Shmuel Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

About Shmuel Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Personal Statement

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Specifically, coronary artery disease (i.e. blockages in the heart vessels) or structural heart disease (including valvular heart conditions) can result in significant symptoms, worsening heart function, and poor prognosis without treatment. While many of these conditions would previously require open-heart surgery, advances in the field of interventional cardiology have allowed for the development of transcatheter or percutaneous therapies which may allow for less invasive treatment options.

My focus is to help patients better understand their cardiovascular medical conditions and available treatment options for these problems. I aspire to provide tailored therapies and the most up-to-date and cutting-edge treatments for my patients. As I have dedicated my career to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, I am confident that better understanding of the nature of disease processes aided by forward thinking clinical research and early adoption of new technologies may help generate further information and knowledge to help provide the best care for my patients.

Biographical Info

Dr. Shmuel Chen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at �鶹��ý�� and the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He specializes in interventional cardiology including the treatment of coronary and structural heart disease.

Dr. Chen received his medical degree from The Hebrew University School of Medicine (Jerusalem, Israel) as well as a PhD in Neurobiology from the Hebrew University School of Medicine. He completed his training in internal medicine and cardiology at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center (Jerusalem, Israel), where he also served as a Staff Cardiologist and a Lecturer in Cardiology. He subsequently moved to New York City and dedicated over 2 years to a prestigious research fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). During this time, he worked towards designing and undertaking cutting-edge clinical trials and research in interventional cardiology. He has lead and extensively contributed to a number of projects and studies, exploring all aspects of cardiovascular and structural heart disease. These works have been published in leading medical journals in the field. After this focused research time, Dr. Chen joined The Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York, NY) for a two-year interventional cardiology fellowship program in July 2019. He gained specialty training in coronary interventions and strcutrual heart disease including aortic, mitral, tricuspid, paravalvular leak, patent foramen ovale (PFO), and left atrial appendage procedures. He joined the Weill Cornell Medical Center in September 2021 for another year of advanced structural heart training and served as an Instructor in Medicine.

Honors and Awards

2012 Hebrew University, School of Medicine, Faculty prize for "Distinction in Clinical Work"

2003 - 2007 Education program scholarship from the Hebrew University

2002 Dean’s award for excellence, Hebrew University

1999 Rector’s award for excellence, Hebrew University

1998 Dean’s award for excellence, Hebrew University

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine (Interventional Cardiology)

Clinical Expertise

Heart Valve Disease

Aortic Valve

Aortic Valve Stenosis

Aortic Valve Regurgitation

Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Heart Valve Repair

Heart Valve Replacement

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Tricuspid Valve

Mitral Valve

Mitral Valve Prolapse

Mitral Valve Stenosis

Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair

Valve Replacement, Aortic and Mitral

Valvuloplasty

Coronary Arteries

Coronary Angiogram

Coronary Angioplasty

Coronary Angioplasty (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention)

Coronary Interventions

Languages

English

Hebrew

Arabic

Research

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