
Geoffrey Cho MD
Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Cardiac Critical Care
UCLA Cardiology Faculty
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Summary
- Dr. Geoffrey Cho is a board-certified cardiologist on faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is board certified multiple disciplines, including cardiology, cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology, adult echocardiography, and internal medicine. He completed his cardiology fellowship at UCLA and his internal medicine training at UT Southwestern. He also received his medical degree from UT Southwestern, where he started medical school at age 19.
Dr. Cho speaks English, Japanese and Mandarin. Dr. Cho's current research focuses on cardiac imaging and artificial intelligence in cardiac computed tomography. He has published in multiple journals, including Circulation, Circulation Research, JACC, Science, BBA, CMI, and PNAS. He has also won several prestigious accolades, including being an American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award Finalist, Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators Competition Finalist, and American Heart Association Southwest-Affiliate Fellowship Grant Award recipient. He also has been elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) and American College of Cardiology (FACC) and also an American College of Cardiology (ACC) Young Investigator Award Committee Member.
Education & Training
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2016 - 2020
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2013
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2011
- Stanford UniversityBS, Undergraduate
- University of TexasUndergraduate
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2016 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award American College of Cardiology (ACC), 2018
- American Heart Association - Southwestern Affiliate Fellowship Grant Award American Heart Association (AHA), 2014-2016
- Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigator Award Northwestern University, 2015
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- AI-Quantitative CT Coronary Plaque Features Associate with a Higher Relative Risk in Women: CONFIRM2-Registry.Gudrun M Feuchtner, Pietro G Lacaita, Jeroen J Bax, Fatima Rodriguez, Rine Nakanishi
Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2025-03-31 - Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Novel Advances, Emerging Techniques, and Recent Clinical Trials.Ilana S Golub, Abhinav Thummala, Tyler Morad, Jasmeet Dhaliwal, Francisco Elisarraras
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025-03-19 - Surviving the Odds: Primary Cardiac Lymphoma With Locoregional Lymph Node Involvement Complicated by Pericardial Effusion and Arrhythmia.Kinan Bachour, Sagar Shah, Allison Reichl, Jennifer Chia, David S Shabsovich
Cureus. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- Lipoprotein Lipase Is Active as a MonomerStephen G Young, Geoffrey W Cho, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Grant Support
- Fellowship GrantAmerican Heart AssociationPresent
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese
External Links
- Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUNBiS-El_AJ1mfEl4QGBbA
- Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffrey-cho/
- UCLA Healthhttps://www.uclahealth.org/reagan/geoffrey-cho
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