cardiac MR board review for senior CSMC and UCLA radiology residents
Feb 16th 2004
Adenosine stress testing:In service education for cardiac MR technologists,
CSMC Jan 23, 2004.
Cardiac MR case review
CSMC Cardiology fellows weekly meeting Jan 19th 2004.
Cardiac MR abstracts summary of AHA
Cardiology rounds CSMC November 2003
Cardiac MR assessment of viability
Cardiology Rounds CSMC June 2004
Magnetic resonance Imaging techniques for Non invasive hemodynamic Evaluation. Lecture
at the Inaugural DCMRC Cardiovascular MR Practicum, December 2002.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Atrial Septal Defects
Cardiology Grand Rounds, Duke University Medical Center, November 2002.
Myocardial Viability Imaging by single photon emission computed tomography .
Internal Medcine Grand Rounds
Concord repatriation and general hospital,
April 2000, Sydney, Australia.
Adenosine use in myocardial perfusion stress testingImproved image quality and patient tolerability with exercise
Australasian College of physicians nuclear medicine continuing education program
March 2001, Sydney, Australia.
The role of nuclear medicine in detection of myocardial viability
NZ cardiology registrars training weekend
May 2001, Auckland, New Zealand
Adenosine- Safety and efficacy of treadmill exercise during pharmacologic stress testing
Australia and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine branch meeting
September 2001, Sydney, Australia
TEACHING/ MENTORSHIP:
Research Internship – Created and supervised research intern, Michael Pedram, from October
2014- July 2015. Research project: Quantitative Bone SPECT-CT.
I am the Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship program director and have responsibility for
supervision and teaching of the following advanced cardiac imaging fellows and research
scientists:
Manish Motwani 2014- visiting post doc
Richard Stoebner MD, Commander Medical Corps United States Navy
current clinical cardiovascular imaging fellow 2013 – 2015.
Ankit Rathod MD - Clinical cardiovascular imaging fellow 2014 - 2015
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Prior visiting MD scientists and fellows in this program:
Ankit Rathod - fellow 2014 - 2015
Andreas Kumar 2014 visiting post doc
Yafim Brodov: Save a Heart Foundation fellow 2013- 2014
Mariana Diaz: visiting radiologist from Mexico 2013- 2014
William Psei Chin: visiting cardiologists 2013- 2014
Reza Arsanjani: clinical cardiovascular imaging fellow 2011-2012.
Now cardiologist on staff at CSMC
Jamal Rana: clinical cardiovascular imaging fellow 2011-2012
Aryeh Shalev: Save a Heart Foundation fellow 2011-2013
Yuka Otaki: Japanese visiting scientist. 2010- 2013
Rine Nakanishi: Japanese visiting scientist. 2010- 2012
Thomas Smith: Cardiologist from Sacramento, for 6 month experience in advanced
cardiac imaging. 2010
Haim Shmilovich; Save-a-Heart Foundation fellow 2009-2011
Ryo Nakazato; July 2008 – present, Japanese visiting scientist in CT, MR)
Balaji Tamarappoo; July 2008- 2010. Cardiovascular imaging clinical fellow.
Victor Cheng; July 2007-2008 clinical fellow, currently cardiologist at CSMC.
Arik Wolak; Save-a-Heart Foundation fellow, in practice in Israel.
Ariel Gutstein Save-a-Heart Foundation fellow, in practice in Israel.
Yasu Suzuki: Japanese research fellow in CT, CMR and Nuclear cardiology
Muneo Oba: Japanese research fellow in MPS,CT and CMR July 2007
Shoji Suzuki: Japanese research fellow in MPS, CT and CMR July 2007
Aiden Abidov: Save-a-Heart Foundation fellow 2003, in clinical practice in USA.
Women’s Heart Center collaboration: I have mentored the following physicians in the cardiac
MRI core lab operations and research activities involving the womens heart center
May Bakir 2014-2015 (cardiology fellow in NY)
Janet Wei 2013- 2014 (staff cardiologist with WHC).
Afsaneh Haftbaradaran 2012-2013
Megha Agarwal 2011-2012 (cardiology fellow UC Davis)
Pavel Goykhman 2010-2011 (cardiology fellow in NY)
Cardiac imaging case conference: I run this conference held Thursday mornings 8-9am
This weekly conference is attended by radiology residents and cardiology fellows as
well as cardiovascular imaging fellows. Reviews cases in MR, CT and nuclear cardiac
imaging. I schedule this meeting and teach approx 12-14 sessions each year.
Basic science course (imaging): I have re-designed and implemented this course 2014This weekly conference is attended by radiology residents and cardiology fellows and
covers basic science requirement for the radiology residency program in nuclear
medicine as well as for the cardiology fellowship eligibility for nuclear cardiology
certification.
Radiology residents board review sessions in cardiac MR and nuclear cardiology. 2005-2014.
Nuclear cardiology for the technologist, ACC sponsored course, Cedars Sinai 2004
Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center Cardiovascular Practicum
MRI for the non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular hemodynamics. Dec 2002.
Cardiovascular clinical skills training for FRACP candidates 1997-2001.
Lecturer for Green Lane hospital nursing advanced cardiac course, 1997-1999.
Medical student clinical tutorials in cardiology, Green Lane Hospital 1997- 1999
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RESEARCH:
Current research interests span nuclear medicine, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT and nuclear
cardiology and include in-house, inter-departmental and multicenter collaborative research.
My primary interest is in the study of cardiac MRI utility in the evaluation of women with
angina and open coronary arteries, for which I am director of the cardiac MRI core laboratory
for the NHLBI sponsored WISE study. I am additionally involved in clinical nuclear
medicine research activities and have worked with radiology residents and medical residents
in producing abstracts and publications based upon general nuclear and cardiac imaging
cases.
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