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RICHARD K. CHENG, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Washington Medical Center

1959 N.E. Pacific Street

Campus Box 356422

Seattle, WA 98195

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, and Mechanical Circulatory Support, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Fellowship, Cardiology, STAR Program, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
MS, Clinical Investigation, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Residency, Internal Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
MD, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2005
BS, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2000

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2012
National Board of Echocardiography, 2012
American Board of Nuclear Cardiology, 2012

American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

General Cardiology
Echocardiography
Diagnostic Angiography, Right Heart Catheterization, Endomyocardial Biopsy
Advanced Heart Failure Management
Ventricular Assist Device and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Heart Transplantation

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

American Heart Association, Get with the Guidelines, Young Investigator Database Award, 2012
Heart Failure Society of America, Travel Award, 2011
Selected for cover article for Circulation Research, 2007
American Heart Association, Heritage Affiliate Fellowship Grant, 2004

Selected Publications

Cheng RK, Allareddy M, DePasquale E, Nasif F, Shahzad K, Deng MC. Algorithm for Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure. Textbook Chapter in Surgical Treatment for Advanced Heart Failure (Ed. Morgan JA and Naka Y). Springer Science and Business Media, New York, NY. 2013.

Cheng RK, Lee MS, Seki A, Shemin RJ, Cruz D, Lluri G, Mitchell GD, Yang EH. Radiation Coronary Arteritis Refractory to Surgical and Percutaneous Revascularization Culminating in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2013 Jul-Aug;22(4): 303-8.

Cheng RK, Deng MC, Tseng C, Shemin RJ, Kubak BM, MacLellan WR. Risk Stratification with Advanced Heart Failure Requiring Biventricular Assist Device Support as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2012 Aug; 31(8): 831-8.

Lee MS, Park KW, Mahmud E, Thani KB, Sheiban I, Cheng RK, Cho JH, Jin DK, Gwon HC, Chae IH, Aragon J, Stone GW, Kim HS. Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Everolimus-Eluting Stents. Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2012 Jul; 24(7): 316-9.

Lee MS, Cheng RK, Kandzari DE, Kirtane AJ. Long-Term Outcomes of Heart Transplantation Recipients with Transplant Coronary Artery Disease Who Develop In-Stent Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology. 2012 Jun 15; 109(12): 1729-32.