Raymond Y Kwong MD MPH

Echocardiography, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Non-Invasive Cardiology

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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75 Francis StBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-7850
Fax+1 857-307-1944

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Education & Training

National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Body Imaging/Cross Sectional Imaging/MRI, 1999 - 2001
George Washington UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1997 - 2000
University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 1992

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
DC State Medical License 1997 - 2002
MD State Medical License 1999 - 2002

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification OpTime Surgical 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013, 2015-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Inpatient 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013, 2015-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013, 2015-2017

Clinical Trials

Effect of High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation After Recent Heart Attack Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Start of enrollment: 2008 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Detection of Diffuse Scar in Patients With Diabetes
WITHDRAWN
PHASE4
Role of Stress CMR in Predicting Adverse Clinical Events in Patients With Known or Suspected IHD Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 30
COMPLETED

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Variability in Cardiac Stress Test Interpretation: Agreement Between Enrollment Sites and Core Laboratories in the Global ISCHEMIA Trial.
Evan O'Keefe, Brett W Sperry, Philip G Jones, James H O'Keefe, Lawrence M Phillips
Circulation. Population Health and Outcomes. 2026-07-01
1 citations
Atorvastatin and left ventricular strain during anthracycline-based chemotherapy.
Vencel Juhasz, Thiago Quinaglia, Zsofia D Drobni, Hannah K Gilman, Julius C Heemelaar
International Journal of Cardiology. 2026-07-01
Clinical and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Phenotype of Probable Viral versus Probable Immune-mediated Acute Myocarditis.
Benedikt Bernhard, Egli Fabian, Kiril Stoyanov, Elchinova Elena, Isabela Reis Marques
European Journal of Heart Failure. 2026-06-18

Journal Articles

Evaluation of Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Risk Reclassification of Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Shuaib Abdullah, John F Heitner, Steve W Leung, Dipan J Shah, Subha V Raman, Victor A Ferrari, Venkatesh L Murthy, Raymond Y Kwong, JAMA Cardiology
What Is of Recent Interest in CMR Insights from the JACC Family of Journals
Raymond Kwong, MD, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Association of Sex with Severity of CAD, Ischemia, and Symptom Burden in Patients with Moderate or Severe Ischemia
Michael H Picard, Raymond Y Kwong, William E Boden, David J Maron, Judith S Hochman, JAMA Cardiology

Authored Content

GadaCAD A Vigorous Interrogation of Diagnostic Accuracy and ConsistencySeptember 2020

Press Mentions

MI Detected by Stress Imaging Resets Risk CalculatorAugust 18th, 2020
The Value and Prognosis of Stress CMR Perfusion in the United StatesDecember 2nd, 2019
Leading Cardiologists Say MRI Should Be Used More Frequently for Heart Disease Diagnosis in the USOctober 22nd, 2019