KalonHoMD

Interventional Cardiology

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of Quality Assurance, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Office
330 Brookline Ave
Baker 4
Boston, MA 02215
Phone+1 617-667-8800

Fax+1 617-632-7460
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Education & Training

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1990 - 1995
Harvard School of Public HealthMSc, Clinical Epidemiology, 1990 - 1995
Framingham Heart StudyFellowship, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, 1990 - 1993
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1992 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

F. Mason Sones Distinguished Service Award Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 2017
Fellow (FAHA) American Heart Association, 2006
Fellow (FSCAI) Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 2002
Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2001
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology, 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Reducing use of triple therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from a hospital-wide quality improvement initiative.
William Earle, George Abdallah, Sean Meagher, Kaden Shen, C Michael Gibson, Kalon K L Ho, Eric A Secemsky> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 Nov 1
10 citations
Incidence of Myopericarditis and Myocardial Injury in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccinated Subjects.
Rosemary Farahmand, Caitlin A. Trottier, Joseph P. Kannam, Kalon K.L. Ho> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Nov 28
Relation of the Number of Cardiovascular Conditions and Short-term Symptom Improvement After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina Pectoris
Christopher R Flynn, Ariela R. Orkaby, Linda R. Valsdottir, Daniel B. Kramer, Kalon K.L. Ho, John A. Dodson, Robert W. Yeh, Jordan B. Strom> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Jul 17
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Preprocedural Medication Errors in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Mark K. Tuttle, Nicholas Spetko, Jonathan W. Waks, Kalon K.L. Ho, Dhruv S. Kazi, Kunal Tandon, Peter Zimetbaum> ;Cardiology Research. 2021 Jul 9
1 citations
Lessons for Treating Structural Heart Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.
Mark K Tuttle, Marie-France Poulin, Ravi K Sharma, Kalon K L Ho, Abel Casso-Dominguez, Kimberly Guibone, Duane S Pinto, Roger J Laham> ;Structural Heart. 2021 Jun 1
3 citations
Ipsilateral transulnar artery approach catheterizations after failure of the radial approach-Are two sheaths in the same arm safe?
Biljana Zafirovska, Aleksandar Jovkovski, Ivan Vasilev, Hajber Taravari, Darko Kitanoski, Danica Petkoska, Savetka Paljoskovska, Jorgo Kostov, Kalon K.L. Ho, Sasko Kedev> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 May 28
4 citations
Transradial vs transfemoral secondary access outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Shree Lata Radhakrishnan, Kalon K.K. Ho> ;World Journal of Cardiology. 2020 Nov 26
11 citations
Association between procedure appropriateness and patient-reported outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention
Jesse X. Yang, Margaret J Stevenson, Linda R. Valsdottir, Kalon K.L. Ho, John A. Spertus, Robert W. Yeh, Jordan B. Strom> ;Heart. 2020 Mar 1
6 citations
Exercise and pharmacologic stress-induced interlead T-wave heterogeneity analysis to detect clinically significant coronary artery stenosis.
Anderson C. Silva, Victor Z. de Antonio, Jakub Sroubek, Ernest V. Gervino, Kalon K.L. Ho, Sofia A. Medeiros, Fernanda Tessarolo Silva, Giovanna C. Pedreira, Fernando G...> ;International Journal of Cardiology. 2020 Jan 1
Expedited Removal of a Radial Hemostatic Compression Device Following Cardiac Catheterization Is Safe and Associated With Reduced Time to Discharge.
Mark K. Tuttle, Noah Q. Haroian, Lana F. Gavin, Cheryl A. Esposito, Kalon K.L. Ho> ;Cardiology Research. 2019 Nov 23
9 citations
Expanding opportunities to understand quality and outcomes of peripheral vascular interventions: The ACC NCDR PVI Registry
W. Schuyler Jones, Kevin F. Kennedy, Beau M. Hawkins, Robert R. Attaran, Eric A. Secemsky, Faisal Latif, Nicolas W. Shammas, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Herbert D. Aronow, Bru...> ;American Heart Journal. 2019 Jul 22
10 citations
Identifying Complications and Optimizing Consultations following Transradial Arterial Access for Cardiac Procedures.
