
Overview
Dr. Raymond Y. Kwong is the director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). A cardiovascular medicine specialist, he is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Kwong received his medical degree from University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Vancouver General Hospital and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at The George Washington University Hospital. He then completed a cardiac MRI fellowship program at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes of Health. Dr. Kwong is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.He has authored over 290 peer-reviewed publications. His clinical interests and research focus on cardiac imaging, specifically the use of cardiac MRI to assess ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction. He has received multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Canadian Institute of Health Research, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for his research.
Dr. Kwong is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cardiac Ablation. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Myocarditis, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 286 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Cardiac Ablation.
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Locations
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4G, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Dr. Usha B. Tedrow is director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s (BWH) Heart Rhythm Program. A cardiovascular medicine specialist, she is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Tedrow received her medical degree from HMS. She completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, she completed a cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at BWH. Dr. Tedrow is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and cardiac electrophysiology.Her clinical interests include atrial fibrillation, cardiac resynchronization and ventricular tachycardia. She is currently researching left ventricular mapping and pacing data to analyze novel ablation treatments for structural heart disease. In addition, Dr. Tedrow serves on the editorial board of Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications and has received research funding from the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Tedrow is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Cardiac Ablation. Her top areas of expertise are Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic
William Sauer is a Cardiologist in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Dr. Sauer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Cardiac Ablation. His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Dr. Paul Zei is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is Director of the BWH Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation Program, with a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Zei earned his medical degree and a PhD at Stanford University. He then completed Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, Cardiology Fellowship, and Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship training at BWH. After briefly serving on the faculty at BWH, he moved to Stanford University, where he spent eleven years as a faculty member in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. At Stanford, Dr. Zei developed a program in complex ablation, a research program in technology innovation, and he also served as the Director of Outpatient Cardiology and ECG services. Dr. Zei then returned to Boston to re-join the faculty at BWH and Harvard Medical School.Dr. Zei’s clinical interests focus on management of complex arrhythmias, with an emphasis on atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation of complex arrhythmias, and device implantation. In his role as Director of BWH’s Comprehensive Atrial Fibrillation Program, Dr. Zei brings together a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation and leads several research initiatives to better understand and treat patients with this condition. Dr. Zei’s research interests are in understanding the basic underlying mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and developing new technologies to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. Dr. Zei is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Cardiac Ablation. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- CardiomyopathyDr. Kwong isElite. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Distinguished
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Kwong isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Kwong isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Kwong isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Hypertensive Heart DiseaseDr. Kwong isDistinguished. Learn about Hypertensive Heart Disease.
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)Dr. Kwong isDistinguished. Learn about Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
- MyocarditisDr. Kwong isDistinguished. Learn about Myocarditis.
- Advanced
- AnginaDr. Kwong isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Kwong isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Kwong isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Congenital Coronary Artery Malformation
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)Dr. Kwong isAdvanced. Learn about Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
- Heart FailureDr. Kwong isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Kwong isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Aortic DissectionDr. Kwong isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Kwong isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Kwong isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Kwong isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Kwong isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.


