Richard F Wright MD

Echocardiography, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Chairman, Pacific Heart Institute; Heart failure, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai

2001 Santa Monica BlvdSuite 280wSanta Monica, CA 90404
Phone+1 310-829-7678
Fax+1 310-829-6889

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Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1981 - 1984
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1981
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1979
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1978
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1977

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1979 - 2026
MA State Medical License 1979 - 1999
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Master American College of Cardiology, 2025
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Professional EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Health Care Resource Utilization in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Compared With Non-amyloid Heart Failure and the General Population.
Justin L Grodin, Ahmad Masri, Richard Wright, Jean-François Tamby, Heather Falvey
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2026-08-04
Acoramidis, Serum Transthyretin, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the ATTRibute-CM Trial.
Amrut V Ambardekar, Nitasha Sarswat, Richard Wright, John Berk, Margot K Davis
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2026-05-01
Long-Term Durability of Acoramidis Efficacy in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Open-Label Extension of the ATTRibute-CM Randomized Clinical Trial.
Prem Soman, Sarah A M Cuddy, Julian D Gillmore, Nitasha Sarswat, Daniel P Judge
JAMA Cardiology. 2026-05-01

Lectures

hATTR Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy: A Patient’s Journey to Treatment
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
Selecting A First-Choice Therapy For Systolic HF: The Growing Body of Evidence
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Press Mentions

ACC.25: Smidt Heart Institute Experts Present Late-Breaking ResearchMarch 25th, 2025
People with Kidney Disease, Diabetes May Develop Heart Disease 28 Years EarlierNovember 14th, 2024
Diabetes, Kidney Disease Could Raise Cardiovascular Disease Risk up to 28 Years EarlierNovember 11th, 2024