Richard A Shlofmitz MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Chairman Cardiology St Francis Hospital
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100 Port Washington Blvd..Roslyn, NY 11576
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Overview of Dr. Shlofmitz
Dr. Richard Shlofmitz is a cardiologist in Roslyn, NY and is the chairman of cardiology at St Francis Hospital. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in interventional cardiology with expertise in intravascular imaging with OCT and calcium ablation
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1986
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1993 - Present
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Newsday - Top Doctors on Long Island Castle Connolly, 2008, 2010-2014
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Clinical Trials
- The Saint Francis Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Trial (SaFR) Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
- Plavix, Prasugrel and Drug Eluting Stents Pilot Trial Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsOrbital atherectomy versus balloon angioplasty before drug-eluting stent implantation in severely calcified lesions eligible for both treatment strategies (ECLIPSE): a...Ajay J Kirtane, Philippe Généreux, Bruce Lewis, Richard A Shlofmitz, Suhail Dohad
Lancet. 2025-04-12 - Percutaneous coronary intervention for calcified and resistant lesions.Gabriele Pesarini, Farrel Hellig, Ashok Seth, Richard Alan Shlofmitz, Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Eurointervention. 2025-04-07 - 2 citationsA Revised Optical Coherence Tomography-Derived Calcium Score to Predict Stent Underexpansion in Severely Calcified Lesions.Takao Sato, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Kei Yamamoto, Yoichiro Sugizaki, Evan Shlofmitz
JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025-03-10
Journal Articles
- Safety of Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Orbital AtherectomyRichard Shlofmitz, Evan Shlofmitz, Theofanis Tsiamtsiouris, Andrew Berke, Andrew Lituchy, ScienceDirect
Lectures
- Step-by-Step OCT: From Pre-Intervention Through Stent Optimization to Assessment of ComplicationsCRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/26/2019
- The Changing Interventional Practice: Managing a Complex PCI Patient PopulationCRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/27/2019
- The Concept of Precision PCI: OCT Guidance in Everyday Practice2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
Press Mentions
Shockwave Medical Launches New Coronary IVL CatheterMay 16th, 2023- How Covid-19 Affects Heart Health, According to DoctorsFebruary 8th, 2022
Cardiovascular Systems Announces Presentation of Data from Large Coronary Orbital Atherectomy Study at the TCT Connect 2020 ConferenceOctober 7th, 2020- Join now to see all
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