GilbertLewisRaffMD

Cardiology • Royal Oak, MI

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Non-Invasive Cardiology

Professor of Medicine, Oakland University-William Beaumont Medical School

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Office
3601 W 13 Mile Rd
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Phone+1 248-898-4198
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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1978 - 1980
University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1978
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1976
University of California, Davis, School of MedicineClass of 1975

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1978 - Present
MI State Medical License 1977 - 2021
NM State Medical License 1981 - 2003

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Study of Coronary Artery Computed Tomography to Diagnose Emergency Chest Pain Start of enrollment: 2005 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Usefulness of Coronary CT Angiography in Patients With Inconclusive Stress Test Results Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Completed
Optimizing Image Quality in Obese Patients Undergoing Coronary Computed Tomography (CT) Angiography Start of enrollment: 2007 May 01
Completed
Coronary Computed Tomography for Systematic Triage of Acute Chest Pain Patients to Treatment (CT-STAT) Start of enrollment: 2007 May 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Validation of the Siemens System Somatom Definition and Operating Software for Cardiac CT Studies Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
Completed
Evaluate the Effectiveness and Cost of Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for Non-invasive Evaluation of Lesions Discovered on Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) Start of enrollment: 2007 Sep 01
Terminated
Cardiac Computed Tomography In the Management of Patients With indeterminAte or inConclusive Stress Tests Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01
Completed
Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Consortium Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
Completed
Radiation Dose From Computed Tomography Before and After Implementation of a High Pitch Dual Spiral Technique Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Completed
Computed Tomography Dose Reduction Using Sequential or Fast Pitch Sprial Technique Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Completed
The Computed Tomography-derived Fractional Flow Reserve STAT Trial Start of enrollment: 2017 Aug 24
Terminated
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Sex and age-specific interactions of coronary atherosclerotic plaque onset and prognosis from coronary computed tomography.
Sophie E van Rosendael, A Maxim Bax, Fay Y Lin, Stephan Achenbach, Daniele Andreini, Matthew J Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Tracy Q Callister, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Benj...> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023 Aug 23
3 citations
Clinical and Coronary Plaque Predictors of Atherosclerotic Nonresponse to Statin Therapy.
Sophie E van Rosendael, Inge J van den Hoogen, Fay Y Lin, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, Matthew J Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Jung Hyun Cho...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023 Apr 1
5 citations
Aspirin and Statin Therapy for Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Five-year Outcomes from the CONFIRM Registry.
Praveen Indraratna, Christopher Naoum, Sagit Ben Zekry, Heidi Gransar, Philipp Blanke, Stephanie Sellers, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, Daniele Andreini, Danie...> ;Radiology. Cardiothoracic Imaging. 2022 Apr 1
15 citations
Topological Data Analysis of Coronary Plaques Demonstrates the Natural History of Coronary Atherosclerosis.
Doyeon Hwang, Haneol J. Kim, Seung Pyo Lee, Seonhee Lim, Bon Kwon Koo, Yong Jin Kim, Woong Kook, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo Cadem...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2021 Jul 1
13 citations
Importance of measurement site on assessment of lesion-specific ischemia and diagnostic performance by coronary computed tomography Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow...
Elvis Cami, Travis Tagami, Gilbert L. Raff, Michael Gallagher, Austin Fan, Adam Hafeez, Stacy J. Willner, Priscilla F. Sigua Arce, Julie George, Abhay N. Bilolikar, Ka...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2021 Mar 1
16 citations
Progression of whole-heart Atherosclerosis by coronary CT and major adverse cardiovascular events.
Han, D., Alexander R. van Rosendael, Fay Y. Lin, Inge J. van den Hoogen, Xiaoyue Ma, Umberto Gianni, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Jessica M. Peña, Daniele Andreini, Matthew J. Bu...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2021 Jan 1
16 citations
Age- and sex-related features of atherosclerosis from coronary computed tomography angiography in patients prior to acute coronary syndrome: results from the ICONIC st...
Han, D., Edoardo Conte, Aeshita Dwivedi, Saima Mushtaq, Gianluca Pontone, Fay Y. Lin, Emma J. Hollenberg, Sang Eun Lee, Jeroen J. Bax, Filippo Cademartiri, Kavitha Chi...> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2021 Jan 1
3 citations
Associations between dyspnoea, coronary atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular outcomes: results from the long-term follow-up CONFIRM registry.
Alexander R. van Rosendael, A. Maxim Bax, Inge J. van den Hoogen, Jeff M. Smit, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Daniele Andreini, Daniel S. Be...> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Dec 2
41 citations
Sex Differences in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography–Derived Fractional Flow Reserve: Lessons From ADVANCE
Timothy A. Fairbairn, Rebecca Dobson, Lyne Hurwitz-Koweek, Hitoshi Matsuo, Bjarne L. Nørgaard, Niels Peter Rønnow Sand, Koen Nieman, Jeroen J. Bax, Gianluca Pontone, G...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Dec 1
32 citations
