RichardAShlofmitzMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Chairman Cardiology St Francis Hospital

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

Office
100 Port Washington Blvd..
Roslyn, NY 11576
Book by Phone+1(786) 345-5954

Fax(516) 390-9650
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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1986
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
NYU Grossman School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1993 - Present
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2022
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
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2010, 2012-2014
Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Clinical Trials

The Saint Francis Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Trial (SaFR) Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Plavix, Prasugrel and Drug Eluting Stents Pilot Trial Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Medtronic Resolute Onyx 2.0 mm Clinical Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 06
Completed
Not Applicable
Does Co-registration of OCT and Angiography Reduce Geographic Miss of Stent Implantation? Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Physiologic Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Following PCI Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 20
Completed
Evaluation of Treatment Strategies for Severe CaLcIfic Coronary Arteries: Orbital Atherectomy vs. Conventional Angioplasty Technique Prior to Implantation of Drug-Eluting StEnts: The ECLIPSE Trial Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 27
Recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Ticagrelor monotherapy in patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: TWILIGHT-HBR.
Javier Escaned, Davide Cao, Usman Baber, Johny Nicolas, Samantha Sartori, Zhongjie Zhang, George Dangas, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Carlo Briguori, David Cohen, Timothy C...> ;European Heart Journal. 2021 Dec 1
2 citations
Japan-USA orbital atherectomy for calcific coronary lesions: COAST study, Hharmonization by Doing proof-of-concept.
Brad J. Martinsen, Katherine Kumar, Shigeru Saito, Samin K. Sharma, Fumiaki Ikeno, Neal E. Fearnot, Richard Shlofmitz, Robert J. Thatcher, Mitchell W. Krucoff> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 Aug 26
5 citations
Ticagrelor monotherapy in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: TWILIGHT-CKD.
Giulio G. Stefanini, Carlo Briguori, Davide Cao, Usman Baber, Samantha Sartori, Zhongjie Zhang, George Dangas, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Shamir R. Mehta, David Cohen, Ti...> ;European Heart Journal. 2021 Aug 23
2 citations
Impact of Age on the Safety and Efficacy of Ticagrelor Monotherapy in Patients Undergoing PCI.
Dominick J. Angiolillo, Davide Cao, Usman Baber, Samantha Sartori, Zhongjie Zhang, George Dangas, Shamir R. Mehta, Carlo Briguori, David J. Cohen, Timothy Collier, Dar...> ;Jacc-cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Jul 12
Optical Coherence Tomography in Acute Coronary Syndromes.
Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Evan Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias, Gregory Petrossian, Gary S. Mintz, Akiko Maehara, Richard Shlofmitz, Ziad A. Ali> ;Interventional cardiology clinics. 2021 Jul 1
6 citations
Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Calcified Coronary Lesions: Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of the Disrupt CAD Studies.
Dean J. Kereiakes, Carlo Di Mario, Robert F. Riley, Jean Fajadet, Richard Shlofmitz, Shigeru Saito, Ziad A. Ali, Andrew J. Klein, Matthew J. Price, Jonathan Hill, Greg...> ;Jacc-cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Jun 28
4 citations
External elastic lamina vs. luminal diameter measurement for determining stent diameter by optical coherence tomography: an ILUMIEN III substudy.
Evan Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias, Yasir Parviz, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Björn Redfors, Gregory Petrossian, Madison Edens, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Min...> ;European Journal of Echocardiography. 2021 Jun 22
5 citations
Intracoronary optical coherence tomography: state of the art and future directions.
Ziad A. Ali, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Gary S. Mintz, Akiko Maehara, Richard Shlofmitz, Alessio Mattesini> ;Eurointervention. 2021 Jun 11
2 citations
Orbital atherectomy for treatment of severely calcified coronary artery bifurcation lesions: A multicenter analysis
Robert Sturm, Ehrin J. Armstrong, Benjamin Benhuri, Naotaka Okamoto, Yuliya Vengrenyuk, Evan Shlofmitz, George E. Revtyak, Brad J. Martinsen, Zsuzsanna Igyarto, Javier...> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 May 1
6 citations
Therapeutic Approach to Calcified Coronary Lesions: Disruptive Technologies.
Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Evan Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias, Shawnbir Gogia, Ajay J. Kirtane, Jonathan Hill, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Gary S. Mintz, Akiko Maehara, Gregg W. S...> ;Current Cardiology Reports. 2021 Mar 5
5 citations
Ticagrelor Monotherapy Versus Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI: An Individual Patient-Level Meta-Analysis
Marco Valgimigli, Roxana Mehran, Anna Franzone, Bruno R. da Costa, Usman Baber, Raffaele Piccolo, Eùgene P. McFadden, Pascal Vranckx, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Sergio Le...> ;Jacc-cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Feb 22
Percutaneous coronary intervention with an initial bolus of low-dose heparin in biomarker negative patients
