Overview of Dr. Choi
Brian Choi, MD, FACC, is Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Co-Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, and Chief Medical Information Officer of the medical faculty at the George Washington University. He specializes in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging including cardiovascular CT and MRI, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography. His clinical interests include the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure.
Dr. Choi’s research uses non-invasive imaging to assess coronary artery disease treatment strategies, atherosclerotic plaque composition, and their thrombotic complications, and he has developed new products for some of the world’s leading healthcare companies. He is also a contributor to textbooks including chapters on “The Clinical Approach to the Patient with Thrombosis” in Platelets in Cardiovascular and Hematologic Disorders and “Lipoprotein Metabolism and Vascular Biology” in Therapeutic Lipidology. Dr. Choi has been invited to speak at medical conferences worldwide, and his research has been honored with an American Heart Association Merit Award for Young Investigators, the New York Cardiological Society Young Investigator Award, and a National Institutes of Health National Service Research Award.
Dr. Choi is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. His professional activities include membership in the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. He has been an abstract grader for the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and an invited reviewer for scientific publications submitted to Circulation.
Dr. Choi received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Office
2150 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Ste 4-417
Washington, DC 20037
Education & Training
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2004 - 2008
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2004
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2002
- Yale UniversityBA, Biology & Economics, 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
- DC State Medical License 2008 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 2003 - 2008
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- Certification Board of Nuclear CardiologyNuclear Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Top Doctor Washingtonian
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsArtificial Intelligence Advancements in the Cardiovascular Imaging of Coronary Atherosclerosis.Pedro Covas, Eison De Guzman, Ian Barrows, Andrew J Bradley, Brian G Choi
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022-01-01 - 27 citationsImage-Based Mobile System for Dietary Management in an American Cardiology Population: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Dietary Coaching Del...Brian G. Choi, Tania Dhawan, Kelli Metzger, Lorraine Marshall, Awdah Akbar
JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth. 2019-04-23 - 22 citationsA new oral antiplatelet agent with potent antithrombotic properties: Comparison of DZ-697b with clopidogrel in a randomised phase I studyMohammad Urooj Zafar, Borja Ibanez, Brian G. Choi, David A. Vorchheimer, A. Piñero
Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2009-10-26
Press Mentions
- New AI Technology Offers More in-Depth Mammograms to Show Other Potential Health RisksOctober 28th, 2024
- GW Experts Available to Comment for Stories During American Heart MonthJanuary 29th, 2020
- ACC/AHA Guideline Writers’ Disclosures vs Open Payments Don’t Add UpDecember 5th, 2019
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Committees
- Member, American College of Cardiology Informatics & Health IT Task Force 2017 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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