The Relationship Between Coronary Calcification and the Natural History of Coronary Artery Disease.
Han Young Jin, Jonathan R. Weir-McCall, Jonathon Leipsic, Jang Won Son, Stephanie L. Sellers, Michael Shao, Philipp Blanke, Amir Ahmadi, Martin Hadamitzky, Yong Jin Ki...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Nov 18
28 citations
A Boosted Ensemble Algorithm for Determination of Plaque Stability in High-Risk Patients on Coronary CTA
Han, D., Subhi J. Al'Aref, Gurpreet Singh, Jeong W. Choi, Zhuoran Xu, Gabriel Maliakal, Alexander R. van Rosendael, Benjamin C. Lee, Zahra Fatima, Daniele Andreini, Je...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Oct 1
11 citations
Impact of age on coronary artery plaque progression and clinical outcome: A PARADIGM substudy.
Minkwan Kim, Seung Pyo Lee, Soongu Kwak, Seokhun Yang, Yong Jin Kim, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, ...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2021 May 1
6 citations
The clinical utility of FFRCT stratified by age.
Malcom Anastasius, Paul Maggiore, Alex L. Huang, Phillip Blanke, Manesh R. Patel, Bjarne L. Nørgaard, Timothy A. Fairbairn, Koen Nieman, Takashi Akasaka, Daniel S. Ber...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2021 Mar 1
26 citations
Non-obstructive high-risk plaques increase the risk of future culprit lesions comparable to obstructive plaques without high-risk features The iconic study
Richard A. Ferraro, Alexander R. van Rosendael, Yao Lu, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Filippo Cademartiri, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Benjamin J.W. Chow, Edoardo Cont...> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Sep 1
32 citations
Quantitative assessment of coronary plaque volume change related to triglyceride glucose index: The Progression of AtheRosclerotic PlAque DetermIned by Computed TomoGr...
Ki Bum Won, Byoung Kwon Lee, Hyung Bok Park, Ran Heo, Sang Eun Lee, Asim Rizvi, Fay Y. Lin, Amit Kumar, Martin Hadamitzky, Yong Jin Kim, Ji Min Sung, Edoardo Conte, Da...> ;Cardiovascular Diabetology. 2020 Jul 18
52 citations
Differences in Progression to Obstructive Lesions per High-Risk Plaque Features and Plaque Volumes With CCTA.
Sang Eun Lee, Ji Min Sung, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Jung Hyun Choi, Eun Ju Chun, Edoardo Conte...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Jun 1
16 citations
Automatic segmentation of multiple cardiovascular structures from cardiac computed tomography angiography images using deep learning.
Lohendran Baskaran, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Gabriel Maliakal, Benjamin C. Lee, Zhuoran Xu, Jeong W. Choi, Sang Eun Lee, Ji Min Sung, Fay Y. Lin, Simon Dunham, Bobak Mosadegh...> ;Plos One. 2020 May 6
31 citations
Clinical risk factors and atherosclerotic plaque extent to define risk for major events in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease: the long-term coronary...
Alexander R. van Rosendael, A. Maxim Bax, Jeff M. Smit, Inge J. van den Hoogen, Xiaoyue Ma, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Daniele Andreini, ...> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 May 1
4 citations
Temporal changes in FFRCT-Guided Management of Coronary Artery Disease - Lessons from the ADVANCE Registry.
Fay M. A. Nous, Ricardo P.J. Budde, Timothy A. Fairbairn, Takashi Akasaka, Bjarne L. Nørgaard, Daniel S. Berman, Gilbert L. Raff, Lynne M. Hurwitz-Koweek, Gianluca Pon...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2021 Jan 1
18 citations
Coronary atherosclerosis scoring with semiquantitative CCTA risk scores for prediction of major adverse cardiac events: Propensity score-based analysis of diabetic and...
Inge J. van den Hoogen, Alexander R. van Rosendael, Fay Y. Lin, Yao Lu, Aukelien C. Dimitriu-Leen, Jeff M. Smit, Arthur J.H.A. Scholte, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz H. Al-...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2020 May 1
20 citations
Increased long-term mortality in women with high left ventricular ejection fraction: data from the CONFIRM (COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: A...
Catherine Gebhard, Monika Maredziak, Michael Messerli, Ronny R. Buechel, Fay Y. Lin, Heidi Gransar, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Daniele Andreini, Jeroen J. ...> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Apr 1
48 citations
Machine Learning Framework to Identify Individuals at Risk of Rapid Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis: From the PARADIGM Registry.
Han, D., Donghee Han, Kranthi K. Kolli, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Lohendran Baskaran, Alexander R. van Rosendael, Heidi Gransar, Daniele Andreini, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo C...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020 Mar 3
86 citations
Association of High-Density Calcified 1K Plaque with Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Han, D., Alexander R. van Rosendael, Jagat Narula, Fay Y. Lin, Inge J. van den Hoogen, Umberto Gianni, Patricia C. Dunham, Jessica M. Peña, Sang Eun Lee, Daniele Andre...> ;JAMA Cardiology. 2020 Mar 1
40 citations
Clinical Use of CT-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve in the Emergency Department
Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan, Robert D. Safian, Michael L. Gallagher, Julie George, Simon R. Dixon, Abhay N. Bilolikar, Amr E. Abbas, Mazen Shoukfeh, Marc Brodsky, James R. S...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Feb 1
24 citations
Percent atheroma volume: Optimal variable to report whole-heart atherosclerotic plaque burden with coronary CTA, the PARADIGM study
Alexander R. van Rosendael, Fay Y. Lin, Xiaoyue Ma, Inge J. van den Hoogen, Umberto Gianni, Subhi J. Al'Aref, Jessica M. Peña, Daniele Andreini, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Ma...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2020 Sep 1
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Journal Articles

Real-World Clinical Utility and Impact on Clinical Decision-Making of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve: Lessons from the ADVANC...
Gilbert Raff, Mark Rabbat, Manesh R Patel, European Heart Journal