Michael S. Lee, Seung-Woon Rha, Richard Shlofmitz> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 Feb 1
9 citations
Outcomes of Optical Coherence Tomography Compared With Intravascular Ultrasound and With Angiography to Guide Coronary Stent Implantation: One-Year Results from the IL...
Ziad A. Ali, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Akiko Maehara, Richard Shlofmitz, Franco Fabbiocchi, Giulio Guagliumi, Fernando Alfonso, Takashi Akasaka, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Gar...> ;Eurointervention. 2021 Jan 20
17 citations
Optical coherence tomography-guided coronary stent implantation compared to angiography: a multicentre randomised trial in PCI - design and rationale of ILUMIEN IV: OP...
Ziad A. Ali, Ulf Landmesser, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Akiko Maehara, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Richard Shlofmitz, Giulio Guagliumi, Matthew J. Price, Jonathan Hill, Takashi ...> ;Eurointervention. 2021 Jan 1
13 citations
Calcific Plaque Modification by Acoustic Shock Waves: Intravascular Lithotripsy in Coronary Interventions
Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Sanjay Patel, Richard Shlofmitz, Akiko Maehara, Dean J. Kereiakes, Jonathan Hill, Gregg W. Stone, Ziad A. Ali> ;Circulation-cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Jan 1
64 citations
Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Disease.
Jonathan M Hill, Dean J. Kereiakes, Richard Shlofmitz, Andrew J. Klein, Robert F. Riley, Matthew J. Price, Howard C. Herrmann, William B. Bachinsky, Ron Waksman, Gregg...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 Dec 1
7 citations
Intravascular Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Universal Approach for Optimization of Stent Implantation.
Evan Shlofmitz, Ziad A. Ali, Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz, Richard Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias> ;Circulation-cardiovascular Interventions. 2020 Nov 25
Impact of Sex on Outcomes Among Patients With Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Michael S. Lee, Subeer K Wadia, Richard Shlofmitz> ;Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2020 Nov 22
7 citations
Reduced cardiac function is associated with cardiac injury and mortality risk in hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.
Lu Q. Chen, Joseph Burdowski, Ravi Marfatia, Jonathan Weber, Kathleen Gliganic, Nancy Diaz, Neiman Ramjattan, Haoyi Zheng, Dennis G. Mihalatos, Lin Wang, Eddy Barasch,...> ;Clinical Cardiology. 2020 Oct 14
33 citations
Ticagrelor alone vs. ticagrelor plus aspirin following percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: TWILIGHT-ACS
Usman Baber, George Dangas, Dominick J. Angiolillo, David J. Cohen, Samin K. Sharma, Johny Nicolas, Carlo Briguori, Jin Yu Cha, Timothy Collier, Dariusz Dudek, Vladimí...> ;European Heart Journal. 2020 Oct 1
1 citations
Left coronary artery calcification patterns after coronary bypass graft surgery: An in-vivo optical coherence tomography study.
Rafał Wolny, Gary S. Mintz, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Song-Yi Kim, Masaru Ishida, Akiko Fujino, Tetsumin Lee, Evan Shlofmitz, Alec Goldberg, Yangbo Liu, Zixuan Zhang, Mingyo...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Sep 1
5 citations
Prospective Comparison Between Saline and Radiocontrast for Intracoronary Imaging With Optical Coherence Tomography.
Ankita K. Gore, Evan Shlofmitz, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Gregory Petrossian, Allen Jeremias, Fernando Sosa, Hussein Rahim, Gregg W. Stone, Gary S. Mintz, Akiko Maehara...> ;Jacc-cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Sep 1
12 citations
In-stent restenosis characteristics and repeat stenting underexpansion: insights from optical coherence tomography.
Dong Yin, Gary S. Mintz, Lei Song, Zhaoyang Chen, Tetsumin Lee, Ajay J. Kirtane, Manish Parikh, Jeffrey W. Moses, Khady Fall, Allen Jeremias, Ziad A. Ali, Richard Shlo...> ;Eurointervention. 2020 Jul 17
47 citations
Ticagrelor With or Without Aspirin After Complex PCI
George Dangas, Usman Baber, Samin K. Sharma, Gennaro Giustino, Shamir R. Mehta, David J. Cohen, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Samantha Sartori, Rishi Chandiramani, Carlo Bri...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 May 19
33 citations
Ticagrelor With or Without Aspirin in High-Risk Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Dominick J. Angiolillo, Usman Baber, Samantha Sartori, Carlo Briguori, George Dangas, David J. Cohen, Shamir R. Mehta, C. Michael Gibson, Rishi Chandiramani, Kurt Hube...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 May 19
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Journal Articles

Safety of Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Orbital Atherectomy
Richard Shlofmitz, Evan Shlofmitz, Theofanis Tsiamtsiouris, Andrew Berke, Andrew Lituchy, ScienceDirect

Lectures

Step-by-Step OCT: From Pre-Intervention Through Stent Optimization to Assessment of Complications
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/26/2019
The Changing Interventional Practice: Managing a Complex PCI Patient Population
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/27/2019
The Concept of Precision PCI: OCT Guidance in Everyday Practice
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019

Press Mentions

Cardiologist Treats First Patient in Study Evaluating Orbital Atherectomy SystemApril 24th, 2017
Susan Lucci's Emergency Heart Procedure: 'I Feel Lucky to Be Alive'February 6th, 2019
St. Francis Participates in Landmark Study Using Sonic Pressure Waves to Treat Heart BlockagesJanuary 17th, 2019
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