Ryan Cauley, Winona W. Wu, Andres F. Doval, Elliot L. Chaikof, Kalon K.L. Ho, Matthew L. Iorio> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2019 Apr 1
A combined care model using early access to specialists off-hours to reduce cardiac admissions.
Michael C. Gavin, Bruce E. Landon, Jonathan Lu, Leila Ganjehei, Kalon K.L. Ho, Larry A. Nathanson, Edward Ullman, Shamai A. Grossman, Peter Zimetbaum> ;Internal and Emergency Medicine. 2019 Mar 27
12 citations
Public Reporting of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Institutional Costs and Physician Burden
Rishi K. Wadhera, Colin W. O'Brien, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Kalon K.L. Ho, Duane S. Pinto, Frederic S. Resnic, Pinak B. Shah, Robert W. Yeh> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 May 28
9 citations
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cardiology.
Daniel M. Blumenthal, Jordan B. Strom, Linda R. Valsdottir, Sydney Howard, Neil Wagle, Kalon K.L. Ho, Daniel M. Horn, Sandra M. O’Keefe, Jason H. Wasfy, Joshua P. Metl...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2018 Nov 1
18 citations
The prognostic value of the relationship between right atrial and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in diverse cardiovascular conditions.
Douglas Marshall Brinkley, Kalon K.L. Ho, Mark H. Drazner, Robb D. Kociol> ;American Heart Journal. 2018 May 1
8 citations
Total wrist access for angiography and interventions: Procedural success and access site crossover in a high volume transradial center.
Sasko Kedev, Biljana Zafirovska, Slobodan Antov, Jorgo Kostov, Igor Spiroski, Marjan Boshev, Ivan Vasilev, Aleksandar Jovkovski, Hajber Taravari, Darko Kitanoski, Dani...> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2017 Dec 1
19 citations
Type 4a myocardial infarction: Incidence, risk factors, and long-term outcomes.
Xiaoyu Yang, Hector Tamez, Carol Lai, Kalon K.L. Ho, Donald E. Cutlip> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2017 Apr 1
16 citations
Time-Course of Cause-Specific Hospital Admissions During Snowstorms: An Analysis of Electronic Medical Records From Major Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts
Jennifer F. Bobb, Kalon K.L. Ho, Robert W. Yeh, Lori Harrington, Adrian H. Zai, Katherine P. Liao, Francesca Dominici> ;American Journal of Epidemiology. 2017 Feb 15
2 citations
Utility of a real‐time appropriate use criteria decision support application for percutaneous coronary interventions in non‐acute coronary syndrome
Stuart H. Chen, Kalon K.L. Ho, Stephen A. Gannon, Braghadheeswar Thyagarajan, Anjan K. Chakrabarti, Brian J. Potter, Anand Singla, Bryan J. Piccirillo, Christopher Med...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016 Sep 1
18 citations
The Data Extraction and Longitudinal Trend Analysis Network Study of Distributed Automated Postmarket Cardiovascular Device Safety Surveillance
Amit Kumar, Michael E. Matheny, Kalon K.L. Ho, Robert W. Yeh, Thomas C. Piemonte, Howard M. Waldman, Pinak B. Shah, Richard Cope, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Sharon Donnel...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2015 Jan 1
28 citations
The Impact of Extreme-Risk Cases on Hospitals’ Risk-Adjusted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Mortality Ratings
Matthew W. Sherwood, J. Matthew Brennan, Kalon K.L. Ho, Frederick A. Masoudi, John C. Messenger, W. Douglas Weaver, David Dai, Eric D. Peterson> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2015 Jan 1
2 citations
Cardiac biomarker measurement after elective percutaneous coronary interventions in older patients: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Tracy Y. Wang, Lisa A. McCoy, John C. Messenger, Megan L. Neely, Kalon K.L. Ho, Matthew T. Roe, H. Vernon Anderson> ;American Heart Journal. 2013 Nov 1
142 citations
Enhanced mortality risk prediction with a focus on high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: results from 1,208,137 procedures in the NCDR (National Cardiovascular...
J. Matthew Brennan, Jeptha P. Curtis, David Dai, Susan Fitzgerald, Akshay Khandelwal, John A. Spertus, Sunil V. Rao, Mandeep Singh, Richard E. Shaw, Kalon K.L. Ho, Ron...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2013 Aug 1
38 citations
Risk-treatment paradox in the selection of transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention.
Neil J. Wimmer, Frederic S. Resnic, Laura Mauri, Michael E. Matheny, Thomas C. Piemonte, Eugene Pomerantsev, Kalon K.L. Ho, Susan Robbins, Howard M. Waldman, Robert W....> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2013 May 24
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