潘耀强

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BS (Summa cum laude), Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1983
MD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 1987
Internship, Internal Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1987-1988.
Resident, Internal Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1988-1990.
Fellow, Cardiology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1990-1993.
BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1993
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 1997
Board Certified in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2008
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Cardiac CT
Cardiac MR
Pulmonary Hypertension
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Quantitative assessment of coronary CTA correlating with QCA, IVUS and FFR.
The role of coronary CTA in the assessment of acute chest pain
Novel role of computed aided diagnosis in the triage of coronary artery disease following coronary CTA.
One-stop evaluation of ischemic heart disease using cardiac MRI.
SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Clinician-Scientist Award, American Heart Association, 1993-8
Finalist, Irvine H. Page Atherosclerosis Research Award, American Heart Association, 1995
Finalist, Young Investigator Award (Molecular and Cellular Cardiology), American College of Cardiology, 1996
Young Investigator Award in Vascular Biology, American Heart Association/North American Vascular Biology Organization, 1998
New York Magazine Best Doctors, 2004-8
Castle Connoly Guide to America’s Top Doctors, 2005-8
President, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2007
Poon, M, Marx, SO, Taubman, MB, Marks, AR Rapamycin inhibits vascular smooth muscle cells migration. J Clin Invest 1996: 98:2277-2283.
Poon M, Zhang X, Dunsky KG, Taubman, MB, Harpel, PC. Apolipoprotein(a) induces monocyte chemotactic activity in human vascular endothelial cells. Circulation 1997. 96:2514-2519.
Poon M, Fuster V, Fayad Z.Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a "one-stop-shop" evaluation of myocardial dysfunction. Curr Opin Cardiol 2002;17:663-670.
Sanz J, Rius T, Kuschnir P, Fuster V, Goldberg J, Ye XY, Wisdom P, Poon M. The importance of end-systole for optimal reconstruction protocol of coronary angiography with 16-slice multidetector computed tomography. Invest Radiol 2005;40:155-63.
Sanz J, Weeks D, Nikolaou K, Sirol M, Rius T, Rajagopalam S, Dellegrottaglie S, Strobeck J, Fuster V, Poon M. Detection of healed myocardial infarction with multidetector-row computed tomography and comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance delayed hyperenchancement. Am J Cardiol 2006;98:149-55.
Hendel RC, Patel MR, Kramer CM, Poon M. ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR 2006 appropriateness criteria for cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, American College of Radiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, North American Society for Cardiac Imaging, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Interventional Radiology. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;48:1475-1497.
Budoff MJ, Achenbach S, Berman DS, Fayad ZA, Poon M, Taylor AJ, Uretsky BF, Williams KA; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology; Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Task force 13: training in advanced cardiovascular imaging (computed tomography) endorsed by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:409-14.